HF: Double congratulations to Dan Waters (Dr Deric Daniel Waters) who on the 12th September at the Chartered Institute of Building’s Annual Dinner in Hong Kong was presented with a Construction Industry Honorary Award. Dan is also going to be made an Honorary Fellow of Lingnan University, HK, at a ceremony on Monday 13th October 2014 Dan was the first […]
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HF: Jennifer Wong, Assistant Curator, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority has sent details of a public symposium and industrial design history workshop to be held this Friday 12th in Kowloon Tong and Saturday 13th in Shenzen. Subject: Import/Export: Postwar Design and Industry in East Asia. You’ll find full details at http://www.westkowloon.hk/en/whats-on/current-forthcoming/event-type/highlights
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HF: New information in red Guy Breshears contacted me explaining he lives in Hong Kong and is working on a HK history project. He wondered if we had any information about Tai Shek-ha 大石下 Stone-quarry – A hamlet which is mentioned in a 1841 HK Census. The first set of census results were published in the 2nd issue of H.K. Govt. Gazette, […]
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HF: Tymon Mellor and IDJ have both sent the article, A Look Back : Civil Engineering in Hong Kong 1841-1941 written by C Michael Guilford. The preface says this was written as a contribution to mark the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers which was from 1947 to 1975, The Engineering Society of Hong Kong. […]
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This website has been only been going for under a year. Already we have a large number of articles on a wide range of subjects. Comments on those articles. Queries and Answers when people want further information. Answers to those questions. There is so much out there on the internet. Or if you are in HK places to visit to […]
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