Ho Hung Yee – umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
HF: The SCMP of 26th July 2015 carried a report about the death of Ho Hung Yee who ran an umbrella stand on at the top end of Peel Street for decades. The article begins…”A fixture of the Central street scene dubbed the “Umbrella Man” for the decades he spent helping Hongkongers stay dry has died at the age of 87.
Courtesy: SCMP
Ho Hung-hee set up his umbrella repair stand on Peel Street in 1947 and worked there until his retirement at the end of last year. He passed away peacefully in hospital on Monday.
Originally from Guangzhou, Ho learned his trade from his brother-in-law who had an umbrella factory across the border.
In 1994, he made it into Guinness World Records for his most expensive umbrella, made from American ox skin and featuring a 100-year-old German frame Ho found on a building site in 1982. He sold it to an Englishman for £167, about HK$2,370 at the time…”
See:
- Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Man’ dies at 87 SCMP 26th July 2015
This article was first posted on 6th May 2016.
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