MTR General
HF: http://www.hkie.org.hk/ea/eng/details.asp?id=13 http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2098442/local-metro-network-global-rail-giant-hong-kongs-mrt-sets-its http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2152095/embattled-hong-kong-rail-operator-hit-fresh-safety 22nd June 2018 Hong Kong engineering body concerned profession’s integrity has been compromised by MTR Corp construction scandal at HK$97.1 billion rail line stations SCMP 16th July 2018 MTR south island line https://www.revolvy.com/page/South-Island-line Hong Kong man who torched MTR train in 2017 was unstable and tried to kill family, Coroner’s Court inquest hears SCMP 15th July 2019 No […]
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Part original version of Les Messageries Maritimes
François Dremeaux has kindly sent extracts from his MPhil dissertation Les Messageries Maritimes á Hong Kong (1918-1941) He says “I did my MPhil about the Messageries Maritimes in Hong Kong during the interwar period. More than a subject, it is also a passion!” HF: François has translated the extracts from the original French and I have slightly amended his translations […]
» Read morePurnell & Paget – architects of Arnhold & Warberg building, Guangzhou
PURNELL & PAGET. This well-known firm of architects and engineers is composed of Mr. Arthur W. Purnell, of Geelong, Australia; and Mr. Charles S. Paget, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Both are young men of special training in their particular work, and since they have been in practice in Canton they have had numerous important undertakings entrusted to them of a varied character, […]
» Read morehttps://www.cbs.dk/en/cbs-news-en/119/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-east-asiatic-company see also photo in book Changing Places kept at home
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Arnholds -“As a German company in the British colony of Hong Kong, it was liquidated during World War One. It revived as the British-registered Arnhold Brothers & Company in Shanghai, returning to Hong Kong in the early 1920s.” Arnholds: China Trader, Vaudine England, Pub Arnhold & Co, 2017 Related Indhhk articles: Hong Kong Industry during World War One
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see Vaudine’s book Arnhold Related Indhhk articles: Arnhold, Karberg & Company – founded in Hong Kong, 1866
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xxxx Enid Tsui http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2127782/chinese-dealers-who-made-hong-kong-antiques-trade
» Read moreBAAG Naval Section Intelligence Summary, WIS 25, ship repair, maintenance and movements
Elizabeth Ride has sent the Naval section of a British Army Aid Group (BAAG) Waichow Intelligence Summary (WIS 25) dated 23rd March 1943. This covers shipping movements in and out of Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation in World War Two during late January to late March 1943, a longer period than is usual in this type of report. There […]
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