Patrick O’Neill-Dunne….owner of the Advertising & Publicity Bureau
York Lo: Patrick O’Neill-Dunne owned APB in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He bought it from Betty Church.
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The following has been taken directly from the company website and… Company History: Formed in 1987, the company was initially a joint venture between the American waste management leader Browning Ferries Industries (BFI) and Swire Pacific Limited. Due to the acquisition of BFI’s non-American subsidiaries by SITA in 1997, SITA took over BFI’s shareholding in the joint-venture, the name of which […]
» Read morePun Sun-on (潘新安, 1923-2015) – Developer, Educator and Poet
York Lo: Pun Sun-on (潘新安, 1923-2015) – Developer, Educator and Poet Left: Pun Sun-on in his later years; Center: Winway Building, which was controlled by Pun’s Sunny Enterprises; Right: cover of the collection of poems written by Pun Sun-on and his poetry group published in 2011 with their group picture. (yesasia) Earlier in the group, we have covered the […]
» Read morePak Pais in Hong Kong
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pak_pai 1977, John Le, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 471: He took pak-pais, knowing they were less under the thumb of the police. John Le Carré’s, The Honourable Schoolboy, is the sentence, “He took pak-pais, knowing they were less under the thumb of the police.” xxxx York Lo: Pak Pai means white plate which is just a regular license plate as in […]
» Read moreNullahs in Hong Kong
HF: My photos plus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_and_nullahs_in_Hong_Kong See: Open up Hong Kong’s rivers and drainage channels to revitalise city, expert says SCMP 13th January 2018 When Hong Kong textile mills were free to pollute Victoria Harbour and streams ran red, green, and yellow with run-off SCMP 12th July 2018 Indhhk article – Union Construction Co/Union Contractors (華聯建築)
» Read moreTechnical Paper on the manufacture of Enamelware
xxxx Source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/nbstechnologic/nbstechnologicpaperT142.pdf
» Read moreQ+A Morrison Brown Yung
See: Lin Ma Hang Mine Part 2 – The Yung Years see: https://industrialhistoryhk.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=39199&action=edit Lin Ma Hang Mine Part 3 – Exploitation see: https://industrialhistoryhk.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=40942&action=edit https://gwulo.com/node/14308 https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/morrison-brown-yung_125828045 Frank Yung, MBY’s son has sent the following images taken from a Hong Kong Commercial Daily newspaper of December 2014. The photograph below was taken on a visit to the Lin Ma Hang mine where […]
» Read moreCathay Pacific – general
HF: See: Cathay Pacific and pilots ironing out deal by new year to end four-year dispute over pay, allowances and roster in second bid SCMP 2nd December 2018 Cathay Pacific’s link to once powerful people of northern China – how the mighty have fallen SCMP 25th May 2019 When Cathay Pacific ground staff went on strike over pay and working […]
» Read moreYen Dack Land Investment (仁德置業) By York Lo Article about Yen Dack Land in 1962 with sketch of Yen Dack Building (WKYP, 1962-9-19) Yen Dack Land Investment is one of the lesser known developers which has developed many buildings in Hong Kong with the character “Yen” in its names since the 1960s. Left: wedding picture of Chan Kwong-dew and Gwendolyn […]
» Read moreKai Tak airport – IDJ attachments
em 6th Jan 2019 Hugh There have been a number of HK government booklets on Kai Tak a few are in the HKHAA office archives The only one I have with me is the pages attached without the title/cover sheets. It may have come from Chic Eather’s website. While in HK we produced some dust covers for four of my […]
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