Ying Kee Hard Coal shop, Peel Street, Central

HF: The SCMP of 21st October 2015 had an article about an attempt to assess and protect a row of derelict buildings at 27-35 Cochrane Street, Central.

At nearby Peel Street the concerned activists also found a storefront bearing the sign “Ying Kee Hard Coal” shown in the photo below. A heritage restoration expert Wong Hung Keung estimates the sign is at least 70 years old ie about 1945. It doesn’t look that old to me but…

See: SCMP article – Save these old colonial ruins… 21st October