European Districts etc – HK Island, the Rural Districts
Flying boats in Hong Kong
Tony Farr left this comment on 29th October 2019 beneath our article, Imperial Airways – including first scheduled flight into Hong Kong 1936 written by one of our main contributors IDJ. “My wife and her mother flew from Hong Kong to Southampton in 1948 by flying boat. My wife’s father worked for Jardine Matheson and was Arthur Ross. My wife’s […]
» Read moreHong Kong United Dockyards (HUD)
James Chan: Hong Kong United Dockyards often abbreviated to United Dockyards or HUD was formed from the merger of the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock (founded 1863) and Taikoo Dockyard (1902). The Whampoa Dock was located in Hung Hom, West Kowloon and Taikoo Dockyard in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Island. In 1973 in part to meet the container revolution in […]
» Read moreG Falconer & Company, Watchmakers & Jewellers – HK agent for Ross Optical Ltd, Clapham, London and Kelvin & Hughes, marine instruments, London
HF: G Falconer appear to have had a presence in Hong Kong since 1885, according to the company website, and currently have a shop in the Peninsula Hotel. This article provides initial information about the Falconer and two British companies it was the Hong Kong agent for. As the above says: G Falconer & Company (Hong Kong Limited, Watchmakers, […]
» Read moreThe Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd
James Chan: I found this while looking through the Public Records Office images. I don’t think we have anything about this company. A quick check finds that it was started in 1950 and is now (as HAECO) one of the world’s largest maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service providers in terms of capacity. It is owned by Swire Pacific Ltd. […]
» Read moreRainbow Latex (雲利乳膠) and Seven Sea Chemicals (七海化工)
York Lo: Rainbow Latex and Seven Sea Chemicals Rainbow and Seven Sea are two key firms in the history of the latex industry in Hong Kong started by two branches of the Wu family from Shanghai. Starting out as a squatter factory, the firms survived multiple fires over the years and family disputes and became the first and leading manufacturer […]
» Read moreThe Shaw Brothers Movies
HF: The Shaw enterprise is one of the oldest and most influential enterprises in the Chinese language movie television circle. Having shaped the development of China’s movie industry for nearly a century, the enterprise has a story which coincides closely with Hong Kong’s own history. The Shaw’s story can be told in four parts, centering respectively on its phases as […]
» Read moreShek Kip Mei fire – the most devasting in Hong Kong’s history, started by an ”industrial” accident
HF: At Christmas 1953, Hong Kong changed forever. Around 9.30p.m. on the evening of the 25th December, a bucket of molten rubber was accidentally knocked over in the shanty town on Shek Kip Mei. Fire quickly spread through the wooden huts and rudimentary buildings of this vast squatter settlement. By the time the last flames were extinguished, two people were […]
» Read moreGeorge Underhill Sands, Early China Steamship Entrepreneur
Ralph Wood has kindly sent the following article. George Underhill Sands was Ralph’s Great-granduncle. Ralph has compiled a substantial amount of information about George Sands’ family as well as the man himself. This can be found on Ralph’s website which is linked below the article. This website has posted a couple of articles about George Underhill Sands which are also […]
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