Preserving Hong Kong’s Industrial Heritage
introduction Nick Kitto Butterfield and Swire, the Far Eastern trading company of John Swire and Sons, was one of three companies established from the partnership of John and William Swire with R S Butterfield. The Shanghai Office opened on 1 January 1867 to handle John Swire & Sons textile shipments to China which had previously been consigned to Preston, Bruell […]
» Read moreFrom Macau archives site Shipyards in Macau 1912 Cigarette factory in Macau Matches in Macauand firecrackers
» Read moreSee: Beijing ‘fully behind’ Hong Kong taking leading aviation role for China’s ambitious global trade and infrastructure projects SCMP: 2nd April 2019 Former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying calls for more pilots and more routes from the airport, amid Greater Bay Area and Belt and Road Initiative projects SCMP 3rd April 2019 Hong Kong airport’s third runway project to get […]
» Read moreHF: 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 […]
» Read moreFrançois 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. 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
» Read moreArnholds -“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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