York Lo: Dickson Construction (德信建築) Signing of a construction contract between Lingnan and Dickson in 1975. Left to right seated: architect Arthur C.S. Kwok (郭志舜), Lingnan chairman Paul S. Lam (林秀樑), Dickson chairman T.T. Yik, Lingnan trustee Edward TT Chan (陳德泰, see article). Standing left to right: Lingnan secretary Yuen Siu-kong (阮兆剛), Levett& Bailey’s Lee Yiu-sang (李堯生),Lingnan trustee Wai Kee-kau […]
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IDJ has sent the following 1951 newspaper article about the proposed Tai Lam Reservoir Project which it suggests was about to be undertaken and would “solve for all time the Colony’s water-supply problem.” If you would like further information about this reservoir please see our posted articles in Related Indhhk Articles, below. This image shown on the Home Page of […]
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Douglas Lapraik arrived in Hong Kong in 1842 in apparently somewhat straitened circumstances from Macau. Things changed for the colourful Mr Lapraik. In 1863, together with Thomas Sutherland and Jardine, Matheson & Co,. he co-founded the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company (Kowloon Docks) which at its peak was the largest shipyard in Asia. The following article has been extracted from […]
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Tymon Mellor: The year of 1963 was an exceptionally difficult for water supply in Hong Kong. For the fourteen months between November, 1962 and December, 1963, the total rainfall was only 901mm, as compared with an average expectation of 2,220mm. Severe restrictions were imposed on water consumption with the house supplied service being cut to four hours every fourth day. […]
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York Lo: The King of Shoes: Tse Family of Kam Shing and Silver Eagle Arthur Tse with some of his shoes in the 1990s From the 1960s to the 1990s, the family of TseHei (謝熹) earned the reputation of “King of Shoes” through the publicly listed Kam Shing and Silver Eagle, which went public in 1973 and 1992 respectively and […]
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Tymon Mellor: Hong Kong was built from stone and bricks, all held together with a cement mortar. All these materials were locally made using the natural resources Hong Kong could provide. The New Territories are rich in clay, which over the years has been used for pottery and brick manufacturing. The use of air dried bricks for house building was common, and fired bricks have […]
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IDJ has sent the following newspaper article about an ex director of Reiss, Bradley and Company in Hong Kong. HF: I have retyped the article to enhance clarity and the ability to search. I apologize for the quality of the image which accompanied the China Mail article, though I have something of a soft spot for murky photographs. Thanks to […]
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York Lo: Wah Keong Rubber Manufactory (華強膠廠) Fong Tse-yan delivering a speech at the Lui Fong Kwong Association dinner at the State Restaurant in 1961 (WKYP, 1961-4-20) Wah Keong Rubber Manufactory was one of the top five manufacturers of rubber shoes alongside Fung Keong, Canton Bros, Continental and Hong Kong out of the over 100 players in the industry in […]
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Hugh Farmer: We currently have over 1,900 articles posted on the website. I wonder if you could spare a little time to help the site develop. Maybe an hour or two each month? The life blood of the Group and the website is articles, either about a new subject or adding additional information to one already posted. Articles do not […]
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Dheeraj Khiytani has kindly sent this dinner menu from the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company ship Loong Sang, dated October 1901, which he recently purchased. A brief history of the Loong Sang. The Loong Sang was built in 1896 by William Gray and Company of Central Marine Engineering Works, West Hartlepool, UK, which was was a shipbuilding firm from 1874 to […]
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