Preserving Hong Kong’s Industrial Heritage
Rediscover stories from Hong Kong’s industrial past, published on this date in previous years.
HF: The following information has been extracted from the excellent 2015 book, Hong Kong Mining History, which is a mass of information about several mines and quarries: Ma On Shan Mine is situated on the southwestern slope of [the mountain] Ma On Shan, approximately 10 km from Shatin. The total ore reserve exceeds 7,000,000 tons, making it the biggest iron […]
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York Lo: Pokfulam Development Co Ltd (博富臨置業) Pictures and bios of three founders of Pokfulam Development as directors of Po Leung Kuk in 1963 – left to right: B.L. Wong, Chan Chiu-sheung, Wong Cheuk-man (華僑日報, 1963-04-03) Earlier on the website we covered several real estate developers founded by merchants who served together as directors of the Tung Wah Group of […]
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HF: Elizabeth Ride has sent a number of BAAG reports about Taikoo Dockyard during 1943-1944. As she says this material is very raw but I think will be of great use to anyone interested in knowing what was going on there during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Elizabeth apologises for the the state of some of the documents, which […]
» Read moreER em 7/24/2015 possible photo of Ah Kings see Gwulo Newsletter 10/1/17 I notice your posting about Ah King’s shipyard. I attach part of a BAAG trace-map of February 1945 of the north shore of HK island, showing their placement of Ah King in the bottom right hand corner of the typhoon shelter. Does this fit in with any of […]
» Read moreALREADY POSTED?? York Lo: Wo Kee Cheung (和記祥) and Wo Fung Cheung (和豐祥) Left: Ad for Wo Kee Cheung in 1964 (WKYP, 1964-1-3); right: Thank you ad by Wo Fung Cheung to guests attending the opening of its Tai Po Road branch in 1964 (WKYP, 1964-4-5) In the early 1960s, Canton Trust & Commercial Bank (廣東信託商業銀行) was one of […]
» Read moreJohn Huw Owens comment: I served my time as a Deck Apprentice from 1955 to 1959 on the Rowanbank, and twice on the Westbank. The training and experience gained was excellent, but unfortunately the length of the voyages meant that I changed to Furness Withy for the remainder of my Seagoing days in 1972. I don’t know how I have […]
» Read moreThe Tai Shing Paper Manufacturing Company, also known as Aberdeen Paper Mill(s?) a) Aberdeen Paper Mill [1892-c1930]– Gwulo b) Aberdeen Lower Reservoir [1890 –] – Gwulo c) The China Mail, 1st August 1892 – Gwulo
» Read morehttps://webb-site.com/dbpub/orgdata.asp?p=157190 search for other Hang Tai & Fung mterial on the site Hang Tai & Fung (Tobacco) Compny Ltd was formed on 20th November 1952 and dissolved on 30th December 1994. Can anyone supply futher information about the company or Hang Tai & Fungs Co Ltd agent Formed: 1952-11-20 Dissolved date: 1994-12-30
» Read moreArticle sent in by IDJ Put article headline here. This article was first posted on 22nd September 2020. Related Indhhk articles:
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