Preserving Hong Kong’s Industrial Heritage
Rediscover stories from Hong Kong’s industrial past, published on this date in previous years.
York Lo: China Dispensary: Maker of Pinocine (白蘿仙) and Dermoline (丹杜蓮) For almost half a century, Pinocine Building stood in the heart of Central business district at 80-82 Queen’s Road Central and was known for the many medical practices that were tenants. The building was developed in 1964 by China Dispensary (中華大藥房), a leading local manufacturer of Western medicine in Hong […]
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York Lo: Hong Kong LP Gas Holdings (香港液體氣) and Shell LP Gas (蜆殼石油氣) In the 1960s, the major oil companies launched their liquefied propane gas (LPG) business in Hong Kong through partnerships with local firms such as Mei Fung Ltd which was the distributor of Mobil LPGcovered in the article about Taiwanese tycoon M.C Oung and the real estate developer […]
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HF: With thanks to moddsey for pointing out a couple of sources. The banking industry began in Hong Kong in 1845 with the opening of a branch of the Oriental Banking Corporation, which had its headquarters in India. This Bank was also the first bank in Hong Kong to issue banknotes when in 1847 “it put in circulation $56,000 worth of […]
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Elizabeth Ride has British Army Aid Group (BAAG) records of shipping movements for 1944-45 in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation in World War Two. These provide information not only about the ships themselves but what cargo was being brought into and out of Hong Kong during the latter stages of WW2, passengers carried, and of godowns, docks etc that were […]
» Read moreArticle sent in by IDJ Put article headline here. This article was first posted on 22nd September 2020. Related Indhhk articles:
» Read moreIDJ has sent… Thanks to SCT for proofreading the retyped version. Work on raising the level of Queen’s Road Central, from Ice House Street to Pedder Street, will start in the second half of December and will probably be completed by February. As from November 6 this stretch of Queen’s Road Central will be closed to vehicular traffic and will […]
» Read moreFrom IDJ note ‘B” power station in article heading? eg above North Point Power Station ‘B’ opens, Newspaper article 1958 The Hongkong Electric Company’s new $25 million power station at North Point will be opened this afternoon. Chairman, Mr B.T. Flanagan, will perform the opening ceremony at 4.30 p.m. The ”B” Generating Station will begin operating immediately. So far one […]
» Read moreA trade group of Hong Kong exporters has called off its stoppage of waste paper collection after just three days of industrial action. Jacky Lau Yiu-shing, director of the Recycle Materials and Re-production Business General Association, said the group had made its point, and collections would gradually resume beginning on Monday. The stoppage, which began on Friday, was initially planned […]
» Read morePeter Crush has sent the following article extracted from The Far Eastern Review (date) Please note some of the images below are in a slightly different position than in the original article and of a different size. xxxx KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY (BRITISH SECTION) page 335 (Image 1 caption:) KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY – VIEW OF RECLAMATION FOR KOWLOON TERMINAL YARDS AND STATION The […]
» Read moreIDJ has kindly sent in this article about North Point power station. He notes: Images from various sources mostly unknown, from the internet. NORTH POINT POWER STATION Present day residents of Hong Kong can barely envisage that a major electricity generating power station once dominated the waterfront in the bustling North Point district of Hong Kong island. Today all people […]
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Many thanks to IDJ for sending all the following images of North Point Power Station. HF: IDJ notes that he is unaware of the original source of the images which he has found on the internet. I have included IDJ’s notes on the subject matter. If you can provide further information about any of the photographs, or about the power […]
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