Preserving Hong Kong’s Industrial Heritage
Rediscover stories from Hong Kong’s industrial past, published on this date in previous years.
HF: From 1757 up to the outbreak of the Opium War, Guangzhou was China’s only trading port. While foreign merchants generally conducted their business in Guangzhou, their cargo ships were required by the Chinese authorities to berth in Huangpu (Whampoa) port for loading and unloading supplies, as well as paying duties. At that time permission had to be obtained from […]
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Antonia Cheung: My father Mr. Chang Don Chien was the chief engineer of the South China Iron Works from 1948 till 1968. A Biography of Mr. Chang Don-Chien by Antonia Cheung. Personal Information: Mr. Chang, Don-Chien 張敦潛 was born in 1918 in Shanghai. He studied Classical Chinese, Chinese calligraphy, arithmetic under a Chinese scholar before he was six. At seven, he entered […]
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Hugh Farmer writes. Many thanks to IDJ for supplying both the image and text. One of the first manufacturing industries in colonial Hong Kong was preserved ginger, as well as various fruits, grown mainly in Guangzhou. And one of the first such companies was Man Loong Ginger Factory. The description of the company below, written in about 1908, mentions that […]
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James Hayes’ RASHKB piece on Hemp – crop and craft, posted yesterday, was our 1,000th article. Many thanks and congratulations to all those who have contributed to our website in some way. The first article posted on the website in October 2013 was the pre-website Newsletter One which had been sent out to six people as an email on 22nd November […]
» 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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