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- Pokfulam Dairy Farm
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- Ping Shan Enterprise Co Ltd, disused factory, Yuen Long
- Great South Fishing Industries (廣南漁業)
- WW2 Poultry Farms during the Japanese occupation
- The Fresh Water Fish Farming Industry of the New Territories
- Pearl Oysters at Mirs Bay (Pearl Pool), Tai Po Sea, during the Five Dynasties - details of overland route to Tuen Mun
- Pokfulam village, oldest village on Hong Kong Island and home to many workers at Dairy Farm Company
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong - dairy supplies & facilities
- Pokfulam village - close links to Dairy Farm 1886, SCMP article
- The Smithfield slaughterhouse, Kennedy Town - photos from 1894
- Salt production, oldest industry in Hong Kong, Tai O
- Homi Villa - built by Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee during the construction of Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd Brewery
- Dairy Farm Company employees - a compilation
- Unsung Kingmakers – the low-key Song Brothers who conquered the Shanghai Bund and Victoria Harbor and backed the development of several key industries in post-War Hong Kong
- The Hong Kong sugarcane industry, 1934
- RAF Shatin Airfield, rice production in the Shatin valley in the 1950s
- The declining oyster trade of Lau Fau Shan - HKU project to revive the 700 year old industry
- Oyster Beds of the Wang Chau area, Yuen Long
- Rose, Downs and Thompson - Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
- Nan Kang Company trading agent
- J S Hook, Son & Company, shipping and commission agents, 1867
- China International Motors (鎧興汽車) – Distributor of Bedford, Vauxhall and Buick automobiles
- Getz Bros & Company in Hong Kong
- History of Mapping Hong Kong Part 12 – Post War Geological Maps
- History of Mapping Hong Kong Part 11 - Geological Maps
- Stereo(天然): Photofinishing Pioneer
- History of Mapping Hong Kong Part 6 – 1901 The Tate Map
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Sik Yuen Co Ltd (錫元膠廠) – Maker of Dunlop Rubber Shoes in HK
- Duddell Street Gas lamps - last working gas street lamps in Hong Kong
- The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Ltd ., building residential quarters for over 1,000 coolies and foremen, 1939
- History of Mapping Hong Kong Part 5 – Mapping Kowloon
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part One) – the Pre-War Pioneers (Yaik Sang, Sung Kee Zee and Dao Kee)
- Night soil collection in Hong Kong - updated - four current locations, July 2016
- Hong Kong Electric - pioneer of mechanised tunnelling in 1989
- Gibb, Livingston & Company Ltd, established in HK 1841, shipping lines and insurance
- Alhambra Watch (平安表行)
- Sir Shouson Chow - director of many Hong Kong firms and corporations
- Cost Plus Bazaar (美廉市場) and Mark V (美發)
- Pokfulam Dairy Farm
- Mystery buildings at Lo So Shing beach, Lamma Island
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village...Part Two - photos of the plant functioning
- Ping Shan Enterprise Co Ltd, disused factory, Yuen Long
- The construction of the HSBC building in Hong Kong
- The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Ltd ., building residential quarters for over 1,000 coolies and foremen, 1939
- Wong Nai Chung Reservoir
- Hong Kong - China Concrete Company Ltd, recent Yau Tong plant field visit photos
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part One) – the Pre-War Pioneers (Yaik Sang, Sung Kee Zee and Dao Kee)
- International Industrial Building (國際工業大廈) in Kwun Tong
- Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers -The Opening of the Sham Tseng Brewery
- The Hongkong Engineering & Construction Company Ltd 1922-1993
- The Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie's Mill)
- The construction of the Tsing Ma Bridge, 1992-1997
- Scotch derricks - their use in Hong Kong construction projects
- Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
- Kin Yick Liong (建益隆) – Real Estate Developer from the 1960s
- Preece, Cardew and Rider - Consulting Engineers for Hok Un power station
- Cheung Sha Wan Factory Estate
- Mayar Silk Mills (HK) Ltd, Tsuen Wan - company compound derelict for many years
- Pokfulam Dairy Farm
- Dairy Farm, Pokfulam, recent photographs of structures within the estate
- Water supply for boats, Lai Chi Kok, early 20th century
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Mint Dam and Other Early Structures
- The Fresh Water Fish Farming Industry of the New Territories
- Town Island (伙頭墳洲) - CLP Renewable Energy Supply Project
- Rope-making and Dyeing/Calendering on Ap Lei Chau Island. 1971 RASHKB article
- An Aeroplane Called Wanda - historic flight over Shatin March 18th, 1911.
- Collection and export of metals, vehicles, machinery etc during the Japanese occupation, WW2, Part One 1942-1943
- Industrial districts - North Point - aerial image 1948
- Nui Po Shan (Turret Hill) Quarry, Shatin
- High Island Reservoir
- Lei Yue Mun Quarry - contemporary photographs
- Plover Cove Reservoir - photographs of official opening 1969
- Lok On Pai "desalting" plant, 1975-1981
- Mui Wo Silver Mine - 1905 newspaper article
- Chinese Manufacturers' Association Trade Exhibitions
- The Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) Part 3 – the construction of Kowloon Station
- Kuhn Mines Ltd, railway(s) at Ma On Shan mine - any information needed!
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Mui Wo Silver Mine – Part Two The Mine
- Moving Mountains: the Life and Mines of Ko Ming-fan (高銘勳,1906-2012), proprietor of Flat Hill Quarry (平山石礦) and HK Clays & Kaolin Co
- Mui Wo Silver Mine – Part One - The Owner
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine - further information
- The Lost Mine at Lok Ma Chau
- Mining expert's report on plan for peak tunnel, 1939
- Quarrying and transportation of stone in Hong Kong, 1841
- Lam Tei Quarry - Ping Shan Airport , RAF Technical Magazine Report, May 1946
- The Mines of Lam Tsuen - corruption, conviction and jail sentence
- Tracing Roots: Joseph Yen (嚴錫榮), post-war chairman of Marsman HK China and the father in the book Falling Leaves
- Why "Lead Mine" Pass - Location
- Collection and export of metals, vehicles, machinery etc during the Japanese occupation, WW2, Part One 1942-1943
- Nui Po Shan (Turret Hill) Quarry, Shatin
- Jan Hendrik Marsman 1892-1956, connection to Needle Hill Tungsten Mine
- Lei Yue Mun Quarry - contemporary photographs
- Mui Wo Silver Mine - 1905 newspaper article
- West Brother Island Graphite Mine - Geological Society of HK Field Trip, 1992
- Nga Ying Kok – Potential Iron Ore Mine, Lantau Island
- Merchant Prince: the life and many pursuits of real estate pioneer Lee Sai-wah (李世華, 1916-1975)
- Eastern Arts Lantern (東藝宮燈)
- Three of Hong Kong's oldest restaurants, Part One - Tai Ping Koon
- Pacific Enamelware Factory (太平洋搪瓷廠)
- George M. Lau – Father of the Hong Kong wig Industry
- Wan Tat-ming (溫達明) and Ling Nam Weaving (嶺南布廠)
- Hong Kong Enamelware Factory (香港搪瓷廠)
- The Tam Brothers behind Wai Yee Co, King’s Shirts and Yau Sun Shoes
- Ingham Sutcliffe, obituary, locomotive superintendent KCR 1915-1919
- Lynhall Land Investment (聯合置業) – Real Estate Powerhouse from the late 1950s and early 1960s
- Proposed Tramway linking Victoria and Aberdeen by Peak tunnel, 1906-1910
- Harry Long - employment with Kung Lee Steamship Co and HK and Yaumatei Ferry Co
- Sunbeam Manufacturing (日昇製造廠): from torchlights to kitchenware
- Hongkong Personality Introduced - Capt. R.W.Thomas (''Cappy Thomas'') - connection to HK shipping
- Asia International Electronics Ltd (亞洲無線電工廠)
- Joe MacDonald - Asiatic Petroleum employee, China/HK late 1930s
- Alfred Herbert Rennie - Rennie's Mill
- Big and Tall from Nanking Rd to Nathan Rd: Jefferson Young (楊撫生) of Crane (鶴鳴), Chancellor (大人), Da Da (大大) and the rise and fall of his retail empire
- Kenneth Alfred Wolfe Barry, obituary, consultative work for the KCR early 1900s
- David L.F. Sung (孫麟方) and Hong Kong Flour Mills (香港麵粉廠)
- 60 Hip Shing Timber Company, information requested
- 59 The East Asiatic Company Ltd in Hong Kong - information requested
- 58 Information needed about a Leading Hong Kong Dressmaker, Lily Nègre, 1920s
- 57 Kwong Sang Hong Ltd warehouse, 192 Hennessy Road
- 56 Dairy Farm Company - do the small concrete dams built in the 1930s still exist?
- 55 Pacific Islands Shipbuilding Company - information wanted
- 54 Nam Wah, Hong Kong ginger company - information needed
- 53 Eye Baths/Cups - manufactured in Hong Kong?
- 52 Stink Boats - used in the removal of nightsoil from Hong Kong island in the 1960s and 70s
- 51 D. & M. Rustomjee, trading firm in Canton and Hong Kong
- 50 R.H. Kotewall & Co
- 49 Boyd, Kaye & Company
- 48 T.O.Morgan, Director of Water Supplies - imagined Plover Cove Reservoir while swimming in the area
- 47 Wyler Textiles Ltd
- 46 Reiss & Bradley Group of Companies
- 45 Proposed fixed crossing to Lantau Island, late 1970s
- 44 Tsing Yi Island Industries Ltd, concrete products manufacturer
- 43 Sung Hill Quarry, Kowloon - where and when?
- 42 Did Japanese company Mitsui Bussan Kaishu Ltd take over control of Taikoo Docks in October 1942?
- 41 Leather Works No.1 BAAG Report WW2
- The Tam Brothers behind Wai Yee Co, King’s Shirts and Yau Sun Shoes
- Big and Tall from Nanking Rd to Nathan Rd: Jefferson Young (楊撫生) of Crane (鶴鳴), Chancellor (大人), Da Da (大大) and the rise and fall of his retail empire
- Hong Kong Jade Industry and some of its pioneers
- Sanda Shoes (山打皮鞋) and Manning Shirt (萬寧恤)
- Alhambra Watch (平安表行)
- Charles Herbert Arnhold, Arnhold & Company Ltd
- The Commercial Press (HK) Ltd
- Augustine Heard & Company, major American 19th century China trading house with its headquarters in Hong Kong from 1856
- J. Ullmann (烏利文) – Swiss Watchmaker and Jeweler in HK and China
- Tattooing in Hong Kong
- Demise of the 79 year old neon lights of Tai Tung Bakery, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
- Lee Ka Yuen Emporium (李家園百貨)
- Foo Hang, Tai Hang, Lee Heng and B. Green– Four Leaders of the HK Diamonds Industry
- From Ships in Cheung Sha Wan to Shoes in Sham Shui Po – the Chan family, Wing On Shing Shipyard and Po Shing Shoe Company
- Neon Lights in Hong Kong nostalgia - recent exhibition
- A.S. Watson & Company celebrate 100th anniversary
- There was something about "Hong Kong Old Mary" – A Transpacific Fortune Built on Trust
- Sennet Freres
- Shantung Guild (山東庄): Yee Tai Hong, Shun Tai Hong and Lee Yuen Cheung
- From Thompson Wong (堂煌廣告) to FCB (博達廣告)
- Chinese Airline buys Bailey's Shipyard - a hotbed of political strife 1949-1955
- Tathong Lighthouse - during and post-WW2
- Ship Repairers & Shipbuilders (HK) Ltd, (subsidiary of HUD), 1978
- Jebshun Shipping (捷順船務)
- Harry Long - employment with Kung Lee Steamship Co and HK and Yaumatei Ferry Co
- Hongkong Personality Introduced - Capt. R.W.Thomas (''Cappy Thomas'') - connection to HK shipping
- J S Hook, Son & Company, shipping and commission agents, 1867
- Water supply for boats, Lai Chi Kok, early 20th century
- BAAG Naval Section Intelligence Summary, early November 1942, ship repair, maintenance and movements
- Teh Hu Steamship (德和輪船公司)
- Tathong Lighthouse - pre-WW2
- Bailey's Shipyard - 1908 Account
- BAAG records of shipping in HK during 1944-45 - the Umeshima Maru
- The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Ltd ., building residential quarters for over 1,000 coolies and foremen, 1939
- BAAG records of shipping in HK during 1944-45 - the Yurin (aka Nirebayashi?) Maru
- Dutch Companies in China 1903-1941
- Bailey's Shipyard - adverts
- Ben Line, Ben Line Steamers Limited, originally based in Leith, Scotland
- ''Ah Kai'', Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd's number one foreman
- Taikoo Dockyard Managers - James Reid, 1910-1926
- Asia International Electronics Ltd (亞洲無線電工廠)
- Wader Film Studio (華達製片廠)
- The Inventions and Ventures of HK Tech Pioneer Prof. S.C. Loh (樂秀章)
- The Development of Telephone Communication in China, Part Two
- The Development of Telephone Communication in China, Part One
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part Three 1971-1983
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part Two 1938-1970
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part One 1871-1931
- Behind the Shades: David Miao (繆德維 1912-2006) – the low-profile partner of George Ho behind many high-profile products (Minolta cameras and copiers, Philips radios …) and services (Commercial Radio, ABC Paging) in HK
- Conic (康力)- HK Electronics Giant of the late 1970s, early 1980s
- Proposed world-wide radio-telephonic system for Hong Kong, newspaper article 1938
- The Hongkong Telephone Company, 1925 to 1933, Far Eastern Review article
- Wah Mei Electric (華美電器行) – Leading Distributor of Electronics from the 1920s to 1960s and related firms
- The Numerical Control Engineering Company Ltd
- Telegraph Bay, HK Island - location of the first submarine telegraphic cable into Hong Kong, 1871
- Bamboo Scaffolding - Dan Waters' photo gallery
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village...Part Two - photos of the plant functioning
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Quarrying and transportation of stone in Hong Kong, 1841
- Night soil collection in Hong Kong - updated - four current locations, July 2016
- The Fresh Water Fish Farming Industry of the New Territories
- Leung So Kee - umbrella manufacturer
- Rope-making and Dyeing/Calendering on Ap Lei Chau Island. 1971 RASHKB article
- Neon Light makers - a vanishing trade
- Pearl Oysters at Mirs Bay (Pearl Pool), Tai Po Sea, during the Five Dynasties - details of overland route to Tuen Mun
- Hap Wah dai pai dong, Tai Po, closes after 29 years - a vanishing species
- Ching Yuen Bean Curd Factory explosion
- The Hong Kong Ivory Industry
- The Incense Tree in Hong Kong - a vanishing species
- Tuck Chong Sum Kee Bamboo Steamer Company - revisited
- Fu Tei Wan Lime Kiln, Tung Chung
- Chan Chi Kee Cutlery, in business since the 1920s, Shanghai Street
- Chinese Preserved Ginger shipped through HK 1913
- The last minibus sign writer in Hong Kong, Mak Kam-sang
- Ping Shan airfield - further information
- West Rail – Part 1 In the Beginning
- Hong Kong Air International Ltd - helicopter services - mid 1970s magazine article
- Kowloon - Canton Railway (British Section) Part 6 - Modernisation
- Hunting-Clan Air Transport - 1950s military personnel contracts between HK and the UK
- Ping Shan - proposed airport for Hong Kong
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Part 1 – The Beginning, Three Possible Routes...
- Ingham Sutcliffe, obituary, locomotive superintendent KCR 1915-1919
- Chinese Airline buys Bailey's Shipyard - a hotbed of political strife 1949-1955
- Proposed Tramway linking Victoria and Aberdeen by Peak tunnel, 1906-1910
- Hong Kong Air International Ltd - helicopter services - HK Flying Club article 1970
- China International Motors (鎧興汽車) – Distributor of Bedford, Vauxhall and Buick automobiles
- Kai Tak Aerodrome Part 1 - Kai Tack Bund
- Kenneth Alfred Wolfe Barry, obituary, consultative work for the KCR early 1900s
- Taxis in Hong Kong, a timeline
- Rosalind Henwood of Flying Cargo – Pioneer of the Air Freight Industry in Hong Kong
- Imperial Airways - Hong Kong staff
- Wo Hop Shek Spur Line
- AEC Regent V - Kowloon Bus Company buses 1960s
- Captain FA Swoffer, Chief Pilot, Arnholds Aviation, China, early 1930s
