HF: The Shaw enterprise is one of the oldest and most influential enterprises in the Chinese language movie television circle. Having shaped the development of China’s movie industry for nearly a century, the enterprise has a story which coincides closely with Hong Kong’s own history. The Shaw’s story can be told in four parts, centering respectively on its phases as […]
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HF: At Christmas 1953, Hong Kong changed forever. Around 9.30p.m. on the evening of the 25th December, a bucket of molten rubber was accidentally knocked over in the shanty town on Shek Kip Mei. Fire quickly spread through the wooden huts and rudimentary buildings of this vast squatter settlement. By the time the last flames were extinguished, two people were […]
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Tymon Mellor: It has never been clear why if there was a lead mine at Lead Mine pass, no one has developed the site when exploration has been undertaken all over the territory. There are references to the mine location on the contemporary maps and within Government reports following the take over of the New Territories in 1898. But no further […]
» Read moreHF: BACKGROUND ON THE SYSTEM’S CONSTRUCTION The northwest part of the New Territories of Hong Kong, which includes the new town of Tuen Mun, a developing market town, Yuen Long, and the Castle Peak Road corridor between the two towns, has been developing rapidly since the mid 1970s under the Hong Kong government’s new towns development program to cope with […]
» Read moreSee: Area the size of 12 football fields on former Kai Tak runway to store fallen trees in clean-up struggle after Mangkhut SCMP 30th September 2018 China developer’s net profit at Hong Kong’s old Kai Tak airport to lose altitude amid turbulence in property market SCMP 30th December 2018 More ships and more passengers, but Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is […]
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The history of explosive storage in Hong Kong is an interesting one. The earliest location appears to have been Magazine Island, originally named One Tree Island, which lies just to the West of Aberdeen Harbour. From 1887 to 1908 it was leased for an annual rent of $100, by the Nobel Explosives Company, who built a magazine, a road and […]
» Read moreIDJ has sent the following newspaper article. HF: I have retyped the original article to aid clarity and searches on the internet. A memorial bust to the late Mr. Fung Ping-shan was unveiled yesterday afternoon at the Aberdeen Industrial School, in the presence of a large and distinguished gathering, by H.E. the Governor, Sir Geoffrey Northcote. His Excellency also distributed […]
» Read moreHF: Our article, HK and Whampoa Dockyard – what happened to its famous Hammerhead Crane?, linked below, got me interested in the final fate of the well known Hong Kong landmark. Klaus Liphard This article was first posted on xxxx xxxx. Related Indhhk articles: HK and Whampoa Dockyard – what happened to its famous Hammerhead Crane?
» Read moreThanks to IDJ for sending the following newspaper article… HF: I have retyped the original to assist clarity and searches. Thanks to SCT for proofreading the retyped article. H.K.’s LEAD, WOLFRAM MINES MAY BE OPENED AGAIN (By Margaret Bradbury) Arrangements for the starting of work on the Colony’s lead and wolfram mines may begin once again, depending on the report […]
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Lawrence Tsui adds more to our growing information about the proposed Ping Shan airport. He has sent an extract from his father’s autobiography which highlights tensions regarding constructing the airport in this location. Lawrence writes:-There’s a slightly different perspective to the Ping Shan Airport in Paul Tsui’s unpublished memoire “My life & My Encounters’ Chapter XVI (para. 7) regarding his […]
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