See: 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 Lawrence writes:-There’s a slightly different perspective to the Ping Shan Airport in Paul Tsui’s unpublished memoire “My life & My Encounters’ Chapter XVI (para. 7) regarding his […]
» Read moreHF: Tung Chao-yung or T.Y.Tung, also known as Tung Hao-yun was a Chinese shipping magnate and the founder of the Orient Overseas Line (now Orient Overseas Container Line or OOCL). He was the father of Tung Chee-hwa, the first chief executive of Hong Kong. At the peak of his career of his career he owned a shipping fleet with over […]
» Read moreHF: In 1906, the government began land sale in Sham Shui Po to the public. A number of reclamation projects were carried out in the 1910s, and several roads were built that facilitated the district’s urbanisation. Transport links were also gradually established between Sham Shui Po and the urban area of Kowloon, and the district developed into a new community […]
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HF: The SS Alaska was a 4,012 ton, 8 speed, side-wheel steamship launched on 27th November 27th 1867 for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. She saw service between New York and Aspinwall, now known as Colón, Panama, and was later used on the San Francisco to Panama City and San Francisco to Hong Kong routes until 1879. During the night of Tuesday 22 September […]
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