HF: This extract about Iron and Steel comes from a 1963 report on The Mineral Industry of Hong Kong by JM West. The report mentions several companies we have no information about: Fuji Marden – a joint venture between Fuji Iron Works of Japan and Wheelock Marden of Hong Kong Sigma Shipping which in that year was operating a re-rolling […]
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HF: The following has been adapted from the company website: In 1928 Yin Chi Chung founded his hand sewing needle factory in Tsingtao, China. This was the first such company in China. By 1935 the company had attracted attention from other major suppliers of hand sewing needles in the world. Representatives of the German company William Prym GmbH came to visit the […]
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HF: I found some very raw information listing “selected examples” of companies in pre-WW2 Hong Kong in the book, Hong Kong’s History: State and Society Under Colonial Rule. We already know something about some of these concerns – Indhhk articles are linked Nanyang Brother Tobacco Co. Ltd Li Man Hing Kwok Weaving / Manufacturing Co. Ltd Ng Jim Kai – Financier of the Chinese […]
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HF: It was with interest that I was told recently that Sir Jack Cater began his career in Hong Kong in 1946 as a cadet officer in the Fisheries Department, held various related posts and became Director of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1964. In February 1974, he was appointed first Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) by Governor MacLehose following […]
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HF: Our piece, Dredging Marine Sand – Container Terminal 6, 1987 article, says that the dredging was undertaken by the Dutch company HAM. HAM has been involved in several Hong Kong projects including Chek Lap Kok airport, Disneyland, Container Terminals 6 + 7, Repulse Bay beach, Lamma Island Power Station, Tsing Yi Island, West Kowloon (Phase One) and the North Lantau […]
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IDJ has sent a series of articles about early managers at Taikoo Dockyard. This first article predates the appointment of the first manager Philip Forster Nicholson in 1907: Adapted from the source below: Early in 1902 before the company was ready to commence operations it was decided to engage a leading Civil Engineer from England to take charge of the construction work, […]
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HF: There have been a number of paint companies manufacturing their products in Hong Kong. A very useful introduction to this industry can be found on the Hong Kong Memory website linked below. Most of the one line founding dates etc come from HKM. Here are brief introductions to the companies I have come across. YL York Lo If you […]
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This article is the result of several people’s research into industrial development and other related topics on Tsing Yi Island. Tsing Yi Island (青衣島) has an area of 10.69 km². The island has been extended drastically by reclamation along almost all its natural shore and the annexation of Nga Ting Chau (牙鷹洲) and Chau Tsai. Three major bays or harbours, Tsing Yi Lagoon, Mun Tsai […]
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HF: Kau Wa Keng (九華徑), is a village and valley between Lai King and Lai Chi Kok though traditionally and administratively it belongs to Kwai Chung. The village has about 300 years of history, most of the villagers were originally of the Tsang clan. I took these photos of a group of buildings in Kau Wa Keng old village on the 23rd February […]
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HF: Producing salt from the sea is one of the oldest industries in Hong Kong. I have information, however slight, that it was produced in at least these locations. Kwun Tong Mui Wo (Lantau) San Hui (Tuen Mun) Tai O ( Lantau) Yim Lin Ha (Sha Tau Kok – NE NT) Yim Tin Tsai (Sai Kung) Wong Ka Wai (Tuen […]
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