Photograph of Sam Mun Tsai added. HF: On 2nd March 2015 the SCMP published an article, Hong Kong villagers keep memories of home lost to reservoir afloat. In July 1965 the 400 residents of Sam Mun Tsai were relocated, (the article uses the term ‘evicted’), from their fishing village during the construction of Plover Cove Reservoir which was carried out from […]
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IDJ has sent the following newspaper report complaining about the arrest of unlicensed wolfram miners in the Tsuen Wan area of Hong Kong in 1951. HF: I have retyped the report to aid clarity and searches on the website. Thanks to SCT for proofreading the retyped version. Except in the sense that it might be regarded as a reminder that […]
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Phillip Edward Kenny added a comment to the article, Lok On Pai ‘desalting’ plant – site visit photographs, suggesting that the HK Urbex Group visit to Lok On Pai ‘desalting’ plant in July 2014 would be of interest. The Hong Kong Urbex (ie Urban Exploration) Group visit, photograph and write about “Hong Kong’s derelict abandoned sites.” They write: “Time and […]
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HF: The Hong Kong Memory project is a tremendous source of information about Hong Kong’s industrial history. It states it is a multi-media web site that gives free and open access to digitized materials on Hong Kong’s history, culture and heritage. The materials include text documents, photographs, posters, sound recordings, motion pictures and videos. HKM is Hong Kong’s response to UNESCO’s […]
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HF: I thought I would post a new article about employees of the Caltex Oil Terminal in Tsuen Wan. First up is this brief entry sent by Alexandre Pinto Marques. Alexandre Pinto Marques: My father worked for Caltex till we left HK in 1965. Our family was the first occupants of one of the duplex units. I enjoyed my years […]
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IDj has kindly sent a new China Light and Power video, linked below. The first half focusses on Hong Kong while the remainder is about CLP’s world-wide operations. A Source: CLP’s A Century of Power CLP’s A Century of Power This article was first posted 7th July 2021. Related Indhhk articles: CLP A Century of Light – how power was […]
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IDJ has sent the following newspaper article about the construction of the Hong Kong Telephone Company’s new building on Nathan Road in Kowloon in 1948. It was completed by the end of that year and subsequently demolished in 1976. HF: I have retyped the article for the sake of clarity and to aid searches. Thanks to SCT for proofreading the […]
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Hugh Farmer with thanks to IDJ for the following report: This extract from a report in the Modern Tramway Journal c1988, mentions several proposals, none of which came to fruition.’ Namely: a) building a second line to the Peak in 1908 c) 1948-1958 extending the existing Peak Tram line further down into Central b) constructing a funicular railway at Lion […]
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Even though Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories had become a British colony, and Macao was a Portuguese possession, people in Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China were free to travel between these places and work in all three. No permit was required for people travelling between these places. As there was political instability in China, many […]
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Paul Bloomfield has sent this image of a Nam Wah preserved ginger jar. HF: He asked if we had any further information about the company. The answer is a little shown in our already posted article, Nam Wah preserved ginger manufacturer – Sham Shui Po, linked below. I have included some of the information and an early advert for the […]
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