Dheeraj Khiytani has kindly sent this dinner menu from the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company ship Loong Sang, dated October 1901, which he recently purchased. A brief history of the Loong Sang. The Loong Sang was built in 1896 by William Gray and Company of Central Marine Engineering Works, West Hartlepool, UK, which was was a shipbuilding firm from 1874 to […]
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IDJ has sent the following newspaper article about the launching of R.C.S. Viti, built at Taikoo Dockyard in Hong Kong. ROYAL COLONIAL SHIP VITI LAUNCHED BY LADY NORTHCOTE AT TAIKOO Built To Order Of The Government Of Fiji As Administrative Vessel Constructed by the Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. of Hongkong Ltd., to the order and special requirements of the […]
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Peter Howell has sent a number of images of taken in the early 1950s, when Peter was involved in 1900 Flight at RAF Shatin Airfield. Peter says, some photographs depict the wider role in which the unit took part – Air Days and Ceremonial occasions. If you wish to know more about Peter’s involvement in 1900 Flight, the Shatin Airfield, […]
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3rd June 2021 An additional image and information sent in by Dheeraj Khiytani was added. See 1907. HF:Watson’s is possibly the oldest retailer still in existence in Hong Kong and unquestionably among a tiny few that have opererated continuously since the early days of the colony… By 1941 Watson’s was already the largest chemist, retailer of health and beauty products, […]
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IDJ has sent the following newspaper article. For more information about the West Point gas explosion in 1934 please see our other articles below. HF: I have retyped the article for clarity sake and to assist searches. The script occasionally uses phrasing which would not be used in contemporary English which I have not changed. I am unfamiliar with the […]
» Read moreRose, Downs and Thompson of Hull, UK, maker of plant for processing edible oils and for making animal feeds, opened branch offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 1910s. This company biography comes from the excellent UK Industrial History website Graces Guides, linked below. 1777 Company established. 1871 Christiana Rose, of Rose and Downs, died 1874 Christiana’s grandson, John Campbell Thompson, joined […]
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Peter Howells has kindly sent the following photographs and says they are simply amateur pics taken during routine patrols, and depict the work that 1900 Flight was doing. The official photographs taken on these flights were processed behind locked doors and despatched to High Command for interpretation. If you wish to know more about Peter’s involvement in 1900 Flight, the […]
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HF: I was told many years ago that Hong Kong had the most ferry routes of any city in the world. And that Sydney was second and Seattle third. If that was true back in the 1980s it may not be so in 2014. During this period I have seen several routes vanish, including Jordan Road to Central, a wonderful […]
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Peter Howells has kindly sent the following photographs and says they are simply amateur pics taken during routine patrols, and depict the work that 1900 Flight was doing. The official photographs taken on these flights were processed behind locked doors and despatched to High Command for interpretation. If you wish to know more about Peter’s involvement in 1900 Flight, the […]
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Elizabeth Ride has sent BAAG Report KWIZ #83, dated 26th January 1945, and noted earlier: After KWIZ #4, the Naval section is not included in the AWM papers, and does not appear again until KWIZ #66, and then in a slightly different format. HF: I am afraid because of time constraints I am no longer able to summarize and list […]
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