Author: Hugh Farmer

Hugh Farmer has lived in Hong Kong since 1989. He founded the Industrial History of Hong Kong Group in November 2012 to preserve and share information about the city's fast disappearing industrial heritage. This website was started in October 2013.

Lloyd International Airways Ltd – link to Hong Kong

Articles, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Transport
Lloyd International Douglas C54 Skymaster At Kai Tak October 1961 IDJ Image 3

“Lloyd International Airways Ltd was a private, British independent airline formed in 1961 to operate worldwide charter flights  It commenced operations with a single Douglas DC-4 piston airliner from Cambridge Marshall Airport.  Lloyd International concentrated on passenger and cargo charters with four-engined, long-range aircraft. It also had links in Hong Kong since its inception and flew to the Far East regularly. During the mid-1960s, the airline began re-equipping its […]

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A Study of the Hongkong Printing Press, Part 2

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People
The Hongkong Printing Press Part 2 Image 1

Roy Eric Xavier, Director, Portuguese and Macanese Studies Project at the University of California, Berkeley, USA has kindly granted permission to reproduce the second part of the following article. He stresses that this is still a draft and subject to revision. Roy runs the absorbing website Far Eastern Currents which covers a wide range of research into the Macanese Diaspora especially in Macau and Hong […]

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Ronghua – the ancient, dying craft of making velvet flowers, dating back to the Tang dynasty

Articles, Mines, Quarries + Dredging, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People, Traditional Industries
Velvet Flowers Ronghua Detail SCMP 23.12.17 Courtesy Handout

“Born and raised in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, at the heart of eastern China’s silk-producing Yangtze River Delta region, Zhao began his more than 40-year career as a ronghua creator as a 19 year old at a state-owned factory. The art of making ronghua – literally “velvet flower” – dates back to the Tang dynasty (618-907) and refers to the creation of not […]

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Hong Kong Industrial Adverts from the 1950s – part two

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing

IDJ has sent some wonderfully evocative and picturesque advertising posters from 1955. They were published by the Hong Kong Government’s Department of Commerce and Industry in a 180 page government handout, typical at that time, to prospective overseas buyers outlining what Hong Kong could sell you or manufacture for you. IDJ continues, “I’ve had my copy for several years and originally acquired […]

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Hong Kong Industrial Adverts from the 1950s – part one

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing

IDJ has sent some wonderfully evocative and picturesque advertising posters from 1955. They were published by the Hong Kong Government’s Department of Commerce and Industry in a 180 page government handout, typical at that time, to prospective overseas buyers outlining what Hong Kong could sell you or manufacture for you. IDJ continues, “I’ve had my copy for several years and […]

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Ancient Stone Trails, Stone bridges and Waymarkers in HK

Articles, Traditional Industries

Thomas Ngan: Before Shek Pik Reservoir and the South Lantau Road were built, villagers travelled either by boat, or by ancient footpaths between major villages on Lantau. You might have heard a few months ago that some villagers of a few villages in the Tung Chung area blocked the footpath going through their villages. It was around the same month of […]

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Tai Lam Chung Reservoir – first built post-WW2 – construction images added

Articles, Industrial Districts + Locations, Utilities

HF: The Tai Lam Chung Reservoir was the first reservoir built in Hong Kong after the Second World War. Construction work commenced in 1952, was completed in 1957 and  officially opened by the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham on 7th December of that year. The reservoir, with a storage capacity of 20 million cubic metres, was formed by a main dam across the […]

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The Aberdeen Reservoirs

Articles, Construction, Utilities
The Dam Wall And Valve House On The Upper Aberdeen Reservoir, Hong Kong Island.

The Aberdeen Reservoirs (香港仔水塘) are a group of two reservoirs, consisting of the Upper Aberdeen Reservoir (香港仔上水塘) and the Lower Aberdeen Reservoir (香港仔下水塘),  above Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island. The Aberdeen Reservoirs were built to augment Pok Fu Lam Reservoir in providing water supply to the west of Hong Kong Island. The Lower Aberdeen Reservoir, with a capacity of 44.2 million imperial gallons […]

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Tat Shing Metal Manufactory Company, Sham Shui Po – belt buckles, bag and furniture accessories

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing
Tat Shing Metal Manufacturing Image Sham Shui Po Belt Buckle B Image From Company Site

Having over 30 years of experience in the metal manufactory, Tat Shing Metal is a well known brandname worldwide. Our clients have different background ranging from professional international buyers to couples who need souvenirs in their wedding party. Our sales team consists of more than 100 years of experience and are ready to provide talied made solutions for your production. […]

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