Robin Selby has been in contact about his great-uncle Thomas Selby (1866-1937). Robin says, Thomas had a full life and was at one time mate of the Cutty Sark, captain of another ship, went on to work for the The Indo-China Steam Navigation Company Ltd (ICSNC) which had been established in 1873 as a subsidiary of Hong Kong based Jardine, Matheson […]
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HF: The SCMP had an interesting article about the closing of a company which was founded in 1948: “Cans of printing ink line the teak shelves of the Nam Wah Company shop, which has been supplying local and mainland printers since before the second world war. But its long history comes to a full stop tomorrow [6th March 2014] when […]
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HF: “Tai O Market Street (大澳街市街) has been, and still is, the busiest economic centre of Tai O. Several old buildings still remain along the Street, with Nos. 1, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 17 lying on the west side, and Nos. 2, 4 and 14 along its east side. The one at No. 1 stands on a land lot […]
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HF: “Across a valley, where village life has been unchanged for 400 years a dam has been built; on an island where until recently there was scarcely an automobile now runs a modern road and to the people of Hong Kong a major step forward has been made towards providing an adequate water supply… ..the consultants chose a large valley […]
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Thomas Sposato has sent an article about American Marine boatyard in Junk Bay which was published in Motor Boating magazine in September 1970. This is linked below. It contains a lot of information about the yard. I do not think this magazine is still being published but would like to be corrected if it is. All photographs are courtesy of […]
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Carles Brasó Broggi first contacted our group in June 2013, so very early in its short life, and in pre-website days. He was then researching for his PhD and was based in Shanghai. He was particularly interested in the spinners that came from Shanghai at the end of the 1940s to Hong Kong to build its first spinning and weaving […]
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Edward Schneider, Carl Ingenohl’s great-grandson, has sent this 1911 advert which confirms the factory location was on a large site in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, bordered by Nathan Road, Dundas and Soy Streets (and also as Edward confirms elsewhere, Kwong Wa Street). The single page advert has been divided for this article into four sections. HF: I believe the term Flor […]
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IDJ has sent the following account from an unknown source about numerous proposals regarding different forms of transport mainly on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon but also extending into the New Territories. Only a couple were carried out. Monorail proposals 1974 Tsim Sha Tsui – Kwun Tong 1978 Proposed new airport at Chek Lap Kok – Kowloon late 1970s […]
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HF: I took these photos of Kau Wa Keng old village on the of 23rd February 2016. I had seen the village several times before, from a distance, while strolling along Castle Peak Road – Kwai Chung section. The road looks down through woodland at the village as seen in the first three shots on a murky Hong Kong day. […]
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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. It’s located near to the reclaimed Lai Chi Kok Bay. Three rivers once joined at the bay and formed […]
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