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- From Sony to American Standard: the story of Chung Yuen Electrical and Acme Sanitary Ware
- Murjani – the Ups and Downs of a HK Garment Dynasty
- Hop Yuen Construction (合源建築): A Century of Building in HK
- Sir Thomas Sutherland - first chairman of Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard
- Nanyang Cotton Mill - additional information and 1948 images
- Kapok (紅棉) and Golden Gate (金門) – HK Bakery Chains from the 50s and 60s and the family behind them
- Lok On Pai "Desalting" Plant - further information
- Hari Harilela - Hong Kong, Indian businessman
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Five) – Ngo Kee and Sung Foo Kee/Lidell
- Kwong Hing Tai (廣興泰) and Kwong Loong Tai (廣隆泰)
- Robert Fan Wenzhao, architect, involved in Hong Kong industrial locations
- Shanghainese Builders in HK (Part Seven) – John Lok, Yao Kee, Paul Lee, TK Shen, Wide Project and Wai Kee
- The Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) Part 3 – the construction of Kowloon Station
- South Sea Textile Manufacturing Company Ltd
- Dragages Hong Kong - first HK projects, Kai Tak runway extension and Shek Pik reservoir
- The Economics of the Tricycle Industry in Hong Kong – Part Two
- The history of the Hong Kong electronics industry
- Kwok Hing Engineering Works, further information
- K. Jamson(占臣) – the global journey of a HK shoe and luggage company over the past nine decades
- Cross harbour road tunnel - link to planning of Shing Mun reservoir, late 1920s?
- Hop Yuen Construction (合源建築): A Century of Building in HK
- Lok On Pai "Desalting" Plant - further information
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Five) – Ngo Kee and Sung Foo Kee/Lidell
- Shanghainese Builders in HK (Part Seven) – John Lok, Yao Kee, Paul Lee, TK Shen, Wide Project and Wai Kee
- The Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) Part 3 – the construction of Kowloon Station
- Dragages Hong Kong - first HK projects, Kai Tak runway extension and Shek Pik reservoir
- Ng Wah (伍華, 1874-1950) – Leading Contractor, Developer of Pedder Building and Philanthropist
- North West Water Supply Scheme
- Ching Chun-kau (程振球) – Real Estate, Amusement Park and Resort Pioneer
- The Cheung brothers and Cheong Lee Construction (昌利建築)
- The construction of the HSBC building in Hong Kong - images from its architect Foster + Partners
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Three) - Voh Kee, Chang Sung and Dah Cheng
- Joy Fat Construction (再發建築) – Factory Building Pioneer and Developer of Corner Houses
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shek Lei Pui and Kowloon Byewash Reservoir
- Tsing Yi Power Station - 1966 construction to 1998 demolition
- Lee On Construction (利安建築) and Lee On Realty (利安地產)
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shing Mun Reservoir
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
- The Construction of Western Market (North Block), 1902-1906
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Lower Shing Mun Reservoir
- Kwong Fat Yuen Hong (廣發源行) – the 150 year old King of Leather
- Rose, Downs and Thompson - Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
- The Kennedy Town Slaughterhouses - initial notes
- Makers of Preserved Fruits – Wong Wing Kee, Lee Wah Mui, Hing Ah, Lee Sin Kee, Heung Fat Wai Kee, Yam Hop Hing and Koon Wah
- Lockhart Report 1898 - NT - agriculture, indigo, hemp, cotton (Causeway Bay cotton mill)
- Peng Chau Island industry
- "They Fatten Fish to Feed Hong Kong"
- Pokfulam Dairy Farm
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- Ping Shan Enterprise Co Ltd, disused factory, Yuen Long
- Great South Fishing Industries (廣南漁業)
- WW2 Poultry Farms during the Japanese occupation
- The Fresh Water Fish Farming Industry of the New Territories
- Pearl Oysters at Mirs Bay (Pearl Pool), Tai Po Sea, during the Five Dynasties - details of overland route to Tuen Mun
- Pokfulam village, oldest village on Hong Kong Island and home to many workers at Dairy Farm Company
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong - dairy supplies & facilities
- Pokfulam village - close links to Dairy Farm 1886, SCMP article
- The Smithfield slaughterhouse, Kennedy Town - photos from 1894
- Salt production, oldest industry in Hong Kong, Tai O
- Homi Villa - built by Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee during the construction of Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd Brewery
- Kapok (紅棉) and Golden Gate (金門) – HK Bakery Chains from the 50s and 60s and the family behind them
- The Sperry Flour Company in Hong Kong
- The Tien Chu (HK) Company Ltd - founded by Wu Yunchu aka P. N. Woo - "Father of Monosodium Glutamate" - initial notes
- King Kong: Kong Tak-yan (江德仁), tycoon in the 1950s-80s and the original developer of Lan Kwai Fong
- Three HK bakeries 1864 - Dorabjee Nowrojee's, The Wanchi and The Colonial, and mention of two other companies
- William MacGregor Smith (Wahee, Smith & Co.) c1831- c1907
- Taikoo Sugar Refinery - Bullivant's Ropeway for transporting coal from ship to shore
- Alfred Herbert Rennie - biography, the Hongkong Milling Company and his suicide
- Dodwell & Company Ltd, 天祥洋行
- Mui Wo salt pans, Lantau Island
- Rose, Downs and Thompson - Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
- Makers of Preserved Fruits – Wong Wing Kee, Lee Wah Mui, Hing Ah, Lee Sin Kee, Heung Fat Wai Kee, Yam Hop Hing and Koon Wah
- The Construction of Western Market (North Block), 1902-1906
- Asia Provisions (亞洲辦館) and Asia Cold Storage (亞洲凍房)
- Po Chai Lemonin (普濟檸檬精)
- Three of Hong Kong's oldest restaurants, Part Three - the Gaylord
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village...Part Two - photos of the plant functioning
- Three of Hong Kong's oldest restaurants, Part One - Tai Ping Koon
- Beer in Hong Kong - Part Seven - Carlsberg brewery, Tai Po - opened 1981
- Yakult (益力多): 50 Years in Hong Kong
- Lok On Pai "Desalting" Plant - further information
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Five) – Ngo Kee and Sung Foo Kee/Lidell
- Robert Fan Wenzhao, architect, involved in Hong Kong industrial locations
- Shanghainese Builders in HK (Part Seven) – John Lok, Yao Kee, Paul Lee, TK Shen, Wide Project and Wai Kee
- The Orient Tobacco Manufactory Company - 1911 price list including factory drawing and map
- Ching Chun-kau (程振球) – Real Estate, Amusement Park and Resort Pioneer
- Wah Mei Electric (華美電器行) – Leading Distributor of Electronics from the 1920s to 1960s and related firms
- Famous HK Tailors (Part Four): the Shanghainese Tailors – Loa Hai Shing, H. Baromon, Ying Tai, Jimmy Chen, W.W. Chan, Ascot Chang and William Yu
- The Rope Making Industry in Hong Kong, 1957 Trade Bulletin article
- G Falconer & Company, Watchmakers & Jewellers - HK agent for Ross Optical Ltd, Clapham, London and Kelvin & Hughes, marine instruments, London
- Cost Plus Bazaar (美廉市場) and Mark V (美發)
- Kau Shat Wan 狗虱灣 , Lantau Island - government explosives depot
- Three HK bakeries 1864 - Dorabjee Nowrojee's, The Wanchi and The Colonial, and mention of two other companies
- The construction of the HSBC building in Hong Kong - images from its architect Foster + Partners
- Bernard Van Zuiden (萬瑞庭, 1899-1979) – Dutch Trader and Philanthropist in Hong Kong
- Susan Yuen (原劉素珊)– the Mother of the FHKI, HKMA, HKTDC and HKPC
- Arthur Rylands Lowe - HK's first accountant, clients included several industrial companies
- Lammert & Company - watchmakers, auctioneers and an 1858 murder
- Dodwell & Company Ltd, 天祥洋行
- Mui Wo salt pans, Lantau Island
- Hop Yuen Construction (合源建築): A Century of Building in HK
- Sir Thomas Sutherland - first chairman of Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard
- Nanyang Cotton Mill - additional information and 1948 images
- Kapok (紅棉) and Golden Gate (金門) – HK Bakery Chains from the 50s and 60s and the family behind them
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Five) – Ngo Kee and Sung Foo Kee/Lidell
- Robert Fan Wenzhao, architect, involved in Hong Kong industrial locations
- Shanghainese Builders in HK (Part Seven) – John Lok, Yao Kee, Paul Lee, TK Shen, Wide Project and Wai Kee
- South Sea Textile Manufacturing Company Ltd
- Dragages Hong Kong - first HK projects, Kai Tak runway extension and Shek Pik reservoir
- Kwok Hing Engineering Works, further information
- K. Jamson(占臣) – the global journey of a HK shoe and luggage company over the past nine decades
- KCR Whampoa Railway Siding
- Ng Wah (伍華, 1874-1950) – Leading Contractor, Developer of Pedder Building and Philanthropist
- Lee On (利安) and Ying Kee (英記) - manufacturers of safes and steel furniture
- George Underhill Sands, Early China Steamship Entrepreneur
- Kwong Fat Yuen Hong (廣發源行) – the 150 year old King of Leather
- Tung Tai Tseung Kee & Company, 同泰祥記, engineers and shipbuilders, 1897 to c1945
- Mayar Silk Mills (HK) Ltd, Tsuen Wan - company compound derelict for many years
- The Sperry Flour Company in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co. Ltd - ships built, wrecked during WW2
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Five) – Ngo Kee and Sung Foo Kee/Lidell
- Robert Fan Wenzhao, architect, involved in Hong Kong industrial locations
- Mayar Silk Mills (HK) Ltd, Tsuen Wan - company compound derelict for many years
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Three) - Voh Kee, Chang Sung and Dah Cheng
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Kowloon Peninsula
- Tsing Yi Power Station - 1966 construction to 1998 demolition
- The Kennedy Town Slaughterhouses - initial notes
- The Construction of Western Market (North Block), 1902-1906
- Lok On Pai 'desalting' plant - as Transshipment Centre used by the PAA - photo
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village...Part Two - photos of the plant functioning
- Chuen Sun Knitting Factory
- Industrial accidents in HK - 500 people killed since 1999
- Japanese Radar Station On Tai Mo Shan
- Pokfulam Dairy Farm
- Mystery buildings at Lo So Shing beach, Lamma Island
- Ping Shan Enterprise Co Ltd, disused factory, Yuen Long
- The construction of the HSBC building in Hong Kong
- The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Ltd ., building residential quarters for over 1,000 coolies and foremen, 1939
- Wong Nai Chung Reservoir
- Hong Kong - China Concrete Company Ltd, recent Yau Tong plant field visit photos
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Five) – Ngo Kee and Sung Foo Kee/Lidell
- Robert Fan Wenzhao, architect, involved in Hong Kong industrial locations
- Shanghainese Builders in HK (Part Seven) – John Lok, Yao Kee, Paul Lee, TK Shen, Wide Project and Wai Kee
- K. Jamson(占臣) – the global journey of a HK shoe and luggage company over the past nine decades
- Kwong Fat Yuen Hong (廣發源行) – the 150 year old King of Leather
- The Sperry Flour Company in Hong Kong
- Mui Wo Silver Mine – Part Two The Mine
- Tung Mow Hides & Leather Factory(同茂皮廠) – pioneer of the HK leather industry
- Fresnel Lenses - Barbier, Benard & Turenne - AGA and Waglan lighthouse...
- The Tien Chu (HK) Company Ltd - founded by Wu Yunchu aka P. N. Woo - "Father of Monosodium Glutamate" - initial notes
- Wah Mei Electric (華美電器行) – Leading Distributor of Electronics from the 1920s to 1960s and related firms
- Cost Plus Bazaar (美廉市場) and Mark V (美發)
- Lee Man Rubber Manufactory (利民橡膠製品廠)
- SS Alaska - temporary casualty of 1874 Typhoon at Aberdeen Dock
- Ng Yue-kwong (吳裕光, 1902-1977) and Ng Yee Hing Weaving & Dyeing Factory (吳義興織印染製衣廠)
- King Kong: Kong Tak-yan (江德仁), tycoon in the 1950s-80s and the original developer of Lan Kwai Fong
- The construction of the HSBC building in Hong Kong - images from its architect Foster + Partners
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Three) - Voh Kee, Chang Sung and Dah Cheng
- Bernard Van Zuiden (萬瑞庭, 1899-1979) – Dutch Trader and Philanthropist in Hong Kong
- Kruse & Co - HK importers of cigars - Imperia del Mundo Manila cigars
- Hop Yuen Construction (合源建築): A Century of Building in HK
- Sir Thomas Sutherland - first chairman of Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard
- Kapok (紅棉) and Golden Gate (金門) – HK Bakery Chains from the 50s and 60s and the family behind them
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part Five) – Ngo Kee and Sung Foo Kee/Lidell
- Robert Fan Wenzhao, architect, involved in Hong Kong industrial locations
- K. Jamson(占臣) – the global journey of a HK shoe and luggage company over the past nine decades
- Ng Wah (伍華, 1874-1950) – Leading Contractor, Developer of Pedder Building and Philanthropist
- Lee On (利安) and Ying Kee (英記) - manufacturers of safes and steel furniture
- George Underhill Sands, Early China Steamship Entrepreneur
- Kwong Fat Yuen Hong (廣發源行) – the 150 year old King of Leather
- C Ingenohl - company and man - HK cigars
- Li Po-chun (李寶椿): his family, his buildings and businesses and a century of philanthropy
- Fresnel Lenses - Barbier, Benard & Turenne - AGA and Waglan lighthouse...
- Ching Chun-kau (程振球) – Real Estate, Amusement Park and Resort Pioneer
- The Tien Chu (HK) Company Ltd - founded by Wu Yunchu aka P. N. Woo - "Father of Monosodium Glutamate" - initial notes
- Sir Paul Chater - connected to several major Hong Kong companies
- Wah Mei Electric (華美電器行) – Leading Distributor of Electronics from the 1920s to 1960s and related firms
- Famous HK Tailors (Part Four): the Shanghainese Tailors – Loa Hai Shing, H. Baromon, Ying Tai, Jimmy Chen, W.W. Chan, Ascot Chang and William Yu
- Leung Man Kwong (梁文廣) - clearance of HK harbour post WW2 and founder of Universal Dockyards
- Rainbow Latex (雲利乳膠) and Seven Sea Chemicals (七海化工)
- 60 Hip Shing Timber Company, information requested
- 59 The East Asiatic Company Ltd in Hong Kong - information requested
- 58 Information needed about a Leading Hong Kong Dressmaker, Lily Nègre, 1920s
- 57 Kwong Sang Hong Ltd warehouse, 192 Hennessy Road
- 56 Dairy Farm Company - do the small concrete dams built in the 1930s still exist?
- 55 Pacific Islands Shipbuilding Company - information wanted
- 54 Nam Wah, Hong Kong ginger company - information needed
- 53 Eye Baths/Cups - manufactured in Hong Kong?
- 52 Stink Boats - used in the removal of nightsoil from Hong Kong island in the 1960s and 70s
- 51 D. & M. Rustomjee, trading firm in Canton and Hong Kong
- 50 R.H. Kotewall & Co
- 49 Boyd, Kaye & Company
- 48 T.O.Morgan, Director of Water Supplies - imagined Plover Cove Reservoir while swimming in the area
- 47 Wyler Textiles Ltd
- 46 Reiss & Bradley Group of Companies
- 45 Proposed fixed crossing to Lantau Island, late 1970s
- 44 Tsing Yi Island Industries Ltd, concrete products manufacturer
- 43 Sung Hill Quarry, Kowloon - where and when?
- 42 Did Japanese company Mitsui Bussan Kaishu Ltd take over control of Taikoo Docks in October 1942?
- 41 Leather Works No.1 BAAG Report WW2
- K. Jamson(占臣) – the global journey of a HK shoe and luggage company over the past nine decades
- Wah Mei Electric (華美電器行) – Leading Distributor of Electronics from the 1920s to 1960s and related firms
- Bernard Van Zuiden (萬瑞庭, 1899-1979) – Dutch Trader and Philanthropist in Hong Kong
- Paramount: Ad Agency and Interior Decorator
- The Tam Brothers behind Wai Yee Co, King’s Shirts and Yau Sun Shoes
- Big and Tall from Nanking Rd to Nathan Rd: Jefferson Young (楊撫生) of Crane (鶴鳴), Chancellor (大人), Da Da (大大) and the rise and fall of his retail empire
- Hong Kong Jade Industry and some of its pioneers
- Sanda Shoes (山打皮鞋) and Manning Shirt (萬寧恤)
- Alhambra Watch (平安表行)
- Charles Herbert Arnhold, Arnhold & Company Ltd
- The Commercial Press (HK) Ltd
- Augustine Heard & Company, major American 19th century China trading house with its headquarters in Hong Kong from 1856
- J. Ullmann (烏利文) – Swiss Watchmaker and Jeweler in HK and China
- Tattooing in Hong Kong
- Demise of the 79 year old neon lights of Tai Tung Bakery, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
- Lee Ka Yuen Emporium (李家園百貨)
- Foo Hang, Tai Hang, Lee Heng and B. Green– Four Leaders of the HK Diamonds Industry
- From Ships in Cheung Sha Wan to Shoes in Sham Shui Po – the Chan family, Wing On Shing Shipyard and Po Shing Shoe Company
- Neon Lights in Hong Kong nostalgia - recent exhibition
- A.S. Watson & Company celebrate 100th anniversary
- Sir Thomas Sutherland - first chairman of Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard
- George Underhill Sands, Early China Steamship Entrepreneur
- Tung Tai Tseung Kee & Company, 同泰祥記, engineers and shipbuilders, 1897 to c1945
- Teh Hu Steamship (德和輪船公司)
- Fresnel Lenses - Barbier, Benard & Turenne - AGA and Waglan lighthouse...
- HUD - new tug Whampoa - celebrating two HK shipyards
- Leung Man Kwong (梁文廣) - clearance of HK harbour post WW2 and founder of Universal Dockyards
- Hong Kong United Dockyards (HUD)
- SS Alaska - temporary casualty of 1874 Typhoon at Aberdeen Dock
- Taikoo Dockyard - photos of the yard, departments, workshops and main office - c1954
- Frosty Moller - tug involved in evacuation of Waglan Island lighthouse staff, December 1941
- Taikoo Sugar Refinery - Bullivant's Ropeway for transporting coal from ship to shore
- R.P. de La Sala – the Global Shipping and Industrial Magnate from HK
- Thomas Selby - his life on board the Cutty Sark
- Impact of Typhoon Wanda on shipping in Tolo Harbour
- Chung Wah Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
- Dodwell & Company Ltd, 天祥洋行
- Douglas Lapraik - watchmaker, shipowner and co-founder of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Company
- Japanese suicide boats - end of occupation, WW2, possibly related BAAG reports
- Ulderup and Schlüter Shipyard, Sham Shui Po c1900-1914
- Wah Mei Electric (華美電器行) – Leading Distributor of Electronics from the 1920s to 1960s and related firms
- Asia International Electronics Ltd (亞洲無線電工廠)
- Wader Film Studio (華達製片廠)
- The Inventions and Ventures of HK Tech Pioneer Prof. S.C. Loh (樂秀章)
- The Development of Telephone Communication in China, Part Two
- The Development of Telephone Communication in China, Part One
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part Three 1971-1983
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part Two 1938-1970
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part One 1871-1931
- Behind the Shades: David Miao (繆德維 1912-2006) – the low-profile partner of George Ho behind many high-profile products (Minolta cameras and copiers, Philips radios …) and services (Commercial Radio, ABC Paging) in HK
- Conic (康力)- HK Electronics Giant of the late 1970s, early 1980s
- Proposed world-wide radio-telephonic system for Hong Kong, newspaper article 1938
- The Hongkong Telephone Company, 1925 to 1933, Far Eastern Review article
- The Numerical Control Engineering Company Ltd
- Telegraph Bay, HK Island - location of the first submarine telegraphic cable into Hong Kong, 1871
- Hong Kong rattan and bamboo products 1960s
- Rickshaw Makers’ Stores
- Mui Wo salt pans, Lantau Island
- Stone breaking in Hong Kong - two further images
- Lime-making on Tsing Yi island - 1984 RASHKB article
- Cotton Padded Quilt masters and Shops, New Territories
- Lockhart Report 1898 - NT - agriculture, indigo, hemp, cotton (Causeway Bay cotton mill)
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village...Part Two - photos of the plant functioning
- Bamboo Scaffolding - Dan Waters' photo gallery
- Leung Kit Lam's steelware store, Shanghai Street
- Peng Chau Island industry
- The locations of Lime Kilns in Hong Kong - a list
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Quarrying and transportation of stone in Hong Kong, 1841
- Night soil collection in Hong Kong - updated - four current locations, July 2016
- The Fresh Water Fish Farming Industry of the New Territories
- Leung So Kee - umbrella manufacturer
- Rope-making and Dyeing/Calendering on Ap Lei Chau Island. 1971 RASHKB article
- Neon Light makers - a vanishing trade
