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Articles
- Tung Kin Land Investment (東建置業)
- Cheoy Lee Shipyard, Penny's Bay, Lantau 1964-2001
- BAAG Report KWIZ #72 Naval Reports - information about Cosmopolitan, Kowloon, Taikoo and Naval dockyards and Kowloon wharves
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Hing Loong Ginger Factory
- Lychee cultivation in the New Territories, a range of items made from the wood, in the 1920s
- Shui Hwa Watch (瑞華表行)
- Village Vehicles (VVs) - made where?
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shing Mun First Section
- Chow Deuk Sang and Aurora Chow
- Hong Kong Tramways - Date of first full service
- Industrial Districts - Sai Kung
- 49 Boyd, Kaye & Company
- Fotoprint Service (浮圖攝影)
- Beer in Hong Kong - Part One - the early days up to the planned opening of its first brewery
- Waglan Island lighthouse - inaugurated on 9th May, 1893
- K.K. Lam (林君傑) – the Rise and Fall of a Watch Band Merchant turned Speculator
- Les Messageries Maritimes á Hong Kong (1918-1941)
- Olyphant & Co, China 19th century (Hong Kong office)
- Kau Wa Keng Old Village, 九華徑 - glove and shoe factories - closed in the late 1970s
Construction
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shing Mun First Section
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shek Lei Pui and Kowloon Byewash Reservoir
- Edmond Ip (葉榮昌): Industrialist, Community Leader and Fugitive
- Wing Tai Cheung (榮泰祥木廠) – Timber Merchant and Saw Mill
- Construction and Opening of Shek Pik Reservoir, rare French film 1962
- Hong Kong Water Supply – The Aberdeen Reservoirs Scheme
- Replacing Kai Tak airport post WW2 - three articles about Ping Shan/Deep Bay
- Wong Tong Kee (黃棠記) – the Timber Merchant and the Mansion
- Hong Kong Water Supply - The Tai Tam Tuk Scheme - Second Section
- George Ernest Marden & John Louis Marden
- Submarine built in Hong Kong - 1968 - tested at Hebe Haven
- Hand-dug Caisson excavation in Hong Kong - worst recent construction job? - banned 1995
- The Aerial Ropeway (1891-1932) and Sanitarium (1893-1932) of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery
- Ng Wah (伍華, 1874-1950) – Leading Contractor, Developer of Pedder Building and Philanthropist
- Kwok Yat-wai (郭一葦, 1915-1990): Jeweler, Developer and Philanthropist
- From Tea to Real Estate and Soy Milk and back to Tea – the six-generation saga of the family of Kwan Fan-fat (關奮發)
- H.K. Wah Yuen Investment (華源置業) – Leading Property Developer in the 1950s and 1960s
- Tam Shiu-hong (譚肇康 1875-1961) – HK Construction Industry Pioneer and Supporter of Sun Yat-sen’s Revolution
- Chevalier R Pescio - Tunnelling the Peak - proposed tramway 1906-1910
- Cheong Hing Co/Cheung Hing Construction (祥興建造) – leading building contractor
Fishing and Agriculture
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- From Curios and Jewelry to Soy Milk and Cinemas – the 150 year old saga of the Shiu Lock Hing family
- Traditional Tea Growing in the New Territories, RASHKB article
- The Hong Kong Fishing Industry during World War Two - on the trail of Amakusa Marine
- Itinerant Hakka Weavers in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Hide & Leather Companies - initial notes about this industry
- Hong Kong Industry during World War One
- The Myrobalan tree - traditional Chinese throat candy and summer pillows
- The Fish Pond Industry, Hong Kong 1961
- Kwong Fat Yuen Hong (廣發源行) – the 150 year old King of Leather
- Pearl Oysters at Mirs Bay (Pearl Pool), Tai Po Sea, during the Five Dynasties - details of overland route to Tuen Mun
- Cheung Chau Island Industry
- Pokfulam Dairy Farm
- The five Tang brothers - oyster farming Deep Bay, Sui Luen Weaving Mill 瑞麟 織造廠, Sui Luen Towel Mill 瑞麟毛巾 廠, Tung On Cheong Bakery 同安祥餅家 - further information provided by a granddaughter
- Great South Fishing Industries (廣南漁業)
- Makers of Preserved Fruits – Wong Wing Kee, Lee Wah Mui, Hing Ah, Lee Sin Kee, Yam Hop Hing and Koon Wah
- The Fresh Water Fish Farming Industry of the New Territories
- "They Fatten Fish to Feed Hong Kong"
- The Reevesia Thyrsoidea tree- used to make rope and other products in Hong Kong
- Rose, Downs and Thompson - Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
Food and Beverages
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Hing Loong Ginger Factory
- Beer in Hong Kong - Part One - the early days up to the planned opening of its first brewery
- Kowloon Confectionery & Bakery Co (九龍糖果公司)
- Brook Bernacchi - tea estate Ngong Ping, and first Western resident on Lantau island
- The Lane Crawford Bakery, Stubbs Road, 1938-1948
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village
- Hong Kong Industry during World War Two
- The Taikoo Sugar Refinery
- Live Long and Prosper: Longevity Condensed Milk (壽星公煉奶), Black and White Evaporated Milk (黑白淡奶) and Friesland Ice Cream (菲仕蘭雪糕
- The Wong Brothers of Yuen Kee Hong – from Preserved Ginger to Metals and Frozen Meats
- King Kong: Kong Tak-yan (江德仁), tycoon in the 1950s-80s and the original developer of Lan Kwai Fong
- Seasonal Fruit Company (時新鮮菓公司)
- The Aerial Ropeway (1891-1932) and Sanitarium (1893-1932) of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery
- From Tea to Real Estate and Soy Milk and back to Tea – the six-generation saga of the family of Kwan Fan-fat (關奮發)
- The Imperial Brewing Company formed 1905, commenced operations 1907
- Oriental Engineering (華捷洋行)
- The origins of Wahee, Smith & Co. (later China Sugar Refinery.)
- Connaught Aerated Water Co (安樂汽水)
- Asia Provisions (亞洲辦館) and Asia Cold Storage (亞洲凍房)
General
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Shui Hwa Watch (瑞華表行)
- Chow Deuk Sang and Aurora Chow
- Fotoprint Service (浮圖攝影)
- Hong Kong's world of miniature engineering: The Hong Kong Society of Model & Experimental Engineers
- Kowloon Confectionery & Bakery Co (九龍糖果公司)
- Edmond Ip (葉榮昌): Industrialist, Community Leader and Fugitive
- Wing Tai Cheung (榮泰祥木廠) – Timber Merchant and Saw Mill
- Stanley Kuo (郭正達, 1923-2009): King of Threads, Textile Industrialist and Credit Card Pioneer
- Wong Tong Kee (黃棠記) – the Timber Merchant and the Mansion
- Y.D. Yao (姚玉棣) and Allied Advertising Agency (中雍廣告公司)
- Zung Fu (仁孚) and 65 Years of Mercedes in Hong Kong
- Sine (信誼) – The Century old Saga of a Pharma Giant
- New Asiatic Chemical Works (新亞藥廠): Pharmaceutical Star
- George Ernest Marden & John Louis Marden
- Crowning Achievement: Crown Motors (皇冠汽車) and 50 years of Toyota in HK
- From Curios and Jewelry to Soy Milk and Cinemas – the 150 year old saga of the Shiu Lock Hing family
- Five Stars (五星牌) and Three Rings (三元牌) – Aluminum Pioneers Wah Chong (華錩) and Ting Tai (鼎大)
- Hand-dug Caisson excavation in Hong Kong - worst recent construction job? - banned 1995
- Au Shue-Hung (區樹洪, 1902-1991) – Real Estate Pioneer and Philanthropist
Hong Kong Companies
- Cheoy Lee Shipyard, Penny's Bay, Lantau 1964-2001
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Hing Loong Ginger Factory
- Shui Hwa Watch (瑞華表行)
- Chow Deuk Sang and Aurora Chow
- Industrial Districts - Sai Kung
- Fotoprint Service (浮圖攝影)
- Olyphant & Co, China 19th century (Hong Kong office)
- Sai Hing Steam Ship Company - smuggling, pirates and bombs...
- Taikoo Dockyard Managers - Philip Forster Nicholson, 1907-1910
- The Kwan family and Yue Ying Can Manufacturing and Asia Can Co
- Amoy Canning - photograph of Mr T S Wong, Managing Director of the company in Hong Kong and Singapore, 1930s and 1940s?
- Kowloon Confectionery & Bakery Co (九龍糖果公司)
- Ngan Shing-kwan, co-founder of the China Motor Bus Company
- Macau Air Transport Company (Hong Kong) Ltd - The One Cigarette Airline
- Edmond Ip (葉榮昌): Industrialist, Community Leader and Fugitive
- The Hongkong and China Gas Company Ltd / Towngas - 150th Anniversary 2012 - superb photographs
- Ulderup and Schlüter Shipyard, Sham Shui Po c1900-1914
- Kin Yick Liong (建益隆) – Real Estate Developer from the 1960s
- 19th Century Wanchai Shipyards - Messrs. George Fenwick & Co Ltd
Industrial Buildings + Demolitions
- Kin Yick Liong (建益隆) – Real Estate Developer from the 1960s
- Green Island Cement Company - aerial ropeway
- A History of the Wong Family Textile Business - Part Two: Life in Hong Kong
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village
- Hong Kong Industry during World War Two
- City of Neonlights: HK Neon Light Industry and some of its key players
- CLP's Hok Un Power Station - immediately post World War Two
- The Ho brothers and Jan Sin Mee and Standard/Shui Hing
- Jing Wah Garments Manufacturing (正華製衣)
- The Aerial Ropeway (1891-1932) and Sanitarium (1893-1932) of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery
- H.K. Wah Yuen Investment (華源置業) – Leading Property Developer in the 1950s and 1960s
- Tam Shiu-hong (譚肇康 1875-1961) – HK Construction Industry Pioneer and Supporter of Sun Yat-sen’s Revolution
- F. Blackhead & Co.'s Soap and Soda Factory - Shau Kei Wan 1896
- Hong Kong Film Studios - dates, locations, layout, founders
- The Aircraft Maintenance Industry in Hong Kong - post WW2
- The Hongkong and China Gas Company Ltd - information and images from c1908
- The Hongkong Engineering & Construction Company Ltd 1922-1993
- Felling of Five Chimneys at Tsing Yi Power Station - 1998
- Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
- Mystery structures near Stanley - industrial site, mine?
Industrial Districts + Locations
- Kau Wa Keng Old Village, 九華徑 - glove and shoe factories - closed in the late 1970s
- Ship breaking in Hong Kong - post WW2
- Morrison Hill Quarry
- Replacing Kai Tak airport post WW2 - three articles about Ping Shan/Deep Bay
- A History of the Wong Family Textile Business - Part Two: Life in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Water Supply - The Tai Tam Tuk Scheme - Second Section
- Chek Lap Kok Island industry, pre-airport
- Lok On Pai "desalting" plant, 1975-1981
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen - made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- CLP A Century of Light - how power was brought to Kowloon and the New Territories
- 45th Anniversary of first scheduled shipping container service HK-USA , Vietnam war connection
- A History of the Wong Family Textile Business - Part One: Life in Shanghai
- Yan O Wan "Log Pond" and Luk Keng Tsuen Lumber Works, Lantau
- Kai Tak airport - BAAG Reports 1942-1944, plus other HK landing strips
- The Development of Containerization at the Port of Hong Kong
- The Industrial Development of Kwun Tong - 1953 to 1964
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Kowloon Peninsula
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Mint Dam and Other Early Structures
- Pokfulam Dairy Farm
- Bullivant & Company - 140 year old working marine winch, Samsø Island, Denmark
Manufacturing
- Cheoy Lee Shipyard, Penny's Bay, Lantau 1964-2001
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Industrial Districts - Sai Kung
- Kau Wa Keng Old Village, 九華徑 - glove and shoe factories - closed in the late 1970s
- The Kwan family and Yue Ying Can Manufacturing and Asia Can Co
- Amoy Canning - photograph of Mr T S Wong, Managing Director of the company in Hong Kong and Singapore, 1930s and 1940s?
- Kowloon Confectionery & Bakery Co (九龍糖果公司)
- Edmond Ip (葉榮昌): Industrialist, Community Leader and Fugitive
- The Hongkong and China Gas Company Ltd / Towngas - 150th Anniversary 2012 - superb photographs
- 19th Century Wanchai Shipyards - Messrs. George Fenwick & Co Ltd
- Stanley Kuo (郭正達, 1923-2009): King of Threads, Textile Industrialist and Credit Card Pioneer
- Green Island Cement Company - aerial ropeway
- Sing Chow Electric Factory (星洲電器製造廠)
- Hong Kong Beading Production and Companies in the 1950s
- The Hui family and China Brothers Hat Manufacturing Co. (中華兄弟製帽廠)
- South China Leather Goods Manufacturing Co. (南華皮具製造公司)
- Tai Hang Rubber Factory (大行樹膠廠)
- Yung Tack Cheong Hardware Manufactory (翁德祥金屬製品廠)
- Universal Dockyard Ltd, Yau Tong
- Mak Ming Kee Tooth Brush Manufactory (麥明記機製牙刷廠）
Mines, Quarries + Dredging
- Morrison Hill Quarry
- Chek Lap Kok Island industry, pre-airport
- Why "Lead Mine" Pass?
- Kuhn Mines Ltd, railway(s) at Ma On Shan mine - any information needed!
- The Mines of Lam Tsuen - corruption, conviction and jail sentence
- King Kong: Kong Tak-yan (江德仁), tycoon in the 1950s-80s and the original developer of Lan Kwai Fong
- Ho A-mei - developer and owner of the silver mine, Mui Wo, and HK political activist
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine - biggest mine in HK - recent underground images
- Sha Lo Wan Mine
- Beyond Lion Rock book written and published by Nancy Kwan, HK stone breaking connection
- West Brother Graphite Mine
- Needle Hill Tungsten Mine
- Lam Tei Quarry - Ping Shan Airport , RAF Technical Magazine Report, May 1946
- Charles L. Corn (陳耀坤, 1898-1973) – operator of quarry in Shau Kei Wan and Chinese leader in Guam
- Mystery structures near Stanley - industrial site, mine?
- Quarrying in Hong Kong - how the City of Victoria was built
- Needle Hill Tungsten Mine - Timeline 1917 to 1967
- Mui Wo Silver Mine Processing Plant
- Lin Fa Shan Mine
- To Tei Wan Quarry
Non-Hong Kong Companies
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Shui Hwa Watch (瑞華表行)
- Les Messageries Maritimes á Hong Kong (1918-1941)
- Olyphant & Co, China 19th century (Hong Kong office)
- Sai Hing Steam Ship Company - smuggling, pirates and bombs...
- The Kwan family and Yue Ying Can Manufacturing and Asia Can Co
- Kowloon Confectionery & Bakery Co (九龍糖果公司)
- Wing Tai Cheung (榮泰祥木廠) – Timber Merchant and Saw Mill
- Stanley Kuo (郭正達, 1923-2009): King of Threads, Textile Industrialist and Credit Card Pioneer
- The Hui family and China Brothers Hat Manufacturing Co. (中華兄弟製帽廠)
- Mak Ming Kee Tooth Brush Manufactory (麥明記機製牙刷廠）
- Wong Tong Kee (黃棠記) – the Timber Merchant and the Mansion
- Tatt Sing Sanyo (達誠三洋電器)
- The Borneo Company Ltd - 1856 Hong Kong branch opened
- Majestic (美琪) and Union (鑑臣): Makers of Soaps, Perfumes and Essential Oils
- Netherlands Harbour Works Company - dredging HK harbour / reclamation at Kai Tak 1927
- Zung Fu (仁孚) and 65 Years of Mercedes in Hong Kong
- A Century of Riding the Waves: the Hsu Family of Eddie Steamship
- Sine (信誼) – The Century old Saga of a Pharma Giant
- New Asiatic Chemical Works (新亞藥廠): Pharmaceutical Star
People
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Shui Hwa Watch (瑞華表行)
- Chow Deuk Sang and Aurora Chow
- Industrial Districts - Sai Kung
- Fotoprint Service (浮圖攝影)
- Kau Wa Keng Old Village, 九華徑 - glove and shoe factories - closed in the late 1970s
- Taikoo Dockyard Managers - Philip Forster Nicholson, 1907-1910
- The Kwan family and Yue Ying Can Manufacturing and Asia Can Co
- Amoy Canning - photograph of Mr T S Wong, Managing Director of the company in Hong Kong and Singapore, 1930s and 1940s?
- Kowloon Confectionery & Bakery Co (九龍糖果公司)
- Ngan Shing-kwan, co-founder of the China Motor Bus Company
- Edmond Ip (葉榮昌): Industrialist, Community Leader and Fugitive
- Brook Bernacchi - tea estate Ngong Ping, and first Western resident on Lantau island
- Stanley Kuo (郭正達, 1923-2009): King of Threads, Textile Industrialist and Credit Card Pioneer
- The luxurious junk Cheng Ho, Ah King shipyard built, Standard Oil connection...
- Sing Chow Electric Factory (星洲電器製造廠)
- Proposed Tramway linking Victoria and Aberdeen by Peak tunnel, 1906-1910
- The Hui family and China Brothers Hat Manufacturing Co. (中華兄弟製帽廠)
- The Lane Crawford Bakery, Stubbs Road, 1938-1948
- South China Leather Goods Manufacturing Co. (南華皮具製造公司)
Property
- Kin Yick Liong (建益隆) – Real Estate Developer from the 1960s
- Li Po-chun (李寶椿): his family, his buildings and businesses and a century of philanthropy
- The Wongs and the Hungs – Pre-War pioneers of HK real estate and philanthropists
- Au Shue-Hung (區樹洪, 1902-1991) – Real Estate Pioneer and Philanthropist
- King Kong: Kong Tak-yan (江德仁), tycoon in the 1950s-80s and the original developer of Lan Kwai Fong
- Kwok Yat-wai (郭一葦, 1915-1990): Jeweler, Developer and Philanthropist
- Beyond Lion Rock book written and published by Nancy Kwan, HK stone breaking connection
- Ching Chun-kau (程振球) – Real Estate, Amusement Park and Resort Pioneer
- Cheng Keng-chuen (鄭鏡泉) – Developer behind Alhambra Building (平安大厦) and Evergreen Villa (松柏新邨)
- Barbara Fok (霍畹蘭) and August Moon Hotel (中秋月酒店)
- Lee On Construction (利安建築) and Lee On Realty (利安地產)
- The Lo brothers and Nam Sang Building Construction (南生營造)
- Tsoi Po-tin (蔡寶田): Prominent Building Contractor and New Territories Leader from the early 20th century
- Union Construction Co/Union Contractors (華聯建築)
- Three Generations and Three Industries: From Budson Watch to Casey Diamonds to Ingrid Millet
- Chan Ching-pow (陳清雹) and Po Wah Land Investment (寶華置業) – Real Estate Developer from the 1960s
- Cheong K. (章記) – Real Estate Pioneer from the 1950s and 1960s
- Goodyear (嘉年): The Rise and Fall of a Real Estate Giant
- Edward T.T. Chan (陳德泰, 1918-1981) and Tai Cheung - HK Real Estate Pioneer
- Lynhall Land Investment (聯合置業) – Real Estate Powerhouse from the late 1950s and early 1960s
Queries + Answers
- 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
- 40 Flat Hill Quarry?
- 39 Was cotton grown in the New Territories post 1898?
- 38 Lead Mine in Hong Kong - 1889 - where was it located?
- 37 Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen - manufactured where?
- 36 TM Lee - creator of the HK made Holga camera
- 35 The Alice Wireless Radio Institute, Cheung Sha Wan
- 34 The Novelty Iron Works, c1870s Hong Kong company
- 33 Suspension bridge - HK Island to Lei Yue Mun, 1970s
- 32 Bireley's Bottling Plant - 1950s Mok Cheong Street, Mau Tau Wai
- 31 Telephone Companies in Hong Kong - information wanted pre WW2
- 30 Mystery industrial building on Tsing Yi - paint factory?
Retailers
- Shui Hwa Watch (瑞華表行)
- Chow Deuk Sang and Aurora Chow
- Fotoprint Service (浮圖攝影)
- Wing Tai Cheung (榮泰祥木廠) – Timber Merchant and Saw Mill
- From Curios and Jewelry to Soy Milk and Cinemas – the 150 year old saga of the Shiu Lock Hing family
- Seasonal Fruit Company (時新鮮菓公司)
- Bernard Van Zuiden (萬瑞庭, 1899-1979) – Dutch Trader and Philanthropist in Hong Kong
- Oriental Engineering (華捷洋行)
- Stores for the Elite - Mode Elite (慕愛) and Elite Styles (伊利)
- Wah Mei Electric (華美電器行) – Leading Distributor of Electronics from the 1920s to 1960s and related firms
- Augustine Heard & Company, major American 19th century China trading house with its headquarters in Hong Kong from 1856
- K. Jamson(占臣) – the global journey of a HK shoe and luggage company over the past nine decades
- Sanda Shoes (山打皮鞋) and Manning Shirt (萬寧恤)
- 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
- From Ships in Cheung Sha Wan to Shoes in Sham Shui Po – the Chan family, Wing On Shing Shipyard and Po Shing Shoe Company
- There was something about "Hong Kong Old Mary" – A Transpacific Fortune Built on Trust
Shipyards + Shipping
- Cheoy Lee Shipyard, Penny's Bay, Lantau 1964-2001
- Industrial Districts - Sai Kung
- Waglan Island lighthouse - inaugurated on 9th May, 1893
- Les Messageries Maritimes á Hong Kong (1918-1941)
- Olyphant & Co, China 19th century (Hong Kong office)
- Sai Hing Steam Ship Company - smuggling, pirates and bombs...
- Taikoo Dockyard Managers - Philip Forster Nicholson, 1907-1910
- Ulderup and Schlüter Shipyard, Sham Shui Po c1900-1914
- 19th Century Wanchai Shipyards - Messrs. George Fenwick & Co Ltd
- The luxurious junk Cheng Ho, Ah King shipyard built, Standard Oil connection...
- BAAG Report KWIZ #71 Naval Reports - information about Aberdeen,Kowloon, Taikoo and Naval dockyards
- Universal Dockyard Ltd, Yau Tong
- Netherlands Harbour Works Company - dredging HK harbour / reclamation at Kai Tak 1927
- Hong Kong Industry during World War Two
- Zung Fu (仁孚) and 65 Years of Mercedes in Hong Kong
- A Century of Riding the Waves: the Hsu Family of Eddie Steamship
- Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard - glass plate photographic collection
- Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala, baker, hotelier and founder of the first cross-harbour ferry service (later the Star Ferry Company)
- BAAG Report KWIZ #70 Naval Reports - information about Kowloon, Taikoo, Naval and Cosmopolitan dockyards
- William Jardine, Co-founder of Jardine, Matheson & Company
Telecommunications
- 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)
- 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
- The Numerical Control Engineering Company Ltd
- Conic (康力)- HK Electronics Giant of the late 1970s, early 1980s
- Telegraph Bay, HK Island - location of the first submarine telegraphic cable into Hong Kong, 1871
Traditional Industries
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Hing Loong Ginger Factory
- Rickshaw Makers’ Stores
- Sai Kung's "Tin Man" - 81 years making tin containers
- Traditional Tea Growing in the New Territories, RASHKB article
- Dragon Kilns - last Hong Kong one fired in 1990 - dramatic photo
- Itinerant Hakka Weavers in Hong Kong
- From Tea to Real Estate and Soy Milk and back to Tea – the six-generation saga of the family of Kwan Fan-fat (關奮發)
- European Settlements in the Far East - Part Four Macau in around 1900
- Yan O Wan "Log Pond" and Luk Keng Tsuen Lumber Works, Lantau
- The Myrobalan tree - traditional Chinese throat candy and summer pillows
- Shek Pik Reservoir - Tai O Road construction link to end of Tai O salt production
- Salt production at San Hui, Tuen Mun
- Sunset Survivors book published, covers a wide range of dying, traditional Hong Kong industries
- Pearl Oysters at Mirs Bay (Pearl Pool), Tai Po Sea, during the Five Dynasties - details of overland route to Tuen Mun
- Bamboo Scaffolding - Dan Waters
- Bamboo Scaffolding - Dan Waters' photo gallery
- Ching Yuen Bean Curd Factory explosion
- Tsuen Wan Water mill
- A Joss-stick Mill in Tsuen Wan
Transport
- Village Vehicles (VVs) - made where?
- Hong Kong Tramways - Date of first full service
- Hong Kong "Lorry" Buses - one sighted 1st April - no joke!
- Hong Kong's world of miniature engineering: The Hong Kong Society of Model & Experimental Engineers
- Wo Hop Shek Spur Line
- Ngan Shing-kwan, co-founder of the China Motor Bus Company
- Macau Air Transport Company (Hong Kong) Ltd - The One Cigarette Airline
- Rickshaw Makers’ Stores
- Proposed Tramway linking Victoria and Aberdeen by Peak tunnel, 1906-1910
- Replacing Kai Tak airport post WW2 - three articles about Ping Shan/Deep Bay
- Alfred Dickinson, Consulting Engineer HK Tramways
- Web-footed aeroplanes in Hong Kong And Macao
- Riding on a steam loco footplate to Lo Wu - 1955 Meccano Magazine article
- Aerometro Ltd - proposed monorail Hong Kong Island 1980
- Cross harbour road tunnel - link to planning of Shing Mun reservoir, late 1920s?
- Chek Lap Kok Island industry, pre-airport
- Netherlands Harbour Works Company - dredging HK harbour / reclamation at Kai Tak 1927
- Zung Fu (仁孚) and 65 Years of Mercedes in Hong Kong
- Francesco de Pinedo - Italian aviator - lands in HK 1925
- George Ernest Marden & John Louis Marden
Utilities
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shing Mun First Section
- Industrial Districts - Sai Kung
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shek Lei Pui and Kowloon Byewash Reservoir
- The Hongkong and China Gas Company Ltd / Towngas - 150th Anniversary 2012 - superb photographs
- Construction and Opening of Shek Pik Reservoir, rare French film 1962
- Hong Kong Water Supply – The Aberdeen Reservoirs Scheme
- Cross harbour road tunnel - link to planning of Shing Mun reservoir, late 1920s?
- Hong Kong Water Supply - The Tai Tam Tuk Scheme - Second Section
- Hong Kong Industry during World War Two
- Lok On Pai "desalting" plant, 1975-1981
- Hong Kong Water Supply - The Tai Tam Tuk Scheme First Section
- The Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd - Jock Inglis -The Peninsula Hotel and Clark Gable!
- Binnie & Partners, engineering consultancy, Hong Kong reservoirs and more...
- CLP's Hok Un Power Station - immediately post World War Two
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen - made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- CLP A Century of Light - how power was brought to Kowloon and the New Territories
- Asiatic Petroleum Company staff photo, Shanghai 1930s
- Hong Kong Water Supply - The Politics of Water Supply and Rider Main Districts (1890-1903)
- Sir Alexander Binnie, Binnie & Partners
- The Castle Peak ‘A’ and ‘B’ Power Station