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- 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
- Dairy Farm Company employees – a compilation
- Unsung Kingmakers – the low-key Song Brothers who conquered the Shanghai Bund and Victoria Harbor and backed the development of several key industries in post-War Hong Kong
- The Hong Kong sugarcane industry, 1934
- RAF Shatin Airfield, rice production in the Shatin valley in the 1950s
- The declining oyster trade of Lau Fau Shan – HKU project to revive the 700 year old industry
- Oyster Beds of the Wang Chau area, Yuen Long
- Rose, Downs and Thompson – Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
- Southeast Ice Company (東南冰廠)
- Cheng Cheung Hing Shrimp Paste Factory, Tai O
- Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market – built 1913
- The Bionomics of Pondfish Culture in the New Territories mid 1950s
- Hemp – crop and craft, 1970 RASHKB article highlighting its disappearance in Hong Kong
- The Organic Fertilizer Company Ltd, West Point, Newspaper article 1936
- Pearl Cultivation – Tai Po Sea (Tolo Harbour)
- The Hong Kong Soya Bean Products Company…Vitasoy – manufactured in Hong Kong since 1940
- Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Aerial Ropeway – further image
- Pokfulam village, oldest village on Hong Kong Island and home to many workers at Dairy Farm Company
- Chinese Preserved Ginger shipped through HK 1913
- 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 Aerial Ropeway (1891-1932) and Sanitarium (1893-1932) of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery
- Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers – The Sham Tseng Brewery 1930-1935
- Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922), The Dairy Farm Company
- The Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd new plant, 1933
- Eternal Fortune and Fame – The 140 Year old Saga of Chinese Winemaker Wing Lee Wai (永利威)
- Kennedy Town – Demolition of Incineration Plant and Abattoir 2007-2009
- Caldbeck, MacGregor & Company Ltd – HK branch opened in 1889
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong – dairy supplies & facilities
- Tale as old as Wine: the Rise and Fall of Chinese Distilleries in Hong Kong
- Dairy Farm Company, traditional products plus expansion both in Hong Kong and elsewhere
- Choy Fung Ginger Factory
- Hop Sing Lung Oyster Sauce (合勝隆)
- The Garden Company Ltd (嘉頓有限公司) founded in 1926
- Demise of the 79 year old neon lights of Tai Tung Bakery, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
- A Slice of Heaven – the story of On Lok Yuen (安樂園), Pioneering Ice Cream, Biscuit and Confectionary Manufacturer and Restaurant Chain
- K A Watson OBE JP – a Man With a Vision
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen – made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part One 1871-1931
- Pokfulam village, oldest village on Hong Kong Island and home to many workers at Dairy Farm Company
- Tattooing in Hong Kong
- Chas J. Gaupp & Company – Chronometer, Watch and Clock makers
- Getz Bros & Company in Hong Kong
- Water Supply in the early days of the Colony
- Wilks & Jack Ltd – early 20th century Engineers and ship designers
- The last minibus sign writer in Hong Kong, Mak Kam-sang
- The Needle, the Bible and “Our People”: Chiuchow Christians and the Swatow Lace Industry in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Steam Laundry Companies from 1864 to the early 1930s – a history of insurmountable vicissitudes
- G Falconer & Company, Watchmakers & Jewellers – HK agent for Ross Optical Ltd, Clapham, London and Kelvin & Hughes, marine instruments, London
- Shanghainese Builders in HK (Part Six) – Ahong and Chinney
- Caldbeck, MacGregor & Company Ltd – HK branch opened in 1889
- RAF – post WW2 involvement in restoring Kowloon to some order, plus the KCR and work on the proposed Ping Shan airfield
- George P Lammert & Company – Auctioneers
- Godowns in Hong Kong – Images
- YC Moy (梅友卓) – the Friendly Compatriot and the Yau Kiu Film Studio (友僑片場)
- Tai O stilt houses installed with solar panels- to be connected to CLP’s grid
- The Faded Glory of Bang Bang Fashions (繽繽)
- The Hong Kong Soya Bean Products Company…Vitasoy – manufactured in Hong Kong since 1940
- K A Watson OBE JP – a Man With a Vision
- Lee Yu Hing Knitting Factory (李裕興織造廠)
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part Two 1938-1970
- Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Aerial Ropeway – further image
- Sim Air Limited – helicopter company
- Lee Kung Man (利工民): maker of the Golden Deer (金鹿) and Cicada (秋蟬) singlets and hosiery
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen – made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- Nga Ying Kok – Potential Iron Ore Mine, Lantau Island
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part One 1871-1931
- Sanda Shoes (山打皮鞋) and Manning Shirt (萬寧恤)
- May Sun Shoes Manufactory (美新鞋廠)
- Hongkong Lightering and Storage Company, 1867
- Dr H P Wu – Managing Director / President – South China Iron Works
- Cheung Chau Electric Company
- Blood Protection Co (保血有限公司) and Fish brand mosquito incense
- Pokfulam village, oldest village on Hong Kong Island and home to many workers at Dairy Farm Company
- HK Cutlery Manufacturers from the 1960s and 1970s – Chuang’s, Trinity, Foo Kwong, HK Tableware and Good Friend
- AEC Regent V – Kowloon Bus Company buses 1960s
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen – made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- Shatin Airfield – 1954 article about British Army/RAF use
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine – SCMP article, nearby miner’s village, three buildings restored
- Lok On Pai “desalting” plant, 1975-1981
- Industrial districts – Yau Tong
- Hong Kong Water Supply – The Tai Tam Tuk Scheme – Second Section
- Pokfulam village – close links to Dairy Farm 1886, SCMP article
- Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice – HK harbour works, 1920 visit
- The Riches to Rags to Riches Sagas of Li Po-lung (李寶龍) and his son Li Shiu-chung (李兆忠)
- Bailey’s Shipyard during the Occupation 1942-1945
- High Island Reservoir
- Salt production, oldest industry in Hong Kong, Tai O
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Kowloon Peninsula
- Lok On Pai “desalting” plant, aerial photos 1973, 1982 and 2013
- Gin Drinkers Bay – ship breaking early 1960s
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Mint Dam and Other Early Structures
- Lamma Island Industry
- Water supply for boats, Lai Chi Kok, early 20th century
- Kennedy Town 1889 map, rope and silk works?
- The Royal Naval Dockyard Hong Kong during World War Two
- KCR Beacon Hill Tunnel Ropeway – 1907
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen – made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- Dr H P Wu – Managing Director / President – South China Iron Works
- Blood Protection Co (保血有限公司) and Fish brand mosquito incense
- Andrew Weir Shipping and Trading Co.Ltd (Bank Line) – connection to Sha Lo Wan Mine, Lantau
- Yankee Needle: American Merchants and the development of the Swatow lace industry in China and the garment industry in HK
- Leader of the Battery Pack: Hing Wah and Five Rams Batteries
- The Kings of Industries – the family behind Wearbest Garment in HK and Wha Mei Tobacco in old Shanghai
- The Needle, the Bible and “Our People”: Chiuchow Christians and the Swatow Lace Industry in Hong Kong
- Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922), The Dairy Farm Company
- Shanghainese Builders in HK (Part Six) – Ahong and Chinney
- Caldbeck, MacGregor & Company Ltd – HK branch opened in 1889
- Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice – HK harbour works, 1920 visit
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Company in HK from 1895
- Gibb, Livingston & Company Ltd, established in HK 1841, shipping lines and insurance
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Liang Meng-Tsi (梁孟齊) – HK Paint Industry Pioneer
- A Slice of Heaven – the story of On Lok Yuen (安樂園), Pioneering Ice Cream, Biscuit and Confectionary Manufacturer and Restaurant Chain
- Hong Kong trading agents 1953 – nearly 60 companies
- Les Messageries Maritimes á Hong Kong (1918-1941)
- K A Watson OBE JP – a Man With a Vision
- History of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Development in Hong Kong, Part One 1871-1931
- Dr H P Wu – Managing Director / President – South China Iron Works
- HK Cutlery Manufacturers from the 1960s and 1970s – Chuang’s, Trinity, Foo Kwong, HK Tableware and Good Friend
- Harry Kin Hong Long – New Zealand, The HK & Yaumati Ferry Company and WW2
- Dairy Farm, Pokfulam, remains of buildings and structures
- Conic (康力)- HK Electronics Giant of the late 1970s, early 1980s
- Wilks & Jack Ltd – early 20th century Engineers and ship designers
- Annie Lam Young, co-founder of Yuen Hing Hong & Company Ltd
- Notable Players in the HK Wig Industry in the 1960s and 70s
- Leader of the Battery Pack: Hing Wah and Five Rams Batteries
- The last minibus sign writer in Hong Kong, Mak Kam-sang
- The Kings of Industries – the family behind Wearbest Garment in HK and Wha Mei Tobacco in old Shanghai
- Lin Ma Hang Mine Part 2 – The Yung Years
- Gaupp & Company, Hong Kong watchmaker
- Waste collection in Hong Kong – Cardboard Grannies
- Notable Players in the history of the HK Glass & Mirror Industry
- The Roy Farrell Export-Import Company (Hongkong) Ltd
- SMC, DEMC and TAT – Pioneers of the Hong Kong Electric Fan Industry
- Shatin – first powered flight in Hong Kong 1911
- 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
- 40 Flat Hill Quarry?
- Hongkong Lightering and Storage Company, 1867
- Harry Kin Hong Long – New Zealand, The HK & Yaumati Ferry Company and WW2
- Andrew Weir Shipping and Trading Co.Ltd (Bank Line) – connection to Sha Lo Wan Mine, Lantau
- Tung Tai Tseung Kee & Company, 同泰祥記, engineers and shipbuilders, 1897 to c1945
- The Kaisyu Maru ex-Hang Cheong, built Taikoo Dockyard 1923
- American Marine Ltd Boatyard, December 1963 and recent developments at Hang Hau, Junk Bay
- Wilks & Jack Ltd – early 20th century Engineers and ship designers
- The oil tanker Paludina – HK & Whampoa Dock built 1921
- Rescue tug HMS St. Sampson, Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock built
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong – dockyards
- SS Tien Loong – a Chinese first but Harland and Wolff, Belfast built
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong – ferry services
- Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice – HK harbour works, 1920 visit
- The Hong Kong Shipowners Association
- Shipbuilding in Hong Kong, 1944
- Gibb, Livingston & Company Ltd, established in HK 1841, shipping lines and insurance
- On the slow boat – Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries – part two..
- Bailey’s Shipyard during the Occupation 1942-1945
- Les Messageries Maritimes á Hong Kong (1918-1941)
- Shipbuilding in Hong Kong, 1942
- 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
- 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 Numerical Control Engineering Company Ltd
- Telegraph Bay, HK Island – location of the first submarine telegraphic cable into Hong Kong, 1871
- Chinese Preserved Ginger shipped through HK 1913
- The last minibus sign writer in Hong Kong, Mak Kam-sang
- The Hong Kong Rickshaw over Time
- The Needle, the Bible and “Our People”: Chiuchow Christians and the Swatow Lace Industry in Hong Kong
- Tale as old as Wine: the Rise and Fall of Chinese Distilleries in Hong Kong
- Dairy Farm Company, traditional products plus expansion both in Hong Kong and elsewhere
- Choy Fung Ginger Factory
- The Hong Kong Rattan Industry and some of its key historical players
- Salt production, oldest industry in Hong Kong, Tai O
- The Pottery Kilns at Wun Yiu, Tai Po
- The Oyster industry in South China and Hong Kong, 1931
- Lamma Island Industry
- Charcoal burning in Hong Kong, 1971 RASHKB article
- Sedan Chairs in Hong Kong, a timeline
- The Hong Kong sugarcane industry, 1934
- Shanghainese Wood Carvers and the Development of the Wooden Furniture Industry in Hong Kong
- RAF Shatin Airfield, rice production in the Shatin valley in the 1950s
- Lee Wo Steelyard – Shanghai Street – probably last of its kind in Hong Kong
- The Lockhart Report 1898 – fascinating glimpse of NT industry – photo of Stewart Lockhart on tour
- The declining oyster trade of Lau Fau Shan – HKU project to revive the 700 year old industry
