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- Yau Wing Shipyard, Yau Tong
- List of Japanese ships arriving and departing Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation WWII
- Chy Loong Ginger Factory (濟隆糖薑廠)
- Needle Hill Tungsten Mine
- Dairy Farm Company - A timeline
- Tai Shing (泰盛): the Heung family’s eight decades journey from Canton to HK and from Weaving and Dyeing to Properties and Stocks
- Horse drawn carriages during the Japanese occupation, WW2
- Cosmopolitan Dock, layout of the yard plan, 1959
- Pearl Cultivation - Tai Po Sea (Tolo Harbour)
- The World Pencil Co. (大華鉛筆廠) – the first Chinese-owned manufacturer of pencils in HK and China
- Hou Feng Feather Works (厚豐毛廠)
- Why "Lead Mine" Pass?
- Hong Kong Industry during World War Two - Transport
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen - made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- Lee Chow Kee (李就記): Three Generations of Builders and Philanthropists
- Lime-making at Lau Fan Shan
- BAAG Report KWIZ #74 Naval Reports - information about Naval Dockyard
- H.O. Tong (唐海安, 1893-1961): KMT Official, Shanghai Hotelier and Jai Alai Operator and HK Industrialist and Banker
- Indo-China Steam Navigation Company - employees
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Pearl Cultivation - Tai Po Sea (Tolo Harbour)
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- H.O. Tong (唐海安, 1893-1961): KMT Official, Shanghai Hotelier and Jai Alai Operator and HK Industrialist and Banker
- Preserved ginger - newspaper article 1947 - post WW2 industry difficulties
- 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 family of Shiu Lock Hing
- 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
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen - made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- Lee Chow Kee (李就記): Three Generations of Builders and Philanthropists
- Peter Kingson Kwok (郭幼庭,1883-1953): Metal Trader and Founding Director of Bank of East Asia and his Family
- Sedan Chairs at Tai O, Lantau Island
- The Families of H.M. Lui and M.G. Tsui, directors of Miramar and Furama
- Charcoal burning in Hong Kong, 1971 RASHKB article
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Ruby (紅寶石) – Restaurant Empire from the 1950s to 1980s
- Coal in Hong Kong - initial notes
- Japanese Radar Station On Tai Mo Shan
- Kwong Sang Engineering (廣生機器廠)
- Rat bins - HK Electric/Gas connection and to a colloquial Cantonese "affectionate" term
- The Chan Family of Sun Wui and the Entertainment Business in HK and Macau
- Kau Shat Wan 狗虱灣 , Lantau Island - government explosives depot
- Mixing Concrete and Construction Equipment with Cantonese Opera and Wing Chun: the Wan family of Wai Hing and Modern
- Lun Sang & Co (聯星建築) and The Pressure Piling Co (HK) Ltd (香港壓力打樁)
- Thomas De La Rue and Co, UK - Hong Kong banknote manufacturer, 1984-1996
- Luks Industrial (陸氏實業) – Maker of Etron TV
- Benjamin Brodsky - first to open a Hong Kong film production company and "King of Chinese cinema"
- Far East Candle Works (遠東燭業) and Ki Yip Chemical Works (基業化工廠)
- Yau Wing Shipyard, Yau Tong
- Chy Loong Ginger Factory (濟隆糖薑廠)
- Needle Hill Tungsten Mine
- Dairy Farm Company - A timeline
- Tai Shing (泰盛): the Heung family’s eight decades journey from Canton to HK and from Weaving and Dyeing to Properties and Stocks
- Cosmopolitan Dock, layout of the yard plan, 1959
- The World Pencil Co. (大華鉛筆廠) – the first Chinese-owned manufacturer of pencils in HK and China
- Hou Feng Feather Works (厚豐毛廠)
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen - made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- Lee Chow Kee (李就記): Three Generations of Builders and Philanthropists
- H.O. Tong (唐海安, 1893-1961): KMT Official, Shanghai Hotelier and Jai Alai Operator and HK Industrialist and Banker
- Indo-China Steam Navigation Company - employees
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Peter Kingson Kwok (郭幼庭,1883-1953): Metal Trader and Founding Director of Bank of East Asia and his Family
- The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Ltd, 1923-1973
- The Families of H.M. Lui and M.G. Tsui, directors of Miramar and Furama
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Ruby (紅寶石) – Restaurant Empire from the 1950s to 1980s
- Tyco (HK) Ltd - toymaker, 1976 photos, can you identify the personnel?
- Cosmopolitan Dock - unusual double dock feature
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen - made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- Lime-making at Lau Fan Shan
- Cross Harbour Tunnel proposed, construction engineering expert interviewed in 1947 newspaper article
- Kau Shat Wan 狗虱灣 , Lantau Island - government explosives depot
- Construction of new filtration plant, Stubbs Road, Hong Kong Island, 1949
- Lamma Island Industry
- Tuen Mun - "From Ancient Port to City of the Future", 1982 account
- 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
- 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
- Chy Loong Ginger Factory (濟隆糖薑廠)
- Tai Shing (泰盛): the Heung family’s eight decades journey from Canton to HK and from Weaving and Dyeing to Properties and Stocks
- The World Pencil Co. (大華鉛筆廠) – the first Chinese-owned manufacturer of pencils in HK and China
- Hou Feng Feather Works (厚豐毛廠)
- Lime-making at Lau Fan Shan
- H.O. Tong (唐海安, 1893-1961): KMT Official, Shanghai Hotelier and Jai Alai Operator and HK Industrialist and Banker
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Asiatic Petroleum Company employees, a compilation - information needed
- Tyco (HK) Ltd - toymaker, 1976 photos, can you identify the personnel?
- Cosmopolitan Dock - unusual double dock feature
- Lee Seng Heng (李成興魚露): King of Fish Sauce
- Beer in Hong Kong - Part Two - The Imperial Brewing Company Ltd
- Kwoon Kwen Metal Ware (冠群金屬製品廠)
- Asphalt Companies in Hong Kong
- Tak Chuen Distillery (德泉酒庄) and “Double Happiness” Wines
- The Gutta Percha Company - link to Eastern Extension Telegraph Company and Hong Kong
- Lin’s (Kwong Ming) Enterprises (連氏光明) and Kwong Ming Knitting Factory
- Preserved ginger - newspaper article 1947 - post WW2 industry difficulties
- Hong Kong Rubber Manufactory Ltd, newspaper article 1936
- From Saigon to HK and Rice to Corduroys: the Wong family of Wong Cheong Fung, King’s Dyeing, Corona Textile, and Perfecta
- Needle Hill Tungsten Mine
- Why "Lead Mine" Pass?
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Morrison Hill Quarry
- Chek Lap Kok Island industry, pre-airport
- 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
- 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
- Chy Loong Ginger Factory (濟隆糖薑廠)
- Tai Shing (泰盛): the Heung family’s eight decades journey from Canton to HK and from Weaving and Dyeing to Properties and Stocks
- The World Pencil Co. (大華鉛筆廠) – the first Chinese-owned manufacturer of pencils in HK and China
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen - made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- H.O. Tong (唐海安, 1893-1961): KMT Official, Shanghai Hotelier and Jai Alai Operator and HK Industrialist and Banker
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Asiatic Petroleum Company employees, a compilation - information needed
- Ruby (紅寶石) – Restaurant Empire from the 1950s to 1980s
- Tyco (HK) Ltd - toymaker, 1976 photos, can you identify the personnel?
- Lee Seng Heng (李成興魚露): King of Fish Sauce
- The Gutta Percha Company - link to Eastern Extension Telegraph Company and Hong Kong
- From Saigon to HK and Rice to Corduroys: the Wong family of Wong Cheong Fung, King’s Dyeing, Corona Textile, and Perfecta
- Thomas De La Rue and Co, UK - Hong Kong banknote manufacturer, 1984-1996
- Woo Ping (胡炳) – Weaving and Real Estate Pioneer
- Luks Industrial (陸氏實業) – Maker of Etron TV
- Chow Yau (周有, 1912-1983) – Vertical Integrator of the HK Death Care Industry
- Ross Optical Ltd., Clapham, London - connection to G Falconer & Company, Watchmakers & Jewellers, Hong Kong
- The Hong Kong Excavation, Pile Driving and Construction Company Ltd and the Charles L Shank photograph album
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Shui Hwa Watch (瑞華表行)
- Tai Shing (泰盛): the Heung family’s eight decades journey from Canton to HK and from Weaving and Dyeing to Properties and Stocks
- Lee Chow Kee (李就記): Three Generations of Builders and Philanthropists
- The Families of H.M. Lui and M.G. Tsui, directors of Miramar and Furama
- Peter Leung (梁振邦): Contractor, Developer and Philanthropist
- Eastern Associated Investment (東聯置業)
- Tom Construction Co. (順興隆建築)
- Luks Industrial (陸氏實業) – Maker of Etron TV
- Far East Candle Works (遠東燭業) and Ki Yip Chemical Works (基業化工廠)
- Ching Yee Construction & Investment Co (正義置業)
- Cho Shiu-chung (曹紹松, 1922-2011) – Real Estate Developer and Philanthropist
- 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)
- 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?
- 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
- Yau Wing Shipyard, Yau Tong
- List of Japanese ships arriving and departing Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation WWII
- Cosmopolitan Dock, layout of the yard plan, 1959
- BAAG Report KWIZ #74 Naval Reports - information about Naval Dockyard
- Indo-China Steam Navigation Company - employees
- The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Ltd, 1923-1973
- Cosmopolitan Dock - unusual double dock feature
- Coal in Hong Kong - initial notes
- On the slow boat - Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries - part one..
- Kwong Sang Engineering (廣生機器廠)
- SS Tien Loong - 1947 a Chinese first
- Log Sawing by hand in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong's Lighthouses and the men who manned them - HKBRAS article
- Cosmopolitan Docks during the Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945
- Tuen Mun - "From Ancient Port to City of the Future", 1982 account
- 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)
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- Town Gas gasometer, Aberdeen - made and erected in 1981 through the collaboration of HUD and S Cutler & Sons, Telford, UK
- Charcoal burning in Hong Kong, 1971 RASHKB article
- Coal in Hong Kong - initial notes
- Rat bins - HK Electric/Gas connection and to a colloquial Cantonese "affectionate" term
- The Gutta Percha Company - link to Eastern Extension Telegraph Company and Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Water - War Time Supplies
- Construction of new filtration plant, Stubbs Road, Hong Kong Island, 1949
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shing Mun Reservoir
- Cheung Chau Electric Company
- The Hongkong Electric Company Ltd - Early History - 1889 to c1908
- The Hong Kong Excavation, Pile Driving and Construction Company Ltd and the Charles L Shank photograph album
- 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
