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- The Hong Kong Rattan Industry and some of its key historical players
- Amoycan Industrial Centre – Kowloon Bay – connection to Amoy Canning? – major fire June 2016
- On the slow boat – Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries – part two..
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- China Can Company (HK) Ltd – mechanical toys / lithographed cans
- China Dispensary: Maker of Pinocine (白蘿仙) and Dermoline (丹杜蓮)
- Bailey’s Shipyard during the Occupation 1942-1945
- Can you lend a hand to help the website?
- High Island Reservoir
- Demise of the 79 year old neon lights of Tai Tung Bakery, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
- The Stelux Group, founded HK 1963, manufacturer of watch components
- Godowns in Hong Kong – Images
- Liang Meng-Tsi (梁孟齊) – HK Paint Industry Pioneer
- Hongkong Land Ltd: The Growth of a Giant
- A Slice of Heaven – the story of On Lok Yuen (安樂園), Pioneering Ice Cream, Biscuit and Confectionary Manufacturer and Restaurant Chain
- Alexander Skirving Watson, pharmacist who lent his name to one of Hong Kong’s oldest companies
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong – gas supply
- Nan Fung Textiles – founded 1954 – mill to be re-used
- Salt production, oldest industry in Hong Kong, Tai O
- The Patriotic Sauce Maker: Chong Sing-chong and Oriental Soy & Canning
- Godowns in Hong Kong – Images
- Hongkong Land Ltd: The Growth of a Giant
- Hong Kong Water Supply – The Aberdeen Reservoirs Scheme
- The Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd new plant, 1933
- The Green Island Cement Company and the growth of the cement industry in Hong Kong, 1932
- Proposed site for Fertiliser Plant, Gin Drinkers’ Bay, 1949
- MTR, Explosive Draw at New Exhibition Station
- Use of convict labour to construct roads in Hong Kong
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Part 2 – Construction
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part One) – the Pre-War Pioneers (Yaik Sang, Sung Kee Zee and Dao Kee)
- Shek Pik Reservoir – Construction
- Proposed Peak Tramway extension to Queen’s Road
- The Construction of the Bank Of China Tower – don’t look down!
- Lok On Pai “Desalting” Plant – further information
- Japanese Extension of Kai Tak aerodrome, BAAG reports, 1942-1944
- Tai Koo Dockyard makes a ship on wheels
- Zonta White House, Tai Po – constructed 1906, quarters for managerial staff during KCR construction
- Kai Tak Airport 1925-1998
- CLP: The construction of Hok Un power station 1921, Part Three
- Pokfulam Development Co Ltd (博富臨置業)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- The Patriotic Sauce Maker: Chong Sing-chong and Oriental Soy & Canning
- Chun Hing Bakery, Biscuit & Confectionery Manufactory
- Yan Chim Kee (甄沾記) – the Life, Death and Rebirth of the Century Old Coconut Candies & Ice Cream Maker
- The Three Kings of Biscuits – M.Y. San, M.P. San and Pacific
- Homi Villa – built by Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee during the construction of Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd Brewery
- Wai Nam Chan, co-founder of Ping Shan Enterprise Company Ltd
- Cosmos Aerated Water (大同汽水) – in Hong Kong from 1947
- Dairy Farm Company employees – a compilation
- The Hong Kong sugarcane industry, 1934
- The Vitasoy Story
- The Taikoo Sugar Refinery
- U Tat-chee, “The Ginger King,” Managing Partner of Chy Loong Ginger Factory and the Chy Loong Soy Factory
- Beer in Hong Kong – Part Four – The Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd 1930-1935
- The Junk Bay Flour Mill, Rennie’s Mill – Hong Kong 1905-1908
- Dodwell & Company Ltd, 天祥洋行
- Amoy Canning – a brief history since 1908
- The Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie’s Mill)
- GuGuSoy factory and restaurant, Ho Sheung Heung village, Sheung Shui
- China Dispensary: Maker of Pinocine (白蘿仙) and Dermoline (丹杜蓮)
- Demise of the 79 year old neon lights of Tai Tung Bakery, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
- Godowns in Hong Kong – Images
- Alexander Skirving Watson, pharmacist who lent his name to one of Hong Kong’s oldest companies
- Lee Ka Yuen Emporium (李家園百貨)
- Chak Wai Leung – HK photographer of the “common people”
- Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd, a brief history
- Arthur Rylands Lowe – HK’s first accountant, clients included several industrial companies
- The Pottery Kilns at Wun Yiu, Tai Po
- Proposed site for Fertiliser Plant, Gin Drinkers’ Bay, 1949
- Levy Hermanos – Watch Emporium, Central – late 19th and early 20th centuries
- The Three Kings of Biscuits – M.Y. San, M.P. San and Pacific
- Charcoal burning in Hong Kong, 1971 RASHKB article
- Use of convict labour to construct roads in Hong Kong
- Orient Tobacco Manufactory – HK factory location, map and plan of works layout
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part One) – the Pre-War Pioneers (Yaik Sang, Sung Kee Zee and Dao Kee)
- Plane assembled in Discovery Bay, 2004
- Lighthouses in Hong Kong pre-1941- revised
- Rickshaws in Hong Kong, a Timeline
- The Hong Kong sugarcane industry, 1934
- The Hong Kong Rattan Industry and some of its key historical players
- Amoycan Industrial Centre – Kowloon Bay – connection to Amoy Canning? – major fire June 2016
- On the slow boat – Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries – part two..
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- China Can Company (HK) Ltd – mechanical toys / lithographed cans
- China Dispensary: Maker of Pinocine (白蘿仙) and Dermoline (丹杜蓮)
- Bailey’s Shipyard during the Occupation 1942-1945
- Demise of the 79 year old neon lights of Tai Tung Bakery, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
- The Stelux Group, founded HK 1963, manufacturer of watch components
- Godowns in Hong Kong – Images
- Liang Meng-Tsi (梁孟齊) – HK Paint Industry Pioneer
- Hongkong Land Ltd: The Growth of a Giant
- A Slice of Heaven – the story of On Lok Yuen (安樂園), Pioneering Ice Cream, Biscuit and Confectionary Manufacturer and Restaurant Chain
- Alexander Skirving Watson, pharmacist who lent his name to one of Hong Kong’s oldest companies
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong – gas supply
- Nan Fung Textiles – founded 1954 – mill to be re-used
- The Patriotic Sauce Maker: Chong Sing-chong and Oriental Soy & Canning
- Lee Ka Yuen Emporium (李家園百貨)
- The Peak Tram – the Abt Passing Loop , 1879 invention
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong – electricity
- 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
- Lighthouses in Hong Kong pre-1941- revised
- Taikoo Dockyard during the Occupation 1942-1945 – new information and photo
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part Two, Going Underground
- Kowloon – Canton Railway (British Section) – Kowloon Station Relocation
- Unidentified Brickworks, (Castle Peak Ceramic Company?), Tuen Mun
- Lok On Pai “desalting” plant, 1975-1981
- Tai O Salt Production
- The Lockhart Report 1898 – fascinating glimpse of NT industry – photo of Stewart Lockhart on tour
- Sandalwood Mills in Tsuen Wan – 1976 RASHKB article
- The Hong Kong Rattan Industry and some of its key historical players
- Amoycan Industrial Centre – Kowloon Bay – connection to Amoy Canning? – major fire June 2016
- China Can Company (HK) Ltd – mechanical toys / lithographed cans
- China Dispensary: Maker of Pinocine (白蘿仙) and Dermoline (丹杜蓮)
- Bailey’s Shipyard during the Occupation 1942-1945
- The Stelux Group, founded HK 1963, manufacturer of watch components
- 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
- Nan Fung Textiles – founded 1954 – mill to be re-used
- The Patriotic Sauce Maker: Chong Sing-chong and Oriental Soy & Canning
- Hong Kong trading agents 1953 – nearly 60 companies
- Yan Chim Kee (甄沾記) – the Life, Death and Rebirth of the Century Old Coconut Candies & Ice Cream Maker
- The Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd new plant, 1933
- Shipbuilding in Hong Kong, 1942
- The Green Island Cement Company and the growth of the cement industry in Hong Kong, 1932
- The Silver-Haired Midas: Kan Koam-Tsing, the Banker and Gold Dealer who backed South Sea Textile and Camelpaint
- The Pottery Kilns at Wun Yiu, Tai Po
- Proposed site for Fertiliser Plant, Gin Drinkers’ Bay, 1949
- Once Upon A Time in Mongkok: Chow Ngai Hing Knitting Factory
- Early modern Hong Kong industrial design – Chuen Sun Knitting Factory Ltd, new version
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Beryl Mining at Devil’s Peak
- Cha Kwo Ling Kaolin Mine
- The Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, China, 1900-1949 (dissolved 1984)
- Kei Lun Wai – Limonite Mine,Tuen Mun, and the Interim Mining Policy Committee
- Tin Mining in Hong Kong?
- Ho Chung Tungsten Mine, Sai Kung
- Hong Kong Clays and Kaolin Company (香港磁泥有限公司) – Kaolin Mine, Cha Kwo Ling
- Hong Kong’s Klondike, prospecting for wolfram ore in 1951
- Mui Wo Silver Mine – Part Two The Mine
- From No 1 on the Bund in Shanghai to a Kaolin Mine in Cha Kwo Ling, Hong Kong – the Century Old China Coast Saga of the McBains
- The Silver Mine of Silver Mine Bay
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part Two, Going Underground
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine – a timeline
- Sha Lo Wan Mine
- Nga Ying Kok – Potential Iron Ore Mine, Lantau Island
- History of Needle Hill Mine – centenary year
- Why “Lead Mine” Pass?
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine – HK Naturalist 1931
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine 1906-1976 – biggest mine in HK – further information
- 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)
- Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd, a brief history
- The Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, China, 1900-1949 (dissolved 1984)
- Yan Chim Kee (甄沾記) – the Life, Death and Rebirth of the Century Old Coconut Candies & Ice Cream Maker
- Once Upon A Time in Mongkok: Chow Ngai Hing Knitting Factory
- Levy Hermanos – Watch Emporium, Central – late 19th and early 20th centuries
- Phoebus Neon Light Company, Hong Kong
- The Three Kings of Biscuits – M.Y. San, M.P. San and Pacific
- Cosmos Aerated Water (大同汽水) – in Hong Kong from 1947
- Lo’s Mee Kwong (羅氏美光) and Join-In Shirt
- The Tales of the Two Smart Shirts – Standard Shirts Dyeing, Weaving & Finishing Mills and Smart Shirts Manufacturers Ltd
- Mui Wo Silver Mine – Part Two The Mine
- Hua Nan Motors – HK distributor of DeSoto, Peugeot and Renault automobiles from the 1940s to 1960s
- Asiatic Petroleum Company – Shanghai building , further information
- 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
- From No 1 on the Bund in Shanghai to a Kaolin Mine in Cha Kwo Ling, Hong Kong – the Century Old China Coast Saga of the McBains
- The Hong Kong Rattan Industry and some of its key historical players
- China Dispensary: Maker of Pinocine (白蘿仙) and Dermoline (丹杜蓮)
- Liang Meng-Tsi (梁孟齊) – HK Paint Industry Pioneer
- Hongkong Land Ltd: The Growth of a Giant
- A Slice of Heaven – the story of On Lok Yuen (安樂園), Pioneering Ice Cream, Biscuit and Confectionary Manufacturer and Restaurant Chain
- Alexander Skirving Watson, pharmacist who lent his name to one of Hong Kong’s oldest companies
- The Patriotic Sauce Maker: Chong Sing-chong and Oriental Soy & Canning
- Chak Wai Leung – HK photographer of the “common people”
- Chun Hing Bakery, Biscuit & Confectionery Manufactory
- Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd, a brief history
- Yan Chim Kee (甄沾記) – the Life, Death and Rebirth of the Century Old Coconut Candies & Ice Cream Maker
- Arthur Rylands Lowe – HK’s first accountant, clients included several industrial companies
- The Silver-Haired Midas: Kan Koam-Tsing, the Banker and Gold Dealer who backed South Sea Textile and Camelpaint
- Once Upon A Time in Mongkok: Chow Ngai Hing Knitting Factory
- Wei Yit Vacuum Flask Manufactory and Camel Brand
- George Baker – an American Pioneer of the HK Electronics Industry
- The Three Kings of Biscuits – M.Y. San, M.P. San and Pacific
- Homi Villa – built by Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee during the construction of Hong Kong Brewers and Distillers Ltd Brewery
- The Four Taxi Kings – Blue, Central, New and Star
- Wai Nam Chan, co-founder of Ping Shan Enterprise Company Ltd
- The Hong Kong Rattan Industry and some of its key historical players
- Salt production, oldest industry in Hong Kong, Tai O
- The Hong Kong Rickshaw over Time
- 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
- Sandalwood Mills in Tsuen Wan – 1976 RASHKB article
- China Neonlight Advertising Company, Mongkok, makers of neon lights – vanishing Hong Kong trades
- Oyster Beds of the Wang Chau area, Yuen Long
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery production of 玉冰燒酒 (Juk Bing Siu Zau) or 肉醪燒 (Juk Lou Siu)
- Ho Hung Yee – umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Tuck Chong Sum Kee Bamboo Steamer Company – vanishing HK trades
- On the slow boat – Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries – part two..
- Sek Kong Airfield
- The Hong Kong Rickshaw over Time
- The Peak Tram – the Abt Passing Loop , 1879 invention
- World War Two -1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong – tramway service + tickets
- Flying boats before Kai Tak runway opened – SCMP article
- The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd
- On the slow boat – Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries – part three…
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Part 1 – The Beginning, Three Possible Routes…
- Colony’s New Bus Services, 1933
- Hong Kong United Dockyards (HUD)
- Other Notable Taxicab Companies in Hong Kong before 1967
- MTR, Explosive Draw at New Exhibition Station
- KCR Whampoa Railway Siding
- The Four Taxi Kings – Blue, Central, New and Star
- Public light buses in Hong Kong, a timeline
- Facebook: ‘Photos of Taikoo and Kowloon Dock Families’ group – additional images
- Taxis in Hong Kong, a timeline
- HUD – new tug Whampoa – celebrating two HK shipyards
- Francesco de Pinedo – Italian aviator – lands near Lai Chi Kok 1925 – further information
