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The 20 most recent posts from every category.
Articles
- HUD – new tug Whampoa – celebrating two HK shipyards
- Hong Kong Clays and Kaolin Company (香港磁泥有限公司) – Kaolin Mine, Cha Kwo Ling
- Francesco de Pinedo – Italian aviator – lands near Lai Chi Kok 1925 – further information
- Lo’s Mee Kwong (羅氏美光) and Join-In Shirt
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Part 2 – Construction
- Orient Tobacco Manufactory – HK factory location, map and plan of works layout
- The Inventions and Ventures of HK Tech Pioneer Prof. S.C. Loh (樂秀章)
- Texas Cotton Mills Ltd
- Hong Kong’s Klondike, prospecting for wolfram ore in 1951
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part One) – the Pre-War Pioneers (Yaik Sang, Sung Kee Zee and Dao Kee)
- Kennedy Town 1889 map, rope and silk works?
- The Royal Naval Dockyard Hong Kong during World War Two
- Shanghai Spinners: Pioneers of Hong Kong’s industrialization, 1947-1955
- Plane assembled in Discovery Bay, 2004
- 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
- South China Toys Factory
- Hua Nan Motors – HK distributor of DeSoto, Peugeot and Renault automobiles from the 1940s to 1960s
- Lighthouses in Hong Kong pre-1941- revised
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Part 5 – The Post War Years (1945 to 1978)
Banks and Finance
- Ying Ngan-ting (應雁亭, 1909-1972): Gold Magnate and Umbrella Manufacturer
- Fourseas Bowling Centre and Whimsy
- Fast Eddie: the rise and fall of Eddie Wong (王永祥), international tycoon of mystery and original developer of Discovery Bay
- Kar Cheung Chong Bank (嘉彰莊銀行)
- Continental King Lung (五洲景龍) and Legarleon (利家安)
- Yau Yue Commercial Bank (有餘商業銀行)
- C.F. Leung, Ng Iu-cheung and L.S. Chang – Directors of Kwong On Bank
- Pak Wo Cheung (百和祥) and Secure Industries (保美實業)
- Wo Kee Cheung (和記祥) and Wo Fung Cheung (和豐祥)
- The Tsang Family of Sui Heong Yuen (瑞香園)
- Trailblazer: the life and time of Wang Tseng-hsiang (王增祥, 1926-2012), Taiwanese developer and investor in HK, Japan and the US
- Chan Chart-man (陳策文) – Developer and King of Pawnshops
- Tai Shing (泰盛): the Heung family’s eight decades journey from Canton to HK and from Weaving and Dyeing to Properties and Stocks
- Peter Kingson Kwok (郭幼廷,1883-1953): Metal Trader and Founding Director of Bank of East Asia and his Family
Construction
- 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
- Godowns in Hong Kong – Images
- The Construction of the Bank Of China Tower – don’t look down!
- Hong Kong Water Supply – The Aberdeen Reservoirs Scheme
- 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)
- Construction of the Lion Rock Tunnels
- Second harbour water pipe line completed, Shing Mun reservoir to Hong Kong island, 1935
- Fast Eddie: the rise and fall of Eddie Wong (王永祥), international tycoon of mystery and original developer of Discovery Bay
- Chinachem – Collection of Early Advertisements
- Kwong Chan Timber Merchants (廣棧木行)
- Hong Kong lighthouse construction, costs, delivery, dates, light visibility…
Entertainment
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Rediffusion in Hong Kong
- Fourseas Bowling Centre and Whimsy
- Hit Maker: Yam Wu-fa (任護花) and his Novels, Newspapers and Movies
- Evergreen Motion Picture (永茂電影企業)
- Crown, Fung Hang and Wing Hang – Three Leading Independent Record Companies and the Golden Age of Cantopop in the 1970s and 1980s
- The Kwan Family – Theatre Owners and Movie Producers
- The Cheung family and the New York/Great World chain of cinemas
- Lee Wui-tao (李會桃): Textbook and Tabloid Publisher and Movie Producer
- Ng Lian-chin (黃連振, 1922-2015) and Life Records (麗風唱片)
- Wo Shing Company (和聲唱片): Leading Record Label from the 1930s to 1960s
- Yau Luen Investment Co (友聯置業) and its Directors Henry Hsu and Lui Tak-wah
- Tsang Fook Piano (曾福琴行): A Century of Music in Hong Kong
- King of Entertainment: Wong Kow (黃球) and his Mayflower (五月花) group of restaurants and nightclubs
- Filmo Depot (菲林模影機)
- Yung Hwa Motion Film Industries, newspaper article 1948
- Oceania Hawaii Holdings (夏香集團)
- The condition of Hong Kong dockyards immediately post WW2, newspaper report October 1945
- Lee Po-lam (李寶林,1909-2002) – Theatre Owner in the 1950s to 1970s
- Central Theatre (中央戲院)
Fishing and Agriculture
- 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)
- 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
Food and Beverages
- 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
- The Dairy Farm Company – Post WW1, the Japanese occupation and immediately post WW2
- Man Loong Ginger Factory
- K.C. Leong (梁溎春)– F&B Industrialist and his Family and Ventures
- The Chan/Tyson Family and Gande, Price & Co
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery production of 玉冰燒酒 (Juk Bing Siu Zau) or 肉醪燒 (Juk Lou Siu)
- Tabaqueria Filipina, Hwa Ching Tobacco and Colin Mackenzie & Co
- Rose, Downs and Thompson – Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
- Tuck Chong Sum Kee Bamboo Steamer Company – vanishing HK trades
- Beer in Hong Kong – Part Three – The Oriental Brewery 1908-1912
General
- 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
- Godowns in Hong Kong – Images
- Palmer & Turner, architectural firm in Hong Kong since 1868
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Yeung Yiu-chung (楊耀松) – King of Industrial Buildings and Agent of YKK zippers
- RAF Shatin Airfield, rice production in the Shatin valley in the 1950s
- Hong Kong Uniform Buttons – KCR and HK Tramways, further information requested
- Lok On Pai “Desalting” Plant – further information
- The ‘Vital Spark’ – last steam powered vessel to be licenced by the HK Marine Department 1988
- Neon Lights in Hong Kong nostalgia – recent exhibition
- Lee Wo Steelyard – Shanghai Street – probably last of its kind in Hong Kong
- Zonta White House, Tai Po – constructed 1906, quarters for managerial staff during KCR construction
- Lammert & Company – watchmakers, auctioneers and an 1858 murder
- The Rise and Fall of Letterpress printing in Hong Kong
- Dodwell & Company Ltd, 天祥洋行
Hong Kong Companies
- HUD – new tug Whampoa – celebrating two HK shipyards
- Hong Kong Clays and Kaolin Company (香港磁泥有限公司) – Kaolin Mine, Cha Kwo Ling
- Lo’s Mee Kwong (羅氏美光) and Join-In Shirt
- Orient Tobacco Manufactory – HK factory location, map and plan of works layout
- Texas Cotton Mills Ltd
- Shanghainese Builders in Hong Kong (Part One) – the Pre-War Pioneers (Yaik Sang, Sung Kee Zee and Dao Kee)
- Kennedy Town 1889 map, rope and silk works?
- Shanghai Spinners: Pioneers of Hong Kong’s industrialization, 1947-1955
- 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
- South China Toys Factory
- Hua Nan Motors – HK distributor of DeSoto, Peugeot and Renault automobiles from the 1940s to 1960s
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Part 5 – The Post War Years (1945 to 1978)
- 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
- American Marine boatyard – aftermath of Typhoon Wanda 1962
- Taikoo Dockyard during the Occupation 1942-1945 – new information and photo
- 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
- Shek Pik Reservoir – Construction
- Brief Recollections of the HKTDC in its early days
Industrial Buildings + Demolitions
- 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)
- Asiatic Petroleum Company – Shanghai building , further information
- Lamma Island Power Station – reasons for choice of location
- The Construction of the Bank Of China Tower – don’t look down!
- Kwai Chung factory chimney photographs
- The Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie’s Mill)
- Chinachem – Collection of Early Advertisements
- Cheong Sun Development (昌生興業) and the Trio Behind the Firm
- The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd (HAECO) photographs
- Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market – built 1913
- The Aircraft Maintenance Industry in Hong Kong – post WW2
- Mayar Silk Mills (HK) Ltd, Tsuen Wan – company compound derelict for many years
- Yau Wing Shipyard, Yau Tong
- Sang Lee & Co (生利建築) – leading contractor from the 1900s to 1950s
- Japanese Radar Station On Tai Mo Shan
- Woo Ping (胡炳) – Weaving and Real Estate Pioneer
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village…Part Two – photos of the plant functioning
- Ching Yee Construction & Investment Co (正義置業)
- King of Towels: Lee Yiu-wah (李曜華) and Hop Hing (1950) Weaving Factory (合興毛巾織造廠)
Industrial Districts + Locations
- 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
- Long Distance Telephone Service established between Hongkong and Canton, The Far Eastern Review October 1931
- Pathé film – Kai Tak airport terminal building opening 1962
- Oyster Beds of the Wang Chau area, Yuen Long
- Plover Cove Reservoir – 50th anniversary of relocation of residents from Sam Mun Tsai
- Lamma Island Industry
- Ho Hung Yee – umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Shing Mun Reservoir, expert visits and prepares report on problem with the dam, 1937
- The Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) Part 3 – the construction of Kowloon Station
- RAF Shatin Airfield – Headquarters, Part One
Manufacturing
- Lo’s Mee Kwong (羅氏美光) and Join-In Shirt
- Orient Tobacco Manufactory – HK factory location, map and plan of works layout
- Texas Cotton Mills Ltd
- Kennedy Town 1889 map, rope and silk works?
- The Royal Naval Dockyard Hong Kong during World War Two
- Shanghai Spinners: Pioneers of Hong Kong’s industrialization, 1947-1955
- The Tales of the Two Smart Shirts – Standard Shirts Dyeing, Weaving & Finishing Mills and Smart Shirts Manufacturers Ltd
- South China Toys Factory
- 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
- Taikoo Dockyard during the Occupation 1942-1945 – new information and photo
- From Ships in Cheung Sha Wan to Shoes in Sham Shui Po – the Chan family, Wing On Shing Shipyard and Po Shing Shoe Company
- The Vitasoy Story
- Shanghainese Wood Carvers and the Development of the Wooden Furniture Industry in Hong Kong
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Yeung Yiu-chung (楊耀松) – King of Industrial Buildings and Agent of YKK zippers
- Green Island Cement Company photographs – Set 1 -1930s
- The Taikoo Sugar Refinery
- From Author to Pen Maker – Holia Chow and Rox Industrial
- Neon Lights in Hong Kong nostalgia – recent exhibition
- Spear and Yips – Pioneers of the HK Shirt Industry
Mines, Quarries + Dredging
- 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 Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine – HK Naturalist 1931
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine 1906-1976 – biggest mine in HK – further information
- From Metals Trading to Real Estate: the Lau Family of Pak Hing Loong (百興隆)
- Mui Wo Silver Mine – Part One – The Owner
- The Mines of Lam Tsuen – corruption, conviction and jail sentence
- Jan Hendrik Marsman – Escape from HK during WW2
- Needle Hill Mine – 1961 account
- Stone Cutters’ Lives in Hong Kong – 1952 article
Non-Hong Kong Companies
- 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 Macau Aerial Transport Company – first commercial airline company to be established in Hong Kong or Macau
- Shanghainese Wood Carvers and the Development of the Wooden Furniture Industry in Hong Kong
- The German Speaking Community in Hong Kong 1846-1918 – Part Two
- Fred Westphal – the American Oil Taipan from New Orleans who helped to power Hong Kong
- The Construction of the Bank Of China Tower – don’t look down!
- Henry Bridges Endicott – biography
- Geoffrey Binnie, Engineer 1932–1936, Jubilee Dam, Shing Mun reservoir
- Lee Yat-Ngok, the Local Printing Press Company and the Development of the Hong Kong Printing Industry
- Chi-Chung Yin (尹致中) – King of Needles
- Fung Keong (馮强, 1891-1973) – King of Rubber Shoes
- Dodwell & Company Ltd, 天祥洋行
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Ng Jim Kai (吳東啓） – Financier of the Chinese Revolution and Pioneer of the Garment and Shipping Industries in Hong Kong
People
- Francesco de Pinedo – Italian aviator – lands near Lai Chi Kok 1925 – further information
- 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
- The Tales of the Two Smart Shirts – Standard Shirts Dyeing, Weaving & Finishing Mills and Smart Shirts Manufacturers Ltd
- Hua Nan Motors – HK distributor of DeSoto, Peugeot and Renault automobiles from the 1940s to 1960s
- 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
- Harry Long – employment with Kung Lee Steamship Co and HK and Yaumatei Ferry Co
- From Ships in Cheung Sha Wan to Shoes in Sham Shui Po – the Chan family, Wing On Shing Shipyard and Po Shing Shoe Company
- Proposed Peak Tramway extension to Queen’s Road – interviews with Colony’s leading residents
- W.H. Bell, General manager of the Asiatic Petroleum (S.C.) Company, covering South China and the Philippine Islands
- Shanghainese Wood Carvers and the Development of the Wooden Furniture Industry in Hong Kong
- Palmer & Turner, architectural firm in Hong Kong since 1868
- Yeung Yiu-chung (楊耀松) – King of Industrial Buildings and Agent of YKK zippers
- Vincent Sorby, manager of Hong Kong Electric Company
- J.H. Vaughan – An American Shipbuilder in Hong Kong
- Fred Westphal – the American Oil Taipan from New Orleans who helped to power Hong Kong
- From Author to Pen Maker – Holia Chow and Rox Industrial
- Henry Bridges Endicott – biography
- U Tat-chee, “The Ginger King,” Managing Partner of Chy Loong Ginger Factory and the Chy Loong Soy Factory
Property
- Siu On Realty (兆安地產)
- Fast Eddie: the rise and fall of Eddie Wong (王永祥), international tycoon of mystery and original developer of Discovery Bay
- Cheong Sun Development (昌生興業) and the Trio Behind the Firm
- The Cheung family and the New York/Great World chain of cinemas
- Hop Yuen Construction (合源建築): A Century of Building in HK
- Yau Luen Investment Co (友聯置業) and its Directors Henry Hsu and Lui Tak-wah
- Sun Hing Building (新興大廈) and its Developers
- Continental King Lung (五洲景龍) and Legarleon (利家安)
- Yau Yue Commercial Bank (有餘商業銀行)
- C.F. Leung, Ng Iu-cheung and L.S. Chang – Directors of Kwong On Bank
- Pak Wo Cheung (百和祥) and Secure Industries (保美實業)
- Wo Kee Cheung (和記祥) and Wo Fung Cheung (和豐祥)
- Fu Fai Enterprises (富輝企業)
- Trailblazer: the life and time of Wang Tseng-hsiang (王增祥, 1926-2012), Taiwanese developer and investor in HK, Japan and the US
- Howah, Blue Heaven and BG: three key players in the post-war HK lighting industry
- Chan Chart-man (陳策文) – Developer and King of Pawnshops
- Pun Sun-on (潘新安, 1923-2015) – Developer, Educator and Poet
- Ha Lung Hong (合隆行) and the New Zealand Deer Velvet Trade
- Yen Dack Land Investment (仁德置業)
- Eternal Enterprise (永業有限公司) – the precursor of Sun Hung Kai and its shareholders aside from the SHK trio
Queries + Answers
- 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?
- 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?
Real Estate
- Lee Shiu-kee (李兆基) of Kee Lee Co Ltd(基利有限公司)
- Pokfulam Development Co Ltd (博富臨置業)
- Siu On Realty (兆安地產)
- Fast Eddie: the rise and fall of Eddie Wong (王永祥), international tycoon of mystery and original developer of Discovery Bay
- Chinachem – Collection of Early Advertisements
- From Metals Trading to Real Estate: the Lau Family of Pak Hing Loong (百興隆)
- Wah Ying Cheong (華英昌): from Gold Mountain Firm to Real Estate Empire
Retailers
- 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
- There was something about “Hong Kong Old Mary” – A Transpacific Fortune Built on Trust
- Sennet Freres
- Shantung Guild (山東庄): Yee Tai Hong, Shun Tai Hong and Lee Yuen Cheung
- From Thompson Wong (堂煌廣告) to FCB (博達廣告)
- The Chan/Tyson Family and Gande, Price & Co
- Paramount: Ad Agency and Interior Decorator
- Kwong Chan Timber Merchants (廣棧木行)
- Standard, Tai Hing and Tung Shing: Distributors of Japanese Sewing Machines
- True Gold Fears No Fire: 150 Years of Tse Lee Yuen (謝利源)
- Texwood (德士活) and “Apple Jeans”(蘋果牌牛仔褲)
- A S Watson & Company Ltd aka The Hong Kong Dispensary – a Timeline 1841 to 1945
- N. Lazarus (明晶洋行)– Leading Opticians of the Far East
- Hong Kong Jade Industry and some of its pioneers
- Bargain Electrical Co (平霸電業) and System One (新一系電器)
- Dragon Seed (龍子行)
- Jam Fair Department Store (占飛百貨)
- Wong Man-keung (王文強, 1903-1976) and W.S. Sherly & Co (些厘洋行)
Shipyards + Shipping
- HUD – new tug Whampoa – celebrating two HK shipyards
- Air Raids in Hong Kong during the Pacific War
- The Royal Naval Dockyard Hong Kong during World War Two
- Lighthouses in Hong Kong pre-1941- revised
- 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
- American Marine boatyard – aftermath of Typhoon Wanda 1962
- Taikoo Dockyard during the Occupation 1942-1945 – new information and photo
- 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
- Harry Long – employment with Kung Lee Steamship Co and HK and Yaumatei Ferry Co
- From Ships in Cheung Sha Wan to Shoes in Sham Shui Po – the Chan family, Wing On Shing Shipyard and Po Shing Shoe Company
- The German Speaking Community in Hong Kong 1846-1918 – Part Two
- J.H. Vaughan – An American Shipbuilder in Hong Kong
- The ‘Vital Spark’ – last steam powered vessel to be licenced by the HK Marine Department 1988
- Henry Bridges Endicott – biography
- George Underhill Sands, Early China Steamship Entrepreneur
- European Settlements in the Far East – Part Five Trade and Shipping Lines in Hong Kong around 1900
- Tai Koo Dockyard makes a ship on wheels
- Dodwell & Company Ltd, 天祥洋行
- Taikoo Dockyard – photos of staff and workers’ facilities – c1954
- Tai Koo Dockyard – 1950s general engineering including Kai Tak hangars, tramcars and wireless masts…
Telecommunications
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- Lamma Island Industry
- The Hong Kong Rickshaw over Time
- Ho Hung Yee – umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Tuck Chong Sum Kee Bamboo Steamer Company – vanishing HK trades
- Stone Cutters’ Lives in Hong Kong – 1952 article
- Yim Tin Tsai island – resurrected salt pans
- Ming Kee Shoe Shop – film of “Uncle Ming”
- Wun Yiu Kiln Site, Tai Po – new information
- Leung Kit Lam’s steelware store, Shanghai Street
Transport
- HUD – new tug Whampoa – celebrating two HK shipyards
- Francesco de Pinedo – Italian aviator – lands near Lai Chi Kok 1925 – further information
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Part 2 – Construction
- Plane assembled in Discovery Bay, 2004
- Hua Nan Motors – HK distributor of DeSoto, Peugeot and Renault automobiles from the 1940s to 1960s
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Part 5 – The Post War Years (1945 to 1978)
- Sedan Chairs in Hong Kong, a timeline
- 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 Cross-Harbour Tunnel – Part 1 Gestation
- Rickshaws in Hong Kong, a Timeline
- The Macau Aerial Transport Company – first commercial airline company to be established in Hong Kong or Macau
- Proposed Peak Tramway extension to Queen’s Road – interviews with Colony’s leading residents
- Kowloon – Canton Railway (British Section) – Kowloon Station Relocation
- Proposed Peak Tramway extension to Queen’s Road
- Hong Kong “Lorry” Buses – one sighted 1st April – no joke!
- World War Two – 1945 BAAG report on occupied Hong Kong – motor bus services
- RAF Shatin Airfield, rice production in the Shatin valley in the 1950s
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) Part 1 – The Beginning, Three Possible Routes…
- The ‘Vital Spark’ – last steam powered vessel to be licenced by the HK Marine Department 1988
- The Economics of the Tricycle Industry in Hong Kong – Part Two
Utilities
- Hong Kong Water Supply Shek Pik Reservoir – Part 1 Preparation Works
- Shek Pik Reservoir – Construction
- Lamma Island Power Station – reasons for choice of location
- Vincent Sorby, manager of Hong Kong Electric Company
- Fred Westphal – the American Oil Taipan from New Orleans who helped to power Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Water Supply – The Aberdeen Reservoirs Scheme
- Lok On Pai “Desalting” Plant – further information
- Lok On Pai “desalting” plant, 1975-1981
- Hong Kong Water Supply Plover Cove Part 3 Reservoir Construction
- China Neonlight Advertising Company, Mongkok, makers of neon lights – vanishing Hong Kong trades
- CLP: The construction of Hok Un power station 1921, Part Three
- Eastern Extension Telegraph Company – linking HK to the world
- Long Distance Telephone Service established between Hongkong and Canton, The Far Eastern Review October 1931
- Cheung Chau Electric Company
- Second harbour water pipe line completed, Shing Mun reservoir to Hong Kong island, 1935
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Plover Cove Pt 2 Construction of Stage 1
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Plover Cove Part 1 Scheme Development
- Plover Cove Reservoir – 50th anniversary of relocation of residents from Sam Mun Tsai
- Lok On Pai ‘desalting’ plant – 2014 HK Urbex visit and photographs
- Hong Kong Water Supply – The East River Scheme