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Articles
- Hemp - crop and craft, 1970 RASHKB article highlighting its disappearance in Hong Kong
- The sternwheeler Sainam - pirated en route to Samshui 1906 - built by Geo. Fenwick, Hong Kong 1900
- The Kung family and Sam Kwong Weaving Factory (三光布廠)
- W Britain Toys - made in Hong Kong from 1966 to ?
- Tam Kung Temple Road Shipyards, Shau Kei Wan
- Sing Fat Construction (成發建築)
- Oscar Seepol , Shanghai photographic studio, and photographer of industrial images...information needed
- Oscar Seepol - Shanghai photographic studio, and photographer of industrial images
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Sau Tao and Chewy – Noodle Giants
- The Kowloon Tram System - proposals and rejections 1901 to 1925
- BAAG Report KWIZ #75 Naval Reports - information about Holt's Wharf, Taikoo Dock, Kowloon Dock and Naval Dockyard
- Yew Sang Hong (耀生行) – distributor of electrical appliances and equipment
- Lok On Pai "desalting" plant, 1975-1981
- South China Iron Works built rally vehicle and details about the company, 1950 newspaper article
- Taikoo Dockyard Managers - John Finnie, 1937 - ?
- J. Ullmann (烏利文) – Swiss Watchmaker and Jeweler in HK and China
- Radio Hong Kong to expand programmes, newspaper article 1950
- Stonecutters Island airport proposal - pre and post WW2
- The Office Appliance Co. and Scientific Service Co. – distributors of office equipment
Banks and Finance
- 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 (郭幼庭,1883-1953): Metal Trader and Founding Director of Bank of East Asia and his Family
Construction
- Sing Fat Construction (成發建築)
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section), Far Eastern Review article, 1909
- Tai Hing Enterprise (大興企業) – Property Developer from the 1950s and 1960s
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- Lee Chow Kee (李就記): Three Generations of Builders and Philanthropists
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Tai Lam Chung Reservoir
- Sang Lee & Co (生利建築) – leading contractor from the 1900s to 1950s
- Japanese Radar Station On Tai Mo Shan
- Cross Harbour Tunnel proposed, construction engineering expert interviewed in 1947 newspaper article
- Pioneer (派安): 60 years of Supplying Construction Materials in Hong Kong
- Mixing Concrete and Construction Equipment with Cantonese Opera and Wing Chun: the Wan family of Wai Hing and Modern
- Peter Leung (梁振邦): Contractor, Developer and Philanthropist
- Lun Sang & Co (聯星建築) and The Pressure Piling Co (HK) Ltd (香港壓力打樁)
- Sang Hop Construction Co. (生合建築)
- Eastern Associated Investment (東聯置業)
- Tom Construction Co. (順興隆建築)
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shing Mun Reservoir
- Ching Yee Construction & Investment Co (正義置業)
- Cho Shiu-chung (曹紹松, 1922-2011) – Real Estate Developer and Philanthropist
- Chow Yau (周有, 1912-1983) – Vertical Integrator of the HK Death Care Industry
Entertainment
- Radio Hong Kong to expand programmes, newspaper article 1950
- Cheng Hong (鄭航) and Victory Advertising (勝利廣告)
- Ip Chung-sang (葉中生) – leading designer and interior decorator for Chinese restaurants in HK and beyond in the 1960s and 1970s
- Ruby (紅寶石) – Restaurant Empire from the 1950s to 1980s
- The Chan Family of Sun Wui and the Entertainment Business in HK and Macau
- Lo Lam (盧林) – Building Contractor, Theater Owner and Movie Producer
Fishing and Agriculture
- 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
- 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
Food and Beverages
- Sau Tao and Chewy – Noodle Giants
- Cheung Lai Chun Jewellery and Shing Chai Tong Herb Co.
- The Vitasoy Story
- The Decline of Street Hawkers in Hong Kong
- Tuck Chong Sum Kee Bamboo Steamer Company - vanishing HK trades
- Chy Loong Ginger Factory adverts
- Ip Chung-sang (葉中生) – leading designer and interior decorator for Chinese restaurants in HK and beyond in the 1960s and 1970s
- Booth Edible Oil Corporation (寶富油廠) – maker of peanut oil, peanut butter, medicated oil and refrigerators in the 1950s and 1960s
- Chy Loong Ginger Factory (濟隆糖薑廠)
- Dairy Farm Company - A timeline
- Ruby (紅寶石) – Restaurant Empire from the 1950s to 1980s
- Lee Seng Heng (李成興魚露): King of Fish Sauce
- Beer in Hong Kong - Part Two - The Imperial Brewing Company Ltd
- Hong Kong bakeries around the time of WW2
- Tak Chuen Distillery (德泉酒庄) and “Double Happiness” Wines
- Yuen Kut Lam - producer of Kam Wo tea - vanishing HK trades
- Preserved ginger - newspaper article 1947 - post WW2 industry difficulties
- Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee - founder of Hong Kong Brewers and Distillery Ltd
- Shatin Airfield 1949-1962
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village...Part Two - photos of the plant functioning
General
- Hemp - crop and craft, 1970 RASHKB article highlighting its disappearance in Hong Kong
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Yew Sang Hong (耀生行) – distributor of electrical appliances and equipment
- The Office Appliance Co. and Scientific Service Co. – distributors of office equipment
- Cheung Lai Chun Jewellery and Shing Chai Tong Herb Co.
- Cheng Hong (鄭航) and Victory Advertising (勝利廣告)
- Alhambra Watch (平安表行)
- Oriental Bank Corporation - HK's first note issuing institution, 1847
- The Organic Fertilizer Company Ltd, West Point, Newspaper article 1936
- 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
- Richard C.K. Chan (陳卓堅): timber baron, shipping tycoon and stamp collector
- C Williams, Able Seaman, HMS Kent - died in accident at "HK Dockyard", 1910
- Ha Lung Hong (合隆行) and the New Zealand Deer Velvet Trade
- New nightsoil collection removal methods in Hongkong, newspaper article 1940
- Luen Fook Hong (聯福行)
- Yan O Wan "Log Pond", Lantau - 1983 Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung film location
- 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
Hong Kong Companies
- The sternwheeler Sainam - pirated en route to Samshui 1906 - built by Geo. Fenwick, Hong Kong 1900
- The Kung family and Sam Kwong Weaving Factory (三光布廠)
- W Britain Toys - made in Hong Kong from 1966 to ?
- Tam Kung Temple Road Shipyards, Shau Kei Wan
- Sing Fat Construction (成發建築)
- Sau Tao and Chewy – Noodle Giants
- The Kowloon Tram System - proposals and rejections 1901 to 1925
- Yew Sang Hong (耀生行) – distributor of electrical appliances and equipment
- Lok On Pai "desalting" plant, 1975-1981
- South China Iron Works built rally vehicle and details about the company, 1950 newspaper article
- Taikoo Dockyard Managers - John Finnie, 1937 - ?
- J. Ullmann (烏利文) – Swiss Watchmaker and Jeweler in HK and China
- Radio Hong Kong to expand programmes, newspaper article 1950
- The Office Appliance Co. and Scientific Service Co. – distributors of office equipment
- North Point Power Station
- Cheung Lai Chun Jewellery and Shing Chai Tong Herb Co.
- The Aircraft Maintenance Industry in Hong Kong - post WW2
- Cheng Hong (鄭航) and Victory Advertising (勝利廣告)
- Hong Kong Note Printing Ltd - over 320 million HK banknotes printed annually
- The Vitasoy Story
Industrial Buildings + Demolitions
- 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)
- 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
Industrial Districts + Locations
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Lok On Pai "desalting" plant, 1975-1981
- Magazine Island - The British Dynamite Co / Nobel Explosives Co
- Yan O Wan "Log Pond", Lantau - 1983 Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung film location
- 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
- CLP A Century of Light - how power was brought to Kowloon and the New Territories
Manufacturing
- The Kung family and Sam Kwong Weaving Factory (三光布廠)
- W Britain Toys - made in Hong Kong from 1966 to ?
- Tam Kung Temple Road Shipyards, Shau Kei Wan
- South China Iron Works built rally vehicle and details about the company, 1950 newspaper article
- The Economics of the Tricycle Industry in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Note Printing Ltd - over 320 million HK banknotes printed annually
- The Vitasoy Story
- The Organic Fertilizer Company Ltd, West Point, Newspaper article 1936
- Magazine Island - The British Dynamite Co / Nobel Explosives Co
- The Hongkong and China Gas Company Ltd - early history from 1860s
- Richard C.K. Chan (陳卓堅): timber baron, shipping tycoon and stamp collector
- Long To Cotton Yarn (浪淘花紗)
- Chy Loong Ginger Factory adverts
- HK and Whampoa Dockyard - what happened to its famous Hammerhead Crane?
- Green Island Cement Company - stunning photos
- Booth Edible Oil Corporation (寶富油廠) – maker of peanut oil, peanut butter, medicated oil and refrigerators in the 1950s and 1960s
- Mayar Silk Mills (HK) Ltd, Tsuen Wan - company compound derelict for many years
- 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
Mines, Quarries + Dredging
- Manganese mining on Lamma Island
- Film of quarry stone breaking by hand 1953 - possible location?
- Lin Ma Hang Mine Part 1 - The Early Years
- Lin Fa Shan Mine
- West Brother Graphite Mine
- 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
- 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?
Non-Hong Kong Companies
- The sternwheeler Sainam - pirated en route to Samshui 1906 - built by Geo. Fenwick, Hong Kong 1900
- W Britain Toys - made in Hong Kong from 1966 to ?
- Sau Tao and Chewy – Noodle Giants
- J. Ullmann (烏利文) – Swiss Watchmaker and Jeweler in HK and China
- The Office Appliance Co. and Scientific Service Co. – distributors of office equipment
- Cheung Lai Chun Jewellery and Shing Chai Tong Herb Co.
- Oriental Bank Corporation - HK's first note issuing institution, 1847
- Magazine Island - The British Dynamite Co / Nobel Explosives Co
- The German Speaking Community in Hong Kong 1846-1918 - Part One
- Submarine Cables - Maps 1901 + 1991 worldwide / Hong Kong networks
- Waglan Island lighthouse - a brief history
- The Hongkong Telephone Company, 1925 to 1933, Far Eastern Review article
- Standard Oil in Hong Kong - information 1894 to c1908
- 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
People
- The Kung family and Sam Kwong Weaving Factory (三光布廠)
- Sing Fat Construction (成發建築)
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Yew Sang Hong (耀生行) – distributor of electrical appliances and equipment
- Taikoo Dockyard Managers - John Finnie, 1937 - ?
- J. Ullmann (烏利文) – Swiss Watchmaker and Jeweler in HK and China
- Radio Hong Kong to expand programmes, newspaper article 1950
- The Office Appliance Co. and Scientific Service Co. – distributors of office equipment
- Cheng Hong (鄭航) and Victory Advertising (勝利廣告)
- Alhambra Watch (平安表行)
- Howah, Blue Heaven and BG: three key players in the post-war HK lighting industry
- The Decline of Street Hawkers in Hong Kong
- Chan Chart-man (陳策文) – Developer and King of Pawnshops
- Richard C.K. Chan (陳卓堅): timber baron, shipping tycoon and stamp collector
- Long To Cotton Yarn (浪淘花紗)
- The German Speaking Community in Hong Kong 1846-1918 - Part One
- 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)
- Luen Fook Hong (聯福行)
Property
- 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
- Tai Hing Enterprise (大興企業) – Property Developer from the 1950s and 1960s
- 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
Queries + Answers
- 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?
- 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
Retailers
- Yew Sang Hong (耀生行) – distributor of electrical appliances and equipment
- J. Ullmann (烏利文) – Swiss Watchmaker and Jeweler in HK and China
- The Office Appliance Co. and Scientific Service Co. – distributors of office equipment
- Cheung Lai Chun Jewellery and Shing Chai Tong Herb Co.
- Alhambra Watch (平安表行)
- Luen Fook Hong (聯福行)
- A S Watson & Company Ltd aka The Hong Kong Dispensary - a Timeline 1841 to 1945
- Kun Wing Fook Medicine Co. (靳永福藥廠) and “Coconut Tree” brand carminative oil (椰樹牌驅風油)
- 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 family of Shiu Lock Hing
- 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
Shipyards + Shipping
- The sternwheeler Sainam - pirated en route to Samshui 1906 - built by Geo. Fenwick, Hong Kong 1900
- Tam Kung Temple Road Shipyards, Shau Kei Wan
- Taikoo Dockyard Managers - John Finnie, 1937 - ?
- Indo-China Steam Navigation Company 1873-1974
- Hongkong Shipyards Among World's Busiest, newspaper article 1939
- C Williams, Able Seaman, HMS Kent - died in accident at "HK Dockyard", 1910
- Waglan Island lighthouse - a brief history
- 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
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
- Hemp - crop and craft, 1970 RASHKB article highlighting its disappearance in Hong Kong
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- The Decline of Street Hawkers in Hong Kong
- Tuck Chong Sum Kee Bamboo Steamer Company - vanishing HK trades
- Ha Lung Hong (合隆行) and the New Zealand Deer Velvet Trade
- New nightsoil collection removal methods in Hongkong, newspaper article 1940
- Yan O Wan "Log Pond", Lantau - 1983 Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung film location
- Pearl Cultivation - Tai Po Sea (Tolo Harbour)
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Irrigation Reservoirs
- Lime-making at Lau Fan Shan
- Sedan Chairs at Tai O, Lantau Island
- Charcoal burning in Hong Kong, 1971 RASHKB article
- Yuen Kut Lam - producer of Kam Wo tea - vanishing HK trades
- Yuet Tung China Works - last company in HK to produce hand-painted porcelain - vanishing HK trades
- Log Sawing by hand in Hong Kong
- Lamma Island Industry
- Wo Fat Hing Distillery, Lung Wo village...Part Two - photos of the plant functioning
- The Hong Kong Rickshaw over Time
- South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)
- Hing Loong Ginger Factory
Transport
- The Kowloon Tram System - proposals and rejections 1901 to 1925
- South China Iron Works built rally vehicle and details about the company, 1950 newspaper article
- Stonecutters Island airport proposal - pre and post WW2
- The Economics of the Tricycle Industry in Hong Kong
- The Aircraft Maintenance Industry in Hong Kong - post WW2
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section), Far Eastern Review article, 1909
- HK Aerial Rapid Transit Ltd - proposed monorail Kowloon 1974
- The Peak Tram - How it works
- Horse drawn carriages during the Japanese occupation, WW2
- Hong Kong Industry during World War Two - Transport
- The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Ltd, 1923-1973
- Sedan Chairs at Tai O, Lantau Island
- On the slow boat - Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries - part one..
- First commercial airliner shot down by hostile air action - out of Kai Tak, 1938
- SS Tien Loong - 1947 a Chinese first
- The Kowloon Canton Railway (British Section) 1910-1940 - major accidents/incidents
- Shatin Airfield 1949-1962
- Francesco de Pinedo - Italian aviator - lands in HK 1925
- The Hong Kong Rickshaw over Time
- Village Vehicles (VVs) - made where?
Utilities
- Lok On Pai "desalting" plant, 1975-1981
- North Point Power Station
- The Hongkong and China Gas Company Ltd - early history from 1860s
- Proposed world-wide radio-telephonic system for Hong Kong, newspaper article 1938
- Submarine Cables - Maps 1901 + 1991 worldwide / Hong Kong networks
- New nightsoil collection removal methods in Hongkong, newspaper article 1940
- The Hongkong Telephone Company, 1925 to 1933, Far Eastern Review article
- 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