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Articles
- Tsang Fook Piano (曾福琴行): A Century of Music in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Water Supply - second pipe line to be laid under the harbour to bring water from Shing Mun reservoir, newspaper article 1934
- Bus, tram and peak tram conductors
- The Shiu Wing Steel Company - the only steel rolling mill currently in HK
- King of Entertainment: Wong Kow (黃球) and his Mayflower (五月花) group of restaurants and nightclubs
- BAAG Report KWIZ #77 Naval Reports - information about numerous locations of interest
- John 'Jock' Inglis - General Manager, Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd, Hong Kong
- International Restaurant & Nightclub Holdings (國際酒樓夜總會置業)
- Plover Cove Reservoir - 1977 Water Supplies Dept report
- Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market - built 1913
- Hakka Patterned Bands in Hong Kong - 1976 RASHKB article
- Dickson and Hopson: the Tales of Two Handbag Companies
- A water powered tilt-hammer incense mill
- Yau Yue Commercial Bank (有餘商業銀行)
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Hongkong and China Gas Company gasometer explosion - expert evidence given at enquiry, newspaper article 1934
- The Bionomics of Pondfish Culture in the New Territories mid 1950s
- Lee Hung-tong (李漢忠): Thai Chinese Trader, HK Industrialist and Singer
- Bolinder marine diesel engines - connection to Ulderup and Schlüter Shipyard, Sham Shui Po
- The Ma Family and Thomson Weaving Factory (天孫織染廠)
Banks and Finance
- 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 (郭幼庭,1883-1953): Metal Trader and Founding Director of Bank of East Asia and his Family
Construction
- Pak Wo Cheung (百和祥) and Secure Industries (保美實業)
- Dragages Hong Kong - first HK projects, Kai Tak runway extension and Shek Pik reservoir
- Hang Hing Construction (恒興建築)
- 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
Entertainment
- 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
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
Food and Beverages
- Oceania Hawaii Holdings (夏香集團)
- Amoy Canning increases production to enter the European market, newspaper article September 1939
- 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
General
- Bus, tram and peak tram conductors
- King of Entertainment: Wong Kow (黃球) and his Mayflower (五月花) group of restaurants and nightclubs
- BAAG Report KWIZ #77 Naval Reports - information about numerous locations of interest
- Hakka Patterned Bands in Hong Kong - 1976 RASHKB article
- Dickson and Hopson: the Tales of Two Handbag Companies
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Lee Hung-tong (李漢忠): Thai Chinese Trader, HK Industrialist and Singer
- Far East Motors car adverts
- Filmo Depot (菲林模影機)
- Wo Kee Cheung (和記祥) and Wo Fung Cheung (和豐祥)
- The Tsang Family of Sui Heong Yuen (瑞香園)
- Unidentified Structure on Waterfall Bay Headland - industrial connection?
- Olympic Motors Ltd adverts
- Lee Po-lam (李寶林,1909-2002) – Theatre Owner in the 1950s to 1970s
- Kwong Wah Printing Company - traditional letterpress printing - vanishing HK trades
- Central Theatre (中央戲院)
- Amoy Canning increases production to enter the European market, newspaper article September 1939
- Mak and Mark: the century-old tales of two Nam Pak Hong families with the same surname
- Stone Cutters' Lives in Hong Kong - 1952 article
- The Rope Making Industry in Hong Kong, 1957 Trade Bulletin article
Hong Kong Companies
- Tsang Fook Piano (曾福琴行): A Century of Music in Hong Kong
- The Shiu Wing Steel Company - the only steel rolling mill currently in HK
- King of Entertainment: Wong Kow (黃球) and his Mayflower (五月花) group of restaurants and nightclubs
- BAAG Report KWIZ #77 Naval Reports - information about numerous locations of interest
- Dickson and Hopson: the Tales of Two Handbag Companies
- Lin Ma Hang Mine Part 1 - The Early Years
- Yau Yue Commercial Bank (有餘商業銀行)
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Lee Hung-tong (李漢忠): Thai Chinese Trader, HK Industrialist and Singer
- The Ma Family and Thomson Weaving Factory (天孫織染廠)
- On the slow boat - Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries - part one..
- Green Island Cement Company - stunning photos
- C.F. Leung, Ng Iu-cheung and L.S. Chang – Directors of Kwong On Bank
- Far East Motors car adverts
- Filmo Depot (菲林模影機)
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine 1906-1976 - biggest mine in HK - further information
- Pak Wo Cheung (百和祥) and Secure Industries (保美實業)
- Gordon Burnett Gifford Hull - Needle Hill Mine, Shing Mun Reservoir
- Wo Kee Cheung (和記祥) and Wo Fung Cheung (和豐祥)
- The Hong Kong Electric Company - 1889 to the decommissioning of Ap Lei Chau Power station in 1989
Industrial Buildings + Demolitions
- 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)
- 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
Industrial Districts + Locations
- Hong Kong Tramways - Bowrington Canal Depot
- Unidentified Structure on Waterfall Bay Headland - industrial connection?
- Lantau Island Industry
- 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
Manufacturing
- The Shiu Wing Steel Company - the only steel rolling mill currently in HK
- Hakka Patterned Bands in Hong Kong - 1976 RASHKB article
- A water powered tilt-hammer incense mill
- Phonographs, Gramophones and Record Companies in Hong Kong
- Bolinder marine diesel engines - connection to Ulderup and Schlüter Shipyard, Sham Shui Po
- The Ma Family and Thomson Weaving Factory (天孫織染廠)
- Green Island Cement Company - stunning photos
- C.F. Leung, Ng Iu-cheung and L.S. Chang – Directors of Kwong On Bank
- Merry Christmas - HK made decorations exported 1964
- Wo Kee Cheung (和記祥) and Wo Fung Cheung (和豐祥)
- The Elm Tool and Machinery Company Ltd - The Toy King comes to town
- China Engineers Ltd 1928 Shanghai - 1937 Hong Kong
- The Lo Wu Brick Works, pre-1912 to 1957?
- Asiatic Petroleum Company employees, a compilation - information needed
- 19th Century Tomato Ketchup production in Yau Ma Tei - where exactly?
- Holga Cameras - Universal Optical Industry / Universal Electronics Industries - production information needed
- Amoy Canning increases production to enter the European market, newspaper article September 1939
- The Rope Making Industry in Hong Kong, 1957 Trade Bulletin article
- Lantau Island Industry
- The Kung family and Sam Kwong Weaving Factory (三光布廠)
Mines, Quarries + Dredging
- Lin Ma Hang Mine Part 1 - The Early Years
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine 1906-1976 - biggest mine in HK - further information
- Gordon Burnett Gifford Hull - Needle Hill Mine, Shing Mun Reservoir
- Stone Cutters' Lives in Hong Kong - 1952 article
- Lantau Island Industry
- Manganese mining on Lamma Island
- Film of quarry stone breaking by hand 1953 - possible location?
- 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
Non-Hong Kong Companies
- Yau Yue Commercial Bank (有餘商業銀行)
- Bolinder marine diesel engines - connection to Ulderup and Schlüter Shipyard, Sham Shui Po
- The Tsang Family of Sui Heong Yuen (瑞香園)
- Oceania Hawaii Holdings (夏香集團)
- Asiatic Petroleum Company employees, a compilation - information needed
- Asiatic Petroleum Company, China - family connections
- Mak and Mark: the century-old tales of two Nam Pak Hong families with the same surname
- 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
People
- Tsang Fook Piano (曾福琴行): A Century of Music in Hong Kong
- Bus, tram and peak tram conductors
- King of Entertainment: Wong Kow (黃球) and his Mayflower (五月花) group of restaurants and nightclubs
- John 'Jock' Inglis - General Manager, Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd, Hong Kong
- Hakka Patterned Bands in Hong Kong - 1976 RASHKB article
- Dickson and Hopson: the Tales of Two Handbag Companies
- Yau Yue Commercial Bank (有餘商業銀行)
- Lee Hung-tong (李漢忠): Thai Chinese Trader, HK Industrialist and Singer
- The Ma Family and Thomson Weaving Factory (天孫織染廠)
- C.F. Leung, Ng Iu-cheung and L.S. Chang – Directors of Kwong On Bank
- Filmo Depot (菲林模影機)
- Pak Wo Cheung (百和祥) and Secure Industries (保美實業)
- Gordon Burnett Gifford Hull - Needle Hill Mine, Shing Mun Reservoir
- The Tsang Family of Sui Heong Yuen (瑞香園)
- Yung Hwa Motion Film Industries, newspaper article 1948
- Oceania Hawaii Holdings (夏香集團)
- Hang Hing Construction (恒興建築)
- Asiatic Petroleum Company employees, a compilation - information needed
- Lee Po-lam (李寶林,1909-2002) – Theatre Owner in the 1950s to 1970s
- Kwong Wah Printing Company - traditional letterpress printing - vanishing HK trades
Property
- 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
- 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
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
- Dickson and Hopson: the Tales of Two Handbag Companies
- Filmo Depot (菲林模影機)
- Wo Kee Cheung (和記祥) and Wo Fung Cheung (和豐祥)
- The Tsang Family of Sui Heong Yuen (瑞香園)
- Olympic Motors Ltd adverts
- 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
Shipyards + Shipping
- BAAG Report KWIZ #77 Naval Reports - information about numerous locations of interest
- Bolinder marine diesel engines - connection to Ulderup and Schlüter Shipyard, Sham Shui Po
- On the slow boat - Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries - part one..
- Indo-China Steam Navigation Company - employees
- Wang Tak Engineering & Shipbuilding Company, 1938 to present
- The condition of Hong Kong dockyards immediately post WW2, newspaper report October 1945
- 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
- The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Ltd, 1923-1973
- Cosmopolitan Dock - unusual double dock feature
- Coal in Hong Kong - initial notes
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
- Bus, tram and peak tram conductors
- Hakka Patterned Bands in Hong Kong - 1976 RASHKB article
- A water powered tilt-hammer incense mill
- The Bionomics of Pondfish Culture in the New Territories mid 1950s
- Kwong Wah Printing Company - traditional letterpress printing - vanishing HK trades
- Stone Cutters' Lives in Hong Kong - 1952 article
- Lantau Island Industry
- 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
Transport
- Bus, tram and peak tram conductors
- BAAG Report KWIZ #77 Naval Reports - information about numerous locations of interest
- On the slow boat - Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries - part one..
- Far East Motors car adverts
- Pearl Harbour Day in Hong Kong - Japanese attack on Kai Tak airport, December 1941
- Dragages Hong Kong - first HK projects, Kai Tak runway extension and Shek Pik reservoir
- Hong Kong Tramways - Bowrington Canal Depot
- AEC Regent V - Kowloon Bus Company buses 1960s
- Olympic Motors Ltd adverts
- Trailblazer: the life and time of Wang Tseng-hsiang (王增祥, 1926-2012), Taiwanese developer and investor in HK, Japan and the US
- 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
Utilities
- Plover Cove Reservoir - 1977 Water Supplies Dept report
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Kowloon Tong Water Tank
- Hong Kong Water Supply - Lam Tsuen Pipeline
- The Hong Kong Electric Company - 1889 to the decommissioning of Ap Lei Chau Power station in 1989
- Black Point Power Station
- Dragages Hong Kong - first HK projects, Kai Tak runway extension and Shek Pik reservoir
- Asiatic Petroleum Company, China - family connections
- Cheung Chau Electric Company
- Lantau Island Industry
- Zinc Oxide Factories - Shau Kei Wan and Kennedy Town, information needed
- Night Soil and Refuse and Night Soil disposal question, newspaper article 1939
- 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