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Articles
- Texwood (德士活) and “Apple Jeans”(蘋果牌牛仔褲)
- Andrew Weir Shipping and Trading Co.Ltd (Bank Line) - connection to Sha Lo Wan Mine, Lantau
- R.C.S. Viti, built at Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong, launched 1939
- Canton Brothers Rubber Co (廣東兄弟樹膠) – China’s and HK’s First Manufacturer of Rubber Shoes
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- The Peak Tram - How it works
- Charm Hoi-sang (湛海生)and Harbour Engineering and Hoi Sing Holdings
- RAF Shatin Airfield - Aircraft in Flight
- Cheong Sun Development (昌生興業) and the Trio Behind the Firm
- A S Watson & Company Ltd aka The Hong Kong Dispensary - a Timeline 1841 to 1945
- BAAG Report KWIZ #84 Naval Reports - information about Naval, Taikoo, Tung Tai, Ah Kings and Tsunan dockyards
- Hongkong and China Gas Company explosion, New Theory Advanced in Gas Disaster Enquiry, 1934
- Wing On Cheong (永安祥): From Fabric and Cameras to Securities and Real Estate
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- Sha Lo Wan Mine
- N. Lazarus (明晶洋行)– Leading Opticians of the Far East
- Rose, Downs and Thompson - Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
- RAF Shatin Airfield - Routine Patrols, Part Two
- Ho Chapman (何澤民): Movie Producer, Theater Owner and Developer of the Imperial Hotel
- Ping Shan - proposed airport for Hong Kong
Banks and Finance
- 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 (郭幼庭,1883-1953): Metal Trader and Founding Director of Bank of East Asia and his Family
Construction
- The Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) Part 3 – the construction of Kowloon Station
- Hop Yuen Construction (合源建築): A Century of Building in HK
- C.T. Chiu (招曙東) and Hong Kong Iron & Steel Works (香港鋼鐵廠)
- 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)
Entertainment
- 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
- 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
Fishing and Agriculture
- 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)
- The declining oyster trade of Lau Fau Shan - HKU project to revive the 700 year old industry
- 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
- 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
Food and Beverages
- 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
- The China Sugar Refinery Company (previously Wahee, Smith & Co)
- The Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie's Mill)
- Comfoods (maker of Café Puro Instant Coffee) and Reliance (importer of Sunkist oranges)
- Yim Tin Tsai island - resurrected salt pans
- Aerated Water Companies in Hong Kong
- Cheng Cheung Hing Shrimp Paste Factory, Tai O
- 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
- 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
General
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- N. Lazarus (明晶洋行)– Leading Opticians of the Far East
- Bargain Electrical Co (平霸電業) and System One (新一系電器)
- RAF Shatin Airfield - aerial images
- Stone Cutters' Lives in Hong Kong - 1952 article
- Delfino Noronha - HK Government printer and operator of the first HK Island-Kowloon 'Ferry'
- Lee Wui-tao (李會桃): Textbook and Tabloid Publisher and Movie Producer
- The Hong Kong Society of Model & Experimental Engineers, 1984-1996, photographs
- Wong Man-keung (王文強, 1903-1976) and W.S. Sherly & Co (些厘洋行)
- Kar Cheung Chong Bank (嘉彰莊銀行)
- Fan Lau lighthouse, Lantau Island
- Sun Hing Building (新興大廈) and its Developers
- Continental King Lung (五洲景龍) and Legarleon (利家安)
- 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
Hong Kong Companies
- Texwood (德士活) and “Apple Jeans”(蘋果牌牛仔褲)
- Canton Brothers Rubber Co (廣東兄弟樹膠) – China’s and HK’s First Manufacturer of Rubber Shoes
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- The Peak Tram - How it works
- Cheong Sun Development (昌生興業) and the Trio Behind the Firm
- A S Watson & Company Ltd aka The Hong Kong Dispensary - a Timeline 1841 to 1945
- Sha Lo Wan Mine
- N. Lazarus (明晶洋行)– Leading Opticians of the Far East
- Rose, Downs and Thompson - Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
- Ching Cheong Weaving & Dyeing Works (禎昌織染布廠)
- On the slow boat - Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries - part one..
- Crown, Fung Hang and Wing Hang – Three Leading Independent Record Companies and the Golden Age of Cantopop in the 1970s and 1980s
- Pushing Out Buttons – Beutron, Chung Wah, Hoover, Union and Wah Hing
- W Britain Toys - made in Hong Kong from 1966 to ?
- Tung Fong Hat Factory (東方帽廠)
- The Kwan Family – Theatre Owners and Movie Producers
- Jan Hendrik Marsman - Escape from HK during WW2
- Tuck Chong Sum Kee Bamboo Steamer Company - vanishing HK trades
- Fou Wah Weaving Mills, Kia Fung Textile and Wing Wah Textiles
- Hong Kong Jade Industry and some of its pioneers
Industrial Buildings + Demolitions
- Cheong Sun Development (昌生興業) and the Trio Behind the Firm
- The Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie's Mill)
- 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)
- 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 One: Life in Shanghai
- 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
Industrial Districts + Locations
- 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
- RAF Shatin Airfield - daily life
- RAF Shatin Airfield - aerial images
- Blackhead Point, Signal Hill, TST - FJB Schwarzkopf and Blackhead & Co connection
- Lok On Pai "desalting" plant, 1975-1981
- Hong Kong Tramways - Bowrington Canal Depot
- Unidentified Structure on Waterfall Bay Headland - industrial connection?
- Lantau Island Industry
- 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
Manufacturing
- Texwood (德士活) and “Apple Jeans”(蘋果牌牛仔褲)
- Canton Brothers Rubber Co (廣東兄弟樹膠) – China’s and HK’s First Manufacturer of Rubber Shoes
- 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
- Rose, Downs and Thompson - Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
- Ching Cheong Weaving & Dyeing Works (禎昌織染布廠)
- Pushing Out Buttons – Beutron, Chung Wah, Hoover, Union and Wah Hing
- W Britain Toys - made in Hong Kong from 1966 to ?
- Tung Fong Hat Factory (東方帽廠)
- Fou Wah Weaving Mills, Kia Fung Textile and Wing Wah Textiles
- Hong Kong Jade Industry and some of its pioneers
- Vincent and Wesintex: two local apparel brands from the 1960s to 1980s
- Beer in Hong Kong - Part Three - The Oriental Brewery 1908-1912
- Cardboard Millionaires: Pioneers of the HK Corrugated Paper Products Industry
- The Moh Family and Hop Kee Pyrotechnics (合記烟花)
- Green Island Cement Company during World War Two
- The China Sugar Refinery Company (previously Wahee, Smith & Co)
- The Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie's Mill)
- Southeast Ice Company (東南冰廠)
- Green Island Cement Company - stunning photos
Mines, Quarries + Dredging
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- Sha Lo Wan Mine
- The Mines of Lam Tsuen - corruption, conviction and jail sentence
- Jan Hendrik Marsman - Escape from HK during WW2
- Why "Lead Mine" Pass?
- Needle Hill Mine - 1961 account
- Stone Cutters' Lives in Hong Kong - 1952 article
- History of Needle Hill Mine - centenary year
- Mining and Water Supply, Government paying more attention to both in Hong Kong, newspaper article 1948
- 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
- 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
- Morrison Hill Quarry
- Chek Lap Kok Island industry, pre-airport
Non-Hong Kong Companies
- Andrew Weir Shipping and Trading Co.Ltd (Bank Line) - connection to Sha Lo Wan Mine, Lantau
- Canton Brothers Rubber Co (廣東兄弟樹膠) – China’s and HK’s First Manufacturer of Rubber Shoes
- Ma On Shan Mine – Part One, The Open Cut Years
- N. Lazarus (明晶洋行)– Leading Opticians of the Far East
- Rose, Downs and Thompson - Engineers, Hull and London, branch offices opened in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1910s
- Ching Cheong Weaving & Dyeing Works (禎昌織染布廠)
- Pushing Out Buttons – Beutron, Chung Wah, Hoover, Union and Wah Hing
- W Britain Toys - made in Hong Kong from 1966 to ?
- Fou Wah Weaving Mills, Kia Fung Textile and Wing Wah Textiles
- Hong Kong Jade Industry and some of its pioneers
- Arratoon V Apcar & Company, Hongkong 1924-1933, information needed
- The Moh Family and Hop Kee Pyrotechnics (合記烟花)
- Jam Fair Department Store (占飛百貨)
- Comfoods (maker of Café Puro Instant Coffee) and Reliance (importer of Sunkist oranges)
- Delfino Noronha - HK Government printer and operator of the first HK Island-Kowloon 'Ferry'
- Asiatic Petroleum Company employees, a compilation - information needed
- Ng Lian-chin (黃連振, 1922-2015) and Life Records (麗風唱片)
- Kar Cheung Chong Bank (嘉彰莊銀行)
- From Transistor Radios to Bicycle Meters: the Yuen family and Kendy Enterprise (堅力實業) and Dayton Industrial (達騰工業)
- Fung Cheong Shun (豐昌順) – from Dyeing Factory to King of School Uniforms
People
- Texwood (德士活) and “Apple Jeans”(蘋果牌牛仔褲)
- Canton Brothers Rubber Co (廣東兄弟樹膠) – China’s and HK’s First Manufacturer of Rubber Shoes
- Cheong Sun Development (昌生興業) and the Trio Behind the Firm
- A S Watson & Company Ltd aka The Hong Kong Dispensary - a Timeline 1841 to 1945
- Ho Hung Yee - umbrella maker and repairer for 70 years, Peel Street, Central
- N. Lazarus (明晶洋行)– Leading Opticians of the Far East
- Ching Cheong Weaving & Dyeing Works (禎昌織染布廠)
- Crown, Fung Hang and Wing Hang – Three Leading Independent Record Companies and the Golden Age of Cantopop in the 1970s and 1980s
- Pushing Out Buttons – Beutron, Chung Wah, Hoover, Union and Wah Hing
- Tung Fong Hat Factory (東方帽廠)
- The Kwan Family – Theatre Owners and Movie Producers
- Jan Hendrik Marsman - Escape from HK during WW2
- Fou Wah Weaving Mills, Kia Fung Textile and Wing Wah Textiles
- Hong Kong Jade Industry and some of its pioneers
- Vincent and Wesintex: two local apparel brands from the 1960s to 1980s
- RAF Shatin Airfield - daily life
- Cardboard Millionaires: Pioneers of the HK Corrugated Paper Products Industry
- The Cheung family and the New York/Great World chain of cinemas
- RAF Shatin Airfield - aerial images
- Alfred Holt, 1829-1911, founder of Alfred Holt & Co (Holts Wharf TST)
Property
- 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
- 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
Queries + Answers
- 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?
- 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
Retailers
- 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)
- 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)
- Kun Wing Fook Medicine Co. (靳永福藥廠) and “Coconut Tree” brand carminative oil (椰樹牌驅風油)
Shipyards + Shipping
- Andrew Weir Shipping and Trading Co.Ltd (Bank Line) - connection to Sha Lo Wan Mine, Lantau
- On the slow boat - Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries - part one..
- Arratoon V Apcar & Company, Hongkong 1924-1933, information needed
- BAAG Report KWIZ #80 Naval Reports - information about Kowloon, Cosmopolitan, Taikoo, Naval, Tsunan Dockyards, HK Ferries and Standard Oil
- Alfred Holt, 1829-1911, founder of Alfred Holt & Co (Holts Wharf TST)
- Sir Thomas Sutherland - first chairman of Hong Kong & Whampoa Dockyard
- MacDonald & Company Shipyard, founded 1864
- Douglas Lapraik - watchmaker, shipowner and co-founder of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Company
- BAAG Report KWIZ #78 Naval Reports - information about Kowloon Godown, A.P.C., Cosmopolitan Dock, Taikoo Docks, Naval Dockyard, Kowloon Docks, Tsunan Shipyard, No.3 Kowloon Godowns, Holt's Wharf, No.3 Kowloon Wharf, Douglas Wharf
- James Thirlwell - Tai Koo Dockyard, Master Mariner and captain of the tug "Tai Koo"
- Fan Lau lighthouse, Lantau Island
- D.L. Wu, 伍德鄰, and the Taiship Shipping Group
- 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
- 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 - ?
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
- 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
- The declining oyster trade of Lau Fau Shan - HKU project to revive the 700 year old industry
- Ming Kee Shoe Shop - film of "Uncle Ming"
- Wun Yiu Kiln Site, Tai Po - new information
- Leung Kit Lam's steelware store, Shanghai Street
- Cheng Cheung Hing Shrimp Paste Factory, Tai O
- 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
- Lantau Island Industry
- Hemp - crop and craft, 1970 RASHKB article highlighting its disappearance in Hong Kong
- The Decline of Street Hawkers in Hong Kong
- 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
Transport
- The Peak Tram - How it works
- Ping Shan - proposed airport for Hong Kong
- On the slow boat - Sai Wan Ho, Kwun Tong, Sam Ka Tsuen ferries - part one..
- The Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) Part 3 – the construction of Kowloon Station
- RAF Shatin Airfield - Headquarters, Part One
- RAF Shatin Airfield - daily life
- RAF Shatin Airfield - aerial images
- The Hong Kong Society of Model & Experimental Engineers, 1984-1996, photographs
- Web-footed aeroplanes in Hong Kong And Macao
- The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd (HAECO) photographs
- The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd - Timeline
- Bus, tram and peak tram conductors
- BAAG Report KWIZ #77 Naval Reports - information about numerous locations of interest
- 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
Utilities
- Hong Kong Water Supply – Shenzhen Reservoir
- Hong Kong Water Supply Shek Pik Reservoir – Part 2 Reservoir Construction
- Hong Kong Water Supply Shek Pik Reservoir – Part 1 Preparation Works
- Shing Mun Reservoir, expert visits and prepares report on problem with the dam, 1937
- Cheung Chau Electric Company
- Binnie & Partners, engineering consultancy, Hong Kong reservoirs and more...
- Hong Kong Water Supply - official opening of the Jubilee (Shing Mun) reservoir, newspaper report
- Lok On Pai "desalting" plant, 1975-1981
- Mining and Water Supply, Government paying more attention to both in Hong Kong, newspaper article 1948
- 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
- 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
- North Point Power Station