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The 20 most recent posts from every category.
Articles
- The Cross-Harbour Tunnel – Part 1 Gestation
- Peter H.T. Woo (胡孝清) – Father of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry
- Hok Un Power Station, a compilation of those who helped restore it at the end of World War Two
- Capt Sands' Slip, c1870s, Sai Wan's most influential shipyard owner
- The Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, newspaper article 1937
- Chieng Han-chow (錢涵洲)– Father of the Hong Kong Plastic Industry
- Crocodile Garments Ltd - Michael Rogge Film 1962
- New Blue Funnel vessels near completion in Hong Kong at Taikoo Dockyard, 1938
- CLP: The construction of Hok Un power station 1921, Part Three
- The Sha Tau Kok railway
- Glimpses of Old Hong Kong: Sedan Chairs
- The Green Island Cement Company - Conflagration - March 1906
- Lee Shiu-kee (李兆基) of Kee Lee Co Ltd(基利有限公司)
- The defunct Tai Po Kau Railway Station, KCR
- The Union Insurance Society of Canton
- Amoy Canning - a brief history since 1908
- Lee Tai Textile Company Limited (联泰纱厂有限公司)
- CLP: The construction of Hok Un power station 1921, Part Two
- Ma On Shan Iron Mine - HK Naturalist 1931
- South China Bricks and Tiles Manufacturing Company - reopening of plant at San Hui, Castle Peak, New Territories
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
- 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...
- The Construction of the Bank Of China Tower - don't look down!
- Ching Hing Construction (正興建築): Beyond the Family Feud
- Dickson Construction (德信建築)
- 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
Entertainment
- 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
- 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
Fishing and Agriculture
- 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)
- 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
Food and Beverages
- 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
- The China Sugar Refinery Company (previously Wahee, Smith & Co)
- 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
General
- K A Watson OBE JP - a Man With a Vision
- Shantung Guild (山東庄): Yee Tai Hong, Shun Tai Hong and Lee Yuen Cheung
- Siu On Realty (兆安地產)
- From Thompson Wong (堂煌廣告) to FCB (博達廣告)
- Marklin Advertising (美靈廣告)
- Hit Maker: Yam Wu-fa (任護花) and his Novels, Newspapers and Movies
- Hong Kong lighthouse construction, costs, delivery, dates, light visibility...
- Lai Yung Shang (雷允上) – the Centuries Old Maker of Lu Sheng Pills (六神丸)
- 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
Hong Kong Companies
- Peter H.T. Woo (胡孝清) – Father of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry
- Chieng Han-chow (錢涵洲)– Father of the Hong Kong Plastic Industry
- Crocodile Garments Ltd - Michael Rogge Film 1962
- CLP: The construction of Hok Un power station 1921, Part Three
- K A Watson OBE JP - a Man With a Vision
- The Green Island Cement Company - Conflagration - March 1906
- Lee Shiu-kee (李兆基) of Kee Lee Co Ltd(基利有限公司)
- The defunct Tai Po Kau Railway Station, KCR
- Amoy Canning - a brief history since 1908
- Lee Tai Textile Company Limited (联泰纱厂有限公司)
- The Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie's Mill)
- Eastern Extension Telegraph Company - linking HK to the world
- GuGuSoy factory and restaurant, Ho Sheung Heung village, Sheung Shui
- Long Distance Telephone Service established between Hongkong and Canton, The Far Eastern Review October 1931
- Green Island Cement - manager late 1920s to 1949 indentified + photos of earlier manager's house?
- Ying Ngan-ting (應雁亭, 1909-1972): Gold Magnate and Umbrella Manufacturer
- Sennet Freres
- The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd - Flight magazine 1952
- Cheong Lee Shipyard, Shanghai shipyard makes good in Hong Kong, newspaper article 1950
- Shantung Guild (山東庄): Yee Tai Hong, Shun Tai Hong and Lee Yuen Cheung
Industrial Buildings + Demolitions
- The Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie's Mill)
- Chinachem – Collection of Early Advertisements
- The Construction of the Bank Of China Tower - don't look down!
- 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)
- 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
Industrial Districts + Locations
- 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
- 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
Manufacturing
- Peter H.T. Woo (胡孝清) – Father of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry
- Chieng Han-chow (錢涵洲)– Father of the Hong Kong Plastic Industry
- Crocodile Garments Ltd - Michael Rogge Film 1962
- The Green Island Cement Company - Conflagration - March 1906
- Amoy Canning - a brief history since 1908
- Lee Tai Textile Company Limited (联泰纱厂有限公司)
- The Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie's Mill)
- Green Island Cement - manager late 1920s to 1949 indentified + photos of earlier manager's house?
- Ying Ngan-ting (應雁亭, 1909-1972): Gold Magnate and Umbrella Manufacturer
- The Dairy Farm Company - Post WW1, the Japanese occupation and immediately post WW2
- Man Loong Ginger Factory
- Hong Kong Note Printing Ltd - over 320 million HK banknotes printed annually
- Asiatic Petroleum Company employees, a compilation - information needed
- Kowloon (HK & Whampoa) Dockyards during the Occupation 1942-45
- Synthetic Marble Pioneer Dr. Andrew Liu and his Family
- The Hong Kong Mosquito Stick Manufacturing Company
- Shiu Wing Steel Company Ltd - Scrap Godown, Yau Tong
- Holga Cameras - interview with TM Lee their creator
- Kwong Chan Timber Merchants (廣棧木行)
- From Textiles to Electronics: the Zau family of Zoong Sing, Microtron and EDL
Mines, Quarries + Dredging
- 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
- 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
- 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
Non-Hong Kong Companies
- Chieng Han-chow (錢涵洲)– Father of the Hong Kong Plastic Industry
- Eastern Extension Telegraph Company - linking HK to the world
- Long Distance Telephone Service established between Hongkong and Canton, The Far Eastern Review October 1931
- K.C. Leong (梁溎春)– F&B Industrialist and his Family and Ventures
- Asiatic Petroleum Company employees, a compilation - information needed
- Synthetic Marble Pioneer Dr. Andrew Liu and his Family
- Fourseas Bowling Centre and Whimsy
- The Chan/Tyson Family and Gande, Price & Co
- Marklin Advertising (美靈廣告)
- Hit Maker: Yam Wu-fa (任護花) and his Novels, Newspapers and Movies
- Standard, Tai Hing and Tung Shing: Distributors of Japanese Sewing Machines
- From Textiles to Electronics: the Zau family of Zoong Sing, Microtron and EDL
- True Gold Fears No Fire: 150 Years of Tse Lee Yuen (謝利源)
- Lai Yung Shang (雷允上) – the Centuries Old Maker of Lu Sheng Pills (六神丸)
- The Construction of the Bank Of China Tower - don't look down!
- Mui Wo Silver Mine – Part One - The Owner
- Tabaqueria Filipina, Hwa Ching Tobacco and Colin Mackenzie & Co
- Wah Ying Cheong (華英昌): from Gold Mountain Firm to Real Estate Empire
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Company in HK from 1896
- Evergreen Motion Picture (永茂電影企業)
People
- Peter H.T. Woo (胡孝清) – Father of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry
- Capt Sands' Slip, c1870s, Sai Wan's most influential shipyard owner
- Chieng Han-chow (錢涵洲)– Father of the Hong Kong Plastic Industry
- K A Watson OBE JP - a Man With a Vision
- Lee Shiu-kee (李兆基) of Kee Lee Co Ltd(基利有限公司)
- Ying Ngan-ting (應雁亭, 1909-1972): Gold Magnate and Umbrella Manufacturer
- Sennet Freres
- Shantung Guild (山東庄): Yee Tai Hong, Shun Tai Hong and Lee Yuen Cheung
- Reginald David Walker, Manager and Chief Engineer, Kowloon-Canton Railway, 1930s
- Pokfulam Development Co Ltd (博富臨置業)
- Siu On Realty (兆安地產)
- From Thompson Wong (堂煌廣告) to FCB (博達廣告)
- K.C. Leong (梁溎春)– F&B Industrialist and his Family and Ventures
- Asiatic Petroleum Company employees, a compilation - information needed
- Synthetic Marble Pioneer Dr. Andrew Liu and his Family
- Fourseas Bowling Centre and Whimsy
- The Chan/Tyson Family and Gande, Price & Co
- Fast Eddie: the rise and fall of Eddie Wong (王永祥), international tycoon of mystery and original developer of Discovery Bay
- Marklin Advertising (美靈廣告)
- Paramount: Ad Agency and Interior Decorator
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
- 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?
- 36 TM Lee - creator of the HK made Holga camera
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
- 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)
- 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)
Shipyards + Shipping
- Capt Sands' Slip, c1870s, Sai Wan's most influential shipyard owner
- British river steamer Sai On's burnt out hulk reconversion at Cheoy Lee Shipyard, newspaper article
- Cheong Lee Shipyard, Shanghai shipyard makes good in Hong Kong, newspaper article 1950
- Hong Kong Petrochemical Co Ltd - Lok On Pai Jetty, Tun Muen
- Impact of Typhoon Wanda on shipping in Tolo Harbour
- Kowloon (HK & Whampoa) Dockyards during the Occupation 1942-45
- Hong Kong lighthouse construction, costs, delivery, dates, light visibility...
- World War Two - BAAG analysis of ships in Hong Kong during the Japanese Occupation
- Douglas Lapraik - watchmaker, shipowner and co-founder of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Company
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
Transport
- The Cross-Harbour Tunnel – Part 1 Gestation
- The Sha Tau Kok railway
- Glimpses of Old Hong Kong: Sedan Chairs
- The defunct Tai Po Kau Railway Station, KCR
- The Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd - Flight magazine 1952
- Reginald David Walker, Manager and Chief Engineer, Kowloon-Canton Railway, 1930s
- Pathé film - Kai Tak airport terminal building opening 1962
- The Hongkong Electric Tramway - c1908 report and images
- Sha Tau Kok branch railway - Absorbing 1986 account by RJ Phillips
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Company in HK from 1896
- Peak Tramways - additional locations and alterations
- The Hong Kong Rickshaw over Time
- 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
Utilities
- 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
- CLP - China Light and Power documentary film
- Hong Kong Water Supply – The 1963 Water Drought
- 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
- 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