The Hong Kong Electric Company – 1889 to the decommissioning of Ap Lei Chau Power station in 1989

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HF: The following information comes from a variety of sources. IDJ has kindly sent several of the images. Following a meeting of the Executive Council to discuss land reclamation, Bendyshe Layton a British businessman and member of the Legislative Council, suggested to Sir Catchick Paul Chater that Hong Kong acquire an electricity generator. Chater, who was to remain a director of the new Hong […]

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Black Point Power Station

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IDJ: Black Point Power Station located near Tuen Mun at the western edge of the New Territories was planned in the 1990s to ensure the security of electricity supplies into the 21st century. It serves to diversify the power company’s power and fuel sources by adding large gas fired CCGT (Combined Cycle Gas Turbines) to its conventional coal-fired thermal power station. […]

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The Tsang Family of Sui Heong Yuen (瑞香園)

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The Tsang Family Of Sui Heong Yuen Image 1 York Lo

York Lo: The Tsang Family of Sui Heong Yuen (瑞香園) Founded by Tsang Yuet-chee (曾月池, also known as T.Y. Chee) in the early 20th century, Sui Heong Yuen is one of the oldest Chinese business groups in HK with interests in trading, godowns, logistics, financial services and property development. At the 100th anniversary celebration of the HK General Chamber of […]

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The Elm Tool and Machinery Company Ltd – The Toy King comes to town

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Hugh Farmer: Queries and Answers 11, posted 2nd Nov 2013, mentions American Louis Marx’s Hong Kong “The Elm Tool and Die Company”, established in the 1950s and managed by a David Yea. However, I got both the name of the company and Mr “Yea’s” wrong. Sarah Monks, author of Toy Town, a history of the extraordinary development of the post WW2 […]

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Dragages Hong Kong – first HK projects, Kai Tak runway extension and Shek Pik reservoir

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James Chan: Dragages Hong Kong, is a very familiar company name on signs at major construction projects around  Hong Kong. It’s parent company is Bouygues Construction The company was founded in Vietnam in 1902 as Société Française Industrielle D’Extreme-Orient. It undertook its first project, the dredging and maintenance of a 2,000 kilometre canal system in the Mekong Delta. In 1910 […]

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China Engineers Ltd 1928 Shanghai – 1937 Hong Kong

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Carles Brasó Broggi: China Engineers Ltd This company was founded by William Charles Gomersall, G. E. Maden, E. S. Elliston, Z. V. Choo and James H. Lee in 1928 in Shanghai. They provided textile machinery to Chinese cotton mills that emerged after WW1 in Shanghai and in the Yangtse Delta region. Gomersall and his partners made deals with important industrial […]

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Peak Tram to Queen’s Road escalator proposal, newspaper article 1934

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Peak Tram To Queens Road Escalator Proposal China Mail 10th July 1934 From IDJ

IDJ has kindly sent the following newspaper article and comments, “This would be a useful transport facility even today?” HF: I have retyped the article for clarity sake and to aid searches. Mr. Felix A. Joseph, well-known and popular local land-owner who yesterday expressed the opinion that the extension of the peak tramway to Queen’s Road should be made wholly […]

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