Francesco de Pinedo – Italian aviator – lands in HK 1925

Articles, People, Transport

HF: Added information “Another adventurer was the Neapolitan aviator, Francesco de Pinedo (1890-1933) who, in 1925, landed his Savioa S-16ter two-seater hydroplane (nicknamed Gennariello) in Hong Kong harbour.|Engineer Ernesto Campanelli from Oristano was his co-pilot. After Hong Kong they flew on to Shanghai, Japan and Australia before returning to Rome landing on the Tiber River. It was truly a remarkable expedition, […]

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Benjamin Brodsky – first to open a Hong Kong film production company and “King of Chinese cinema”

Articles, General, Hong Kong Companies, People
Benjamin Brodsky And 9 Chinese Board Of Directors HK Memory Project

HF: Our article, A Brief History of Hong Kong Cinema to 1988 – Film Studios and Personalities states that in 1913, the American, Benjamin Brosky and Li Minwei co-founded HK’s first film studio, Huamei (Chinese-American). [Brosky appears to have been actually called Brodsky but has also been written about as Brasky and Polasky.] Here is a brief biography of Brodsky. […]

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Far East Candle Works (遠東燭業) and Ki Yip Chemical Works (基業化工廠)

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Far East Candle Works Image 4A York Lo

York Lo: Far East Candle Works (遠東燭業) and Ki Yip Chemical Works (基業化工廠) Article about Far East Candle & Chemical Works’ booth at the 1964 HK Products Expo with a picture of its products in its booth (KSEN, 1964-12-28)  Earlier in the group, we have covered Mark V, the HK-based affiliate of US retail chain Cost Plus Bazaar which was […]

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Ching Yee Construction & Investment Co (正義置業)

Articles, Construction, Hong Kong Companies, Industrial Buildings + Demolitions, People, Property
Ching Yee Construction & Investment Co. Detail B Image 3 York Lo

York Lo: Ching Yee Construction & Investment Co (正義置業) Left: advertorial for On Lok Mansion in 1962 (WKYP, 1962-9-8) Right: article about “attractive properties” available from Ching Yee in 1964 (WKYP, 1964-3-19)   From the 1960s to the 1980s, Ching Yee Construction & Investment Co Ltd (whose name means “justice” in Chinese) was an active property developer in HK which had […]

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Publication of Nicholas Kitto’s book on China’s former treaty ports

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Trading Places Nick Kitto Book Cover Image

I am delighted to offer Nicholas Kitto a little publicity on the publication of his book, Trading Places, a photographic journey through China’s former treaty ports. Nick has established a dedicated website (LINK), and the publisher’s recent blog (LINK) provides further information about the book including:- China’s treaty ports were cities along its coast and on major rivers which were […]

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Cosmopolitan Docks during the Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Shipyards + Shipping

Elizabeth Ride: Extracts from reports in the BAAG Intelligence Summaries.  Layout [Map reference 192583:  GSGS 3868 1/20,000 HK&NT]. Sketch not found, but this Japanese map of the harbour and facilities may contain some information to  readers of Japanese.  2. During the Occupation. “According to one source, many of the ships salvaged by the Japanese were taken to this dockyard for repair.” 1943 […]

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Cho Shiu-chung (曹紹松, 1922-2011) – Real Estate Developer and Philanthropist

Articles, Construction, Hong Kong Companies, People, Property
Cho Shiu Chung Real Estate Developer Image 2 York Lo

York Lo: Cho Shiu-chung (曹紹松, 1922-2011) – Real Estate Developer and Philanthropist Left: Cho Shiu-chung; Right: Staff of On Wah Construction congratulating Cho Shiu-chung on his MBE in 1971 (WKYP, 1971-1-8)  Cho Shiu-chung was a prominent player in the construction and real estate business and an active  community leader from the 1950s to the 1980s. From 1973 to 1987, he […]

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Tuen Mun – “From Ancient Port to City of the Future”, 1982 account

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Industrial Districts + Locations, Manufacturing, Shipyards + Shipping

IDJ has sent this monograph of the dramatic changes that occurred in Tuen Mun in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It starts rather gloomily, “Castle Peak, in reality a string of scattered settlements along the shoreline of the Bay, a straggle of ramshackle squatter huts pushing up the creek of the Tuen Mun river…” click the pages to enlarge. […]

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Chow Yau (周有, 1912-1983) – Vertical Integrator of the HK Death Care Industry

Articles, Construction, General, Hong Kong Companies, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People
Chow Yau HK Death Care Industry Image 5 York Lo

York Lo: Chow Yau (周有, 1912-1983) – Vertical Integrator of the HK Death Care Industry With over 45,000 deaths per year, the death care industry is a huge business in Hong Kong. While many Chinese articles have covered Siu Ming, the king of funeral homes who monopolized the business in the 1960s and early 1970s, little has been written about […]

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The Hongkong Electric Company Ltd – Early History – 1889 to c1908

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Utilities

IDJ has sent this article about the Hongkong Electric Company, Ltd  which was published in 1908. It outlines the formation of the company in  1889 and the opening of Hong Kong’s first power station in Star Street, Wanchai in 1890.  This generating station closed in 1920 and was demolished in 1922. Source: Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai and other […]

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