Night soil collection in Hong Kong – updated – four current locations, July 2016

Articles, General, Traditional Industries, Utilities

New information in red. Chris Yuen: The article, Night soil collection in Hong Kong – honey buckets…information needed, asks for further information: “Night fragrance” is indeed an euphemistic term for night soil. Two articles in Apple Daily (2002 and 2013) provide some information: http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/supplement/culture/art/20020529/2625572 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20130204/18156297 In 2002, there were about 80 units that required the night soil collection service. The service […]

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Kwok Tai Motor & Pump Company Ltd – distributor of VVs – village vehicles

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Transport

Kwok Tai Motor & Pump Company was established in 1997. It appears to import and sell a wide range of goods including pumps, generators, gardening equipment, agriculture tools…and village vehicles (VVs) of both wheel and crawler type. The company website shows a few examples: The company’s address is G/F, Tai Fook Centre, 17 Kin Tak Street, Yuen Long with a […]

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BAAG records of shipping in HK during 1944-45 – the Nichiko (Hinokaori) Maru

Articles, Shipyards + Shipping

Elizabeth Ride has sent British Army Aid Group (BAAG) records of shipping movements in Hong Kong in 1944-45 during the Japanese occupation in World War Two. These provide information not only about the ships themselves but what cargo was being brought into and out of Hong Kong during the latter stages of WW2, passengers carried, and of godowns, docks etc […]

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Pre-WW2 Industrialisation – a large range of HK companies, date of establishment, workers, size of premises

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing

HF: I found some very raw information listing “selected examples” of companies in pre-WW2 Hong Kong in the book, Hong Kong’s History: State and Society Under Colonial Rule. We already know something about some of these concerns – Indhhk articles are linked Nanyang Brother Tobacco Co. Ltd Li Man Hing Kwok Weaving / Manufacturing Co. Ltd Ng Jim Kai – Financier of the Chinese […]

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Taikoo Dockyard Managers – James Reid, 1910-1926

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, People, Shipyards + Shipping

IDJ has sent a series of articles about managers at Taikoo Dockyard: The first manager Philip Forster Nicholson, 1907-1910, “was succeeded by James Reid, who was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire,[Scotland], and passed his early life at Troon, serving his apprenticeship with the Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. He remained with this company to rise to Chief Ship Draughtsman and Assistant Yard Manager […]

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Sir Jack Cater, pre-ICAC first Director of Agriculture and Fisheries plus other related organisations

Articles, Fishing and Agriculture, General, People

HF: It was with interest that I was told recently that Sir Jack Cater began his career in Hong Kong in 1946 as a cadet officer in the Fisheries Department, held various related posts and became Director of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1964. In February 1974, he was appointed first Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) by Governor MacLehose following […]

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NV Hollandsche Aannemings Maatschappij (HAM) – Dutch dredging company connected to several HK projects

Articles, General, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Shipyards + Shipping

HF: Our piece, Dredging Marine Sand – Container Terminal 6, 1987 article, says that the dredging was undertaken by the Dutch company HAM. HAM has been involved in several Hong Kong projects including Chek Lap Kok airport, Disneyland, Container Terminals 6 + 7, Repulse Bay beach, Lamma Island Power Station, Tsing Yi Island, West Kowloon (Phase One) and the North Lantau […]

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Yat Ming Industrial Factory Ltd – HK toy car maker

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing

Richard K recently left a comment under our article, Dinky Toys, made in Hong Kong by Hong Kong Industrial (HKI), which mentioned that some of the Dinky cars he had recently purchased looked similar to those made by Yat Ming. Some initial information about Yat Ming – can anyone supply further details about this Hong Kong company? “Yat Ming (formerly called Yatming), […]

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Taikoo Dockyard – D MacDonald – responsible for preparatory construction work pre-1907

Articles, Construction, Hong Kong Companies, People, Shipyards + Shipping

IDJ has sent a series of articles about early managers at Taikoo Dockyard. This first article predates the appointment of the first manager Philip Forster Nicholson in 1907: Adapted from the source below: Early in 1902 before the company was ready to commence operations it was decided to engage a leading Civil Engineer from England to take charge of the construction work, […]

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