HK and Whampoa Dockyard – what happened to its famous Hammerhead Crane? Further information

HF: Our article, HK and Whampoa Dockyard – what happened to its famous Hammerhead Crane?, linked below, got me interested in the final fate of the well known Hong Kong landmark. Klaus Liphard   This article was first posted on xxxx xxxx. Related Indhhk articles: HK and Whampoa Dockyard – what happened to its famous Hammerhead Crane?

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Ping Shan airport – an extract from Paul Tsui’s unpublished memoir

Lawrence Tsui  adds more to our growing information about the proposed Ping Shan airport. He has sent an extract from his father’s autobiography which highlights tensions regarding constructing the airport in this location. Lawrence writes:-There’s a slightly different perspective to the Ping Shan Airport in Paul Tsui’s unpublished memoire “My life & My Encounters’ Chapter XVI (para. 7) regarding his […]

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Kwok Hing Engineering Works, further information

Kwok Hing Engineering Works Name Plate From Nathan Laurent

Nathan Laurent, who lives in Queensland, Australia, has an interest in industrial history. HF: Nathan contacted me “to see if your researchers know anything about a metal manufacturing business that used the name Kwok Hing. My father has a metal working lathe of this brand made in Hong Kong which seems to be from the 1950s.” Below is a picture taken […]

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Lee Man Rubber Manufactory (利民橡膠製品廠)

Lee Man Rubber Manufactory Image 1a2 York Lo

York Lo: Lee Man Rubber Manufactory (利民橡膠製品廠)  Top: Wong Kwai and brief profile of Lee Man Rubber (KSEN, 1954-12-23); Bottom: two examples of rubber shoes made by Lee Man in the 1950s (WKYP, 1958)   Another major rubber shoe manufacturer in HK in the 1940s through 1960s was Lee Man Rubber Manufactory, whose “Fly Gun” brand of rubber shoes was popular […]

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The history of housing development in the Sham Shui Po district

HF: In 1906, the government began land sale in Sham Shui Po to the public. A number of reclamation projects were carried out in the 1910s, and several roads were built that facilitated the district’s urbanisation. Transport links were also gradually established between Sham Shui Po and the urban area of Kowloon, and the district developed into a new community […]

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SS Alaska – temporary casualty of 1874 Typhoon at Aberdeen Dock

HF: The SS Alaska was a 4,012 ton, 8 speed, side-wheel steamship launched on 27th November 27th 1867 for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. She saw service between New York and Aspinwall, now known as Colón, Panama, and was later used on the San Francisco to Panama City and San Francisco to Hong Kong routes until 1879. During the night of Tuesday 22 September […]

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