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The Design of Radios and Music Players in Japan from the 1950s to the 1970s – Hong Kong link

Articles, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies

York Lo’s article, Peter H.T. Woo – Father of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry, shows the close connection between the electronics industry in Japan and Hong Kong in the late 1950s. York writes, In March 1958 Peter Woo founded  Champagne Engineering Corporation Ltd and began assembling transistor radios in Hong Kong using Japanese transistors, making Champagne the first electronics firm […]

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Online exhibition about HK light industry post WW2 and lecture about the history of Sai Ying Pun

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Mak Ho Yin suggests that you may be interested in an online exhibition from the HK Government Records Office about the development of light industry between the 1950s and 1960s. http://www.grs.gov.hk/ws/erp/hk_light_industries/index.html Ho Yin also tells us of a lecture, in Cantonese, at The Heritage Discovery Centre about the history of Sai Ying Pun. It’s on 10th October 2015 and will […]

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A brief history of the Hong Kong lighter Tin Ming – pirated 1922

Articles, Shipyards + Shipping

Stephen Davies: The history of the lighter Tin Ming is interesting. From what I can work out she may have been either the ex-Argus or ex-Vigilante, one of two French gunboats built by Thorneycroft in London to a British (Woodcock) design in 1900, shipped out to HK where they were assembled and then operated on the West River until taken out […]

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An Emerging Industry: Hong Kong’s transistor radios, 1962 Government trade bulletin

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HF: A 1962 Commerce and Industry Department trade bulletin, “An Emerging Industry” is subtitled Hong Kong transistor radios. An extract from the report, The structure of the industry is international, some units being entirely owned and operated by Hong Kong firms, and others either joint ventures between local and overseas companies or financed by foreign capital, chiefly American. Hong Hong’s initial […]

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Japanese suicide boats – end of occupation, WW2 – Lamma Island and elsewhere

Articles, General, Shipyards + Shipping

This article is an attempt to bring together what we know about Japanese suicide boats based on Lamma Island at the end of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. There is also mention of such vessels appearing in other locations. The subject may appear to be drifting somewhat from HK’s industrial history. However, as the BAAG Report KWIZ #79/1 indicates […]

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Dairy Farm museum at Pok Fu Lam – SCMP article

Articles, Fishing and Agriculture, Food and Beverages, Hong Kong Companies

HF: The SCMP of the 18th June 2015 contained an article about the lengthy conversion of the old senior staff quarters into a museum by 1919. This should perhaps be read in conjunction with a Ming Pao article of 23rd August 2015, linked below, in which Dr. Edward Yiu, Associate Professor of the Department of Geography and Resource Management at the Chinese […]

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Hong Kong launch Kwong Mo and lighter Tin Ming – pirated 1922 en route to Samshui

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Shipyards + Shipping

Stephen Davies has sent a newspaper report from August 1922 featuring a launch and lighter of the Kung Lee (Kwong-li) Steamship Company (公利輪船有限公司). Stephen adds, The company was very short-lived. It was founded on 23 February 1922 and was dissolved four and a half years later on 22 October 1926. Kung Lee were operating in the relatively slow river freight business with small steam […]

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Sam Kwong Weaving (Cloth) Factory, Cheung Sha Wan

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing

HF: Sam Kwong Weaving Factory was founded in 1928. The factory was located at 374 Castle Peak Road in Cheung Sha Wan, and was of a moderately large scale with a gross floor area of some 16,000 sq. ft. (1) Elizabeth Ride has sent the following brief extract from BAAG report KWIZ#77 15.12.44. Mak Ho Yin has kindly attempted to translate the […]

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