HF: The extraordinary Kowloon Walled City had been completely demolished by April 1994. Here are a selection of sources from which to gather an insight into the settlement, its residents and what went on inside what was reputed to have been the most densely populated place on Earth. a) http://cityofdarkness.co.uk/category/the_book/ This well known book by Ian Lambot and Greg Girard […]
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HF: Tram related links external and internal. a) Hong Kong Tramways Ltd “Serving Hong Kong since 1904.” The company, now wholly owned by Veolia Transport China Limited (VTCL) since April 2010. b) Hong Kong Trams Enthusiast is a group founded in 2006 with the aim of promoting Hong Kong tramways by setting up a platform for tram fans to discuss and exchange ideas […]
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Elizabeth Ride has sent a further sample of British Army Aid Group reports sent during during the Japanese occupation of HK in WW2. HF: There are many industrial references including companies, factories, transport, utilties… I have given each file Elizabeth sent a new name, dates where known and a brief summary of contents. WIS = Waichow Intelligence Summary KWIZ […]
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All articles posted up to 17th August 2014 have now been included in the Index Articles added during the last month include: Eastern Extension Telegraph Company – linking HK to the world Hong Kong and Whampoa Dockyard – what happened to its famous Hammerhead Crane? The Hume Pipe (Far East) Ltd – John Inglis, The Peninsula Hotel and Clark Gable! […]
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HF: Charles ‘Chic’ Eather was born on 2nd August 1920 in Sydney Australia. He has had a full life and was an airline pilot for Ansett Airways and Cathay Pacific retiring from the latter in 1975. Chic has a large website, packed with mostly aviation related information and images. Of great interest to to us are the following: – On […]
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Elizabeth Ride has sent in these BAAG reports which deal with aspects of the relationship between the Red Cross and the Amoy Tinning Company in Hong Kong from June to September 1944 during the Japanese occupation, WW2. HF: Amoy Tinning / Amoy Canning? The company seems to have been known originally as the former but by 1938 Amoy Canning Corporation (Hong […]
» Read moreIDJ: With reference to HF’s article Eastern Extension Telegraph Company – linking HK to the world this picture shows a cable ship moored off Causeway Bay in the late 1960s. The ship was a long-term resident and rarely seemed to move. I understand that it belonged to a Danish cable company. HF: You can see the ship’s name but not quite read it. […]
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IDJ: The attached document appears to be asking the questions to which the BAAG was charged with finding the answers for, including those in your recent posting Kai Tak airport – BAAG Reports 1942-1944, plus other HK landing strips. The document is from the National Archives in London. There are many pages asking about dozens of airfields or potential airfields across […]
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Hugh Farmer: Yuen Hing Hong & Co was established in 1945 by a Mr Yeung. and appears to have started out in “the raw plastic business acting as an agent importers from Britain, USA, Germany and Italy.”[1] [Cecilia Young, would like to make it clear that she finds errors and discrepancies in this article. Ms Young is the daughter of […]
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Aliki Tsoukala has very kindly sent me information about Michalis Pelekanos (1926-2010). Mr Palekanos worked at the Kornilaki’s tannery, Ermoupolis, Syros Island, Greece for 66 years. After his retirement as a tanner he continued working as a carpenter until the end of his life. Aliki and a team of volunteers are to be congratulated for putting together a Reconstruction of […]
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