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IDJ has sent the following newspaper article which was published in the Hong Kong Sunday Herald in a 1930s long series entitled Hong Kong Personalities. HF: As you will read Lawrence Kadoorie was connected to a very large number of Hong Kong companies, including China Light and Power, Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd, Peak Tramways, the Hong Kong Engineering […]

York Lo: Hong Kong Glove Manufacturers The glove manufacturing industry in Hong Kong began in the early 1950s and traced its roots to Shanghai. The number of players quickly increased from less than five to over 40 within three years and most of the growth was driven by export demand, particularly in the UK where HK manufacturers had preferential tax […]

IDJ has sent the following article on… HF: I have retyped the original article to aid clarity and searches, maintaining the exact script as in the original. Thanks to SCT for proofreading the original text. The image below, source and date unknown, was also sent by IDJ. HONG KONG WATERFRONT BY OUR HARBOUR REPORTER The caption attached to this rather […]

Klaus Liphard has kindly sent a link to a short film made by, I think, Tony Fleming, who started work for the American Marine Boatyard in Hong Kong a couple of months before the devastating Typhoon Wanda hit Hong Kong in 1962. I would be delighted to hear from Mr Fleming if he would like to contact me, Hugh Farmer, […]

IDJ has sent the following newspaper article which was published in the Hong Kong Sunday Herald in a 1930s long series entitled Hong Kong Personalities. HF: As you will read Wong Kwong-tin, the subject of the article was connected to the Kai Tak Company which was involved in the reclamation of Kowloon Bay on which Kai Tak aerodrome was built. […]