The condition of Hong Kong dockyards immediately post WW2, newspaper report October 1945

IDJ has sent the newspaper article below. Though the article’s headline refers specifically to Kowloon Dock, several other Hong Kong dockyards are covered. It’s a little confusing sometimes to understand which dockyard is being referred to. The images included below, and on the Home page, come from our article, Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock – WW2 bombing – the aftermath, […]

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East Asia Company (東亞洋行)

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York Lo: East Asia Company (東亞洋行) East Asia Company and guests welcoming the 6th Earl of Verulam in 1960 at its 25th anniversary party. Left to right: HSBC manager J.A.H. Saunders, Mak Kwong-wan (麥廣環), Earl of Verulam, Uhlan Mac, trade commissioner J.F. Saunders, Chan Wah-lok, accountant Mok Chung-wan (WKYP, 1960-3-29) East Asia Company (not to be confused with the Danish […]

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Asiatic Petroleum Company, China – family connections

New information, posted 19th November 2020. Brian Hughes has been in touch about his father: My father William Elias Hughes from the Conway Valley in North Wales was employed by APC (North) up to the War in Shanghai following his sailing from London on the ‘Nyanza’ on 28/06/1913. I believe he first worked in Customs. My mother followed, having met […]

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19th Century Tomato Ketchup production in Yau Ma Tei – where exactly?

This was a very early article in Newsletter 4, from the pre-website days, which was sent out as an email on 7th February 2013. Where was the 1881 ketchup factory in Yau Ma Tei mentioned below? And can anyone provide more information about it? Ketchup, Catsup, Catchup,  Kiô-chiap  or plain Tomato Sauce? – Hong Kong, Heinz and Yerks Speaking of […]

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Holga Cameras – Universal Optical Industry / Universal Electronics Industries – production information needed

HF: There is a vast amount out there about Hong Kong made Holga cameras which have cult status. This information concerns the cameras and the photographs they take. There is however very little detail about where exactly they were made or ironically photographs of the factory, production, workers etc. Can you tell us more about the manufacturing of Holga Cameras […]

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Lee Po-lam (李寶林,1909-2002) – Theatre Owner in the 1950s to 1970s

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York Lo:  Lee Po-lam (李寶林,1909-2002) – Theatre Owner in the 1950s to 1970s Lee Po-lam and his wife (center) with actor Ng Chor-fan (left) and his eldest son Lee Pui-wan at the wedding of his second son in 1964 (WKYP, 1964-2-25) In the 1950s through the 1970s, Lee Po-lam was one of the major theatre owners in HK and Macau […]

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Kwong Wah Printing Company – traditional letterpress printing – vanishing HK trades

Mary Anne Le Bas has sent an SCMP article, Six home-grown Hong Kong trades at risk of dying out, published on 21st June 2015. The fourth of these is about the last remaining letterpress company in Hong Kong. Between the 1970s and 90s  there were over 200 such companies around Sheung Wan and Central. All of these have now closed or […]

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Central Theatre (中央戲院)

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York Lo: Central Theatre (中央戲院) Left: ad announcing the opening of Central Theatre with the movie “The Love Parade” in 1930 (SCMP, 1930-6-11); Center: Central Theatre in 1935 (as evidenced by the sign for the Cantonese opera movie); Right: Central Theatre’s ad in 1932 for Douglas Fairbank’s “Around the World in 80 Minutes” (China Mail, 1932-3-23) For 40 years from […]

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Amoy Canning increases production to enter the European market, newspaper article September 1939

IDJ has sent this newspaper article, which adds a little more information to what we know about Amoy Canning Corporation, shown in various articles linked below. Source: Hong Kong Daily Press 26th September 1939 This article was first posted on 12th November 2020. Related Indhhk articles: Amoy Canning – photograph of Mr T S Wong, Managing Director of the company […]

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Mak and Mark: the century-old tales of two Nam Pak Hong families with the same surname

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York Lo: Mak and Mark: the century-old tales of two Nam Pak Hong families with the same surname In the early 20th century, Mak Kwong and Adolfo Mark were leading merchants in the Chinese medicine business in the traditional Chinese business district of Nam Pak Hong with global network of buyers and suppliers. Their Mak Kwong Kee and Yick Wo […]

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