Category: Hong Kong Companies

Booth Edible Oil Corporation (寶富油廠) – maker of peanut oil, peanut butter, medicated oil and refrigerators in the 1950s and 1960s

Articles, Food and Beverages, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, People
Booth Edible Oil Corporation Detail Image 2 York Lo

York Lo: Booth Edible Oil Corporation (寶富油廠) – maker of peanut oil, peanut butter, medicated oil and refrigerators in the 1950s and 1960s Chan Yu-kee and workers of the Booth Edible Oil Corp at the “Workers’ Paradise” program hosted by Radio Hong Kong (now RTHK) in 1959 (WKYP, 1959-11-4)  Booth Edible Oil Corporation was one of the leading manufacturers of […]

» Read more
One comment

Tai Hing Enterprise (大興企業) – Property Developer from the 1950s and 1960s

Articles, Construction, Hong Kong Companies, People, Property
Tai Hing Enterprise Detail Image 4 York Lo

York Lo: Tai Hing Enterprise (大興企業) – Property Developer from the 1950s and 1960s Left: picture and article about Tai Hing’s new project in Hunghom in 1957(KSDN, 1957-6-21); Right: Tai Hing ad in 1965 for Tai Hing Building and Wing Hing Building (WKYP, 1965-2-20)  Tai Hing Enterprise Co Ltd was one of the most active real estate developers in the […]

» Read more
Leave a comment

Standard Oil in Hong Kong – information 1894 to c1908

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Non-Hong Kong Companies

HF:  The 1962 Hong Kong Annual Report states: The Standard Oil Company of New York, now known as the Mobil Petroleum Company Incorporated, started operations in Hong Kong in 1894 and built their present oil berth and tank farm at Lai Chi Kok in 1904. This article is from Wright 20th Century Impressions THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK. […]

» Read more
One comment

Yau Wing Shipyard, Yau Tong

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Industrial Buildings + Demolitions, Shipyards + Shipping

HF: In my article, Universal Dockyard Ltd,  Yau Tong I suggested that a fenced area to the immediate East of Universal was Yau Wing Shipyard whose main building had been demolished but which ran along Ko Fai Road. A map also indicated that there were slipways running from this building north into the sea. I have revisited the area and […]

» Read more
One comment

Chy Loong Ginger Factory (濟隆糖薑廠)

Articles, Food and Beverages, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People
Chy Loong Ginger Factory Image 1 York Lo

York Lo: Chy Loong Ginger Factory (濟隆糖薑廠) Chy Loong Ginger Factory in 1949 (Michael Rogge, 1949)  Earlier on the website there were a few articles about the once prosperous preserved ginger industry in HK and profiles of a few of the players based excerpted from Twentieth Century Impression of Hong Kong published in 1908. The firm which started the industry […]

» Read more
One comment

Needle Hill Tungsten Mine

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Mines, Quarries + Dredging

HF: This brief history of the Needle Hill Tungsten Mine does not attempt to cover the geology or mineralogy of the mine, nor details of the mine workings. For a much fuller account, which includes this information plus maps, photographs, plans, location of mine entrances and further references, see The Geological Society of Hong Kong Newsletter Vol 9 No 3 […]

» Read more
3 Comments , ,

Tai Shing (泰盛): the Heung family’s eight decades journey from Canton to HK and from Weaving and Dyeing to Properties and Stocks

Articles, Banks and Finance, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Property
Tai Shing, The Heung Family's Eight Decades Journey Image 1 York Lo

York Lo: Tai Shing (泰盛): the Heung family’s eight decades journey from Canton to HK and from Weaving and Dyeing to Properties and Stocks Heung Chit-kau and others at the Tai Shing Investment booth with models of properties developed by the firm at a real estate exhibition organized by the Real Estate Developers Association of HK in 1966.  For eight […]

» Read more
Leave a comment

Cosmopolitan Dock, layout of the yard plan, 1959

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Shipyards + Shipping
Cosmopolitan Dock Layout Of Yard Plan 1958 From Peter Crush

Cosmopolitan Dock was completed on 23rd October and demolished around 31st December 1972. (1) Stephen Davies sent the following information in July 2015: All I know of the dock’s early years are from newspaper stories in the HK Daily Press, etc. and what’s in Austin Coates’ Ships on the shore. There are lots of stories (more than I have time […]

» Read more
Leave a comment

The World Pencil Co. (大華鉛筆廠) – the first Chinese-owned manufacturer of pencils in HK and China

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People
The World Pensil Company Detail Image 2 York Lo

York Lo: The World Pencil Co. (大華鉛筆廠) – the first Chinese-owned manufacturer of pencils in HK and China Although largely forgotten today, The World Pencil Company Ltd which was founded in 1932 was the first Chinese-owned manufacturer of pencils not only in Hong Kong but China and was known for its “Double Arrow” (雙箭牌) brand of pencils.  In fact, Wu Keng-mei […]

» Read more
5 Comments
1 … 65 66 67 68 69 … 118