HF: According to this Labour Department bulletin in 2012: There were 12,547 industrial accidents – 3,160 in the construction industry resulting in 24 out of a total of 29 fatalities 6,216 in food + beverages services 1,914 in manufacturing See: Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Bulletin, Labour Dept, June 2013 Related Inddhk articles: The Association for the Rights of […]
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York Lo has sent the following information about William MacGregor Smith. He was the Smith in Wahee, Smith & Co which in turn became The China Sugar Refinery. Smith is buried in HK cemetery – the tombstone states he was 76 (and was erected in 1907) and was from Scotland. On page 50 of Carl Smith’s book Chinese Christians there is […]
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HF: The Company in Hong Kong: “The Sperry Flour Company has been interested in the flour trade of the Colony for upwards of forty years—a period considerably longer than any other similar company—and during the whole of this time it has lost no opportunity of studying the requirements of Eastern buyers, with the object of pushing business throughout the […]
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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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Elizabeth Ride has sent a sample of BAAG reports from 1942 to 1944. These cover mainly commodity prices and supply in Hong Kong during this period plus snippets about currency, utilities, transport, trade syndicates and the Canton Army Commissariat which operated factories in Canton producing for the Japanese army. File 11 mentions four HK companies. HF: I have given each […]
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Eric Spain has sent a reminder about the following: HK Royal Asiatic Society Lecture, Hong Kong and the Rice Cooker: An Oral History Wednesday • 4 June 2014 The rice cooker was possibly the first “Made in Japan” product to be embraced by the people of Hong Kong. In the 1960s, it was a symbol of modern lifestyle in the territory. The […]
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