HF: This is an article where we can gradually add information about the fishing industry, the production of food and beverages, and tobacco products in Hong Kong during World War 2. As bits and pieces come in I’ll update the article and re-post it with the current date. MC Martyn Cornell BE Brian Edgar HF Hugh Farmer YL York Lo […]
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HF: Can anyone supply further details about either of these Hong Kong tea companies? Or about other companies in this trade in Hong Kong? Especially Hong Kong grown tea – see Traditional Tea Growing in the New Territories, linked below. I am intrigued by the term”processed in HK’ in the Ying Mee advert. Does this mean just packaged or that […]
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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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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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