Category: Non-Hong Kong Companies

The Hong Kong Excavation, Pile Driving and Construction Company Ltd and the Charles L Shank photograph album

Construction, Hong Kong Companies, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People, Utilities
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Tymon Mellor: The question was, “Who is Charles L Shank and what was his connection to the Shek Lai Pui Reservoir?”. A rather open question, but one that has led to an interesting journey. The questioner had acquired a large format book with 122 professional photographs of pre-war Hong Kong construction sites. Sample photographs provided documented the construction of the […]

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South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶)

Articles, Fishing and Agriculture, Food and Beverages, General, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People, Traditional Industries
South China Tea Corporation Detail Image 1 York Lo

York Lo: South China Tea Corporation (華南茶業) and “Cocktail Tea” (鷄尾茶) Left: Outdoor advertising for South China Tea’s “Cocktail” covering the building which housed the Mayfair Studio in Kowloon (likely 3 Saigon Street); Right: a South China Tea Corp’s “China Beauty” Chinese green tea tin (Worthpoint) While the family of Southeast Asian tycoon Eu Tong-sen might be best known in […]

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Les Messageries Maritimes á Hong Kong (1918-1941)

Articles, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Shipyards + Shipping
Messageries Maritimes Detail Liner Pathos In Hong Kong Harbour Circa 1930 Private Collection Francois Dremeaux

François Dremeaux has kindly sent extracts from his MPhil dissertation Les Messageries Maritimes á Hong Kong (1918-1941). He says “I did my MPhil about the Messageries Maritimes in Hong Kong during the interwar period. More than a subject, it is also a passion!” HF: François has translated the extracts from the original French and I have slightly amended his translations […]

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Olyphant & Co, China 19th century (Hong Kong office)

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Shipyards + Shipping

HF: Olyphant & Co. was a merchant trading house in 19th-century China. From its initial involvement there, the firm expanded into other countries including Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand.  Olyphant & Co’s business dealings in Peru caused the company to collapse in 1878. The firm was founded in Canton by David WC Olyphant (1789-1851) and Charles N Talbot after their former employer, King […]

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Sai Hing Steam Ship Company – smuggling, pirates and bombs…

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Shipyards + Shipping

Stephen Davies: Further information about the Sainam and her sister ship the Nanning. I now know that the owner, Sai Hing Steam Ship Co., was originally a Chinese firm offering Canton to Macao river ferry services, formed as a syndicate to buy four ex-Swire ships (see SCMP, 9th November 1917, p.11) – the ships were the Nanning, Sainam, San Ui and Lin […]

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The Kwan family and Yue Ying Can Manufacturing and Asia Can Co

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The Kwan Family And Yue Ying Can Manufactoring Detail Image 2 York Lo

York Lo: The Kwan family and Yue Ying Can Manufacturing and Asia Can Co Left: Yue Ying and Asia Can co-founder Y.P. Kwan (WKYP, 1963-4-3); Right: profile of Yue Ying Can Manufacturing in 1934 (HK Chinese Factories Survey, 1934)  Earlier on the website we covered the Shang family of China Can Company. Another key player and pioneer in the HK […]

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Kowloon Confectionery & Bakery Co (九龍糖果公司)

Articles, Food and Beverages, General, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People
Kowloon Confectionary & Bakery Co Image 1 York Lo

York Lo: Kowloon Confectionery & Bakery Co (九龍糖果公司) “Eat More Bread” ad for Kowloon Confectionery in 1941 (A Century of Commerce)  The Kowloon Confectionery & Bakery Co was one of leading confectionery firms and bakeries in Hong Kong from the 1920s to the 1960s but has since faded into history.  Sam Shong-won (岑崇運, 1895-1969), the founder of Kowloon Confectionery, went […]

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Wing Tai Cheung (榮泰祥木廠) – Timber Merchant and Saw Mill

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Wing Tai Cheung Timber Merchant Image 1 York Lo

York Lo: Wing Tai Cheung (榮泰祥木廠) – Timber Merchant and Saw Mill Ad for Wing Tai Cheung Co in 1958 (HKBCA yearbook)  For most of the 20th century, Wing Tai Cheung operated by three generations of the Kan family was one of the leading timber merchants and saw mills in Hong Kong with branches across Hong Kong and Kowloon and […]

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Stanley Kuo (郭正達, 1923-2009): King of Threads, Textile Industrialist and Credit Card Pioneer

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Stanley Kuo King Of Threads Image 1 York Lo

York Lo: Stanley Kuo (郭正達, 1923-2009): King of Threads, Textile Industrialist and Credit Card Pioneer Earlier on the website, we covered the aluminum pioneer Wah Chong founded by the Kuo family from Shanghai. Stanley Kuo Cheng-dai, the eldest son of Wah Chong founder K.Y. Kuo, had achieved success independent of Wah Chong as the co-founder of successful businesses in three […]

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