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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Cost Plus Bazaar (美廉市場) and Mark V (美發)

Articles, General, Hong Kong Companies, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People
Cost Plus Bazaar And Mark V Detail Image2 York Lo

York Lo: Cost Plus Bazaar (美廉市場) and Mark V (美發) Left: Chinese advertisement for Cost Plus Bazaar at the Ocean Terminal in 1964 featuring some of the Japanese furniture. The store opened daily from 10 to 10 (WKYP, 1964-7-19) American retailers, big and small, have been the key driving force of industrial development in HK and China for the past […]

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Andrew Weir Shipping and Trading Co.Ltd (Bank Line) – connection to Sha Lo Wan Mine, Lantau

Articles, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Shipyards + Shipping
Bank Line Advert New Source Unkown

HF: Tymon Mellor’s article, Sha Lo Wan Mine, includes, “A local company, The Bank Line (China) Ltd was interested in production of the ore for shipment to Japan, through Andrew Weir & Co, a local “reputable firm” as advised by the superintendent of Mines in a memo dated 7th January, 1953.” Here is an introduction to this British shipping company […]

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The Borneo Company Ltd – 1856 Hong Kong branch opened

Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies

James Chan: The Borneo Company Ltd had a very interesting history. In 1856 it apparently opened an office in Hong Kong and it would be interesting to know more about the company’s operations here. Rudi Butt’s fascinating Hong Kong’s First blog (linked below) contains this: This summary of the company comes from wikipedia: The Borneo Company Ltd formed in 1856, is […]

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Lee Seng Heng (李成興魚露): King of Fish Sauce 

Articles, Food and Beverages, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People
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York Lo: Lee Seng Heng (李成興魚露): King of Fish Sauce Left: Lee Seng Heng’s Kingfisher trademark featuring medals it won in the 1920s and 1930s. (IP Australia); Right: recent ad for Lee Seng Heng fish sauce (Yue Yick Food Industries)  Earlier on the website, we covered many HK sauce makers which have a long history of over a century. Lee […]

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The demise of the historic liner Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong harbour

Articles, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Shipyards + Shipping
Seawise University On Fire

The ship Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line. In tandem with the Queen Mary both ships provided a weekly luxury service between Southampton in the U.K and New York via Cherbourg, France. Whilst being constructed in the mid-1930s by John Brown and Company at, Clydebank, Scotland, the build was known as Hull 552. Hull 552 was […]

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Charles Herbert Arnhold, Arnhold & Company Ltd

Articles, General, Hong Kong Companies, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, Retailers, Transport, Utilities
Notice Arnhold, Karberg & Co. 1866

HF: Initial notes on Charles Herbert Arnhold. I have been unable to find an image of the gentleman, whose connection to Arnhold & Company Ltd, is the subject of this article, and would be grateful to any reader who can send me one. Further up Hong Kong’s Peak, an event of vast importance for the future of the firm took […]

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Charles de Ricou – founder of The Macau Aerial Transport Company – biography

Articles, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People, Transport
Charles De Riccou Detail Photo During Military Service Indochina 1918, Chic Eather

“Macau Aerial Transport (MAT) was the first commercial airline company to be established in Macau or Hong Kong. [Founded by Charles de Ricou he] found it wise to set up MAT as a British company but public opinion in Macau was generally against having yet another ‘foreign’ enterprise in their midst. The Government of Macau, however, sensing the obvious merits […]

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Alfred Nobel 1833-1896 (British Dynamite Company – Magazine Island Hong Kong)

Articles, Manufacturing, Non-Hong Kong Companies, People

HF: Magazine Island (火藥洲; Fo Yeuk Chau), originally known as One Tree Island (一木島) is located off the southwest coast of Hong Kong Island, and off the northwestern tip of Ap Lei Chau. Administratively, it is part of Southern District. The former Magazine Building on Magazine Island is now a Grade Three Historic Building. It was built by the British Dynamite Company, which later […]

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King of Kings (皇上皇) – Ice Cream and Dried Sausages

Articles, Food and Beverages, General, Hong Kong Companies, Non-Hong Kong Companies
King Of Kings Ice Cream And Dried Sausages Image 1 York Lo

York Lo: King of Kings (皇上皇) – Ice Cream and Dried Sausages King of Kings (biggest blue sign) next to Chung Yuen Electrical (red sign under the blue Sony sign) on Des Voeux Road Central in the 1960s.   Earlier on the website we have covered several prominent ice cream manufacturers from the past such as On Lok Yuen, Finland […]

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