HF: This is shown in our article, Quarries in Hong Kong – a list I added it to the list but I have no idea where I saw it mentioned. Can anyone supply further information about it? And why was it a “Government” quarry?
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Tymon Mellor’s article, Sha Lo Wan Mine, says “In 1954 the Far Eastern Prospecting And Development Corporation Limited was formed and took over the mining license. They established a facility and started large scale working that were active until the 1960’s. The company was dissolved in 1979.” And the book Hong Kong Landscapes: Shaping the Barren Rock, Bernie Owen and Raynor […]
» Read moreIn 1949 the Jardine Engineering Corporation apparently installed Hong Kong’s first major industrial air conditioning at Tylers Cotton Mill in To Kwa Wan, Kowloon. There seems to be very little information about this Mill. If you can provide any information about the company it would be very helpful. indhhk[at) gmail.com
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Hugh Farmer: George U. Sands apparently lived and worked in Hong Kong from 1866 to 1880 though one account says he died in 1878. Harvard University Library has a collection of his business records which consist of account books, letter books, diaries, financial material related to Sands’ management of:- The Patent Slip and Dock Company The Novelty Iron Works The Hong […]
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HF: “By December 1942 around 18,000 Hong Kong Chinese fishermen were reported to be receiving instructions from the Amakusa Marine Products Industrial Company.” Snow, Philip, The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China and the Japanese Occupation, Yale University Press, 2003 I can find nothing out about this company which if the above is correct was prominent in the HK fishing industry […]
» Read moreHugh Farmer: Various sources mention the origin of the name of the once heavily industrialised Hong Kong area Kwun Tong. In particular it is suggested that the area was named after the Koon Fu salt yards (官富場), set up by the government to secure central administration of the salt trade and prevent unauthorised salt preparation and trading. And that there were […]
» Read moreI heard that there was a serious plan to build the KCR around the coast because it was thought the Beacon Hill tunnel was too long to build. I suppose it would have taken the Western route through Tuen Mun and Yuen Long. Can anyone confirm this? And provide a map and details of where the railway would have gone? […]
» Read moreHugh Farmer: While walking around Aberdeen last week I saw an information board that said, “the name Shek Pai Wan meant a bay packed with rows of stone” Shek Pai Wan is Aberdeen harbour ie the water between Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau. Can anyone confirm that the above is correct. And if so what were the stones intended for, […]
» Read moreThe OED defines the word Comprador(e) as “a person who acts as an agent for foreign businesses” and suggests it originated, in English, in the 17th century from the Portuguese word for “buyer”. It is a term which occurs frequently in the 19th century colonial history of Hong Kong especially concerning trade between, China, Hong Kong and the rest of the […]
» Read more11. The Elm Tool and Die Company Newsletter Seven mentioned American Louis Marx’s Hong Kong “The Elm Tool and Die Company”, established in 1952 and managed by a David Yea. (However, another source suggests this company was registered on 15th November 1958 and dissolved on 2nd March 1991.) It appears this was a toy company as Mr. Yea was destined to […]
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