Utilities – Page 16 – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group

Cheung Chau Electric Company – further information

April 23, 2014 Hugh Farmer Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Utilities

Hugh Farmer: This page comes from the CLP website. It contains much information of great interest to us, including:, ” In the 1950s there were many small factories of leather, incense, paper, ice and shipbuilding on the island”. Secondly it reports that “kerosene was the fuel for electricity and thus the cost was high”. I had never heard of this […]

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World War Two – 1945 BAAG report – utilities

April 9, 2014 Hugh Farmer Articles, Hong Kong Companies, Utilities

Hugh Farmer: Elizabeth Ride has sent a British Army Aid Group (BAAG) report from 1st March 1945, An Outline of Conditions in Occupied Hong Kong. Here I am posting the section on Utilities :- Electricity supply including information about – both HK Electric Co and China Light & Power Co – restrictions imposed on supply – certain industries attempting to generate their […]

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