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Submitted by David on Sat, 07/16/2011 - 00:19

These were dug into the hillsides in built-up areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon, before the Japanese invasion in 1941.

Below are the tunnels we've documented so far. (Subscribers, you may need to view this on the website to see the list).

Submitted by David on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 17:26

A few odds & ends:

London visit

I'll be in London next week, 3rd-8th July. If any readers would like to meet up for a coffee & say hello, please drop me a line:

Submitted by David on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 00:43

Portuguese names suddenly disappeared from the Jurors Lists in 1903. Several reasons why have been suggested, but we still don't have a firm answer.

Now in 1909 they're back again. Here's how many times a given name appears in each year's Jurors List:

Submitted by David on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 18:59

A few observations from the 1907 Jurors List:

People

Submitted by David on Wed, 03/23/2011 - 22:34

[20 April 2018: Updated: Herostratus has identified this as Sharp & Co.'s building. See comment below.]

There's a three-storey building on the seafront in old photos of TST. Look at the building in the centre of this photo: