Jan Wesselingh was an employee of Netherlands Harbour Works Co. from Amsterdam, working in Guangzhou (Canton) before WWII and in Hong Kong after WWII. I was brought in contact with two of his sons by Theodor A.R. Strauss, 1988-1993 secretary of Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRCV, Dutch Reunists Association China), of which Jan Wesselingh was a member.
Can you recognise the background? There is a typical pagoda on the left.
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Courtesy Wesselingh family archives
Source: This image came from Flickr, see https://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=48848418948
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1953
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The white pagoda should be
The white pagoda should be the Tiger Pagoda of the Tiger Balm Garden, Tai Hang.
Wesselingh family archive: dredger "Portugal" in Hong Kong, 1953
Many thanks Stanislaus
Causeway Bay Reclamation
The reclamation works was for the filling-in of the former typhoon shelter. Today's Victoria Park stands in its place. See here
Wesselingh family archive: dredger "Portugal" in Hong Kong, 1953
Many thanks for this information Moddsey!