Current condition
Demolished / No longer exists
Date completed
Date closed / demolished
(Day is approximate.)
A large building, situated on M.L. 183, at the junction of Des Voeux Road West and Hill Road, known as the Kam Ling Hotel, was completed.
So also the article in the Hongkong Telegraph 1919-11-07
In early 1941, the hotel was unable to pay bills from its suppliers and was "voluntarily liquidated" in April 1941 (see comment below).
Photos that show this Place
1919
c.1930
1935
Comments
Reference in 'Chinese Chow' (1935)
It definitely seems to be the case that the Kam Ling Hotel was still open as late as 1935, because it features in the book Chinese Chow: How to Order and Appreciate by 'Chopsticks' (aka Geoffrey Fitzgerald Gilbert), which was published that year in HK by 'Tell-the-World Publishing Company' and is a sort of culinary tourist guide to the city. The book was recently covered in a brilliant video by Kristie at American Chinese Food Show on YouTube - this is the only reference I can find to it anywhere on the internet, but just by pausing the video there are some fascinating insights into how Europeans living locally might expect newcomers to encounter food in HK.
The book records that at the Kam Ling 'here are held all the big Chinese receptions and dinner parties of all kinds' (p. 41).
Re. Chinese Chow
Hi JR, that is a both funny and informative video you linked to here.
With this information, I searched a bit in the Internet Archive. The last entry I found is in the Hong Kong Sunday Herald 1940-01-21 where a photo of a married couple at the hotel is shown.
The end likely did come in 1941. The Hong Kong Telegraph 1941-03-31 reports that a winding-up petition (initiated by food market dealers) at the Supreme Court was withdrawn, and a voluntary liquidation was agreed upon.