A summary of what's new on the Gwulo website:
General
- Chris Patten's thoughts on royal visitors in the 1990s
- Marlon Brando in Hong Kong
- "War Correspondent Has Thrilling Experiences ..." as one of the first arrivals in Hong Kong after the Japanese surrender
- 1953: New trophy for Shek O Golfers
- Please can we have our torpedo back?
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1907 Reward for Lost Torpedo, by moddsey
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- Hong Kong Volunteers to fight in World War One
- Readers are looking for any information about:
- The scheme of importing Australian cattle to Lantau Island (today's Discovery Bay) sometime in the 1950s
- Photos of Morrison Hill Road 1896 to 1902
- Where have the stone blocks that were stored at Baguio Villas been moved to?
- What's the story behind this inscribed stone on the Peak:
Remnant of Stone Inscription - Victoria Peak Radio Station, by hwtangaa
- The scheme of importing Australian cattle to Lantau Island (today's Discovery Bay) sometime in the 1950s
Places
- Hong Kong
- Beautiful Group Tower [1972- ]
- Canton Steamboat Pier (1st generation) [c.1875-c.1896]
- Radar Station, The Peak [1947- ]
- Tamaya Department Store [1966-????]
- Wing On Centre [1980- ]
- Beautiful Group Tower [1972- ]
- Kowloon
- Chatham Garden flats 漆咸大廈 [1956-c.2009], one of the civil servants' co-op buildings
- Christ Church [1937- ]
- Kowloon Dairy - 1st location [c.1898-????], and Kowloon Dairy - NKDFL #10 - 2nd location [1930-????]
- Kowloon Golf Club's golf course [1924-????]
- NW extension to Runway 13 at Kai Tak [c.1951- ]
- Chatham Garden flats 漆咸大廈 [1956-c.2009], one of the civil servants' co-op buildings
- New Territories
People
- Stanley Camp internees:
- Ann May HARRIS [1892-1965]
- Geoffrey Alton Craig HERKLOTS [1902-1986], naturalist
- Phyllis Edith NEWNHAM (née HENDERSON) [1895-????]
- Henry Barron REFO [1898-1993], and children Alice, Burney, Harriet
- Ann May HARRIS [1892-1965]
- Other
- Albert Chin AHWEE [c.1855-1918], founder of Dairy Farm, and sons Albert, George Emanuel, Henry William
- Viacheslav Ivanovich ATROSHENKO [1935-1994], artist & pianist
- Denman FULLER [c.1880-1925], organist and choirmaster of St. John's Cathedral
- Vanessa Madeleine GILES [1937- ] and Suzanne C HEWSON [1937- ], first and second in 1953 100 Metres Free Style
- Lanceray Arthur NEWNHAM [1889-1943], executed by the Japanese, posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed in resisting Japanese torture
- Arthur L POTTER [????-????], headmaster at KGV school, and his daughter Judith
- Charles Aspinell WARNES [1871-????]
- Arthur / Wai-tak WOO [1887-1964], doctor
- Michael Constantin YATSKIN [1907-1965], fought with the HKVDC, then POW. Worked for the Public Works Department as an engineer.
- Albert Chin AHWEE [c.1855-1918], founder of Dairy Farm, and sons Albert, George Emanuel, Henry William
Photos
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