New on Gwulo: 2023, week 46

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:
 

General

• Gwulo meetup - meet for lunch in Central on 29 Nov.
   
• Thank you to David, Grace, and simoncopley for typing up the 1893 Jurors List. If you can spare 30-40 minutes, please help put another list online by typing up a page of the 1892 list.
   
• Herostratus has posted a selection of detailed panoramic views of Hong Kong from the 19th century and the 20th century. (Click on a photo you're interested in, then click its 'Zoom' tab to explore that photo's details.)
   
• Here's a hi-resolution copy of the 1958 Jan Jan's Map of Hong Kong Island 1:12 500
   
• 1907 The Duke and Duchess of Connaught visit Hong Kong
   
• Readers ask:
  • Does anyone have a photo of a British Hong Kong machine readable passport which was issued on July 1, 1990?
     
  • Where was the old viewing spot at Victoria Peak?
     
  • Was there a Boy Scouts building on Tai Tam Road in the 1950s?
     
  • Was there a tunnel at Pillbox 214 near Shui Chuen O?
     
  • Questions about the Russian community in Hong Kong in the mid twentieth-century
     
  • CityUnseen is documenting old electric substation buildings around Hong Kong. They're especially interested in the CLP substations built in the 1960s that have employee housing on the upper floors, and would appreciate any information about them.
     
  • When was the wartime camouflage paint on the Peninsula Hotel removed?
• If you're thinking of buying one of Gwulo's framed prints as a Christmas present, a reminder that orders take around 3 weeks to complete. To be sure your order is ready in time for Christmas, I recommend placing the order by the end of November.
  
  

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People

• Harry (Henry) FAITHFULL [????-????], Commander of the Hong Kong Regiment
   
• Helen HO [c.1917-????], received the OBE in 1946 for her bravery during the Japanese occupation
   
• Florence HO (née SIN / SINN/ HALL) [1893-1977], Helen's mother
   
• Mary SUFFIAD (aka Mary Wong) [1921- ], ANS and BAAG
   
• Umekichi OKADA [????-????], Garrison Commander of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong at the time of their surrender

 

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Places

• Hong Kong Island
  • Japanese military ruins on Violet Hill [1942- ]
     
  • Racket Court [????-????], predecessor of the later squash courts
     
  • Yuen On Wharf / Yuen Un Wharf / Hing Kee Wharf [c.1901-c.1948]
• Kowloon
  • Block 58, former Whitfield Barracks (now Kowloon Park) [c.1895- ]
     
  • Cha Kwo Ling Village [????- ] and Tin Hau Temple [????- ]
     
  • Hong Kong Aviation Club's Nissen Hut at Former Kai Tak Airport [1958- ]
     
  • Kilowatt Court [1969-c.2020]
     
  • Lei Yue Mun Tin Hau Temple [????- ]
     

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