Everything tagged: Swatow Street

Opened in 1876, went out of business a few year later. The large chimney on the site survived for a few years until about c1890. Described as Jardine’s second sugar refinery in Hong Kong

In 1876 several Europeans financed by Chinese capital built the Oriental Sugar Refinery on property now defined by Swatow and Amoy Streets. It also soon failed and passed into receivership. Eventually it was taken over by Jardine, Matheson and Company and was merged with their China Sugar Refining plant at East Point