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Hong Kong, Repulse Bay, 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2020-08-08 18:31

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1937

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Hong Kong, Repulse Bay, 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sat, 2020-08-08 02:06

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1937

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Dutch volunteers Hong Kong, Repulse Bay Hotel, 1937

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Sun, 2020-05-24 21:57

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) was part of a group of Dutch bachelors in pre-war Shanghai. Another member of this group was David van Gelderen (1908-1990), originally from Rotterdam. He arrived in Shanghai in 1933, working for Unilever, a merger of the operations of Dutch Margarine Unie and British soap maker Lever Brothers. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1937

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FOURSEAS HOTEL-opening-6 June 1950

Submitted by IDJ on Sat, 2020-04-25 23:11

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1950

The Fourseas Hotel site is still a hotel after a period as a ten-pin bowling centre <Read more ...>

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Victoria Hotel, 10 QRC [????-????]

Submitted by David on Tue, 2020-04-21 15:54

This was a hotel in the Wang Hing Building in the 1960s.

Fodor's Guide for 1965 damned it with faint praise:

VICTORIA HOTEL, 10 Queen's Road Central, is a place to stay when no other hotel has a room. <Read more ...>

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The Kowloon Hotel The Hong Kong Telegraph page 12 28th August 1923.png

Submitted by eurasian_david on Tue, 2020-04-07 05:54

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

1923

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Victoria Hotel, DVRC [????-c.1895]

Submitted by David on Thu, 2020-03-19 13:51

Date Place demolished:

c.1895-12-31 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

This building stood on the south side of Des Voeux Road Central, from Li Yuen Street West across to Pottinger Street. I'm not sure how far south towards Queen's Road the building extended.

When it was built it stood on the seafront, so it is easily seen on photos taken from the harbour.

Its construction date isn't known yet, but when it collapsed in 1895 (see below), it was described as "one of the oldest in the Colony".

By 1884 it was occupied by the Victoria Hotel, and the hotel continued in operation there until late 1894. <Read more ...>

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Amsterdam, Leidsestraat 82-84, former office Netherlands Harbour Works Co.

Submitted by Charles in Shanghai on Fri, 2020-01-17 19:50

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) has been a member of NRCV (Nederlandse Reünisten Vereniging China (NRVC, Dutch Reunists Association China), as well as most of his former colleagues at Holland-China Trading Company.

NRVC evolved from Nederlandsch-Chineesche Vereeniging which was founded in 1923, by people who had an interest in China. Most of them had worked there, or studied Chinese and Chinese culture. Its magazine "China" had its editors' address at Leidsestraat 82-84 in Amsterdam, where Netherlands Harbour Works had its head office. <Read more ...>

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):

2019

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China Hong Kong City [1988- ]

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2019-12-29 10:52

Date Place completed:

c.1988-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)

China Hong Kong City is a commercial complex including five office towers which have a shopping centre, office buildings, a hotel (The Royal Pacific Hotel & Towers) and a ferry terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. <Read more ...>

Previous place(s) at this location:

Sea Terminal, Navy Street, TST [1962-c.1969]

Torpedo Depot / Kowloon Naval Yard / Government Dockyard [????-????]

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