This hotel was one of the places used to hold internees before they were moved to Stanley Camp in Jan 1942.
The position is approximate, based on this address from the 1948 Telephone Directory:
Luk Hoi Tung Hotel, gr. floor, 147/150 Connaught Rd. C. 23876 „ 1st floor 20083
One of the hotels where Western civilians were interned for several weeks in January 1941, before moving to Stanley Internment Camp.
The 1977 Business Directory gives the address as: 136-8 Austin Road.
The current building on the site keeps the name, and is called the Golden Gate Commercial Building.
The demolition date is an estimate, based on the completion date of the next building here.
Address: 1A Wang Tak Street
The position of the marker is approximate. The descriptions in the articles below say it was at "the junction of Wyndham Street and Glenealy", but I'm not sure exactly which building that was. Location confirmed to be 29 Wyndham Street, see the comments below.
A search for Wyndham Hotel in the old newspapers turns up a couple of hits. First from The Hong Kong Telegraph, 1924-3-11 page 1:
Wyndham hotel.
To be pulled down.
Site for Chinese flats.
The pub here changed its name from New Travellers Hotel to Criterion Hotel in 1914, as described at:
George Green ran the Criterion Hotel here in the 1900s. The Hotel was previously on Pottinger Street. He's mentioned in Government Notification No. 162 in 1914:
MAGISTRACY.
No. 162. - It is hereby notified that a meeting of the Licensing Board will be held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday 6th of May, 1914, at 2.15 p.m., for the purpose of considering the following applications under the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911:-
This place is mentioned in several jurors lists:
A search for Criterion in HKGRO also turns up several mentions.
Timeline (see comments below for details):
Location is a guess, based on address of "17 Milestone", in the Hong Kong $ Directory for 1968.
If anyone knows which building on on the site now, please leave a comment and I'll adjust the marker.
Regards, David
