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I am trying to piece together the locations (headquarters) of the Royal Artillery regiments stationed in Hong Kong between 1939 and 1941. My understanding is that:

8th Coast Regiment was stationed at Stanley Fort/Barracks

HK Singapore Royal Artillery Regiment was stationed at Gun Club Barracks

5th AA Regiment was stationed at Lyemun Barracks

12th Coast Regiment - not known.

Can anyone confirm/help with this one ??

Thanks

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I'm a journalist working on a story involving abandoned homes and am appealing for information on a house on Lamma.

The aforementioned property is a dilapidated family home in Luk Chau Tsuen, Lamma (on mainland Lamma, not the isle of the same name off the coast).

Photos of the house:

http://s7.sinaimg.cn/mw690/001wQ3TCty6Xgf2xIHAf6&690

http://s8.sinaimg.cn/mw690/001wQ3TCty6Xgf2TEdV07&690

(The full document is available at HKGRO: http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1912/174.pdf)

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- P 13 - 

A considerable fire occurred on January 10th at Ap Liu, near Sham Shui Po, numerous sheds and huts belonging to and occupied by the villagers being destroyed.

Three houses on Inland Lot 17, Aplichau, were partly destroyed on October 30th and are being re-instated.

Several other fires occurred in the Colony, but none were of large dimensions.

Hello.

I am curious as to whether you have heard or read anything about Western  oil

distribution companies such as Socony Vacuum Co. delivering oil products from Hong Kong to

the Chinese resistance to the Japanese occupation in South China ?

This would be around 1939 to 1941, December. 

Pete Paget

This report was written by Patrick Abercrombie and was published in 1949. He spent 34 days in HK in the last two months in 1947. The advnaced draft copy was delivered in September 1948 before his heading to Australia. Need more background info of this plan such as information about who were the local professionals assisting him like SO Hill, the Town Planning Officer in the PWD.

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Introduction

Municipal wastes were dumped in specially designed areas (tips) over decades. Due to high prices and low availability of land the Government of Hong Kong decided by the end of the 1950’s to investigate the building of municipal waste incinerators. At that time it became evident that the further lifetime of the main tip at Gin Drinkers Bay was limited.

The Friends of the RASHKB have kindly invited me back to present again, and welcome non-members to attend. To reserve your place(s), please send the booking form below to Paul Bolding at the address given below.

I hope to see you there!

Regards, David

Photographs of old Hong Kong and the tales they tell

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