Everything tagged: General

Over the past few years I have been taking part in a project on the history of the Hong Kong Judiciary from 1841 to the present, which we hope will result in the publication of a book in the next year or so. Now that the documentary research is nearly complete, we are looking for historical photographs and other images to use as illustrations.

Cinemas in Hong Kong come and go to keep pace with the ever changing urban landscape, viewer choice and technology. Some operated for decades, while others for a few years or only a few months, some demolished and new one built, some with dozen seats while some have 2,000 seats, some renovated and re-named. Everyone of them generated warm memories to be cherished by their patrons.

Copy of original available online at HKGRO. (You may need to click the link twice to see the document.)

22. General Remarks: The Naval Yard Extension Works and Messrs. Butterfield & Swire’s Shipyard works were in progress throughout the year. ln the case of both undertakings, substantial progress was made.

The Hongkong Milling Cos new flour mills were completed and started running before the close of the year.

(The full document is available at HKGRO: http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1910/113.pdf. Thanks to Herostratus for help with supplying the text below.)

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31. Collapses

Copy of original available online at HKGRO.

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— Q 15 — B. O. Work.

40. Reclamations.—The following is a statement of the private reclamations which were completed or in progress during the year:—

I enjoyed their previous exhibition back in 2014, so I'm looking forward to this year's event:

Venue: Hall Nos. 4 & 5 at the Central Library, Causeway Bay.  

Hours: The Exhibition will be open to the public from 5 pm to 8 pm on 22 February, and daily from 9:30 am to 8 pm on 23-27 February.  It will close at 6 pm on 28 February. 

"A Voyage to War: An Englishmans's Account of Hong Kong 1936-41" by Hugh Dulley

A brief description of the book:-

Hugh Dulley’s father (Peter Dulley) and mother (Therese Sander) met in Hong Kong on New Year’s Eve 1935. Four years later at the outbreak of war, Peter, a weekend sailor, was called up in the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He eventually graduated to command an ocean-going tug of 500 tons from Hong Kong to Aden. En route he called at islands still enjoying pre-war peacetime and navigated across the Indian Ocean using a sextant.

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