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On April 4, 1945, American B-24 heavy bombers from the 22nd and 43rd Bomb Groups of the 5th Air Force bombed Hong Kong.  It seems they hit a number of civilians targets in error, including the following:

1.) The Sikh temple (corner Stubbs and Queens Rd. East)

2.) The Indian cemetery (Happy Valley)

3.) The typhoon shelter at Tunglowan/Causeway Bay

4.) The Anglo-Chinese School (next to the Sikh Temple?)

5.) The French hospital

6.) The French convent (may be part of the hospital?)

In these days when duelling is rare even on the Continent of Europe, something of glamour attaches to the thought of this one-time--fashionable method of settling a dispute. It is interesting to find on record the account of a duel which was fought in Hongkong, nearly 63 years ago. As might be expected the parties concerned were not British, one being a Spaniard and the other a South American. The weapons they chose were pistols. The cause was not the romantic one of a fair lady, but the more prosaic matter of card debts.

Hoping experts here would point me to the right direction:-

I am a native Hong Konger so can read Chinese books as well. Moved to London three years ago and have been fascinated by the photographs seen here and other old hong kong websites. Been to Charing Cross Collectors Fair twice to read the old Hong Kong postcards but finding it rather difficult to recognise most of the buildings (aside from the major landmarks in current Central like te old Queens/Princes building). Would be grateful for any recommended background readings to get up to speed / piece things together..

Illustrated talks

The following text and images originally appeared as chapter 1 of "History of Photography in China: Western Photographers 1861–1879", published by Bernard Quaritch in 2010. (Click here for more information about the book and how to order.) This is Volume 2 of Terry Bennett's work on China's photo history. They are reproduced here with the kind permission of the author and publisher.

Chapter 1

HONG KONG STUDIOS

Extracts from Terry Bennett's books about this subject:

The following text and images originally appeared as chapter 2 of "History of Photography in China 1842–1860", published by Bernard Quaritch in 2009. (Click here for more information about the book and how to order.) This is Volume 1 of Terry Bennett's work on China's photo history. They are reproduced here with the kind permission of the author and publisher.

Chapter 2

THE FIRST STUDIOS

Small concrete structures in the shape of the letter "r" have been found in many places around Hong Kong Island. As the number of places they've been found keeps growing, it's becoming more difficult to keep track of them so I've created this Forum Topic as a central reference point.

Here's what we're talking about.

From what has been talked about on this site, It seems that all of the ARP tunnels are no longer accessible right?

Well. HK URBEX just published this video of inside ARP tunnels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xKaXPrfAMs 

The only hint they gave is that it is 'near a large urban populous', so I assume it is either near leighton road/star street ARP tunnels, or in Kowloon.

Any ideas?