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I'm trying to locate two books to purchase that relate to Hong Kong in the 1920s and 1930s. 

1. Joyce Symons memoir "Looking at the Stars" 1996, Pegasus ISBN 962-8018-02-7 this is not available through Google or Amazon.

2."Memoirs across Racial Divides" 2004 Hong Kong University Press ISBN 962-209-670-0 I've tried the HKU press but there is no listing for this title. 

I would like to purchase copies. Please post if anyone knows where to locate these books. Thanks, Simon

Heard various unconfirmed accounts of whe built the Fei  Ngo Shan Road one being that it was the Japanese with POW labour ?

Is there a  PWD or similar reference ?

H.

I have been asked by Ron Parker (Son of Major Maurice Parker RRoC) if I knew of anything or even the location of the Cello that was used in the shows  in the Sham Shui Po POW Camp. Maurice Parker was often in the plays/concerts and when he was not on stage would be handling the music for the shows. I personally do not know anything about the Cello but thought that maybe some of you guys would know of the history of this item.

I have recently written all I have been able to find out about two amateur naturalists who were active in Hong Kong from the 1940s until their deaths in the 1960s. Their stories uncovered fascinating accounts of life in China between the wars and then of their life together in Hong Kong. They are Natasha du Breuil (ca 1891-1966) and Colonel Valentine Burkhardt (1884-1967). The latter wrote articles (which were read avidly by my wife when the Sunday Post-Herald arrived) and books on Chinese creeds and customs after his life in military intelligence.

Does anyone know if any mortuary and/or funeral service companies might still exist from the 1930s? I contacted Hong Kong Funeral Home ( advertised as oldest in Hong Kong ) and they said they were not in business that far back. I am trying to find who might have handled a funeral in 1937 and also if they are still in business today. I would also like to know if anyone can tell me the average cost of a burial back then? I have a figure of $1358. and would like to know if this figure was high, low or average for the era.

[scald=25176:sdl_editor_representation {"link":"http:/atom/25176"}] A series of articles on the history of Hong Kong taken from the South China Morning Post, June 17, 1933 - April 13, 1935 and rearranged alphabetically by subject At the Public Records Office or get a search pass or a free with an online SCMP subscriprion Book 951.25 JAR V1 Jarrett, V. H. G. Old HongKong, Index / by V. H. G. Jarrett

A scanned copy of the original document is available online at HKGRO. 

Excerpts:

WORK UNDER THE BUILDING ORDINANCE

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Hi all. I am just posting this on the form to see if anyone has any thoughts on these structures. They seem to appear all over HK Island and often house Gov. electricity sites or 'dangerous goods.'

I am curious to the nature of theses structures and their history. Most of them do not look especially old, and do not always appear to have military style features. However, some I have seen have 'bunker style' loophole windows, a lip above the structure and some small (loop)holes near the top. 

Whilst researching a book on the History of Hebe Haven Yacht Club a few years ago, I thought I’d check out the history behind the naming of Hirams Highway, and in doing so discovered quite a few differing versions about the builder of the road, from Hiram Potts, to K. Potts to a Lt. Potts to a Captain Potts and even a Major Potts.

I have compiled a list of addresses in Kowloon Tong that are mentioned in the Jurors Lists between 1925-1935.  Currently, my list only contains the relevant address, the year in which that address was first mentioned in the Jurors List,  and who the occupant was for that year (occasionally I have also identified the person's position).