Everything tagged: General

Please can anyone tell me where,online or not,I can buy genuine antique maps of Hong Kong(from 1840 onwards).From £200 or under.I live in the U.K

I always walk the path of Black's Link. We would normally start where the houses are, and then in 10 minutes, we would reach a small resting area where there are seats, a foot massaging floor, and you could even see the Aberdeen tunnel in that view. Once, I met a guy who told me that he was searching for bombs in that area. I would like to know where could I find the cool caves and tunnels in black's link. How to get there? Should I start walking from the entrance of the Peak(near the entrance of Bowen road)?

I'm trying to help a friend date an old postcard that was sent from HK to their family in Britain. Unfortunately the stamp is off, so there's no postmark, but they note it is marked "via Siberia".

Does anyone know when that mail route started?

They guess it was sent around 1905-08.

Thanks & regards, David

During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong many POWs were transported on Hell Ships to Japan to do forced labour. Altogether, there were six transport drafts, including SS Lisbon Maru, and the SS Naura Maru?

Why were these particular individuals send to Japan on the hell ships, while others lived out the war in Hong Kong's POW camps?

I have read that following the fall of Hong Kong all prisoners were obliged to sign a document to say they would not escape? Those who did not sign were sent to Japan.

Can anyone corroborate this explanation?

Years ago I was given about a dozen small black and white photographs taken in Hong Kong circa July 1946.

I have already posted most of them on this website.

I am getting on in years and am thinking that they need to go to a useful home for preservation.

My first thought is the HK Public Records Office. Can anybody offer other suggestions?

Dave W

Have sent a apiece about him a couple of weeks ago    Dr Duncan

Dear all,

Please help us to protect Sacred Hill historical site, the remains and well dating back to 1000 years, it is the largest Sung historical site found in Hong Kong, we're petitioning the Government to protect the site by declaring the Sacred Hill historical site as “proposed monument”.

Please sign and share this petition to request on-site conservation:http://www.supporthk.org/i.php/View/428?_lang=en

Morrison Hill Gap Road appears in Jurors lists at the beginning of the 20th century .... I know where Morrison Hill Road is, and Wanchai Gap Road ... but where is this? I've found a rather nice little advent for 'the cheapest houses in the Colony' ... 4 room houses with offices ('necessary offices') for $40 per month (c.1903)