Everything tagged: General

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Hello

I have an oil painting from HK - expertly painted in a classic European style. It features four Chinese scholars. The young boys, wearing black caps with red pom-poms, are grouped around the youngest boy sat at a table, and are watching him write with a brush. 

Hi David,

I saw this picture on the website and was wondering if you have a copy that I can purchase since I did not see it in the catalogs.

http://gwulo.com/node/6078

I've been looking for this picture for a very long time and was hoping you can help me out.

Thanks in advance,

Suzie

Has Hong Kong ever suffered from a devastating (with high number casualties) earthquake or tsunami?

Hi Everyone,

I found this photograph of a Police Station in Hong Kong. It's from c1903. Could anyone tell me whether this is the police station in Kennedy town which was used as a makeshift plague hospital in 1894? (For more info about the image, please follow the link below)

Thanks,

Elliott

As a boy, in the early 1960's,  I recall being taken for walks by my Amah around Yau Yat Chuen. We were living on Argyle Street at the time. I vividly remember there being red-brick 'pyramids' in the roads of the quiet Yau Yat Chuen residential neighbourhood - which I think were to either prevent or slow traffic. 

I am wondering whether Moddsey can find a supporting photo of these constructions, or whether anyone else can recall them being there, and what their purpose might have been?

My parents were in the Royal Navy, stationed in Hong Kong in 1953-1955. I was born in Kowloon and christened on Stonecutters Island. I was presented with a silver egg cup & spoon  (Hong Kong silver), for being the 1st baby christened in the church and they had to make a font especially for me. Would there be any records of this kept anywhere?

Thanks

During my visit to Hong Kong in 1989 I obtained temporary membership to the China Fleet Club. When in the club shop I purchased calenders for the years 1988, 1989 and 1990 because they were entitled Above Hong Kong and each contained twelve superb aerial views of Hong Kong. Do anyone know if this series continued after 1990, and if so for how many years, and do you know if these calenders are collector items. The 1988 calander was produced by Odyssey Productions and printed byWishing Printing Company Ltd. Hong Kong.

Does anyone know who Paterson Street in Causeway Bay was named after?  A number of streets in that area were named after Jardines' taipans.  The two possibilities I have in mind are: William Paterson and his son John Johnstone Paterson -- but which one I don't know for sure.