Everything tagged: General

The introduction to the film clip reads:

The Hon. W. J. Southorn dedicating new wing of St. Stevens College at Stanley.

I've found a newspaper reference to W. T. Southorn opening the new college buildings in 1930. I wonder if that's the event shown in the film, or if there was a later visit to open an extension to the original buildings?

[Update, 29 Aug 2011: Ms Cortia Chung, teacher at St. Stephen's, identifies the video as "our science building opening ceremony by acting governor Southorn."]

"The exhibition showcases treasured photo collections of Hong Kong in the 19th Century loaned from museums in Paris and London. With the support of the Development Bureau, the exhibition shall take place at the Central Police Station Compound. Over one hundred 19th century photos of Hong Kong shall be airlifted from France to be displayed in this 19th century building. This is a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to offer the public a glimpse of Hong Kong in its olden days.

The middle section (1:26-5:37) shows racing at Happy Valley. The first section shows racing at Shanghai, and I guess the last section shows Shanghai too.

Does anyone know what had happened to all those retired "car ferries"......had they been scrapped?

1898

Everybody out of the Mount Austin Hotel !  (sold to the Government for an Army Barracks)

Thomas Jackson of HSBC is back at Creggan, so it looks like he took his mum's advice and didn't sell it back in the 1880s.

And there is a new building - "Wyon".  Heaven knows where the name came from, or where the house was.  Google books serarch uncovered these curious facts though:

"ENGLISH DOLLAR FOR HONG KONG, A.D. 1866.

1887

This was the year before the Peak Tram opened. 

1887 I especially like the whimsically named house "As You Like It" on Old Peak Road.

1885 was the second year the Ladies Directory was published.