Everything tagged: General

donald tsang has finally announced they will retain central market, plus the older wings of central government offices, the old police married quarters (wasn't clear before if they would knock one or both down), while murray building will be converted into a hotel. also they're open to what the court of final appeal building may be used for once the court is moved to Legco. any thoughts?

I've just finished making a couple of changes to the photo galleries:

• Galleries now also show the 'Image (external)' photos, ie photos from Flickr, as well as the photos that have been uploaded to gwulo.com.
• Paging through a gallery is now much easier, as each time you move to the next page you don't have to scroll back down to the photos.

Please visit one of the galleries if you'd like to try out the changes.

Besides the well-known gas lamps (still in operation) on Duddell Street, some lamp posts survive into the new millennium. I know of the following ones:

(1) Junction of Rutter Street and Fuk On Lane (or Wa Ning Lane), Tai Ping Shan. See: http://gwulo.com/node/4566
(2) Junction of Yu Po Lane East and Eastern Street, Sai Ying Pun. Not sure if this one survived the construction of new buildings.

There are other possible gas lamp posts mentioned in various internet forums. Can someone confirm if these are truly remnants of gas lamps?

Prior to the arrival of pillar letter boxes from England, wooden letter boxes were placed in suitable areas in town and suburban districts for the collection of mail by postmen. Some were also affixed to police boxes.

In 1892, it was recorded that the earliest pillar letter boxes were erected in the following localities:

Box No.     Location

1.               Kowloon, near Wharf and Godowns

I was just wondering if anyone knew anything about the emblem used by Pawn shops - the red shield shape attached to the circle at the bottom. Does anyone know its significance and the history behind the emblem? In the UK the sign of a pawn broker is 3 hanging globes.

I'm trying to find some information on the old colonial building that was demolished a few years ago, just before Hopewell Centre Kennedy Rd entrance.  I'm guessing it would be 58-60 Kennedy Road, but I could be wrong.  There's was an article in the Sunday SCMP magazine about a few pyschics going into the building before they were going to pull it down, and they said there was some paranormal disturbing activity going on.  I also remember my mother telling me some story about it being haunted as the owner killed his whole family.  Just wondering what the real story is an

Rambling around Hong Kong, one can come across a few oddities along roads, footpaths, pavements etc. Some of these oddities are old British-made inspection covers. Here are a few that are still around:

Broads (Former Victoria Barracks)