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I was running up Mount Davis Path the other morning and noticed a hook embedded into the slope on the left hand side. What was striking is that it is very similar to a hook they have in Gibraltar on the mountain which was apparently used to help military weaponary get up the steep slope during WW2. Anyone have a history about the one here in HK? Is it also from WW2?
It really works! Invented by Hong Kong Chinese University. Now we can see the details of many old photos.
http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~leojia/projects/upsampling/index.html
I wonder if anybody has information about pubs and hotels in the early days of HK.
My great grandfather, John Olson, arrived in Hk from Sweden around 1860 and was involved in The National Tavern - he held the liquor licence for it - at 292 Queens Road West and was also manager of the Oriental Restaurant. This property seems to have morphed into the National or Nationals Hotel which I think he was the proprietor of.
Google has added a very cool function - allowing you to search scanned newspapers over the past century or so. the best feature is the timeline, showing the frequency of stories about the search terms, plus you can narrow it down to free archives. The number of newspapers seems limited at the moment - but check this for example - the Sydney Morning Herald on the fall of Hong Kong
I went for a tour of the old buildings in Tai Hang, Causeway Bay, and on the corner of Omsley Road and College Street (at the back of No 3, 4 School Street) I saw the object in this photo. Does anyone know what it is / was for?
Also, how does one read the marking on these "house" shaped signs?
James Kong reported this problem:
BTW your page is merging the left-column with second column stuff. Using Windows, could that be the problem?
One other person reported this by email, but wasn't able to describe their computer setup.
If you see this problem, please could you leave a comment below to let me know:
If you'd like to see the maps in the video more clearly, Dr Hase has kindly supplied a copy of his presentation. Before downloading, please be sure you can agree to his conditions:
"No problem, so long as the images are used only for personal interest or teaching. No reproduction without consent, and no use of images except for teaching, without consent. No publication without consent."
A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I went on a “Shore Scramble”. This is when we choose two beaches and scramble and swim across the rocks to get there, it is really good fun but can be rather dangerous if the swell is rough.