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On the recent post about the Sam Ka Tsuen pier, Stephen Davies noted that it was almost definitely built by local workers, supervised by the Royal Engineers. I've moved the other comments about that topic here, as it is a bigger subject that deserves its own page.
If you can add any more information, please let us know in the comments below.
Hi All,
I am looking for a picture of the water boat Daisy or her sister ship Heather. They were built for Hammer & Co Singapore circa 1937/8. Daisy successfully escaped the Fall of Singapore taking a group of 13 or 14 men to the Djambi River mouth where she was scuttled. The Japanese raised her and used her as a dumb lighter. Post WW2 she was returned to Hammer & Co.
Any information about Daisy would be very much appreciated.
When I click on "what's new", I'm presented with a bunch of posts with reasonably recent update times - such as https://gwulo.com/media/36095 - but the last post there is dated 2022-04-30, yet in the "what's new" list it was supposedly updated 4 minutes & 3 seconds a little while ago (2023-02-23 19:xx local time). The better part of a year on is far from new, or so I used to think.
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[2 Mar 2023 Update: It has been decided to cancel the talk, as there will be a national rail strike on 1st April that means many of the people who wanted to attend won't be able to get to the venue. I look forward to seeing you on a future visit. Best regards, David.]
I'm very grateful to the Friends of RASHK for inviting me to give a talk and show a selection of my favourite photos. Non-members are very welcome, so I'm looking forward to meeting Gwulo's readers and contributors who are based in the UK. Booking is required, please see the details below.
Daniela Ahwee has asked if would go to Happy Valley Cemetery to Albert Ahwee's gravestone, and the Happy Valley Racecourse Fire Memorial ( next to Hong Kong Stadium), and lay a nice bouquet of flowers. She’ll send a photo of his to place next to the flowers.
It is soon the anniversary of the fire, 26th February 1918, so this year will be the 105th anniversary.
If anyone would like to join in person or by video let me know.
This interview about Gwulo appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on 11 Feb 2023.
Very so often I read of Wanchai Praya East, but never heard of anything like Wanchai Praya West. I understand Wanchai is nestled between Admiralty and Causeway Bay. Is there a "boarderline" which differentiate Wanchai East and Wanchai West. What area is called Wanchai East ? The convention centre for instance, must be Wanchai West ?
Thank you so much for helping me on this matter.
It is always intriguing to me why 'AM' was reserved for government vehicles. I can only find 2 suggestions in the following webpage
https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/2n32oe/til_why_government_vehicles_license_plates_start/
I think they are just hypotheses. Anybody has any suggestion?
A copy of the original document is available online at HKGRO.
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