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Behind the scenes we're getting ready to upgrade to a newer version of the Drupal software that we use for this website.

It's also a chance for us to make a few changes and have a spring clean. So, if there are any features that are missing but you'd like to see, or things about the website that you find annoying and would like fixed, please let us know. If it's something that others will find useful, and is straightforward to do, we'll make the change as part of the upgrade.

MrB

A dedicated batgung reader has tipped me off with regard to an excellent clip on youtube. It's a 1938 travelogue feature on Hong Kong. The video quality and audio are both very clear, and although the scenes filmed are a bit stereotyped at times, there's enough there to provide some excellent views of the many parts of the territory, and lots of people/street scenes. I noted that the film maker seemed to have a bit of a fascination for local ladies in cheongsams, but I can't say I blame him for that. Anyway, have a look!

Michael Rogge has quite an amazing collection of video he took in and around Hong Kong in teh 50s and 60s!

Michael Rogge

Not sure if any of you have seen this site before, but I found it to be a very good read and description of all the key points that led to the Japanese capture and occupation of Hong Kong: http://www.hkvca.ca/historical/banham.htm

A big thankyou to Rob Weir for writing in with this detailed explanation of Lyon Lights (and thanks to Tony for the introduction):

Lyon Lights.

Each Lyon Light was a self-contained (Lister petrol engine Briggs and Stratton petrol engine with generator) small searchlight (about 20 -24 inch diameter) which was an integral part of Hong Kong's beach defences. The combination of Pillbox and Lyon Light were referred to officially as a Beach Defence Unit.

hi

i left hong kong 17 years when i was form 4. i am looking for anyone who might have been one of my classmates. well people like Jimmy, Junior, Jose, girls like maria, nisha and many others were my classmates. I am kanishka and would be grateful if u knew any of these.

thx

The next time you add / edit a place or an image, you'll see latitude and longitude fields where you can type in their values directly. This will be most useful for readers like T who are using GPS devices to record their position.

You can still set the location by clicking on the map: the latitude & longitude fields will automatically update to display the correct values for your marker's position.

Hi there,

Bumped into this blog earlier.  Despite it is entirely written in Chinese, this blog has quite a load of local old photos.  Thee are nine sections in total.  The link pasted below is the last section.  Owing to the way the photos are organized, it would take quite a while for all the photos to be loaded.

Best Regards,

T

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/ekwleung/article?mid=2127

Here's how to include a photo in a new place, comment, or forum post.

I'm assuming your photo is hosted on another server, and you know the url of the file, eg

http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1prhjovjDKlK7f4ROWXz3x-URBoPSLzpGbDli3L8mBQ0ntZ0gePDldxEf_QqyVCOGx

If we take a new comment as an example, you'll need to paste a small piece of HTML in the comment you are typing. Don't worry, it's just a simple cut & paste of the following text:

Anonymous users (anyone that isn't logged in) will see a change in the way the site behaves. When they visit www.batgung.com or click any of the 'home' links, the page will not update. The easiest way to spot this is that the banner photo doesn't change.

If you want to force the page to update (eg to update the 'What's new' section on the left), just press the F5 key.

Or log in - then the page updates every time you view it.

Why the change?