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Hello, everyone. I am final year student majoring in Urban Studies in CUHK. I am currently conducting my final-year thesis regarding heritage conservation and related online communities. This study titled "Heritage in Everyday Life: An Investigation of Citizens' Perception on Heritage in Online Communities" aims to explore how citizens interpret (built) heritages and their online participation. The survey is divided into 3 parts, and the time estimated to complete the survey is around 5  to 10 minutes.

Hi David,

This is Hanson Chan. I am a creative director of a graphic design firm - Frames. I stumble upon your website gwulo.com, while researching our upcoming design project in the peak - plantation road.

Firstly I can't help but be amazed by the amount of work you've put together as a tribute to the old Hong Kong. It's pretty magnificent!

Hi!

I'm doing research on a book. Can anyone please tell me roughly what it cost to buy a two-bedroom flat in Hong Kong/Kowloon in the late 1950s.

Many thanks, 

Tony Lee.

My father was posted to Hong Kong Naval Base in 1956 to lead the work associated with Gyro Compasses. As a three year old, I travelled with my Mother, Father and seven year old sister on the P&O ship The Chusan, leaving Southampton on 28th December 1956 and returning two years later (instead of three), due to the closure of the dockyard. Given my young age at that time my own memories are very limited, and my parents and sister have now died.

Foreword: On Gwulo we find collections of bar cards posted by several authors, and we have moddsey’s collection of matchbox labels. Now it’s time for new items: sugar cubes!

Hi

Earlier this year , Hong Kong front post made an artical about an abandoned red brick cottage which is grade 2 historical building 

I tried copy and paste the link but it always logs 

so if you just google hkfp abandoned cottage , it takes you to the article 

I was doing a bit of unrelated research when I came across an interesting EIA report (https://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_1252006/html/e…). It seems that back in 2006 there was a plan to build a Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) receiving terminal at Black Point (https://goo.gl/maps/eTRsMMFojdxTUNu2A), though it appears to have been subsequently abandoned.

[Update; now identified as Granville Road]

Hi,

Some help required in identifying this street.

The photo was taken in 1958 by my father. Judging by it's position in the rest of the series, it's probably TST or Jordan. (It comes between one of Mansion House & one of the Alhambra Theatre).

The street is too narrow to be a major thorough fare like Nathan Road, and too wide to be one of the side streets. If it wasn't for the car licence plates, I'd even doubt it was HK.

Thanks

Hi  I have just joined this forum as I have an interest in Hugh Basil Williamson and have seen his name mentioned here.  I am particularly trying  to research his military career.  |I have seen one post which talks about him joining 'BAAG'  what is this please ?

Any help anyone can give would be much appreciated.

Regards

Tim