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NOTICE.

Whereas the Minister is of opinion that special circumstances exist which necessitate the exercise of power conferred upon him to make Regulations for the requisitioning for the purposes of the requirements of His Majesty’s Naval Military or Air Forces in China of land or property belonging to British subjects or British Companies and for purposes ancillary thereto:

The Following Regulations, made by His Majesty’s Minister, and hereby declared to be urgent, are published for general information.

Miles W. Lampson.

Greetings all!

I am learning about some of the earliest western missionaries that lived in early HK. And I found a reference to an early visit made by a group of missionaries then stationed in Macao to HK Island in 1839 on the ship Scaleby Castle. On board was the American Henrietta Shuck and husband who were among the first to settle in HK. 

I am interested in which artists have passed through, or indeed lived in, Hong Kong since the late eighteenth century, partly as I am a keen on the history of Hong Kong, but partly as I would like to (potentially) invest in something with a local flavour. Of course, everyone is aware of George Chinnery who spent many years in Macau in the early half of the nineteenth century. I understand he spent some time in Hong Kong, and indeed has a bar named after him in The Mandarin hotel.

The server has had some troubles over the last few days, but fingers crossed it should be ok now.

On the 7th, I had problems sending e-mail messages, and realised no messages were arriving to any ...@gwulo.com mailboxes.

The web hosting company restored a backup from 5th of July. That meant I had to manually add in any changes - new comments, photos, etc - that had been added to the Gwulo website after that time. If you've received two notifications of the same new comment, this is what caused it.

I have found an old address from 1908 that is Kwan Yuen Cheong's: 21 Stanley Street.

Can someone please tell me where this would have been at that time?

Was riding the cable car the other day and noticed this structure.

Checked the GeoInfo map and there is an unlabelled structure there.

However, when checking the aerial photos, it doesn't show up before 1976, so I guess it's part of Ocean Park's infrastructure. Anyone involved with Ocean Park happen to know what it is?

Tai Mo Shan Milestones along Tai Mo Shan Road

Hong Kong's Ministry of Defence Lots listing - 【FCO 40/1872 M.O.D. Property】1985

MODL No.1 Gun Club Hill Barracks, Kowloon, 127 Austin Road

MODL No.2 Kennedy Road - Wireless Station site

MODL No.3 Cape Collinson - Military Cemetery ( W.D. Lot 68)

MODL No.4 Royal Navy Base - H.M.S. Tamar

MODL No.5 Royal Navy Ratings Quarters - Harcourt Place, Wong Nei Chong Road.