Everything tagged: General

Hello,

I found info written by Rudi Butt about an American dentist, Varnum David Collins, who trained Kwan Yuen Cheong in dentistry and gave him his dental kit upon retirement, circa 1857.  I have not been able to verify his findings. I emailed him but have not received a reply.  Does anyone know if Rudi Butt is still living?

"Kwan before moving to Hong Kong to practice dentisty, apprenticed under American named Collins in Canton."http://hongkongsfirst.blogspot.com

Articles on “Water supply in Hong Kong” published in The Far Eastern Review in 1927 and 1934, courtesy of the P. A. Crush Chinese Railway Collection

Water supply in Hong Kong - The 'Shing Mun' Valley Scheme

The Far Eastern Review Jan 1927

Vol. XXIII No.1

Hello,

I'm looking for any 1850-1950 photos of the old Portuguese neighborhood in HK. Streets would include Bridges Street, Caine Road, Rozario Street, Tank Lane, and the surrounding area.

Thanks,

Allison Neves

In her book “Forgotten Souls. A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery”, Patricia Lim devotes a whole chapter to the History of the Free Masons in Hong Kong. She reckons that about eighty headstones in the cemetery carry the masonic symbol of compasses and set square. She includes a description of a masonic funeral as follows:

A copy of the original is available at HKGRO: https://lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/a1937/1017.pdf

Excerpts:

[...]

-Q47-

172.    New Cemetery No. 7:—The work carried out under this Contract consisted of the formation of terraces, access paths and draining a new section of this cemetery.

Expenditure —        ...$14,396.64

I very much enjoyed reading the postings on Gwulo connected with Peter Crush's old Austin 7. I remember Peter driving the car around Hong Kong, the publicity generated when he put it up for auction and also when it featured in the parade of old cars involved in the opening of the first cross-harbour tunnel. It is good to know that it has been restored by David Harrison and I wish him many years of happy motoring in it

On Youtube are two films (or actually cuts) from Hong Kong in 1968. A bit messy, but very interesting.

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 682 - Reel 1 Of 2 - Hong Kong (1968) - YouTube

0:07min  peak tram ride

On Monday 23 November 2020, I saw the Scots Guard 2nd Battalion Emblem in Hong Kong (1927), unveiled after a hill fire.

There was a construction contract near the area.



Would the Emblem be repaired, preserved and maintained?

This Friday I'll present the talk "Photographs of Old Hong Kong and the Tales They Tell: Volume 4", showing some of the photos that went into Volume 4 of my books, and telling their stories.

The talk is hosted by the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, who have kindly opened it up to Gwulo's readers to attend.