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I've been having problems getting this to load in the last 24 hours ... and a few months ago all I could get was an error message.  Each time I've emailed the webmaster (webmaster@lib.hku.hk) and a wonderful person there has got it up and running again within 5 minutes!   We (ok, I ) moan and groan about access to material in HK ... so I have to shout about it a bit when things work this well!  I've had a follow up email saying that the new server has had some issues but they are working on it.  Indeed they are.

My Grandfather Malcolm Sandison was part of C Squadron in the 17th/21st Royal Lancers in the mid-late 1950’s based in Germany. He was the driver of a Centurion Mk3 later converted to a Mk5, registration 02ZR72. For the past few years I have tried to track down his pride and joy, learning that the majority ended up being exported to Hong Kong for the Vietnam war and then onto Australia. I have had no luck in finding this particular Centurion unfortunately as of yet and was wondering if you could possibly shed any light or know anyone whom I could speak to.

https://www.uchicago.hk/events/on-the-verge-of-metropolis-squatters-in-…

I'm hoping to go to this ... or rather I was, but I notice that at least half of it is in Cantonese.  As a non-speaker, does anyone have any idea if such talks come with any translation usually ... ?  

Thanks!

If I had been able to find a map of Tsim Sha Tsui in the late fifties I would have found my answer without bothering other readers.

On the east side of Nathan Road between Middle and Mody Roads  there was a very short cul-de-sac leading to a group of shops and Henry's Cafe, laid out in a circle. I have been straining my memory for the name of this street. Can nayone helo me? I think the whole area was redevoped in 1958/59 together with the Melbourne Hotel.

Nick Wilson

I've been asked recently about May Road.  I'd assumed that it was named after FH May, Governor 1912-19 ... and at https://gwulo.com/atom/23602 Gen Suzuki gives us the Wikipedia entry for it which say so.  

But ... it was started in 1907 and the person who signed the announcement of its naming in the Government Gazette was none other than then Colonial Secretary F H May - see  http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1907/6398.pdf

Does anyone have a picture of my fathers regiment from REME 7th Queens Hussars 1957/58/59? 

im unsure which year he would be in but he was born 1935.

Hi, I am tracing an ancestor that died intestate in China in 1912. According to the British Supreme Court for China, intestate memo books register record, his father's address is given as Sailor's Home, West Point, Hong Kong. My family believes this may have been a 'post office box' as we know he lived elsewhere with quit a large family. Can anyone advise on this. Thank you.

Gwulo users may find the China Families site useful. On it you can find a growing body of information about men and women of many different nationalities, professions and ages, who lived and worked in China between the 1850s and 1940s.

These records have been drawn from government department lists, legal and diplomatic records, cemetery lists, and during research undertaken for a number of projects on the history of modern China and of the foreign relations of China.

I have found afew old photos from when my father Brian Tunnicliff did his national service and arrived in Hong Kong on the Nevasa. It's probably a long shot but does anyone recognise any of his friends?

Hello,

I would like to ask, when was the first time, the bay, (which is now called Discovery Bay, ) has been mentioned somewhere in a journal or document, back in the early years of the colonization. Were there fishing people living on that part of the island ? As well with the development of Mui Wo which was known for mining silver.

Any help and information about early settlements, historical facts, in Lantau, Mui Wo and what is now Discovery Bay is very much appreciated.

Thank you very much and a Happy New Year to all members