Everything tagged: General

I am trying to contact anyone who was in Hong Kong in the early 1960's who knew of St Christopher's Orphanage and/or my adoptive parents, Captain Alan Roderick Williamson (Roddy) and his wife Patricia Anne Williamson (Pat). I would like to receive any photos of them and/or with me as a baby. Sadly they have both passed on. They both had very fond memories of their posting in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaya and the friends they made. I am putting together a photo album as a memento to those early years for my own use (not publication).

I recently bought a 1932 Austin Seven AG tourer which at one time was registered in Hong Kong AP 9057 (1970/71from the Tax disc)

Hi, there,

I'm a writer who is looking for a local Hong Kong expert to provide a quote and/or information and/or cultural insight for an article I'm writing for an Internet site. I can't provide payment but I can tell you it's a very respected, well-known site. I can provide further details but it has to do with the funeral supply stores in the Sheung Wan area. If anyone happens to be in the funeral industry in HK that would be incredible. 

In 1960  I  bought a 36x24 inch oil painting of what I thought was a Chinese girl (she had an uncanny likeness to my new girlfriend and present wife!) though the owner on the shop on Observatory Road near Gun Club Barracks  told me the title was 'The Student' and the subject a Russian.

About ten years later an Artist named Pang was interviewed by the China Mail and that is how I discovered  the  pre 1949 Shanghai connection. If anyone has information on the artist I will  post a copy of my paintng for their information.

I came across a list of doners from the Hong Kong Muslim community to the above fund dated 23^rd October 1916.

I am trying to find out what the event was.

In the China Mail 23^rd October 1916 page 4

Did any of the soldiers at Hong Kong desert, go awol or were mistakenly declared dead?

Are there any comprehensive and lists of these men?  Where could I find them?

TIA

Hi all, 

I am interested in anything to do with the Royal Artillery in Hong Kong and Singapore from 1940 through to the Fall of Singapore in February 1942..

I should know this but can't remember.

What were the upper and lower deck fares on the trams? Did childrem pay half fares? I presume there were conductors on both decks.

When were the conductors replaced by cash receptacles?

Same questions for the Star Ferry - except of course there were no conductors. When did tokens replace cash?

Was the Yaumati Ferry fare the same as the Star Ferry?

Thanks

John

[work in progress...]

I've been asked a couple of times about this, so I'll jot down some ideas here. These are based on my limited experience of publishing a couple of books about Hong Kong history (volume 1 and volume 2). If you've published a book, I hope you'll add your tips in the comments below.

These are the main steps involved:

Dear reader,

Molly Odell, featuring in my book to be publised, sent me a link to an interview she gave in January 2019 to Annemarie Evans of Hong Kong Heritage on Radio3 (HK). Molly lived in Shanghai at the time Charles Gesner van der Voort was interned in Chapei Civil Assembly Center (1943-45). If you want to hear the fascinating story of her life in Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Puerto Rico, please find the link at:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/161392673@N02/39073554971/