Everything tagged: General

Do any of the readers know of the exact address of the Domei News Agency in Hong Kong...whether head office or editorial office in the pre-World War II period? The office closed on 1st December 1941 prior to the Japanese invasion...

Thanks!

I found these mentions in The Public Works Department's annual reports. (Click the year to see the report.) Comments added in [[ ]]

1922:

• 189. [[This is the entry for the "Kowloon Tong Development Scheme", and describes the resumption of land, and a contract given to excavate and fill land in the area.]]

1923: 

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Hi, 

Sorry, the previous forums weren't created, and I don't know how to delete them. Very sorry. However, I am curious, what did Ship street in Wanchai look like before most of the structures were knocked down to create the Hopewell center 2. Photographs or quick sketches would be appreciated.

Thanks!

-Brandon

Index to The Arthur May Story, Hong Kong 1941 - 1945 

• Ahmed Din, Lance Naik, 97
• Alabaster, C Grenville, 28, 31, 77, 79, 88, 102
• Ali, Subadar Major Mohamed, 98
• Angus, Ginger, 21
• Ansari, Captain M A, 98
• Atta Mohamed, Gunner, 98

If you teach Hong Kong history, please could you help us by adding a comment below with your answers to five quick questions:

Q1. What age are your students? (Primary / Secondary / Tertiary)

Q2. What subjects & activities get your students most interested and engaged with Hong Kong's history?

Q2. What are your favourite resources (books / websites / museums / etc.) to use as a teacher?

Q2. And what resources are best for students to use?

Q5. Anything else we should know about?

I lived at RAF Kaitak from 1961-63 and worked at the radar station at Taimoshan. I remember Typhoon Wanda in 1962 when 5 RAF friends were killed at High Island.The  RAF could have taken them off before the typhoon hit.I was a pall bearer for an aussie friend name Dusty.A pal of mine married a chinese girl who worked at Shatin Babies Home and as I had a Hong Kong driving license I was the chauffeur.

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