Everything tagged: golden boy

Currently being turned into a boutique hotel called 1881 Heritage. This is a protected monument.

The completion date is shown on the foundation stone, photographed below.

The closure / demolition date is given on this timeline at the Swire website.

A trip to visit some 'vertically buried' (to prevent them resting in peace) Japanese soldiers killed by the 'East River Brigade' during WW2. Booth goes to some lengths to describe his journey into the rural Sai Kung hillside but alas it isn't detailed enough (perhaps deliberately) to allow anyone to retrace his steps.

Booth notes going to some hills to the south of Fan Ling station where several traditional Chinese graves were located. The hills are still there and are now densely covered with these graves.

Joss House Bay temple can be seen next to the beach. Booth describes going to this temple to watch the Tin Hau celebrations. Local sampans (run by the local triads) were used to get from their boat to the 'pebble beach'.

Until recently this was still an island, but now forms part of the eastern Junk Bay reclamation.

View of Lei Yue Mun Tin Hau Temple.

Booth says that after attending the Tin Hau celebrations in Joss Hoss Bay, the boat heads 3 nautical miles over open sea to the Ninepin islands.

This is where Booth says the 'Queen of Kowloon' lived in a cock-loft. Some mad old lady - rumours were that she was Princess Anastasia. The photo below is looking west and you can see the two yellow-striped CUHK high-rises in the background - sandwiched between these on the ground level is the Kwun Yam Temple.