View from the second floor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's visiting professor / student accommodation, Pak Sui Yuen 百粹苑 (now the site of Hotel Icon) on Science Museum Road 科學館道, Tsim Sha Tsui East 尖東.
In the background is, on left, the Chinachem Golden Plaza 華懋廣場 (with cinema) and, on right, the New Mandarin Centre 新文華中心, with the "delightful" Club BBoss. <Read more ...>
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Scaffolding and workers on the Space Museum's dome, February 2001. Taken on an Olympus C-1000L early digital camera (borrowed from the PolyU). <Read more ...>
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Opened in 1981 in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon and today one of the finest luxury five star hotels in Hong Kong, The Royal Garden has 450 recently remodeled contemporary guest rooms, including 50 spacious and luxurious suites. The HK$240 million (US$33 million) re-imaging project completed in 2011 signifies our continuous pursuit of excellence. <Read more ...>
Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked at Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC), with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin (Tianjin), Rotterdam and London. At the start of the company, in 1903, Willem Kien (1877-1970) started to work for HCHC in Shanghai, later becoming director. In 1921 he left China and became director at the Rotterdam head office, at Diergaardelaan 36.
Willem Kien obtained this photo during a visit to Hong Kong in the 1930s.
