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Everything tagged "Hong Kong History"

The Boom of Public History Pages/Sites

In the past few years, the number of social media pages, channels, and websites on Hong Kong History increased significantly. 

 

I recently wrote a blogpost on the boom of history pages in Hong Kong. I hope it helps English-reading historians and history lovers to better understand the public history scene in Hong Kong. 

China Sugar Refinery

China Sugar Refinery Co.

Involvement of the extended Rodger Family from Greenock, Scotland.

The new buildings on the Kung Ho Terrace

All five mansions on the Kung Ho Terrace had been re-developed, and wirh the main entrances  by the Babington Path.

The narrow path on the Kung Ho Terrace

All five mansions with gardens had been re-developed , only  the narrow path between the walls of the new buildings and the railings remains.

Kung Ho Terrace

Kung Ho Terrace[共和台]is  a small terrace between Babington Path and St. Stephen's Lane at the Mid-Level. The terrace had five adjoining two-storey mansions with a small gardens by the main doors. All five mansions had been re-developed. The price of a mansion after World War Two was $45,000 Hong Kong Dollars. The name Kung Ho Terrace had not probably been used since 1950s.

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