Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1963
From: Hong Kong Annual Department Report by the Director of Marine J.P, Hewitt for the Financial Year 1962-63 , Annex 11, pages 113-117. <Read more ...>
According to Dr Stephen Davies, the pair of lights (88 and 89) on either side of Lei Yue Mun were first erected in 1902 as unlit markers after becoming British Territory. Lights were added by 1924 (they were both shown lit on a 1923 chart).
Both lights were rebuilt in 1964. Old Lists of Lights described the original structures as pillars with 89 being painted in red and white checkers and 88 painted in black and white checkers (as seen in the 1957 photo). Today, 89 is a red tripod structure while 88 is a green pillar with the light supported by a tripod. <Read more ...>
On the southern end of Tung Lung Chau Island (N 22° 14' 23'', E 114° 17' 12''). A white concrete structure, first light 1921. The lighthouse was altered in 1924 and 1945. (List of Lighthouses, Light-vessels, Buoys, Beacons, Etc., on the coast and rivers of China, 1947 Source). <Read more ...>
