A visit to the Kowloon City rooftop of this silk emporium entitled you to a 'Near Miss' certificate. My son tells me the proprietor was one of his KGV teachers. <Read more ...>
The swastika was not too uncommon in Hong Kong in the 1930s. At Kai Tak the Lufthansa proving flights between Berlin and Tokyo carried a swastika on the tail fin. This SCMP image is from 2 May 1939. Similar aircraft of the German-Chinese airline Eurasia also displayed the swastika for a period until the Chinese government requested their removal. <Read more ...>
thanks to hksparky for pointing these photos out... This is an unusual view - I'm wondering if it's from Stonecutters. You can see Lion Rock on the right <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1988
One consequence of this aircraft being parked outside next to the noxious Kai Tak nullah was that it started to suffer badly from corrosion caused by fumes emitted from the nullah. The HKAAF hanger and facilities were then closer to the terminal area where the nullah surfaced before they moved to new premises at the other end of the runway near the taxiway bridge. IDJ <Read more ...>
