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Po保 LAU 劉 (aka Matthew Lau/Matheus Lau/Lau Tze Chun/劉寶/劉為善/劉瑪豆) [1880-1925]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Lau 劉
Given: 
Po保
Alias / nickname: 
Matthew Lau/Matheus Lau/Lau Tze Chun/劉寶/劉為善/劉瑪豆
Birth
Date: 
1880-09-17
Birthplace (town, state): 
Macau
Death
Date: 
c.1925-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Cause of death: 
Typhoid

The life of Mr. Lau Po (b. 1878 [1880?] – d. 1925)

 

Written by Simon [Edward?] Law, Lau Po’s son

Birthplace (country): 

Holland-China Trading Company colleagues, Hong Kong, ca. 1948

Philip Harding Klimanek (1883-1965) was born in the Czech Republic, at the time his place of birth was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In ca. 1905 he started to work for Holland-China Trading Company, in Hong Kong.

In 1939, when Charles Gesner van der Voort arrived in Shanghai to work for the company, he was Charles' superior. In a letter home he wrote: "Played chess with Klimanek in the French Club" [translation Pieter Lommerse, the French Club was Le Cercle Sportif Français, a fashionable place to be in the 1930s and it still exists today].

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

“Water supply in Hong Kong” The Far Eastern Review, 1927 - 1934, courtesy of the P. A. Crush Chinese Railway Collection

Articles on “Water supply in Hong Kong” published in The Far Eastern Review in 1927 and 1934, courtesy of the P. A. Crush Chinese Railway Collection

Water supply in Hong Kong - The 'Shing Mun' Valley Scheme

Natural rock temple, Hangzhou, 1930s

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai; it also had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin). One of its first directors, Mr. Willem Kien, worked in China from 1898. After HCHC was founded in 1903, he worked for the company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1921, he left China and worked for the head office in Rotterdam, at Diergaardelaan 36, until 1948, when the company was obtained by Internatio.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Junks near Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island, 1930s

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.

Courtesy Kien family archives

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Hong Kong 1930s, Victoria harbour

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai; it also had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin). One of its first directors, Mr. Willem Kien, worked in China from 1898. After HCHC was founded in 1903, he worked for the company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1921, he left China and worked for the head office in Rotterdam, at Diergaardelaan 36, until 1948, when the company was obtained by Internatio.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

1966 Baptist college at Kowloon Tong

Hong Kong Baptist College (est. 1956), later to become the Hong Kong Baptist University in 1994

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

Hong Kong 1930s, view over the harbour from Kowloon

Charles Gesner van der Voort (1916-1991) worked for Holland-China Trading Company (HCHC) in Shanghai; it also had offices in Hong Kong and Tientsin (Tianjin). One of its first directors, Mr. Willem Kien, worked in China from 1898. After HCHC was founded in 1903, he worked for the company in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In 1921, he left China and worked for the head office in Rotterdam, at Diergaardelaan 36, until 1948, when the company was obtained by Internatio.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930

Plaque at the Hau Wong Temple in Kowloon City

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010

Hau Wong Temple on Junction Road

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2013

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