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Sang Dairy Company Shop [c.1940-c.1960]

Submitted by Klaus on Mon, 2021-03-22 02:45

Date Place completed:

c.1940-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Date Place demolished:

c.1960-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

Note: this place is a bit speculative.

In 1940, Kowloon Dairy was founded. On their website they report: "Together with Mr. George Ahwee and Mr. Rudy Choy, Mr. Li Lan Sang invested more capital to grow the business and “Limited” was added to our name." They continue: "Over the ensuing decades, the company steadily expanded, with hundreds of our milk cows grazing on acres of Kowloon land, now developed for housing Kowloon’s growing population." <Read more ...>

Previous place(s) at this location:

Station Hotel, TST [c.1902-1936]

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Glass jars in shop

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2021-01-23 16:48

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

1950

Detail cropped from photo: https://gwulo.com/atom/39029 <Read more ...>

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Shops opposite KCR Terminus

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2020-11-27 22:47

Shows the railway from the station to the Kowloon Wharves. <Read more ...>

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

1951

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shop

KCR railway

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Rat bin in Quarry Bay, c.1910-1912

Submitted by Jamie Carstairs on Wed, 2020-01-29 17:48

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

1910

[Updated location to Quarry Bay, and date to c.1910-12, see comments below.]

Street in Shaukiwan, Hong Kong, c.1910-1913. Image from the Historical Photographs of China web site (www.hpcbristol.net), HPC ref HR01-142. Link: https://www.hpcbristol.net/visual/hr01-142. Signs for: ENTRANCE TO THE TAIKOO RECREATION GROUND and FOOK WAH COMPRADORE. Note the rat bin on the lamp post on the right. <Read more ...>