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1920 Map of Kowloon

Submitted by David on Mon, 2020-05-11 11:00

A few weeks ago we looked at how the 1920 map of Kowloon was added to Gwulo. Today we'll take a closer look at the map itself, and see what stories it has to tell of early 20th-century Kowloon.

Tsim Sha Tsui (TST)

The start of the 20th century saw huge changes in TST. Here's how it had looked in 1896. <Read more ...>

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HK Government Mapping Service 2.0 tutorial

Submitted by Herostratus on Fri, 2018-08-31 03:07

The Lands department has recently upgraded its online Mapping Service system, significantly increasing the availability of products and services. Previously useful access to many of these products required a trip to the Mapping and Survey office in North Point or elsewhere. . I have summarised a few of the most useful parts of the new service to people researching Hong Kong History below.

The HK Mapping service website can be reached here

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Old HK Maps - Dating

Submitted by adunn on Sat, 2016-02-20 21:28

Looking for some help dating a couple of old maps of HK. Any help is apprecaited

http://gwulo.com/atom/23902

http://gwulo.com/atom/23903

Thanks in advance

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Protecting Hong Kong Names

Submitted by acklbbc on Sat, 2015-07-25 09:49

Hi all,

For years(actually from childhood) I can't help but notice that there is a lot of confusion on the geographic divisions of neighbourhoods in Hong Kong. The more research I did, the more I have found there has been a vast amount of manipulation from the Establishment (real estate developers, the government, the MTRC, etc.) on our perception of this space that we live in. It is chaotic and full of contradictions at the moment, and actions should taken to protect our heritage. <Read more ...>