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72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

Submitted by David on Sat, 2013-11-23 21:00

Late November, 1941.

72 years ago tensions were high as war with Japan seemed inevitable. On December 8th, those fears were confirmed when Japanese planes attacked Kai Tak, and Japanese soldiers crossed the border into the New Territories. The fighting continued until the British surrendered on Christmas Day.

Photos from last night's talk

Submitted by David on Thu, 2013-11-21 09:00

Thank you to everyone who attended last night's talk, and to CAB for a well-organised event (and excellent food!).

Here are the photos I showed. If you'd like a closer look at any of them, just click the photo and you'll be taken to a version you can zoom in on.

If you enjoy photos and stories of old Hong Kong, please click this link to subscribe: http://gwulo.com/subscribe. We'll send you a new photo and story roughly once a week.

Regards, David

Who, What, When & Where?

Photos of old Hong Kong and the tales they tell - Volume 1

Submitted by David on Sat, 2013-11-16 11:27

This hour-long talk takes you on a trip around old Hong Kong, using photos from the early 20th century.

This is the first talk, and has photos grouped into four sections:

  • Who, What, When & Where?
  • A peep into a family's album
  • Changing Central - 1880s til 1960s
  • Fashions

Instead of a static Powerpoint presentation, I use high-resolution scans of the photos so we can zoom in on their hidden details. At the same time I'll be telling stories of the people, places and events the photos show.

Problems inserting photos when using Internet Explorer

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-11-11 18:20

Moddsey reported the following problem:

Before I save and send, the photos and text appear in order.

After sending, there are large gaps between the photos. If I go into edit mode, the photographs only appear as a dot in the content.

I am on IE Windows 8.

I could repeat the problem using IE 10 on Windows 7.

I believe the problem is fixed now, but please let me know if you have any more problems inserting photos.

Regards, David

Orphans sent to Hong Kong, 1940

Submitted by Chris HK on Thu, 2013-11-07 09:21

I am hoping someone can give me further information on a refugee program organized by Irene HoTung. In about 1940, Madame Chiang Kai Shek sent 500 Mandarin-speaking orphans to Hong Kong before the Chinese communists arrived.  The Hong Kong government promised to look after them.  Irene Ho Tung took charge of the children's arrangements.  They arrived with about 25 Mandarin speaking teachers.

Asterisks against Juror's names

Submitted by anonymous-01 on Wed, 2013-11-06 19:50

Have been doing a bit of research on Jury Lists recently and notice that here and there asterisks appear next to some names.

Noticed it against to my grandfather John Olson for example in the 1917 list. I wonder if anybody knows why they were used or what they mean?

Sean

World War 2

Submitted by Chris HK on Wed, 2013-11-06 11:31

My late father-in-law, a Chinese medical Doctor, during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, was forced at gun-point to accompany boats taking Hong Kong citizens to a near-by island where they were left to starve to death. This was done by the Japanese as a way of dealing with the severe food shortage at the time.

Give yourself a pat on the back

Submitted by David on Tue, 2013-11-05 22:27

Earlier this evening, Gwulo received an award from AIA Hong Kong, a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. It was presented at this year's Honors and Awards Reception, and reads:

The American Institute of Architects Hong Kong Chapter in accordance with its Chapter Bylaws confers an AIA Hong Kong Citation to Gwulo.com in recognition of distinguished achievement in the Chapter's region for collecting, researching and sharing thousands of historic photographs of our buildings, relics, neighbourhoods and people, now preserved in the interactive website, Gwulo.com, thereby raising public awareness and appreciation for the physical and cultural heritage of Hong Kong.

Thank you to AIA Hong Kong for this citation, it is greatly appreciated.

The citation recognises the work of everyone who has contributed photos, facts, questions, and stories to Gwulo.com. Thank you, and well done!

Best regards, David

Long lost friend in Hong Kong

Submitted by tlsantos on Sun, 2013-11-03 03:20
I've lost in touch with a friend from Hong Kong. His name is Chan Kwok Chung Thomas. I am trying to locate him, anyone knows Thomas Chan please email me marietez@hotmail.com. Thank you!

Government Documents Online

Submitted by patricia on Sun, 2013-10-27 03:32

Now its the turn of the Gov Docs Online from HKU to have an overhaul.  This seems to be the new site http://hkgro.lib.hku.hk/exhibits/show/hkgro/home.

So far I'm not impressed, as the search etc seems to be the same, but then the results are a lot more clunky, and certainly my machine is not being able to click through pages easily.  And it took a lot longer .....????  Anybody see the rationale here?

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