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360-degree panorama of Hong kong

Submitted by David on Mon, 2011-11-14 15:52

Thanks to Axel for sending this:

A 360-degree panoramic view of Victoria Harbour

sky100 is the highest indoor observation deck in Hong Kong!(next to the Peak Tower that is)

Soaring above the city on the 100th floor, at 393 metres above sea level, of the International Commerce Centre, the tallest building in town, sky100 offers an unbeatable 360-degree panoramic view but only on a clear day.

Link:-
http://www.sky100.com.hk/sky100-panorama/start_south.html

Free RAS talk tomorrow: Chinese labourers in WW1

Submitted by David on Thu, 2011-11-10 13:26

This looks interesting, I'll head along tomorrow:

1970s Stanley Village: photos & memories

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2011-11-08 09:00

Kirstin Moritz lived in Stanley Village from 1977 to 1980. Here she shares her photos and memories of that time.

I typed these memories in 1981 on paper from my husband’s office. We'd left Hongkong and were living in Singapore - I missed Hong Kong daily.

It is now September, 2011. So many years have passed, and the typing is now obscured and messy with revisions, but the scenes below are still clear in my mind.

For more than three years we lived in the market area of Stanley Village, Hong Kong.  We were on the sea next to a huge squatter area (the Ma Hang Squatter area, now gone and occupied by fancy apartment buildings, I understand),  housing pig and vegetable farmers, market workers and Hong Kong office workers.

 

Pig in Ma Hang Squatter area, late 1970s in Stanley-crop-levels

Our building was named Sea and Sky Court and we were on the 4th floor looking out over a bay.  In front of our window was

Major John Devonshire

Submitted by pauline on Mon, 2011-11-07 23:55

John Devonshire.

Since uploading my photo of Stitt the lion outside the HSBC bank I have come across this letter sent to me in 1993 by a Major John Devonshire.  It refers to my husband's national service in Hong Kong and I am wondering if anyone can shed any more light on the British Intelligence referred to or the Hong Kong Rifle Association,  this is what it says:  -

RTR Sek Kong 1957

Submitted by bazzag on Sun, 2011-11-06 05:00

My dad served in Sek Kong from December 1957 to 1958. Does anyone remember him? Dave Gray from Dorset.

Adoption in pre-war Hong Kong

Submitted by imsij on Sat, 2011-10-29 01:05

I'm trying to trace one of my mother's cousins who was orphaned in 1930, when she was only 2 years old.  There were no other family members in HK, and she was allegedly adopted locally.  Was there any formal system for managing adoptions in HK then?  If so, was it government controlled, or organised by church or charity organisations, and might any records exist that I could examine when I next visit HK (probably next summer)? 

Does anyone recognise these lions?

Submitted by David on Fri, 2011-10-28 15:19

I saw them today at the university quarters along Pok Fu Lam Road. They look familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen them before.

Can't see nickname of poster

Submitted by Admin on Sat, 2011-10-22 18:06

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Started 1913, pg5-24

Submitted by David on Fri, 2011-10-21 16:18

This is the latest Jurors List we're making searchable - here's how to join in, it'll only take around 20-30 minutes of your time.

We'll take the previous year's spreadsheet, then work through it page-by-page and edit in any changes so it matches this year's Jurors List.

Step 1. Check the comments below to see which was the last page someone has started typing. You'll work on the next page. eg if the last comment is "started page 17", you'll be working on page 18.

1912 Jurors List

Submitted by David on Thu, 2011-10-20 21:20

[The list has been typed up by volunteers: David and Grace. Please help us type up the lists from other years - it takes less than 30 minutes to finish a page. Click here for details.]

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