The torrents of abuse from Beijing that greeted the PADS scheme, which took, as these things do, some time to get going very visibly, but which started with the arrival in Hong Kong of squads of (usually) British and (occasionally) Japanese civil engineers and architects and the mobilisation to Hong Kong of seventy per cent of the world's dredger fleet, was as nothing compared to what happened next. <Read more ...>
Not untidy - looked after by assorted amahs and servants your room is tidier than you've ever known. But as a young man arriving in Hong Kong in 1900, there's a good chance you'd live in a bachelors' mess.
The latest jurors' list from 1900 got me thinking about this. Several addresses list different family members living together, but we also find groups like this: <Read more ...>
Submitted by Unknown user (not verified) on Thu, 2010-09-23 19:21
I am trying to trace any information about my grandmother, Elizabeth MOORE, who was born in Hong Kong on 28.09.1886.
Her father was Edward Moore, born 1854 (approx) in Harleston, Norfolk. He enlisted as Private in 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 20th February 1871 in Colchester. Subsequently, he purchased his discharge 18th April 1879, in Hong Kong, with rank of Lance Corporal and died there on 3rd March 1894. While in Hong Kong, he worked as a “Club Steward”. I have no information about her mother other than she was Caucasian. <Read more ...>
