Join us on a walk around Hospital Hill in Wanchai, looking for signs of the air-raid tunnel network that was dug under this hill. The hill is currently the site of the Ruttonjee Hospital, but at the time of the second world war you’d have found the Royal Naval Hospital located here. <Read more ...>
Submitted by Unknown user (not verified) on Fri, 2007-06-15 18:49
Some net friend had a trip a couple of days ago to check the 'Victoria City boundary stones'. He found that the one at Magazine Gap Road (the latest one found) had been removed. Any idea who did that? Or it was done by the government for conservation purpose? <Read more ...>
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Submitted by Unknown user (not verified) on Thu, 2007-05-24 23:51
Hello I will be in HK on June 1-3 and was a huge bruce lee fan. I read on the internet, his home address 41 Cumberland Lane ( not sure which area), was made a hotel. Can anyone please give me precise location of his house, his parent's house in HK??? Silly question but is there a bruce lee museum in HK also? Thanks Anthony <Read more ...>
Submitted by Unknown user (not verified) on Fri, 2007-05-18 08:22
Hi. I'm currently working on a film (it must remain nameless for the time being). We are recreating the Hong Kong Harbour (using computer generated imagery) as viewed from Lily Pond in the Hong Kong University. We currently have 1 photo, but it is not really giving us a great idea of what the area below HKU looked like at that time. Does any one have any photographs of that area from that time period? They seem to be few and far between. We are VERY interested in getting this to be perfectly historically accurate. Any help would be great!
Thanks very much,
Brendan Taylor
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Submitted by Unknown user (not verified) on Wed, 2007-05-16 00:16
I just finished reading this excellent book, also called "Golden Boy" here in the States. Anyone know of any other good memoir-type books out there about HK, preferably set in the 70s or 80s?
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Since the first article on the tunnels under Kowloon Park, we’ve only looked at tunnels on Hong Kong island. So, time to head back to Kowloon side, and look at networks K4 and K5 near Hung Hom. I’ve marked their locations on the Google satellite picture below, along with the other networks in Kowloon. <Read more ...>
Hong Kong’s financial and government leaders have traditionally been based in the Central district, so it’s no surprise that the area was given several air raid tunnel shelters in the lead up to the second world war. Can you still see any sign of them? Let’s take a look. <Read more ...>
