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Hong Kong’s criminal women

Submitted by David on Sat, 2021-01-09 12:26

With the recent publication of Women, Crime and the Courts: Hong Kong 1841-1941, I hoped author Patricia O’Sullivan would share some of the book’s themes and stories with us, and also tell us a bit about how the book came to be. Patricia kindly agreed, giving us Gwulo’s first newsletter for 2021:

How it all began …

I suppose that it was the cantankerous Amy Gillan that started it all. Not one of the gory chopper murderers or callous kidnappers, but a disturbed Western woman bawling out ‘doctored’ hymns and shooting off obscene poison pen letters that became my Case No. 1.

I had been following <Read more ...>

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NRP Military Service 1948-49

Submitted by jj_hk on Fri, 2021-01-08 06:39

Hi all,

My grandfather did his military service in Hong Kong, 1948-49, and although sadly he was not able to return to visit before he passed, he always told us stories of the place and his times here.

I inherrited his photo album of these two years, and have uploaded the photos below. These are scans of each page, if people are interested I can upload higher resolution scans of each individual photo. <Read more ...>

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2020-12-31 Apple Daily interview

Submitted by David on Thu, 2021-01-07 18:31

[July 2021 update: The recent forced closure of Apple Daily means the original links no longer work, but here are new links where you can find copies of the printed article and the online article & video interview.] <Read more ...>

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Youmati School, Kowloon (Yau Ma Tei)

Submitted by Jonas on Wed, 2021-01-06 22:50

Can anyone tell me anything about this school. I think it is where my grandfather taught from 1922 until invasion of HK by the Japanese. I don't know why he took up work there as he doesn't appear to have any teaching experience/qualifications unless these were gained via WW1 where he did become an officer. I don't know of any connections he had with HK or the school. Nor do I know how rececruitment may have taken place. On one return trip to HK from UK in 1937 he and his family are listed as Crown Agents. <Read more ...>

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Birthday Buildings in 2020

Submitted by David on Tue, 2020-12-29 18:16

We'll all be happy to see the end of 2020, but there's one last task I need to do - prepare this year's lists of birthday buildings:

50-year-old buildings:

Bonham Towers ("Western Barracks"), 88 Bonham Road [c.1970- ]

MS 13 1/2, Tai O Road [c.1970- ]

MS 13, Tai O Road [c.1970- ]

Pearl City Mansion [1970- ]

Ping Shek Estate [1970- ]

Po Toi Navigational Beacon [1970- ]

Rumsey Street multi-storey car park [1970- ]

Shell LPG Bunker Vehicular Ferry Pier, Apleichau [1970- ]

Tung Lung Chau North Beacon [c.1970- ]

Villa Verde, Guildford Road [1970- ]

You know it wasn't a very exciting year for new buildings when the highlight is a multi-storey car park ...

Or maybe 1970 had a more interesting building that just hasn't been added to Gwulo yet? If you know of any, please create a page for them, and they'll automatically be added to the list above.

75-year-old buildings:

"Kamikaze" tunnels, Lamma island [1945- ]

Hiram's Highway Stone Marker [1945- ]

Japanese tunnel on Quarry Bay Treewalk [c.1945- ]

MS 10, Castle Peak Road [c.1945- ]

MS 6 3/4, Sha Tau Kok Rd [1945- ]

MS 6, Sha Tau Kok Rd [c.1945- ]

MS 8, Castle Peak Road [and reverse MS 48.5] [c.1945- ]

Shan Tsui Battery [1945- ]

The places on this list frame the main event of 1945, the Japanese surrender and the end of the war.

The two projects built by the Japanese armed forces in Hong Kong date to <Read more ...>

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New on Gwulo: 2020, week 52

Submitted by David on Sun, 2020-12-27 11:28

This is the last "New on Gwulo" roundup for 2020, but I've got one more newsletter to send out before the end of the year. Until then I hope you're enjoying the holiday break, even if so many of the usual Christmas activities are on hold this year.

Best wishes,

David

General

We first heard about this Austin 7 last year, when its current owner was trying to learn more about its time in Hong Kong (the car started life in the UK, spent several years in Hong Kong and then the USA, and is now back in the UK). Here's the full story, which ends with the car looking very smart after its recent restoration:

Austin 7 Car used in Hong Kong (1960's) Restored (1), by Chinarail
H Lo has found three old pavilions in the undergrowth on the hillside above the old Tiger Balm Gardens (see the pages for the upper, middle, and lower pavilions). Does anyone remember visiting them and / or have close-up photos of them when they were in better shape?

IMG_20201218_TaiHangPavilion1.jpg, by H.Lo

Lady robbed - BROADWOOD ROAD INCIDENT
Chinarail introduces the tramway system for Kowloon that was proposed in the 1920s.
And if you're still in the Christmas mood, here are all the photos on Gwulo that have the tag Christmas, spanning over 100 years of Christmas in Hong Kong.