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Tree Planting in Hong Kong

Submitted by danielwettling on Fri, 2019-11-01 18:11

Hello,

When I look at old pictures, photographs of Hong Kong in the 1800's I am always amazes how the landscape looked like at that time. Really like a barren rock. It looked to me like on the surface of another planet. No trees at all, especially midlevels and peak area.

How did this started by planting trees ? It must have been an enormous task to plant so many trees. Has this been done also on small islands like Green Island and Ap Lei Chau Island and others ?

I have tried to look for any answers on the website, but I could not find much.

New on Gwulo: 2019, week 43

Submitted by David on Sun, 2019-10-27 18:00

A look at what's new on Gwulo.com. Please click on the photos or the blue links for more information - and please leave a comment if you can add any new details.

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Hong Kong Gwulo lunch - Nov 2019

Submitted by annelisec on Fri, 2019-10-25 18:47

I’ll be in town again next week for five weeks. Anyone care to do lunch again? I can offer the American club in Exchange Square as a venue 

Birthday Buildings in 2019

Submitted by David on Sun, 2019-10-20 17:00

This is the seventh year I've made these lists, and for the first time we have a building on the '175-year-old' list. Before we take a look at that, let's see how the lists for the other birthday years look.

 


50-year-old buildings:

37-39 Elgin Street [c.1969- ]
Caineway Mansion [1969- ]
Concordia Lutheran School (North Point) [1969- ]
HSBC Mong Kok Branch (2nd Location) [1969- ]
Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel [1969- ]
St. George's Building (2nd Generation) [1969- ]

The list of 50-year-olds is short this year, though I'm sure there are lots more buildings that were finished in 1969 and are still standing. One reason we don't see them listed on Gwulo is that we don't think of them as old. But in Hong Kong the typical lifespan for a building is only 40-60 years, so these are already our buildings' senior citizens!

The best known of the 50-year-olds is St George's Building. There's a glimpse of it on the left of these two photos.

View of HK from Kowloon
View of HK from Kowloon, by petespix75

 

Photos from HK 1976 - 1985
Photos from HK 1976 - 1985, by Born in HK

 

It stood out from the other buildings along the seafront because of its dark colour. It replaced this building, which was also called St George's Building:

Shewan & Tomes Head Office
Shewan & Tomes Head Office, by Admin

 


75-year-old buildings:

Listing of tags

Submitted by dby on Fri, 2019-10-18 22:53

Hi,

I am working with a colleague who is keen to tag the photos he plans to upload with appropriate tags. We have read the recommendations about tagging, but wondered whether there is anywhere on GWULO that we can view all available tags and make sensible choices rather than running the risk of creating new tags when suitable ones already exist.

Thanks,

David

Video upload

Submitted by dby on Fri, 2019-10-18 05:05

Hi,

I would like to share some video footage on GWULO but can't find an upload option. Can you help please?

Regards,

David

Enquiry regarding wedding photo #2

Submitted by Richard Horsburgh on Mon, 2019-10-14 14:39

Can anyone assist in identifying the people in this wedding photo. The photo is from the collection of Mavis Gock Ming and dates between 1939 and 1941.

Enquiry regarding wedding photo

Submitted by Richard Horsburgh on Mon, 2019-10-14 14:37

Can anyone assist in identifying the people in this wedding photo. The photo comes from the collection of Mavis Gock Ming and dates between 1939 and 1941

New on Gwulo: 2019, week 41

Submitted by David on Sun, 2019-10-13 17:00

A look at what's new on Gwulo.com. Please click on the photos or the blue links for more information - and please leave a comment if you can add any new details.

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  • Thanks to BM, Grace, kathrynsa, tkjho, and wingcli2015, who've all helped type up the 1931 Jurors List. As usual, the vast majority of the jurors worked as assistants or clerks, but there are some more eye-catching job titles too.
    • The 'Air Pilot' must have been one of Hong Kong's first professional pilots.
    • Did the 'Assistant Official Measurer' spending his day measuring officials?
    • There are also several people listed with the job title of 'Per Pro.' We're more used to writing it as 'pp.', when we sign on behalf of someone else. I guess those 'Per Pro.' entries on the 1932 list had been signed off by another person, and the text was typed into the final document by mistake!
  • We've started typing up the 1932 Jurors List. If you can spare 30 minutes, please join in and help by typing up a page.
  • Book updates:
    • Volume 1 will soon be sold out, so it's time to re-print it again.
    • Ross has started sending me his edits of Volume 3. It's always humbling to find out just how many mistakes I make in my writing!
  • I've listed newspaper mentions of where dragon boat races were held up til WW2. It was part of the research for a photo in Volume 3, looking at how the races moved out from the fishing villages to a broader audience.
  • More Royal Navy vessels: HMS Princess Charlotte, HMS L4
  • Les Bird has posted several photos of Vietnamese refugees arriving in Hong Kong, to illustrate his recent talk on RTHK's Hong Kong Heritage.

 

 

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Started 1932, pages 1-34

Submitted by Admin on Sun, 2019-10-13 12:59

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

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