Kowloon Flour Mills (九龍麵粉廠)
York Lo: Kowloon Flour Mills (九龍麵粉廠) Aerial view of Kowloon Flour Mills. Kowloon Flour Mills (hereafter referred to as “KFM”) at 161 Hoi Bun Road in Kwun Tong is the only surviving flour mill in Hong...
View ArticleHongkong Food Products Manufacturing
York Lo: Hongkong Food Products Manufacturing HK Food Products’ new flour mill in Kwun Tong in 1966 (Kung Sheung Daily News, 1966-11-30) As mentioned in the article about David Sung and HK Flour Mills...
View ArticleLady Southorn’s hop shovel – Hongkong Brewers & Distillers 1934 – new images
In 1965 Mary Esther Parker bought a sterling silver “hops shovel” at an antique shop in Fort Walton, Florida. On the back is inscribed: Hongkong Brewers & Distillers Ltd First Lager Brew 27.6.1934...
View ArticleThe “Five Treasures” of the HK Sauce Industry
York Lo: The “Five Treasures” of the HK Sauce Industry While many industries and its players in HK have come and gone, the sauce industry is one where the players have particularly strong staying power...
View ArticleYakult (益力多): 50 Years in Hong Kong
York Lo: Yakult (益力多): 50 Years in Hong Kong Left: glass bottle of Yakult before 1971; Middle: the original Yakult HK plant at 161 Wai Yip Street in Kwun Tong (Yakult HK website); Right: plastic bottle...
View ArticleDing-Tin Wong (黃丁田) and Tin Kee Noodle Products (田記製麵食品廠)
York Lo: Ding-Tin Wong (黃丁田) and Tin Kee Noodle Products (田記製麵食品廠) Left: Tin Kee founder Ding-Tin Wong in the 1950s; Right: D.T. Wong (center) with the Governor and Lady Grantham at the Tin Kee booth...
View ArticleWW2 Poultry Farms during the Japanese occupation
ER: BAAG Report – KWIZ #71, 20.10.44. This article was first posted on 26th March 2015. Related Indhhk articles: World War Two – 1945 BAAG report – Dairy supplies in occupied HK The Hong Kong Fishing...
View ArticleChing Loong Bakery (正隆餅家) 1889 – 1963
HF: “No. 118 Wellington Street was the main office of a bakery which was founded in 1889 and operated under the firm name of “Ching Loong” (正隆). In July 1923, Mr Ho Hong Po (何康甫), in co-partnership...
View ArticleThe Hongkong Milling Company (Rennie’s Mill)
HF: The Hongkong Milling Company had a brief existence during the early part of the 20th century. Things ended tragically when its prime founder Alfred Herbert Rennie committed suicide by throwing...
View ArticleLee Seng Heng (李成興魚露): King of Fish Sauce
York Lo: Lee Seng Heng (李成興魚露): King of Fish Sauce Left: Lee Seng Heng’s Kingfisher trademark featuring medals it won in the 1920s and 1930s. (IP Australia); Right: recent ad for Lee Seng Heng fish...
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