Early Hong Kong 1950-1951
Hong Kong Annual Report (s) 1950-1951 - Extracts
All the following captions have been extracted from the Hong Kong Annual Report for the years 1950 and 1951. They embrace lazer copies made from photos therefrom. ( HK Annual Report - 1950 loaned by John Riddle-Swan in November 1998).
"A handsome addition in the waterfront buildings is the new Electra House, opened in November: it includes the new premises of Radio Hong Kong." (Photo Gainsborough Studio.) (REF: HK Annual Report, 1950, p66b)
"The most notable change in downtown Victoria had been the construction during the latter part of the year of a new bank building situated adjacent to the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation's head offices and designed by the same achitect. This photograph shows progress made of the new building at the end of the year." (Photo: M.D.A. Clinton.) (REF: HK Annual Report, 1950, p66c)
"Flagstaff House, the General's residence, with the harbour and Kowloon Hills beyond, 1847. (engraved from a drawing by Lieut. Martin, R.N. in the Chater Collection.)" (REF: HK Annual Report, 1950, p90c)
"HK in 1845, showing on the left the house occupied by Sir Henry Pottinger (Governor 1843-4) before the first Government House was built. (From a sepia drawing by E.Ashworth in the Chater Collection.)" (REF: HK Annual Report, 1950, p106a)
"Queen's Road Central in 1856." (Originally published by the Illustrated London News, 1857) (REF: HK Annual Report, 1950, p106b)
"Murray Barracks and the city of Victoria in 1856." (Originally published by the Illustrated London News, 1857) (REF: HK Annual Report, 1950, p106c)
"The Bank of China, now the Colony's highest building, opened in November 1951, has been designed and built by leading British firms." (Photo Frances Wu.) (REF: HK Annual Report, 1951, p49b)
"Hong Kong's Central waterfront shows HongKong & Shanghai Bank the new Bank of China and the Cricket Club." (Taken from mid-level.) (REF: HK Annual Report, 1951, p64d)
