What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

• Too Hot for Comfort - War Years in China 1938-50: extracts from Bill Ream's memoir of the war years in Hong Kong.
   
• What the chimneys on the wartime stoves above Quarry Bay looked like.
   
• Hedda Morrison's photos of Hong Kong from 1946-7
   
• Readers ask:
  • Looking for any information, photographs, memoirs, documents about the Greek population of Hong Kong from the 19th to the 20th century.
     

  • What is the origin & purpose of these concrete footprints?

    

     

  • Looking for information about Hong Kong artist Cheung Chung Tak (張宗德?):
    • Does anyone know who Cheung Chung Tak was, and whether he was a well-known artist in Hong Kong?
    • Was it common in the 1970s for Hong Kong artists to travel abroad and paint in front of live audiences?

    • Does anyone have records of similar paintings or exhibitions organised through 73 Lorne Street, Auckland around that period?
       

      

Places

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

• Argyle Street POW Association Directory (1968)
   
• Argyle Street POW Association Directory (1977)
   
• Connections of Botanic Gardens with the world, 1884
   
• In the previous newsletter I asked for your help to let friends know about my talk in London on 25 April. I'm happy to report we had a full house, so a big thank you to everyone who helped spread the word. Thanks also to the Friends of East Asia for hosting us. (Their next event in June looks at another aspect of Hong Kong's history - see their Forthcoming Events page for details.)
• Photos from the 25 April talk:
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• Several people have asked if I could give a talk in North England, somewhere in the Manchester - York area. Is that something any other readers would be interested to attend?
   
• Readers ask:
  • When was the war crimes investigative / interviewing team set up in Hong Kong after WW2?

Places

What's new and updated on the Gwulo website:

General

• Index to past journals of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong
   
• Please can I ask a favour: if you have friends living in the UK who have a Hong Kong connection, please could you let them know about my talk in London on 25 April 2026. When I last checked, the hall was about half full, so I'm hoping we can fill some more seats.
   
• Piers in Hong Kong
   
• New MA thesis on the longue durée history of squatter settlements in New Kowloon
   
• Guide: How to embed a map / list of Places in text on the Gwulo website
   
• CO 131 as a resource for research into early colonial Hong Kong
   
• Readers ask:
  • Looking for photos of James Tinker Wakefield, who was an early Chief Resettlement Officer in postwar Hong Kong and wrote two important reports on social welfare and squatter resettlement
     
  • Does anyone have any photos or details of the Monument to Indian Soldiers at Ho Man Tin ?
     
  • When was the name Immortalite Road used in the Royal Naval Dockyard?
     
  • How did William Mercer come across uncommon Chinese works in the 19th century?
     
  • Did the 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade have a specific flag, and if so, what did it look like?
     
  • Looking for the family of Sgt R Holder, who was in Hong Kong with 54 Independent Field Squadron in Hong Kong from 1958-1962. Their amah, now aged 102, hopes to reconnect with the children she helped raise.

Places

This folded paper street map shows eight areas of Hong Kong island. I've scanned them and added them to Gwulo's online maps as a single layer: 1980 HK

Here's a video introduction to the new map (if you don't see the video below, please click here to watch it on Youtube):

It was originally published in 1980 as "Sun Sun's latest street map of Hong Kong":