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Hong Kong was a British crown colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, with a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island under the Convention of Chuenpi in 1841 of the Victorian era. In accordance with Art.
Barry Maurice William Hearn OBE (born 19 June 1948 [1] [2] [3]) is a British sports promoter who is founder and president of Matchroom Sport.Through Matchroom, Hearn is also involved in many sports including boxing, snooker, darts, pool, tenpin bowling, golf, table tennis and fishing. [4]
Resting Cloud – hulk, Struan's HQ prior to the establishment of British Hong Kong; Scarlet Cloud-–lost ship, nearly precipitating Struan's bankruptcy; Thunder Cloud – Struan's record setting first ship to arrive in Hong Kong from London after the establishment of British Hong Kong; Royal Navy
A deckhand died after becoming entangled in a rope which pulled him overboard, an investigation has found. The man was shooting creels on the fishing vessel Kingfisher when the incident happened ...
The Central Ordnance Munitions Depot was constructed in the late 1930s by British for the World War II to combat the Japanese Invasion as well as to store arms and ammunition for the defence of Hong Kong. The British used "Little Hong Kong", name for the fishing village town of Aberdeen, as a "code name" to refer to the military site and ...
Streets of Hong Kong, 1865 Beaconsfield Arcade, Hong Kong, c.1890. The building on the left is the HSBC building (second design) China was the main supplier of its native tea to the British, whose annual domestic consumption reached 30,050,000 pounds (13,600,000 kg) in 1830, an average of 1.04 pounds (0.47 kg) per head of population.
Angler's creel. A creel is a wicker basket usually used for carrying fish or blocks of peat. It is also the fish trap used to catch lobsters and other crustaceans. In modern times, the term has come to encompass various types of wicker baskets used by anglers or commercial fishermen to hold fish or other prey. The word is also associated with ...
The Fish Marketing Organisation (FMO, Chinese: 魚類統營處) is a statutory body of Hong Kong, administered by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. [ 1 ] The Fish Marketing Organisation was established as a self-financing non-profit-making organisation [ 2 ] under the Marine Fish (Marketing) Ordinance, Cap 291 to provide ...