Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock was a Hong Kong dockyard, once among the largest in Asia. Founded in 1866 by Douglas Lapraik and Thomas Sutherland, the Hong...
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Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. He pursued an aggressive path of diversification, acquiring A.S. Watson, Davie, Boag and Co. Ltd., Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock...
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the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company. These armoured cars played an important role in the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941. The Hong Kong Defence...
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USS Leyte (1887), was a 151-ton Spanish gunboat built in 1887 in Hong Kong by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock and captured during the Spanish–American War. The vessel...
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in Hong Kong Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate, the eventual owner of the Whampoa Dock, Whampoa Garden, A.S. Watson & Co., Superdrug, and Hutchison...
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Whampoa Garden (Chinese: 黃埔花園; Jyutping: wong4 bou3 faa1 jyun4) is the largest private housing estate in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built on...
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The 2013 Hong Kong dock strike was a 40-day labour strike at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminal. It was called by the Union of Hong Kong Dockers (UHKD)...
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Bill Wyllie (section Hong Kong career)
his career as a "corporate doctor" in Hong Kong; and most notably for his role in setting up Hutchison Whampoa. In 2003, Australia's Business Review Weekly...
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USS Mariveles (category Ships built by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company)
in 1886 by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong; purchased by the War Department in 1898; transferred to the Navy on 2 May 1899; and commissioned...
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