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- Tung Yick Inn
Located in Yuen Long Kau Hui (Yuen Long Old Market), Tung Yick Inn once provided accommodation for travelling merchants from other localities. When the New Territories just came under British administration, members of Tai Ping Kung Kuk (Great Peace Public Council), an anti-British organisation, stayed there. Tung Yick Inn is a two-storey grey brick building. The mural and shop name on its facade remain intact.
- Tung Yick Inn at present
Tung Yick Inn in Yuen Long Old Market at present.
- The Helena May
The Main Building of The Helena May was built in 1916. It originally served as a hostel for single female expatriates working temporarily in Hong Kong. During the Japanese Occupation (1941-1945), the Main Building was turned into a military dormitory of Japanese troops and the Hong Kong Citizen's Library. The Main Building exhibits a type of Edwardian Classical Revival architecture, with Beaus Arts, Baroque and Mannerist features.
- The opening of The Helena May
The opening of The Helena May on 12 September 1916.
- Garden at the south side of the Main Building of The Helena May
Garden at the south side of the Main Building of The Helena May on 12 September 1916.
- Southwest side view of the Main Building of The Helena May
Southwest side view of the Main Building of The Helena May in 1916, with the Peak tramway on the right of the photo.
- Celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the foundation of The Helena May
Photo taken at the Main Lounge of The Helena May on 18 February 1929, celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the foundation of the institute. Ho Kom Tong, a prominent businessman and the main benefactor of The Helena May, was standing in the middle.
- Main Lounge of The Helena May
Main Lounge of The Helena May at present.
- The Peninsula
The Peninsula was officially opened in 1928, and it soon became the most popular rendezvous in Kowloon for the rich and famous. In 1941, the then Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Aitchison Young, signed the instrument of surrender at the hotel. During the Japanese Occupation (1941-1945), the hotel was turned into the temporary command headquarters of the Japanese troops. In 1942, The Peninsula resumed business and was renamed the East Asia Hotel. After the Occupation, its original name was restored and it has continued to operate until the present.
- The Peninsula in the past
The Peninsula overlooking Salisbury Road and Kowloon-Canton Railway, circa the 1930s.