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In early colonial Hong Kong shipwrights used traditional skills to build junks and sampans and later acquired new skills by building western style ships. A considerable change came with the construction of dock facilities to build and repair iron…

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白鶴山昔日是九龍半島其中一個採石的地方,前九龍寨城的城牆也有使用白鶴山的石材建造,採石業直至英國接管新九龍及新界之後禁止當地私開石礦才消失[2]。

據宋王臺公園《九龍宋皇台遺址碑記》記載,宋端宗朝廷在逃難到九龍城期間,曾在白鶴山行朝並以一塊大石為御座,後人稱此為「交椅石」,但該石現已不知所終。[2]

1950年代,當局移平白鶴山南方的山坡,開發東頭平房區,並興建聯合道,平房區已於2000年拆卸。而華人永遠墳場的墓地亦擴張至整個北面的山頂,到達原有交椅石的位置。

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In the postcard, the restaurant states:
We take pride to introducing to you our newest and best equipped floating restaurant in Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
With all the modern equipment in our kitchen, our cooks, all seafood specialists, prepare for you…

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