Lecture Series on “Castle Peak: Road of Fire and Dye” (「火紅織染道青山」講座系列 )

2:30 – 5:15pm   |   26 Nov, 3, 10, 17 Dec 2022   |   Hong Kong Museum of History & Online

Speakers

Welcome Speech

Prof. Siu-lun Wong, SBS, JP
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, HKIAPS

Hills Stay Green (26 Nov 2022)

Castle Peak Road: Its History and Culture
Prof. Kwok-kin Siu
Director, Centre for Hong Kong History and Culture Studies,
Chu Hai College of Higher Education

LEE Iu Cheung and His Hong Kong Wonder
Prof. Wing-kin Puk
Associate Professor, Department of History, CUHK

Recollection of Director HEYWOOD’s Internment at the Sham Shui Po
Prisoner-of-War Camp
Mr Chi-ming Shun
Former Director, Hong Kong Observatory

Take Root and Grow (3 Dec 2022)

T. K. ANN: Chosen by Both Chinese and British Governments
Prof. Siu-lun Wong, SBS, JP
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, HKIAPS

An Inventor: CHOU Wen Hsien
Dr Yuk-sik Chong
Research Associate, HKIAPS, CUHK

Fortune Follows Upon Disaster: The Story of Garden Bread and T. F. CHEUNG
Dr Lee-man Choy
Director, Fermiland Music Centre

Take Shelter and Live (10 Dec 2022)

Hong Kong Postwar Pilot Housing Scheme for the Low Income: Sheung Li Uk Estate
Mr Koon-yiu Ma
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong

The Contributions of the HO Iu Kwong Family to the Construction of Shek Kip Mei Public Housing and the Hong Kong Construction Industry
Dr Man-kong Chow
Associate Director, Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute, Lingnan University

IP Man and the Lei Cheng Uk Resettlement Estate
Dr Ching Hui
Vice-Chairperson, Management Board, Institute of Future Cities, CUHK

Rooted in Unease (17 Dec 2022)

A Unique University in the History of Hong Kong: Ta Teh Institute
Prof. Shuyong Liu
Senior Research Fellow,
Hong Kong and South China Historical Research Programme,
Lingnan University

The Indigenous Congregation of the Sisters of the Precious Blood and Their Work in
Sham Shui Po
Dr Joseph S. P. Ting
Adjunct Professor, Department of History, CUHK

Albert Ahwee and Kowloon Dairy
Dr Victor Zheng
Associate Director (Executive), HKIAPS

Closing Remark

Dr Victor Zheng
Associate Director (Executive), HKIAPS

Organizers

HKIAPS, CUHK
Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute
and China Economic Research Programme, Lingnan University

Supporting Unit

Hong Kong Museum of History

Following the success of a previous lecture series on Waterloo Road, the series continued with an exploration of the historical legacy of Castle Peak Road. The topics of the lectures varied from business families who were once active on Castle Peak Road, to the history of a famous school. The lives of the residents and the development of hospitals along the road were discussed.

The first lecture was titled “Hills Stay Green”. The lecture series was opened by Prof. Kwok-kin Siu, who examined history of Castle Peak Road and the culture of the people who lived along it. Prof. Wing-kin Puk introduced a famous Hong Kong businessman LEE Iu Cheung and his Hong Kong Dragon Garden, which is now a historical building. Mr Chi-ming Shun told us the story of the internment of the former director of the Hong Kong Observatory, Graham Heywood, at the Sham Shui Po Prisoner-of-War Camp.

The second lecture illustrated the lives of three entrepreneurs who established businesses on Castle Peak Road. Prof Siu-lun Wong introduced the Hong Kong industrialist Tse-kai Ann, who was chosen by both the Chinese and British governments to serve as a bridge between the two societies; Dr Yuk-sik Chong showed us the innovative commercial model invented Dr CHOU Wen Hsien and how he affected the lives of Hong Kong people; Dr Lee-man Choy elaborated on the ups and downs of the famous Hong Kong brand Garden Bread and its founder T. F. CHEUNG.

The third lecture was about the development of residential areas along Castle Peak Road. Mr Koon-yiu Ma used the Sheung Li Uk Estate to elaborate on Hong Kong’s Postwar Pilot Housing Scheme for low-Income families; Dr Man-kong Chow explained the contributions of the Ho Iu Kwong Family to the construction of public housing in Shek Kip Mei and to the Hong Kong construction industry; Dr Ching Hui unfolded the relationship between IP Man and the Lei Cheng Uk Resettlement Estate.

The last lecture was themed “Rooted in Unease”. Prof. Shuyong Liu laid out the development of Ta Teh Institute, a unique institute of higher learning in the history of Hong Kong; Dr Joseph S. P. Ting discussed the indigenous congregation of the Sisters of the Precious Blood and their work in Sham Shui Po; Dr Victor Zheng recounted the story of Albert Ahwee, the founder of Kowloon Dairy.

A total of around 600 people attended the lecture series.■