colonial

1. The History Shek Lo is a colonial house near Fanling (also referred to as ‘Peter Lodge’). It was built in 1925 by Mr ‘Peter’ Tsui Yan Sau (1889-1980), a convert to Catholicism who was also the founder of Wah Yan College and was the first principal between 1919-1926 (pictured below): Photo...

Having not posted any reports for yonks, I thought I might chuck up a few of my faves... Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) was a British colony from 1824 until 1948 when it gained independence. It was then run under strict military rule for more than half a century until Htin Kyaw took office...

1. The History This row of eight old colonial houses face the busy Jalan Raja Chulan (formerly known as Weld Road) in the Bukit Nanas area of KL. Built in 1930, it was originally called the Serani Row. An elaborate crest on the wall bears the initials OES and the date of completion recorded as...

Located in the same town as Hotel Hercules, stumbled upon this place by accident to yet another hotel. Front door was open and judging from the trashed insides, the local youths had frequented this place quite regularly. No history I could find, other than a demolition order on the place and...

There are two types of derps in Cambodia: old French colonial ones (1860-1940s) and strangely enough, Olympian ones. There isn’t much info on the latter but here’s what I found on the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh– quite fascinating stuff: The stadium might have been built to host the 1963...