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First Opium War
Great Britain attacks China -
Gov provision of public oil lamps
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Second Opium War
Great Britain and France attack China -
Towngas introduces gas light to HKI
Hong Kong and China Gas Company (Towngas) -
First electric light in Shanghai
Also the same year Edison invents the incandescent electric bulb -
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Light and Pass ordinance
Required Chinese to carry lamps at night under the assumption that all were potential criminals (issue of light and safety) -
Great Rainstorm
Informed HK Electric engineer who designed HK's first electric power plant that HK needed a stronger electrical distribution system to withstand the weather -
HK Island gets 50 electric lights
Hong Kong Electric -
Kowloon gets gas light
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Opium crisis
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The Plague
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First Sino Japanese War
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Kowloon streets get electric light
China Light and Power (CLP) -
Neon introduced to HK
Powered by electricity -
Advertisement Regulation Ordinance
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Electric Street plant no longer needed
HK Electric built new plants in North Point when demand for energy increased -
First neon sign in China
advertising Royal typewriters on Shanghai’s Nanjing East Road -
LED 'created'
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Chinese Civil War (first phase)
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Neon reaches China
"14 years later" (able to be seen in fog, attractive, cheap) -
Great Depression
Affected China's trade with the rest of the world -
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Neon's heyday in the US
A culture battling the Great Depression -
Lecture on electricity at Rotary Club
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Proposal for neon on ships as fog lighting
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Neon Light Factory for HK
No evidence that this actually happened -
Neon developments around the world
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Second Sino Japanese War
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Neon sign fire in Central
Put out in short time -
Gov ban on electric current supplying neon
To be cut off during Typhoon 5 and above (Gov gazette) -
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World War 2
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Neon sign fire at star ferry wharf
Put out in short order -
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Japanese occupation of HK
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Chinese Civil War (second phase)
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Neon sign catches fire
Central, also put out quickly -
Kremlin celebrates revolution anniversary using neon
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Polio outbreak
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UN and US Trade Embargo on China
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Vietnam War
US soldiers frequent HK for 'suzie wong' experience -
'World of Suzie Wong' published
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Vietnam R&R Boom Years
Regular visits from US soldiers brought huge income to HK -
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HK hosts US soldiers on holiday
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Star Ferry Riots
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Cultural Revolution
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Hong Kong Riots
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Time of liberation
smoking, obesity, drug abuse, sedentary lifestyles/jobs, alcohol, sexual practices (decade of liberation, sex trade now romanticised through characters like Suzie Wong and sold under neon lights) -
Blue LED developed
White LED achieved with primary colours / fuller spectrum of usable colour