香港大事記 · 1900 年代

1901-01-25 · 九龍（中華電力有限公司成立） · 日級（中電官方公司歷程記其於1月25日註冊成立）。

中華電力有限公司在香港註冊成立，為九龍及新界的主要電力供應商。

China Light & Power Company Limited is incorporated in Hong Kong, becoming the main electricity supplier for Kowloon and the New Territories.

背景 中華電力有限公司於1901年1月25日在香港註冊成立，日後成為九龍及新界的主要電力供應商。與此同時，港燈則主要供電香港島，形成兩間電力公司分區供應的格局。中電的成立，配合九龍及新界人口與工商業的發展，為該區的電力供應提供基礎。

China Light & Power Company Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on 25 January 1901 and later became the main electricity supplier for Kowloon and the New Territories. HK Electric, by contrast, mainly served Hong Kong Island, so the two companies came to supply different parts of the territory. CLP's establishment provided a basis for electricity supply in Kowloon and the New Territories as their population, industry and commerce grew. The two-company arrangement has largely persisted since then, and both remain the territory's main power suppliers today.

記憶錨點 中電註冊成立後主要供電九龍及新界，與供電港島的港燈分庭抗禮。

Registered in 1901, CLP has mainly served Kowloon and the New Territories alongside HK Electric on the Island.

同日誌錄同一日嘅志錄（同一日發生，唔一定同一件事）： 1901年1月25日，中華電力有限公司完成註冊；紅磡德輔道（今漆咸道…（第 187 頁）

來源 中電集團：公司歷程（1901年註冊）（中電控股有限公司）

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1904 · 油麻地 · 年級（恭和堂官方公司簡介記1904年於油麻地創立，未載單日）。

恭和堂於油麻地創立，以清代太醫嚴綺文之祖傳秘方炮製龜苓膏，為香港龜苓膏始創店。

Kung Wo Tong is founded in Yau Ma Tei in 1904, making turtle jelly from the family recipe of Qing-dynasty Imperial Physician Yan Yi Man, becoming the originator of turtle jelly in Hong Kong.

背景 恭和堂於1904年在油麻地創立，由嚴永昌、嚴繼昌兄弟以清代太醫嚴綺文的祖傳秘方炮製龜苓膏。油麻地當時是華人聚居的鬧市，草藥與涼茶舖林立，恭和堂在此背景下立足，並被視為香港龜苓膏始創店。龜苓膏以龜板等藥材熬製，屬嶺南傳統食療，其經營延續了本地涼茶與中藥飲食傳統，成為日後老字號品牌的代表之一。

Kung Wo Tong was founded in Yau Ma Tei in 1904, when the Yan brothers began making turtle jelly from the family recipe of Qing-dynasty imperial physician Yan Yi Man. Yau Ma Tei was then a bustling Chinese neighbourhood crowded with herbal and cooling-tea shops, and Kung Wo Tong established itself in that setting and came to be regarded as the originator of Hong Kong turtle jelly. Made by simmering turtle shell with herbs, the jelly belongs to a Lingnan tradition of medicinal foods, and the business carried forward local herbal-tea and Chinese-medicine dietary customs as an enduring old brand.

記憶錨點 由嚴永昌、嚴繼昌兄弟以祖傳太醫秘方開館，為香港龜苓膏俗稱「龜苓膏始創店」。

Founded by the Yan brothers using the imperial physician's secret formula, regarded as the originator of Hong Kong turtle jelly.

來源 恭和堂公司簡介（恭和堂）

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1904-07-30

香港電車開通，首班電車正式載客，為港島提供新式集體運輸。

Hong Kong Tramways opens, running its first electric trams for public service.

背景 香港電車於1904年7月30日開通，首班電車正式載客，為港島提供新式的集體運輸。首代車隊全為單層電車，以架空電纜供電，車費分等級，服務港島北岸。電車自此成為港島北岸百多年來未曾中斷的標誌性交通工具，見證沿岸地區的變遷。

Hong Kong Tramways opened on 30 July 1904, running its first electric trams for public service and offering the Island a new form of mass transport. The first fleet was entirely single-deck and powered by overhead cables, with fares divided into classes, serving the north shore of Hong Kong Island. Since then the tram has remained a continuous and iconic mode of transport there for over a century, witnessing changes along the waterfront.

記憶錨點 首代車隊全為單層電車、以架空電纜供電，車費分等級；電車自此成為港島北岸百多年未曾中斷的標誌性交通工具。

The first fleet was all single-deck; the tram has remained a continuous and iconic mode of transport along the north shore of Hong Kong Island for over a century.

來源 香港電車：我們的歷史

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1907 · 鰂魚涌（東區）

太古船塢開業，與太古糖廠同為鰂魚涌的工業地標。

The Taikoo Dockyard opens, an industrial landmark at Quarry Bay alongside the sugar refinery.

背景 太古船塢於1907年在鰂魚涌開業，與同區的太古糖廠並列為鰂魚涌的工業地標。船塢規模其後擴展至可建造大型船隻，成為戰前香港造船業的重鎮。造船與煉糖兩大工業集中在鰂魚涌，使該區成為港島東岸重要的工業基地，亦塑造了該區往後的面貌與人口結構。

The Taikoo Dockyard opened at Quarry Bay in 1907, standing alongside the neighbouring Taikoo Sugar Refinery as an industrial landmark in the district. The dockyard later expanded its scale to build large vessels, making it pre-war Hong Kong's stronghold of shipbuilding. With shipbuilding and sugar refining concentrated at Quarry Bay, the area became an important industrial base on Hong Kong Island's eastern shore, shaping the district's later appearance and population in the decades that followed.

記憶錨點 太古船塢位於鰂魚涌，規模其後擴展至可建造大型船隻，是戰前香港造船業的重鎮。

Taikoo Dockyard at Quarry Bay was pre-war Hong Kong's shipbuilding stronghold, later able to build large vessels.

來源 太古集團太古今昔時間線

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1909-03-19 · 旺角（油尖旺）

政府刊憲將「羅便臣道」改名為「彌敦道」，成為貫穿旺角的南北主幹道。

The Government gazettes the renaming of "Robinson Road" as "Nathan Road", which becomes the main north–south artery through Mong Kok.

背景 政府於1909年3月刊憲，把九龍的「羅便臣道」改名為「彌敦道」，以紀念時任港督彌敦，亦藉此避免與港島同名的羅便臣道混淆。這條南北走向的主幹道貫穿油麻地、旺角至深水埗，是九龍其中一條主要幹道。改名後，彌敦道逐步成為九龍半島的核心街道，兩旁商業與樓宇日漸繁盛。

In March 1909 the Government gazetted the renaming of the Kowloon road then called Robinson Road as Nathan Road, honouring the sitting Governor, Nathan, and avoiding confusion with the Robinson Road of the same name on Hong Kong Island. Running north to south through Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po, it is one of Kowloon's main arteries. After the change the road gradually became a core street of the Kowloon peninsula, lined by growing commerce and buildings.

記憶錨點 改名以紀念時任港督彌敦，該路貫穿油麻地、旺角至深水埗，是九龍其中一條主要幹道。

Renamed to honour Governor Nathan, it runs through Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po as one of Kowloon's main arteries.

來源 古物古蹟辦事處網上文章

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