During the First Opium War, the Battle of Whampoa was fought between British and Chinese forces on 2 March 1841.
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In 2011, Heng contested in Whampoa Single Member Constituency (Whampoa SMC) which was carved out of Jalan Besar GRC and met up against veteran Ken Sun from the National Solidarity Party.
The Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company was controlled by Douglas Clague through Hutchison International in the mid-1960s.
Hutchison Whampoa has received criticism from charities such as the Burma Campaign UK and appear on the charity's 'dirty list' for their involvement in trade with the military junta in Burma.
They embarked at Whampoa on the ship Huntress and started the journey of more than three months which they passed the Cape of Good Hope and proceeded to the United States.