EARLY HONG KONG AS A BRITISH COLONY

common Chinese

Officer (官員 )

British TraderChinese leader

People inHong Kong

British army leader

Governor

DISCUSSION: IF YOU WERE THE KING, WHO DO YOU TRUST TO RULE HK?

I LIVED IN HONG KONG HAPPILY

IN THE PAST…

PROBLEM:Plague ( 鼠疫 ) happens often, a lot

of people died because of poor living conditions ( 生活環境 )

Ah….

Executive Council Governor

George, I think you will be the

next one!Oh! We should do something to stop this…

DISCUSSION 1

1. To stop the plague(鼠疫 )…+What do we need? / What do we have to do?+Do we (executive/ legislative council members) do the work by ourselves?

Governor

George Bush

IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL…

I think we should kill the

rats!

I agree…

We need someone to help us! We setup the Sanitary Board (清潔

局 )!

Chief Secretary (輔政司 ) would lead the government officials to carry out the

policy

JUDICIAL SYSTEM

+ It is independent.+ Headed by Chief Justice

(首席大法官 ).+ The Governor could

not overrule(否決 )his verdicts (裁決 ).

EXERCISE 4 POST NOW CALLED CHOSEN AND APPOINTED

BY

Governor ( 港督 )

Colonial Secretary 布政司 (Before 1976)

Treasurers 財政司 (Before 1937)

Attorney General 律政司 (before 1997)

Chief Executive(行政長官 )

Chosen by Election committee and appointed by Central government of China

Chosen by Chief Executive and appointed by Central government of China

Chosen by Chief Executive and appointed by Central government of China

Chosen by Chief Executive and appointed by Central government of China

Chief Secretary (政務司司長 )

Financial Secretary(財政司司長 )

Secretary of Justice(律政司司長 )

CHINESE UNDER BRITISH RULE

Population of Hong Kong from 1841 to 1861

POPULATION IN HONG KONG

+ 1865, Hong Kong had a population of 125,504

+ About 2,000 were Americans and Europeans.

+ Which group of people were the major group? Chinese or Westerners?

+ There were many more Chinese than British.

+ Some Chinese traders worked with the British in Hong Kong and they became richer and richer.

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Po Leung Kuk

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals provided the poor Chinese with low-priced or free medical treatment, free medicine and free burial sites.

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The Tung Wah Coffin Home

Po Leung Kuk fought against kidnapping.

SOME FAMOUS CHINESE ELITES AT THAT TIME…

HO TUNG, CHOU SOU SON

+ To make the Chinese happy and help them govern, some influential Chinese leaders joined the Legislative Council and Executive Council.

Chinese with British nationality Educated in Britain First Chinese barrister in HK First Chinese unofficial

Legislative Councillor (1880)

+ Ng Choy (伍才 ) (1842 – 1922)

Chow Shouson (周壽臣 ) (1861 – 1959)

Chinese with British nationality Educated in Britain First Chinese unofficial

Executive Councilor (1926)

DISCUSSION

+ Do you think the British government cared about the Chinese?

+ What else do you suggest the government to do?

CANTON- HONG KONG STRIKE 1925-26

It was caused by the incident in Shanghai and the discontent towards the unequal treaties.

DISCUSSION

In New Territories, the villagers hate us and don’t listen to us.

+ Who do these villagers listen to? Do we need their help?

Every family must have a

cat! 咩 ?

唔知咩野 ...呀茄

Governor

George Bush

AGAIN, IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL…

I suggest to setup ‘Heung Yee Kuk’

In the New Territories, we have a lot of

misunderstanding (誤會 )

Maybe we can ask the opinion of Chinese

before we made laws

+ In 1926, Heung Yee Kuk was set up.

+ It served as a bridge between the government and the residents in the New Territories.

SIKH INDIAN+ Sikh Indian soldiers had been

in Hong Kong since 1841. + They were one of the

earliest policemen.+ Indian were influential in

Hong Kong.