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His wedding to Miss Frances Isabel Oakley was described page 24 of the Hong Kong Sunday Herald, 1929-12-08:

CRICKETER WED

Ceremony in St. John’s Cathedral

GOVERNOR PRESENT

Practically all the prominent people of Hong Kong were in the St John's Cathedral yesterday afternoon when the marriage of Mr. Harry Owen Hughes to Miss Frances Isabel Oakley was solemnised at 3 o’clock.

The interior of the Cathedral was prettily decorated with an abundance of fresh cut chrysanthemums, Seating capacity was taxed to the full.

Author of "Report on conditions in Macau" in 1942: http://gwulo.com/node/29227

Henry Ching writes in his Occasional Paper #33 that Lau Tak Kwong was one of the people executed by the Japanese on 29th October, 1943, together with his sister, Lau Tak Oi.

Here are the notes about him in the Japanese court martial documents:

William White was one of the people executed by the Japanese on 29th October, 1943.

The Japanese court-martial documents include these mentions of White:

Statement by Mr V I G Petersen, dated 30th September 1943:

I am a Danish subject and Resident of Hongkong since January 1938.  I was General Manager for the Far East of the following companies:

Insurance Co of North America, Philadelphia, USA.

Automobile Insurance Co of Hartford, Conn, USA.

General Insurance Co of Zurich, Switzerland.

World Auxiliary Insurance Co of London & Switzerland.

Statement by Mr A W da Roza,  dated 1.10.1943.

I returned from Sydney in February 1941, and Mrs da Roza and my youngest son Peter arrived in Hongkong from Sydney in July 1941, after spending a year in Australia where our other three sons are being educated since 1937.

Chan Wai Fan: Formerly owner of a Beauty Parlour.  His shop ceased functioning after the hostilities and he became a broker .  He answered Tim Wong's call in June '42.  He was one of those who left HK for Waichow in Dec '42. He was then told to return to HK by CC [William Mok] and wait for instructions.  He later got a job inn the Whitfield Barracks as foreman of cooks.  He had been engaged in old clothes trading between HK and Lungkong and knew the routes in those areas.

Report of Japanese court-martial Oct. 1943:  Ho Yau worked on a fishing-boat near Shatin and about April 43 was urged by Lui Ka Yan to work with him.  Although he knew that this involved  engaging in activities on behalf of the enemy, he agreed, and between that time and June on ten to twenty different occasions carried some of the conspirators and their reports and funds.

Sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.

Abridged from a letter from Wu King Hung, 5.4.1949.