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1915
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Percy Hobson HOLYOAK [1874-1926]

Submitted by jill on Fri, 02/03/2023 - 06:44

Percy Hobson Holyoak moved to Hong Kong in 1899 as a member of Reiss & Co, which then became Holyoak, Massey & Co. He rose to become an unofficial member of Legco. He was Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce 1917-1918 and 1920-1921. He also became Chairman of the Hong Kong Club,  the Alice Memorial Hospital and the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation.  He was District Grand Master of Freemasonry in Hong Kong and South China.

1850s impressions of Hong Kong by English visitors reprinted in "The Chater Collection"

Submitted by jill on Sun, 03/19/2017 - 19:08

I was interested to read the following the accounts of British visitors to Hong Kong in the 1850s reprinted in "Sir Paul Chater. The Chater Collection. Pictures relating to China, Hong Kong," by James Orange, 1924.

The first is by Laurence Oliphant and taken from "The Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59":

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