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September Newsletter 2019
ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY NEWSLETTER HONG KONG E-mail: [email protected] Tel: + (852) 2234 5011 Fax: + (852) 2234 5039 GPO Box 3864, Hong Kong www.royalasiaticsociety.org.hk http://www.facebook.com/RoyalAsiaticSocietyHongKong Twitter: RASHK 1959 September 2019 Photo Courtesy: Martin Merz Xiqu Centre of West Kowloon Cultural District 西九文化區東側的戲曲中心 Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong | 2019 Contents MESSAGE FROM YOUR VICE PRESIDENT 3 FUTURE ACTIVITIES Tue, 10 Sep 2019 Lecture Interpreting Chart 1696, Views – Hong Kong Island & Vicinity, 1847: 4 Lt Leopold George Heath RN of HMS Iris, March 1846 Thu, 19 Sep, 2019 Local Visit The Mills & CHAT Guided Tour 5 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 Lecture Trees of Hong Kong – the Art & the Science 6 Wed, 9 Oct 2019 Lecture Austronesian Asia - Hub of Global Commerce 8 Sat, 26 Oct 2019 Local Visit Po Leung Kuk Museum Guided Tour 9 Fri, 8 Nov 2019 Lecture George Chinnery - Friends, Fictions & Finances 11 RECENT ACTIVITIES Thu, 18 Jul 2019 Xiqu Centre Guided Tour 12 Sat, 10 Aug 2019 A History of the World in 100 Objects from the British Museum 13 OF GENERAL INTEREST Fri, 21 Jun, 2019 Curry Tiffin Lunch 14 17-23 Jul 2019 Hong Kong Book Fair 30th Edition 15 Sun, 11 Aug 2019 Hong Kong Victory Day Commemoration Ceremony 2019 16 St. John’s Cathedral Shop 17 2019 Membership Renewal 17 PUBLICATIONS 19 CONTACT DETAILS 20 Cover Photo: RASHK members & guests inside the Xiqu Centre during their visit on Thu. 18 Jul 2019. 2 Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong | 2019 Message from your Vice President, Helen Tinsley Welcome to this September 2019 issue of the RASHK Newsletter. -
CO129 and Hong Kong's History
CO129 and Hong Kong’s History John M. Carroll Professor of History, Department of History, the University of Hong Kong Offices: Home, India, Medical Adviser, Board of Trade, Treasury, War and Miscellaneous: 1921. 1921. TS War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Hong Kong, Original Correspondence CO 129/472. The National Archives (Kew, United Kingdom). CO129 and Hong Kong’s History character of greater permanency.”ii To the consternation of the Qing authorities in Guangzhou, collaboration from Chinese people of all walks of life was instrumental in No collection of official documents is more useful than the building of the young colony. In April 1846, Governor CO129 for understanding Hong Kong’s history from John Francis Davis explained to Colonial Secretary January 1841, when Britain acquired the so-called William Gladstone that the construction of private and “barren island” of Hong Kong Island during the Opium public works in Hong Kong “could not have taken place War, to 1951, not long after the establishment of the except for the ready command of the cheap and efficient People’s Republic of China in October 1949. Comprising labour of the Chinese.”iii Collaboration also assumed mainly correspondence between the governor of Hong other forms, not always to the pleasure of the colonial Kong and the Colonial Office in London, these government. The leaders of the Chinese and European documents cover more than a century of Hong Kong’s communities learned to join forces occasionally, as they history. They can be divided into four main periods, each did in February 1848 to petition the government about crucial to the development of Britain’s only Chinese the payment of ground rents.iv colony, and of the evolving relationship between Britain and China: foundations (early 1840s-late 1800s); Hong Kong’s role in the Chinese reform and revolutionary The two pillars of Hong Kong’s economy during this movements (late 1800s-early 1900s); the interwar years period were the opium and “coolie” trades. -
A Magazine for the Women of Hong Kong • March 2019
A Magazine for the Women of Hong Kong • March 2019 5 - 14 MARCH 2019 AWAre_WISE.indd 1 15/2/2019 6:04 PM XIQU CENTRE TEAHOUSE AD AWA MAGAZINE 210mmX285mm_2.indd 3 13/2/2019 11:50 MARCH 2019 The American Women’s Association of Hong Kong, Limited. Established in 1956 We are a vibrant organization of international women. Our mission is to welcome and empower women to connect and contribute in Hong Kong. AWARE PRODUCTION TEAM EDITOR Stephanie Chan [email protected] ASSISTANT EDITOR 17 Samantha Merton CONTRIBUTORS Kathryn Abbott Sania Bano Rachel Bourke Debbie Cruikshank Contents Iqra Urooj Fida Annie Fifer Mary Alice Haddad News from the Board 2 Jasman Kaur Deborah McAulay AWA Enjoys 4 Robin Neiterman Himeshika Samaradivakara Better Know a Member 9 Farah Siddiqi 11 Gunjali Singh Making Sense of HK’s Air Pollution 11 GRAPHICS AWA WISE Preview 12 Jacky Ngan AWA Interns on Growing Up in HK as 14 ADVERTISING MANAGER [email protected] Ethnic Minorities “Change Makers” Book Review 16 Kolkata Trip Report 17 PUBLISHED & PRINTED BY R&R Publishing Ltd. Calendar 21 2126 7812 [email protected] www.rrpublishing.com.hk COVER DESIGN BY RACHEL BOURKE 14 The AWA office is open from Monday-Thursday 9:30am-3:30pm. We are closed on Hong Kong public holidays. VISIT THE AWA WEBSITE: www.awa.org.hk LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/awahk FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @AWA_HK FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @awahongkong Any opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author only and do not represent the opinion of the American Women’s Association.