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1850-1911, op uit

71 See PII Hase, "Sha Tau Kok in 1853”, op eit

72 The largest shops were

Kwan Tàu (144) the household goods shop (Nai Wai, Niwei. E Luk Heung)

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Wang Hap (Z. (^) the household good shop (Yung Shue Au)

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Kwong Yue (M) the grocery (Fung Hang)

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Yuen Tar (54) the grocery (Tong To)

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Sam Ler ( {[[ ) the grocery (Wo Hang)

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Yan Hong (10) the grocery (Ymm Tin)

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Cheung Ding (FL) the fishmonger (Kwun Lo Ha, Guanlouxia, RF, in the Luk leung)

Wa Shong (4) the fishmonger ("Sha Tau Kok" probably Sha Lan Ha)

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Tak Ding ( 120 ) the tobacconist (Luk Keng)

10 Tsor Cheung (4307 ) the silversmuh (Tsai Muk Km)

I San Cheung (1) the tailor and cloth dealer (Yim Tin)

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12 - San Ler (954|| ) the tailor and cloth dealer - the largest shop in the market -

(Au Tau, Aotou, in the Luk Heung)

13. Tung Yue (dolfa j the cupenter (Sau Hang, Xuokeng, in the Luk Heung) 14 Jung Hing ([]) the carpenter (Sha Tseng Tau, Shajingtou,

Luk Fleung)

15 Cheung Sze ( 12 ) the boatbuilder (Sha Tau Kok Sha Lan Ha) 16. Sze Fong Ting (P44 V) the gambling house (Wo Hang)

17- Nung Sang Tong (WE7 ) the doctor (Yim Tin)

18 Wolling Tong (ABU) the pawnshop (Yim Tin)

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Thus, of the largest shops, five were owned by Luk Heung people, tour by Yim Tin Yeuk people, two by Wo Hang Yeuk people, two by Sha Tau Kok (Sha Lan Ha) people, two by people from the Thi Tân Yeuk (the area south-west of Sha Tau Kok across the sea, around Luk Keng and Nam Chung), and one each by people from the Hing Chun Yeuk (around Lai Chi Woj, Kuk Po Yeuk, and the Sam Heung. Thus, in 1925, not only were the largest shops all operated by people from the Shap yeuk area, but ownership of these larger shops was spread around most of the Yeuk areas of the Shap Yeuk The Basel missionaries make it clear that the shops in the market in 1853 were also all owned by people from the sunounding villages see PH Hase, “Sha Tau Kok in 1853", op ei

71 See J W. Hayes, The Hong Kong Region, 1850-1911, op cit for the places of origin of shop-keepers at Tai O and Cheung Chau, and JW Hayes. The Rural Communities of Hong Kong, op cit for those at Kowloon cuty D Faure, loc cit gives details on those at Tsuen Wan and Sai Kung. The fisher ports in the Islands (Tai O Cheung Chau), and, to some degree Sai Kung on the mainland, had the largest percentage of non-indigenous shopowners, but Sha Tau Kok had fewer "outsider" shopowners even than Tsuen Wan

74. A contact from Tsat Muk Kiu village for instance, said that she would get of the market with her wood, sell it, buy what shee needed inthe market, and return home, passing on her way home the women from Wang Shan Keuk still carrying then wood in Wang Shan Keuk