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Since the cession of Hong Kong to the British Crown I know of no Chinese in the Colony who has so closely united himself with British interests, and who has risked everything in support of his own views, as Kwok A-sung.
In 1844, he assisted A-kwai, who was Compradore to the Commissariat and continued in this employment for about one year when he took the sole contract for supplying the East India Company's Ships. During this time his position was one of...