CO129-290 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [1-4] — Page 757

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Translation of written statement of Ng Ki Cheung dated 21st April, 1899.

On the 17th day of the 2nd moon (27th March) Mr. May C.S.P. came to Ping Shan to look for a site to erect a building and wished to construct a police station on Po Kau Hill (i.e. the hill immediately behind the village of Ping Shan). The inhabitants of Ping Shan made a fuss saying that the building would affect the 'Fungshui' of the place. Crowds of people gathered at the house of Tang Ying Shang and abused him.

On the morning of the 18th i.e. 28th March, the elders of the clan Tang Chiu I, Tang Fong Hing, Tang Tsing Wan, Tang Kwan Shan, Tang Lai Shang & Tang A Lam assembled at Ha Tsun. When they met in the ancestral temple there, the following inhabitants of Ha Tsun, Tang Kwok Lam, Tang Tsing Sz, Tang Chik Ling plotted together to resist (i.e. the British).

On the 19th day (29th March) a meeting was held at Un Long in the Meeting House to discuss matters. The following were present: From the Pat Heung district Tse Heung Po, Lai A Chun, Li A Pong, Tang A Tung. From Kam Tin, Tang Chuk Lam, Tang Lo Pan, Tang Yat Hin, Tang Ki Yan; from Shap Pat Heung Tang Ying Cheung, Chu Ki Wan, Ng Fung Cheung, Ng Ki Cheung; from Ping Shan, A Leung son of Tang Chiu I, Tang Fong Hing, Tang Tsing Wan, Tang Kwan Shan, Tang Lui Shang, Tang A Lam; from Ha Tsun, Tang I Shek, Tang Kwok Lam, Tang Chik Ting; from Castle Peak Lo Tong Tso. All those present said