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HAFFNER, C.

Hall, J.

Unknown.

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HALLWARD, Miss C. L. J. St. Stephens Girls' College, Lyttelton Road, H.K.

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HARRISON, Prof. B.

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Dept. of History, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, Canada.

HARTWELL, Sir Charles H. c/o Public Service Commission, Central Government Offices, H.K.

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HAYDON, E. S.

HAYES, J. W.

HAYIM, E. J.*

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HENSMAN, Prof. Bertha

HERRIES, Hon. M. A. R.

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41, Island Road, Deep Water Bay, H.K.

British Embassy, Kastelsvej 38-40, Copenhagen.

Deer Park, Greenwich, Conn., U.S.A.

10 Branksome Towers, May Road, H.K.

Chung Chi College, C.U.H.K., Shatin, N.T.

c/o Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. P.O. Box 70, H.K.

PHESTROY, Baron P. de G. Belgian Embassy, 1653 Calle Viamonte, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

HILL, D. A.

HILSDALE, Mrs. E. P.

HINDMARSH, R. H.

HỒ, Mrs. Hungchiu

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HOCHSTADTER, Dr. W.

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GUILLAUME, Baron P. de 

HADDOW, Dr. I. F. G.. 

HAFFNER, C. 

HALL, Miss J. 

Flat 5, Abermor Court, May Road, H.K. 

Unknown. 

Spence Robinson Architects, The Atelier, 

Broadwood Road, H.K. 

c/o Colonial Secretariat, Room 514, H.K. 

HALLWARD, Miss C. L. J. c/o St. Stephens Girls' College, Lyttelton 

HAMILTON, Bill G.--. 

HARDEN, Mrs, G. T., Jr.* - 

HARRISON, Prof. B. 

HARTWELL, Sir Charles 

HARTWELL, Lady HAYDON, E. S. 

 

HAYES, J. W. 

HAYIM, E. J.* 

HAYWARD, G, W. 

HECHTEL, F. O. P. 

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13768 Hower Drive, Saratoga, Calif. 95070, 

US.A. 

15 Shek O, H.K. 

c/o Dept. of History, University of British 

Columbia, Vancouver 8, Canada, 

c/o Public Service Commission, Central 

Government Offices, H.K. 

As above. 

c/o The Supreme Court, H.K. 

c/o The Colonial Secretariat, H.K. 

41, Island Road, Deep Water Bay, H.K. 

c/o British Embassy, Kastelsvej 38-40, 

Copenhagen. 

10 Branksome Towers, May Road, H.K. 

c/o St. Anne's College, Oxford, England. c/o Jardine, Matheson & Co., H.K. 

d'HESTROY, Baron P. de G. The Belgian Embassy, 1653 Galle Viamonte, 

HILL, D. A. 

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HỌ, Mrs. Hung-chiu 

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HO, Tickon* 

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90028, U.S.A. 

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Happy Valley, H.K. 

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Hong Kong, H.K. 

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CONTENTS

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PRESIDENT'S Report for 1974 · 1

HON. TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1974 · 8

THE LIBRARY, 1974 · 10

TRANSACTIONS OF THE BRANCH: · 12

The Paper Chase-Archives and the Public Records Office of Hong Kong (A lecture given on 7th January, 1974) - A. I. DIAMOND · 28

Adventurers in Hong Kong: the Marquis de Morès and David de Mayréna (A lecture given on 29th March, 1974) - HENRY JAMES LETHBRIDGE · 58

Dogs and Horses in Ancient China (A lecture given on 27th May, 1974) CAROLE MORGAN · -

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The Craft of God Carving in Singapore- KEITH G. STEVENS · -

"Oh for the Joys of England": Lt. Orlando Bridgeman's Letters from China and Hong Kong, 1842-1843– ROBIN MCLACHLAN · -

Father Ernesto Gherzi, S. J., 1886-1973—G. J. BELL · 68

Notes on the Sources of De Mailla, Histoire Générale de la Chine-Richard Gregg Irwin, with Introduction by L. Carrington Goodrich · 76

The Monuments of Vientiane and Luang Prabang (Report of the RAS Tour to Laos, 23-24 January, 1974)— MICHAEL SMITHIES · 85

The Hong Kong Region: its place in Traditional Chinese Historiography and Principal Events since the Establishment of Hsin-an County in 1573....-JAMES HAYES · 108

REPRINTED ARTICLES · 136

Place Names of Hong Kong and the New Territories (1958) K. M. A. BARNETT · 160

Legends and Stories of the New Territories: Kam T'in (1935-38) (continued) SUNG HOK-PANG · -

NOTES AND QUERIES · 188

The European Grave on Shek Kwu Chau, Hong Kong JEAN MOORE · -

"Fung Shui" Woodlands-L. C. SHEN · 190

Unusual Trees in Hong Kong: the Cassia Bark Tree- L. C. SHEN · 191

Traditional Farming Techniques and their Survival in Hong Kong-P. L. SIAK · 196

Programme Notes for Visits to Places of Interest in Hong Kong and Kowloon, 1974: Kennedy Town, Old Wanchai, Old Western District, the Diocesan Boy's School and La Salle College, and Ceramic Factory and Sam Tung Uk, N.T. JAMES HAYES, CARL SMITH, HELGA WERLE et. al. · -

BOOK REVIEWS · 235

LIST OF MEMBERS · 245
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LIST OF MEMBERS

ORDINARY MEMBERS:

GREGORY, Prof. W. G.

Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, H.K.

GROVES, Prof. Murray C. - Sociology Department, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, H.K.

GUILLAUME, Baron P. de - c/o Banque Belge pour l'Etranger, S.A.,

GUTLON, Mrs. Audrey

HAFFNER, Christopher

HALLIDAY, P. E.

HALLMARK, D. S. HARGROVES, Mrs. Josephine L. T. HAYES, Mrs. Holly

Edinburgh House, H.K.

39, Conduit Road, Flat 202, H.K.

Spence Robinson Architects, The Atelier, Broadwood Road, H.K.

Flat 507B, 19 Homantin Hill Road, Kowloon.

P.O. Box 387, H.K.

Apt. C-2, 152, Tai Hang Road, H.K.

5/B, Garden Mansions, 157, Austin Road, Kowloon.

HAYWARD-MAY, Mrs. A. - Flat C, 10, Wong Nei Chong Gap Road, H.K.

HEATHERINGTON, Mrs. E. Bellevue Court, Flat A-2, 41, Stubbs Road, H.K.

HEFFNER, Mrs. S. F. HERRIES, Sir Michael

HICKS, Miss Catherine M.

CHIU, Mrs. Họ Hung HALLAM, Miss Judith W.

14, Guildford Road, H.K.

c/o Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 70, H.K.

c/o Cathay Pacific Airways, Union House, H.K.

11, Briar Avenue, 1st floor, H.K.

2F, 10 Happy View Terrace, Happy Valley, H.K.

HOCHSTADTER, Dr. Walter 9, Cambridge Road, 1st floor, Kowloon.

HODGE, P.

HOFSTETTER, Mrs. M. - HOLMES, Sir Ronald, C.B.E.

HOLMES, Miss J.

HOPKINSON, Mrs. J. E. HORSTMANN, Mrs. Charlotte

HOTUNG, Eric E.

HOWNAM-MEEK, R. S.

HSIA. Tung Fei

HUANG, Y. C.

Dept. of Social Work, University of Hong Kong, H.K.

3, Wood Road, 6th floor, H.K.

Public Services Commission, Colonial Secretariat, H.K.

26, Kennedy Road, H.K.

12, Mt. Nicholson Gap, H.K.

104, Ocean Terminal, Kowloon.

10, Stanley Street, H.K.

c/o Commercial Management Ltd., P & O Building, 17th floor, H.K. P.O. Box No. 20027/1. Hennessy Road Post Office, H.K.

Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd., Jardine House, H.K.
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which followed his talk. In May, Mrs Carole Morgan talked on Dogs and Horses in Ancient China, a subject for which she is preparing a doctoral dissertation for the Sorbonne in Paris, and also in May we were invited by the Hong Kong History Society for a cultural evening. It was an Indian occasion, with a talk by Mrs Raj Ghose on Buddhist Art, followed by curry at the Gaylord Restaurant in Kowloon and a film on Rock Carvings. In October we invited Mrs. Raj Ghose back to talk to the Society and her subject was Tibetan Iconography. In September we had a talk by Miss Helen Perrell on Mandarin Squares, and in October our members were invited to the Fung Ping Shan Museum of the Hong Kong University to hear a talk on the museum given by the curator, Dr. Michael Lau, to University staff. In January Mr. John Myers, another doctoral candidate, for the University of Pittsburgh, talked on his field research into Chinese spirit-medium cults in Hong Kong's urban area. Mr. Myers is currently with the anthropology section of the Sociology Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Three other talks have been organised so far this year, all on China. One, also in January by Professor Cheng Te-k'un, scholar of international renown in the field of Chinese archaeology and art, was on Chinese export ceramics, and was illustrated with beautiful slides. In February Professor Hsieh Chiao-min talked on contemporary problems in modern Chinese geography. Professor Hsieh is on sabbatical leave from the University of Pittsburgh and honorary visiting professor in the Geography and Geology Department, University of Hong Kong. Finally in March Professor Noah Fehl, Chairman of the Department of World History of the Chinese University and a long time resident of Hong Kong, talked about the work and thought of the philosopher/scholar Tsou Yin, who matches Aristotle in period of time and some of his ideas. All our talks drew good size audiences and from the variation in their constitution from lecture to lecture it would appear that our policy of variety to suit different interests is a correct one. During the period, then, we were fortunate in being able to borrow the talents of many visiting and resident scholars.

EXCURSIONS

Mr. James Hayes, one of our Vice-presidents was as usual active in organising many of our excursions during the period. In
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT

TREASURER'S REPORT

THE LIBRARY

ARTICLES:

· Reflections on the Comparative Study of Modernization in China and Japan - RICHARD J. SMITH

· The Teochiu: Ethnicity in Urban Hong Kong - Douglas W. SPARKS

· Interethnic Interaction-a matter of Definition: Ethnicity in a Housing Estate in Hong Kong DOUGLAS W. SPARKS

· "Patterned Bands" in the New Territories of Hong Kong - ELIZABETH L. JOHNSON

· A Hawaiian King Visits Hong Kong, 1881 - TIN-YUKE CHAR

· In Search of the Chinese Name for "Li Sun"-TIN-YUKE CHAR

· Chan Lai-sun and his Family: a 19th Century China Coast Family - CARL T. SMITH

· Notes on Friends and Relatives of Taiping Leaders - CARL T. SMITH with Additional Notes by JEN YU-WEN

· Operation and Maintenance of a Road Transport System in West China 1942-46 — W. A. REYNOLDS

· Land and River Routes to West China - A. D. BLUE

· In the Path of the Ancient Mon: Pagan, Pegu and Nakom Pathom - MICHAEL SMITHIES

REPORT:

· A Report on Social Research in the New Territories of Hong Kong, 1963 - MAURICE FREEDMAN

NOTES AND QUERIES:

· Visit to Tung Wah Group of Hospitals' Museum, 2 October 1976 — CARL Smith and JAMES HAYES

· Political and Pugilistic Freemasonry? - Y. F. LAM

· Sandal Wood Mills at Tsuen Wan - JAMES HAYES

· Chinese in the Volunteer Forces of Hong Kong — James HAYES

· A Missing Chinese Library? - JAMES HAYES

· Notes on Ho Chung-a 19th Century Artist in Kwangtung - CHUANG SHEN

· Chinese Preserved Monks - KEITH STEVENS

· Preliminary List of the Baker Collection of New Territories Genealogies in The British Library — H.G.H. NELSON

· The Occurrence of Troides Helena (Linn.) in Hong Kong - J. CAREY-HUGHES AND J. B. PICKFORD

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and living in a resettled village, on their field observations relating to urban development. In November we had a talk on diplomatic systems in East Asia as part of general philosophies of state by Dr. Frank W. Ikle and in December Dr. Ralph Smith, a visiting historian specialising in Vietnamese society at the School of African and Oriental Studies spoke on the Cao-Daist and Hoa Hao religious sects. Another visitor to Hong Kong—visiting professor in anthropology at The Chinese University—Professor Francis L. K. Hsu, spoke to the Society in January giving his views about Chinese motivations and values and comparing them with Western values and motivations as he sees them. In February we held our symposium: this time on Architecture and the development of Hong Kong. We were fortunate enough to obtain the kind services of Mr. Tao Ho here, a well-known local architect and designer, who gathered a team of experts to talk on problems of community and town planning, building, mass transit and the historical development of ethnic clusters in relation to building. This was very well attended and there was some lively discussion. We look forward to seeing the papers in publication: Mr. Ho is presently editing them for the Society. The last lecture of the period was given by Professor Daffyd Evans of Hong Kong University who spoke on early European residents in Hong Kong. We look forward to seeing some of these talks in print in the Journal.

Foreign tours are now an established feature of our annual programme. This period included a tour of Burma guided by Mr. Michael Smithies, a former Secretary of your Society, now resident in Indonesia, who has led past tours so successfully. It was organised this end by Ms. Helga Werle of your Council. This was also a very successful venture and I understand that it has been followed by a reunion of tour members who are anxious to have more of the same.

For the future: Ms. Werle and Mr. Smithies, and also Dr. Leigh Wright are offering tours abroad—to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia, Korea, and Borneo—dates will be decided on the basis of majority response to several offered to members in a recent circular. A visit to Tai Mo Shan is also planned for this weekend (April 3), and will include the Shing Mun or Jubilee Reservoir. Talks and notes will be given on history and ethnography of the area, plant and insect life, and birds of upper Tai Mo Shan—by Dr. James Hayes.
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Brunei: A Historical Relic - LEIGH WRIGHT

Behind Japanese Barbed Wire: Stanley Internment Camp, Hong Kong 1942-1945 - G. C. EMERSON

A Journey to Yenan 1946 - W. A. REYNOLDS

ARTICLES:

Two Essays on the Ch'ing Economy of Hsin-An, Kwangtung - J. T. KAMM

Under Altars - K. G. STEVENS

Social Organization and Ceremonial Life of Two Multi-Surname Villages in Hoi-p'ing County, South China, 1911-1949 - YUEN-FONG WOON

"Little Fujian (Fukien)” Sub-Neighbourhood and Community in North Point, Hong Kong - GREGORY E. GULDIN

Reprinted ARTICLES:

Cheung Chow - Long Island - W. J. HINTON

Memories of the District Office South, Hong Kong - W. SCHOFIELD

NOTES AND QUERIES:

Notes for the Royal Asiatic Society Visit to Tai Mo Shan, 3rd April 1976 — (I) L. B. and S. L. THROWER (II) JAMES HAYES

Notes for the Visit to the Tang Family Graves, 11 December 1976 - DAVID LIU and JAMES HAYES

Royal Asiatic Society Visit to Tsuen Wan, 10th December, 1977 - A Village War'. JAMES HAYES

The Rural History Project in Yuen Long and Field Notes on the Social History and Fung Shui of Kam Tin - J. T. KAMM

Bean Skim, A Product of Blood and Sweat

Four Chinese Banks Fail, Partners Blame Head

Two Letters From Wartime China

A Further Note on Feng Yun-Shan and Gützlaff - Jen Yu-wen

Reptiles New to Hong Kong - J. D. ROMER

The Public Botanic Garden of Hong Kong

Birds of Tai Mo Shan - MICHAEL Webster

Occurrence of the Birds - J. D. ROMER

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generously gave up his Saturday afternoon to conduct the three parties of members, and we are pleased to welcome him as a guest to dinner tonight.

In March Mr. Lapierre, a noted journalist, lecturer and author, known internationally perhaps most for his book "Paris Burning", showed a documentary film about India and Pakistan on the eve of independence and the conspiracy leading to Gandhi's assassination in January 1948. This lecture was held at the Union Church and Mr. Dennis Rogers, pastor of the Church, who was to act as our projectionist as he had on many occasions, died on the day of our meeting. We will miss him very much both for his help, and his enthusiastic attendance at meetings as a member of the Society. Our last lecture of the year was on March 14, when Charles Grant, Professor of Geology and Geography at the University of Hong Kong, talked about the changing coastline of the Canton Delta, the delta of the Pearl River. Professor Grant is also arranging a symposium later this year on old maps of Hong Kong. Several other events have already been planned for the first part of the next year. Two are Mr. Emerson's talk on the Japanese Occupation with a related tour of the Stanley prison area occupied by the internment camp; and Mr. Michael Stevenson's talk on the organization of Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong.

Publications

Dr. James Hayes has been working hard to bring your Journal up to date on publication and during the year the 1974 issue was distributed. The 1975 Journal is now in print and will be distributed shortly—we hope at the end of April. The 1976 Journal is coming on well and several items have already been received and prepared for printing. They include the unpublished 1963 Report on Anthropological Fieldwork in the New Territories by the late Professor Maurice Freedman. Professor Freedman did much to open up the New Territories to anthropological research, and his observations in the Report still have influence on research choices of students working in the area today. During the year Professor Brian Lofts' illustrated symposium on the fauna of Hong Kong was published and well reviewed. We have also been fortunate in obtaining the help of Mr. Geoffrey Bonsall, Director of the Hong Kong University Press, who joined the Council as a result of a vacancy during the
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The Hong Kong Branch

of the

Royal Asiatic Society

Patron:

H.E. Sir Murray Maclehose, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., M.A. Governor of Hong Kong

The Council, 1981:

President:

Marjorie Topley, B.Sc.(Econ.), Ph.D.

Vice-Presidents:

J.W. Hayes, M.A., Ph.D., J.P.

Carl T. Smith, B.A., M.Div.

Hon. Secretary: Margaret O'Hara

Hon. Treasurer:

D. A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P.

Hon. Editor:

David Faure, B.A., Ph.D.

Hon. Librarian:

H.A. Rydings, M.B.E., M.A., A.L.A.

Councillors:

Alan Birch, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.Hist.Soc.

A.I.Diamond, M.A.

Hugh Gibb, M.A.

Michael Lau, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A., Ph.D.

D.H. Liu

B.A.V. Peacock, M.A.

Oliver Siddle, B.A.(Oxon.), F.R.S.A.
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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY

HONG KONG BRANCH

MEMBERSHIP LIST

(As at 31st December, 1982)

Patron

H.E. Sir Murray Maclehose, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.,

HONORARY MEMBERS

The Aide-de-Camp, Government House LAM, Mr. Yung-fai LAWRY, Mr. R.E.

MACLEHOSE, Sir Murray, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O.

O'HARA, Mrs. Margaret,

TOPLEY, Dr. Marjorie,

LOCAL LIFE MEMBERS

ALLEYNE, Mrs. E.L. BOARD, Mr. D.B.M.

BONSALL, Mr. G.W. BUTT, Dr. N.S.G. CALCINA, Mr. P.G. CHAMBERS, Mr. J.W. CHAN, Mr. Alfred T. CHENG, Mr. Tuck CHIU, Dr. Ling Yeong, CHOA, Dr. Gerald H. CHUN, Miss Oy-ling COMBER, Mr. Leon

CRAMER, Mr. B.L.C.

CRONE, Dr. D.L.

DJOU, Mr. G.G.

DUNCAN, Mrs. Josephine

EMERSON, Mr. Geoffrey C.

EVANS, Mr. Paul J.

EVANS, Mrs. P.J.

FABER, Mrs. Audrey

FAULKNER, Mr. Raymond J.

FOK, Miss Nora

FREMANTLE, Mr. Adam

FRY, Mr. R.A.

FUNG, Mrs. Beatrice,

GAFF, Mrs. Jennifer A.

GORDON, The Hon. Sir S.S.

GREEN, Mrs. Judith

HASE, Dr. Patrick H.

HAYES, Dr. James W. HAYIM, Mr. E.J.

HO, Mr. Tick-on

HONEY, Dr. N.R.

HOPKINSON, Mrs. I.

HOWARD, Mr. William James HOWNAM-MEEK, Mrs. R.S. HOYNINGEN-HUENE,

Baron Ture von

HU, Dr. Shih Chang HUI, Miss Wai Haan HUNG, Mr. Chiu-sing IU, Miss Sheila

KINOSHITA, Mr. James H. KVAN, Rev. Erik

LAI, Mr. T.C

LAU, Dr. Michael Wai-Mai

LAWRENCE, Mrs. B.M.I. LEE, Mr. J.S. LEE, Dr. R.C.

LETHBRIDGE, Mr. H.J. LEUNG, Mr. Pak-Kui

LI, Mr. David K.P.

FUNG, Sir Kenneth Ping-Fan, O.B.E., J.P. LISOWSKI, Prof. F.P.

LISOWSKI, Mrs. W.Y.

GILKES, Mr. David GORDON, Mr. K.H.A.

LIU, Mr. D.H.

LO, Mr. T.S.

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Chinese University's History Department and editor of our 1981 Journal, spoke on Saikung district during World War II: the district being a regular escape route for prisoners of war from Kowloon.

After a summer break we began again in October with Professor Shih Hsio-yen, Head of Department of Fine Arts at Hong Kong University, talking on recent Chinese archeological finds and how the Chinese on the mainland look at their origins. In December Dr. James Hayes led a tour of the New Territories, which included Sam Tung Uk village built in the eighteenth century and scheduled as a museum and cultural centre, and Tsuen Wan, with a vegetarian lunch at the Yuen Yuen Hok Yuen, Tsuen Wan, a temple complex belonging to a Chinese syncretic religious group. Also in December, Professor Rulan Chao Pian, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and of Music at Harvard, and currently visiting Professor of Music at the Chinese University, spoke on traditional forms of dance narrative in North China. Her talk was illustrated with video tape material. Finally, in January Dr. Graham Johnson, Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of British Columbia, talked on the Chinese in Canada, discussing their history from the early rural migrants who worked in the goldfields and on the railway, to the more sophisticated urban migrants going to Canada after 1967, many from Hong Kong.

There was very poor response to the two overseas tours offered through, or by, the Society during the year. The tour to India had to be cancelled through lack of sufficient numbers, and the tour of the Pearl River Delta consisted of six persons only, including the leader, Dr. Michael Lau, to whom I express my thanks. This year about seven members will be joining a tour arranged by Dr. Brian Shaw for late March-early April. The group will witness the annual sacred masked dance festival at Paro in Bhutan and also visit other places in Bhutan, and Darjeeling and Kalimpong. Other tours may be arranged by Dr. Shaw during the coming year, and Mrs. Craig will also be offering tours to members, who will be kept informed.

As the year progressed we found it increasingly difficult to obtain bookings at the Volunteer Officers' Mess due to heavy

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THE HONG KONG BRANCH

OF THE

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY

Patron:

H.E. Sir Edward Youde G.C.M.G., M.B.E., Governor of Hong Kong

The Council, 1983

President:

J. W. Hayes, M.A., Ph.D., J.P.

Vice-Presidents:

Carl T. Smith, B.A., M.DIV.

A. I. Diamond, M.A.

Hon. Secretary:

R. H. McLean

Hon. Treasurer:

D. A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P.

Hon. Editor:

P. H. Hase, B.A., Ph.D.

Hon. Librarian:

V. E. Morgan, B.A., A.L.A.

Councillors:

M. Topley B.Sc., Ph.D.

Alan Birch, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.Hist. Soc.

H. A. Rydings, M.B.E., M.A., A.L.A.

Hugh Gibb, M.A.

Michael Lau, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A., Ph.D.

J. Young, M.A., Ph.D.

Oliver Siddle, B.A.(Oxon.), F.R.S.A.

Elizabeth Sinn B.A.

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Patron:

H.E. Sir Edward Youde G.C.M.G., M.B.E., Governor of Hong Kong

The Council, 1984

President:

J.W. Hayes, M.A., Ph.D., J.P.

Vice-Presidents:

Carl T. Smith, B.A., M.DIV.

A.I. Diamond, M.B.E., M.A. (until February 1985) D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P.

Hon. Secretary:

R.H. McLean, B.A.

Hon. Treasurer:

D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P.

Hon. Editors:

P.H. Hase, B.A., Ph.D. David Faure, B.A., Ph.D. (Co-editor)

Hon. Librarian:

V.E. Morgan, B.A., A.L.A.

Councillors:

Allan Birch, M.A., Ph.D., F.R. Hist. Soc. Hugh Gibb, M.A.

Michael W.M. Lau, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A., Ph.D.

D.H. Liu

O.R. Siddle, O.B.E., B.A., F.R.S.A.

Elizabeth Sinn, B.A., M.Phil.

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THE HONG KONG BRANCH

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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY

Patron:

H.E. Sir Edward Youde G.C.M.G., M.B.E., Governor of Hong Kong

The Council, 1985

President:

J.W. Hayes, M.A., Ph.D., J.P.

Vice-Presidents:

Carl T. Smith, B.A., M.DIV. D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P.

Hon. Secretary:

R.H. McLean

Hon. Treasurer:

D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P.

Hon. Editors:

David Faure, B.A., Ph.D. P.H. Hase, B.A., Ph.D.

Hon. Librarian: Peter Yeung, B.A., M.L.S.

Councillors:

Hugh Gibb, M.A.

Michael Lau, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. Y.W. Lau, B.A., Ph.D.

D.H. Liu,

Oliver Siddle, O.B.E., B.A. (Oxon.), F.R.S.A. Elizabeth Sinn, B.A., M.Phil.

A.K.K. Siu, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

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THE HONG KONG BRANCH

OF THE

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY

Patron:

H.E. Sir Edward Youde G.C.M.G., M.B.E., Governor of Hong Kong

The Council, 1986

President:

J.W. Hayes, I.S.O., M.A., Ph.D., J.P.

Vice-Presidents:

Carl T. Smith, B.A., M.DIV. D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P.

Hon. Secretary:

Anita Wilson, M.A.

Hon. Treasurer:

D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P.

Hon. Editors:

David Faure, B.A., Ph.D. P.H. Hase, B.A., Ph.D.

Hon. Librarian:

Peter Yeung, B.A., M.L.S.

Councillors:

Julian Davey, M.A. (Cantab.), M.A. (London) Hugh Gibb, M.A.

Michael Lau, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. Y.W. Lau, B.A., Ph.D. D.H. Liu

Elizabeth Sinn, B.A., M.Phil. A.K.K. Siu, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

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6 October, 1986:

19 January, 1987:

17 February 1987;

16 March 1987:

31 March

(still to come):

Dr. Betty Wei Peh T'i

"Treasures from an Attic in Pennsylvania: Letters from the Chinese Countryside 1901-6"

David Lung

"Vernacular Houses in Fujian and Guangdong"

Dr. Ronald Skeldon

"Ladakh: Land, Peoples and Plays"

Anthony Lawrence

"The Long March: The Story of a Joint Venture"

Mr. Geoffrey Emerson

"Yankee on the Yangtse"

Besides the lectures, eight local visits were made during the year to places of interest. They comprised the following:

9 and 30 August, 1986:

Visits to the Museum of Teaware and Hong Kong's 1941 Underground Military headquarters David Pannach, Robyn McLean and James Hayes

25 October, 1986:

Ta Chiu at Kat O island

9 November, 1986:

James Hayes

Walk from the Peak to Kennedy Town to view the fortifications which guarded the Western approaches to Hong Kong Phillip Bruce

29 November, 1986: Ta Chiu at Tuen Mun

James Hayes

6 December, 1986:

Fung Ping Shan Museum

Dr. Michael Lau

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THE HONG KONG BRANCH

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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY

Patron:

H.E. Sir David Wilson, K.C.M.G. Governor of Hong Kong

The Council, 1987

President:

J.W. Hayes, I.S.O., M.A., Ph.D., J.P.

Vice-Presidents:

D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P. Carl T. Smith, B.A., M.DIV.

Hon. Secretary:

Anita Wilson, M.A.

Hon. Treasurer:

D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P.

Hon. Editors:

David Faure, B.A., Ph.D. P.H. Hase, B.A., Ph.D.

Hon. Librarian: Peter Yeung, B.A., M.L.S.

Councillors:

Phillip Bruce

Julian Davey, M.A. (Cantab.), M.A. (London) Hugh Gibb, M.A.

Michael Lau, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. Y.W. Lau, B.A., Ph.D. D.H. Liu

Elizabeth Sinn, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. A.K.K. Siu, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

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June 24

July 15

Prof. Alan Griffiths

"Victorian Flower Power'

Mr. Phillip Bruce

"The Bogue Forts'

September 29

Dr. Elizabeth Sinn

'Kowloon Walled City' (repeat)

October 17

Rev. Carl Smith

"History of the Wanchai District'

October 28

Mr. Mitya New

'Expatriates in Pre-Revolutionary China'

November 27

Dr. Betty Wei Peh-T'i

'Shanghai: Crucible of Modern China'

February 8

Ms. Veronica Pearson

'Health and Welfare in Modern China'

February 27

Prof. Jean Chesneaux

'China in the eyes of French intellectuals'

Local tours were made to the following places of interest: Wanchai and the Ruttonjee Sanitorium (7 November, led by Rev. Carl Smith and Dr. Elizabeth Sinn), Stonecutters Island (3 December, led by Phillip Bruce), the Hong Kong Bank Picture Collection (18 December, led by Mrs. Anita Wilson), Tai Po and Island House (9 January, led by Dr. Patrick Hase) and Sam Tung Uk Museum and Tin Hau Temple in Tsuen Wan (10 February, led by Dr. James Hayes).

Tours outside Hong Kong included two visits to Shekou, Humen and the Bogue Forts on 18/19 and 25/26 July organised and led by Phillip Bruce, and an eight-day visit to the Yangtse River Gorges starting 29 August led by Dr. Michael Lau.

You will, I am sure, agree that these activities have given a great deal of pleasure to members of the Society. Our thanks and appre-

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THE HONG KONG BRANCH

OF THE

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY

Patron:

H.E. Sir David Wilson, K.C.M.G. Governor of Hong Kong

The Council, 1988

President:

J.W. Hayes, I.S.O., M.A., Ph.D., J.P.

Vice-Presidents:

D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P. Carl T. Smith, B.A., M.DIV.

Hon. Secretary:

Eveline M. Caldwell, M.A., M.B.C.S., F.Coll.P., M.I.E.E.

Hon. Treasurer:

Robert Nield, F.C.A., F.H.K.S.A.

Hon. Editors:

David Faure, B.A., Ph.D.

Hon. Librarian: Peter Yeung, B.A., M.L.S.

Councillors:

Phillip Bruce

Michael Lau, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. Y.W. Lau, B.A., Ph.D.

Elizabeth Sinn, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. A.K.K. Siu, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

P.H. Hase, B.A., Ph.D.

Anita Wilson, M.A.

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May 

9 

30 

June 

10-13 

27 

July 

11 

August 1 

October 1 

17 

November 1 

26 

December 1 

10 

January 6 

21 

February 24 

25 

March 

4 

10 

17 

"Women in China" (lecture: Dr. Maria Jaschok) Cocktail Party for New Members 

"Britain and Vietnam, 1948-1955" (lecture: Prof. Mary Turnbull) 

Visit to Foshan (organiser: Dr. Michael Lau) 

"Fortune & Safe Passage: Chinese Paper Folk Art (Kam Fa)" (lecture: Dr. Janet Lee Scott) 

1 

"Ancestors" (lecture: Mr. Frank Ching) 

"Pirates in the Pearl River Delta" (lecture: Prof. Dian Murray) 

Visit to Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong University (organiser: Dr. Michael Lau) 

**Introduction to Chinese Musical Instruments" (lecture: Prof. Tong Kin-woon) 

Chinese Dinner for Members 

Tour of Central Police Station and Royal Hong Kong Police Museum (organiser: Mr. Geoffrey Roper) "Jade Carving" and "Chinese Costume" (joint lecture: Mrs. Sydney Fung and Mrs. Valery Garrett) 

Walk around Western District (organiser: Dr. James Hayes and others) 

"Influenza: the Asian Connection" (lecture: Prof. K. F. Shortridge) 

Introduction to New Territories Villages (tour: organiser Dr. Patrick Hase) 

**Shanghai Entrepreneurs in Hong Kong" (lecture: Prof. Wong Siu-lun) 

Tour of Kowloon Walled City (organiser: Dr. James Hayes) 

Tour of Country Parks (organisers: Dr. James Hayes and Mr. K. C. Iu) 

"The Tale of the Norma Bell" (lecture: Mr. John Chetwynd-Chatwin) 

Annual General Meeting and Dinner 

We are grateful to all speakers and organisers, and following last year's innovation have continued the practice of inviting them to attend the Annual Dinner as guests of the Society. It is gratifying to report that eleven of them have accepted our invitation this year. In addition, we 

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ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY

Patron:

H.E. Sir David Wilson, K.C.M.G. Governor of Hong Kong

The Council, 1989

President:

J.W. Hayes, I.S.O., M.A., Ph.D., J.P.

Vice-Presidents:

D.A. Gilkes, M.A., C.A., J.P. Carl T. Smith, B.A., M.DIV.

Hon. Secretary:

Eveline M. Caldwell, M.A., M.B.C.S., F.Coll.P., M.I.E.E.

Hon. Treasurer:

Robert Nield, F.C.A., F.H.K.S.A.

Hon. Editors:

David Faure, B.A., Ph.D.

Hon. Librarian: Peter Yeung, B.A., M.L.S.

Councillors:

Phillip Bruce

Michael Lau, B.A., Dip.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. Y.W. Lau, B.A., Ph.D. Elizabeth Sinn, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. A.K.K. Siu, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

P.H. Hase, B.A., Ph.D.

Anita Wilson, M.A.

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The villagers had already gathered at the festival site when I arrived at half past nine in the morning. The red slips of paper etc., were carried by the people responsible on a tray, and, in some cases, a "pavilion", back to where they had been fetched from. In all cases, I believe, the person who carried the divinities was preceded by one of his companions who beat a gong. In some cases the procession included the "Keep quiet!" and "Keep clear!" banners.

I witnessed the case of the Hung-Fan Taam gods. On their arrival the villagers set up the temporary spirit tablets of the divinities at the site, and made offerings of tea, sweets, yun-bou and paper clothing to them. Then they burnt the spirit tablets as well as the paper offerings.

Ahern, Emily Martin

Brim, John A.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Cheng, Sui Kwan Faure, David

n.d. "Yuanlang Xinx", unpublished manuscript.

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Faure, David et. al (eds.) 1984 From Village to City: Studies in the Traditional Roots

Hayes, James W.

Kamm, John

of Hong Kong Society, Centre of Asian Studies. University of Hong Kong.

1983 The Rural Communities of Hong Kong: Studies and Themes, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press.

1977 "Field notes on the social history and fungshui of Kam Tin”, Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JHKBRAS) xvii, pp. 202-216.

Law, Suk-Ching and Lam Siu-Fung

1985 **Jintian Dengshi shixi bogian shi'', in Renleixie Zhou Tekan, pp. 2-14. The Anthropology Society, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

1984 "Village education in the New Territories region under the Ch'ing", in Faure et. al. (1984).

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Ng Lun, Alice Ngai Ha

Ng, Peter Y.L..

Ofuchi, Ninji

1983 Chugokujin no Shukyo Girei, Tokyo,

Saso, Michael R. Schipper, K.W.

1972 Taoism and the Rite of Cosmic Renewal, Washington.

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Siu, Anthony K.K.

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1982 "Zupu zhong suojian zhí shishi shili”, in Siu and Siu (1982), pp. 21-29.

1984 **The Hong Kong Region before and after the Coastal Evacuation in the Early Ch'ing Dynasty', in Faure
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year as your President. Have we coped, you may ask? Well, I believe we have, and for this I need to thank my fellow councillors for the very loyal and hard work they have put into ensuring that the Society's affairs run in a smooth and on the whole organised way. In particular mention must be made of Elizabeth Sinn for arranging a varied programme of activities and lectures, Carl Smith, for his loyal and perceptive encouragement, Patrick Hase, for arranging interesting visits and editing the Journal (perhaps the most arduous duty), Robert Nield for keeping us on the right financial track, for our team of ladies, Evelyn Caldwell our Secretary, a post which really holds the Society together, Anita Wilson for doing the newsletter, and our Assistant Secretary, Sharon Bruce, also our Librarian Y.C. Wan, and all those other Council members and helpers who help to make this Society tick and move forward.

So what have we done and where do we stand? I will start with the Programme. During the year there were the following talks and visits:

Talks:

Chang Tsong Zung

Peter Leeds

Michael Luk

Peter Steyn

James Hayes

Wang Gungwu

Miss May Wong

Anne and Stephen Selby

Sister Beatrice Leung

Susanna Hoe

Richard Stott

Visits

Hong Kong Art in the 80s

History of Transport in Hong Kong

The Origins of Chinese Bolshevism

Memories of India

The Libraries of the Royal Asiatic Societies in China

Western Scholarship, Asian Continuities

Changing Lifestyle of Young Japanese Women

Pidgin English on the China Coast

Sino-Vatican Relations and the Recent Developments of the Chinese Catholic Church

Gin and Bridge All Day: Myths about Western Women in Hong Kong 1841-1941

Hong Kong Birds

Visits were to Waglan Island, organized by Geoff Roper and Roger Perry, Wo Hang Mid-Autumn Festival visit organized by Dr. Patrick

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Dean. Kenneth “Revival of Religious Practices in Fujian: a Case Study in Pas. Julian F. (ed.) The Turning of the Tide: Religion in China Today (Hong Kong: Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society & Oxford Univ. Press, 1989), 72.

4

Mr. Pang Cheng-chuen (Peng Zheng-chuen), interviewed by author, Fanling, Dec. 30. 1990.

P

Dean. 54. A student of the University of Hong Kong told me on Feb. 3, 1991 that he saw, by chance, a Jiao festival in 1990. He could not recall the exact date and location. However, he was very sure, from the celebrating flower boards, that it was a Jiao festival.

K

Ibid., 776.

Liu Zhi-wan, Taibeishi Songshan qi an jian jiao jidian, Institute of Ethnology Academia Sinica Monograph, no. 14, (Taipei: The Institute, 1967). Besides Liu, the research team from the Academia Sinica included Song Lung-fei and Xu Jia-ming. Song's paper concentrated on aspects of folk architecture and decoration while Xu focused on the economic and social aspects. See Song Lung-fei "Song-shan jian jiao jiao tan jianzhu di zhuan shi Yi shu" Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica 25 (1968): 157-217; Xu Jia-ming: "Songshan jian jiao yu shequ" Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica 25 (1968): 109-153.

4

Li Zian-zhang. "Daojiao jiaoyi di kaizhan yu xiandai di jiao” Sinological Researches 5 (1968): 261.

Ibid., p. 201.

Saso, Michael R., Taoism and the Rite of Cosmic Renewal (Washington: Washington State Univ. Press, 1972), 34.

Law, Joan & B.E. Ward, Chinese Festivals (Hong Kong: South China Morning Post, 1982), 83.

Okada, Yuzuru, Kiso Shakai (Tokyo: Kobundo, 1949).

See Brim, John A. “Village Alliance Temples in Hong Kong" in Wolf. A.P. (ed.) Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society (Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press, 1974), 93–103; and Suenari, Michio "Sonbyo to sonkyo: Taiwan Hakka shuraku no jirei kara” [Village temple and village boundary: a case study of the Hakka communities in Taiwan] Bunka Jinna Gaku [Cultural Anthropology] (1985) 2:255-260.

15 Ueno, Hiroko, "Taiwan nanbo no osho to sonraku: Tainanken hito saishiken no sonraku aida kankei" (Wang Jiao and villages in southern Taiwan: worshipping area and village relationship] Bunka Jinriú Gaku 5 (1988): 64-82.

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Taylor, W.A. "The Spirit Festival" Bulletin of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival 1980 (Cheung Chau: n.p., 1980), 39-41. (reprinted from Wide World Magazine, Dec. 1953). The annual Cheung Chau Jiao festival is better known to westerners as the Bun festival because of the three tall "bun mountains" erected at the ritual area. The festival is the most studied Jiao festival in Hong Kong probably due to the fact that (1) the island is comparatively easy to get to, (2) it is celebrated every year and (3) it is widely publicized by the Hong Kong Tourist Information Bureau. Besides Tanaka's accounts (see note 36), see also Jonathan Chamberlain and Ian Lambot's photographic account. The Bun Festival of Cheung Chau (Hong Kong Studio Publications, 1990).

דן

I owe my interest in the Jiao festival to Prof. Ward who first introduced me to Jiao festivals in 1980. She then suggested that I participate in the Jiao festival in Kau Lau Wan.

K

Law & Ward, 83-84.

Hayes, James W., The Rural Communities of Hong Kong: Studies and Themes (Hong
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Mr. David Sheil Mr. Michael Kirkbride Mr. Yip Cho-hong

Mr. Philip Bruce (twice)

and Mr. David Mahoney

Dr. James Hayes Mr. K. Leung

Mr. Tao Ho

Mr. Charles Walker

Tibetan Rugs

Hong Kong: a Landscape History Preparing for the Future: Our First

15 years in the Antiquities Office Second to None: The Hong Kong Volunteers and the Battle of Hong Kong

Tsuen Wan: 1887 to 1987

Civilians Under Japanese

Occupation

Western Market

Eric Lidell

There have also been the following trips/tours over the last year since I last reported. Dr. Patrick Hase and Dr. Graeme Lang organised a trip to Wong Tai Sin, and three visits have been organised by Mr. Philip Bruce namely the Bogue Forts in the Pearl river Delta, the Colonial Cemetery and Chek Lap Kok in conjunction with Mr. Bill Meacham (again and probably the last), Mr. John Wilson organised a trip to the Shing Mun Redoubt in keeping again with the Society's sights on the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong. Dr Patrick Hase and Mr. Philip Bruce did not also forget to look after our gastronomical and liquid desires since the former organised our annual Chinese dinner at the City Hall, and the latter our resuscitated Christmas cocktail party at the Volunteer Officer's mess at Beaconsfield house. Since the new year we have also been well taken care of by a visit to the South Side of Hong Kong Island organised jointly by Mrs. Rosemary Lee who took us to the war cemetery at Stanley, Mr. Michael Kirkbride who expanded on Keteleeria Trees, and Colonel Douglas Fox who showed us how the South side of the island and Stanley Fort in particular was fortified in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Colonel Douglas Fox also led a very successful trip to Stonecutters Island. This was followed in quick succession by a tour to more of the remote parts of Lamma Island led by our honourary secretary Mr. David St. Maur Sheil. And more recently we had a very successful if rather wet trip to Xiamen, organised by Mrs. Anita Wilson and Mrs. Rosemary Lee, and a very comprehensive tour of Tsuen Wan led by Dr. James Hayes. To all these organisers may I extend our thanks and sincere appreciation.

Our local tours are very popular as many members, who were not able to get on some, found: the Council is very conscious of this problem,

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1984. Collecting Business Papers of Chinese Enterprises in Hong Kong. In Research Materials for Hong Kong Studies 47-55. Edited by Alan Birch. Hong Kong: Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.

He, Wenxiang. 1989. Xianggang Jiezushi (History of Hong Kong's big families). Hong Kong.
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1981 The Predicament of the Comprador Ideologists. He Qia and Hu Liyuan In Modern China 7/2- 191-225

1993 Hong Kong in Chinese History A Study of Community and Social Unrest from 1842 to 1913 New York, Columbia University Press

Wang, Gungwu 1990 The Culture of Chinese Merchants Working Paper Series No 57 Ontario: Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto-York University Also adopted in Wang (1991) 181-90

1991 China and the Chinese Overseas Singapore, Academic Press

Wang, Jingyu 1965 Shijiu shiji waiguo qinhua qiye zhong de huashang fugu yundong (The activities of Chinese merchants to buy capital-shares from the foreign aggressive enterprises in China during the late nineteenth century) In Lishi Yanjiu 1965/4

1983a Tang Tingshu yanjiu (A study of Tang Tingshu) Beijing, Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Chubanshe

1983b. Shijiu shiji xifang ziben zhuyi dui Zhongguo de jingji qinlue (The economic invasion of western capitalism on China in nineteenth century) Beijing, Renmin Chubanshe

1990 Shilun Jindai Zhongguo de maiban jieji (A preliminary discussion on modern Chinese compradors) In Lishi Yanjiu 1990/3, 89-108

Wang, Shui 1983. Qingdai maiban shouru de guji jiqi shiyong fangshi (An assessment of compradors' income and its spending ways in Qing dynasty). In Zhongguo Shehui Kexueyuan Jingji Yanjiusuo Jikan 5 298-324

1984. Maiban de jingji diwei he zhengzhi qingxiang (The economic achievement and political tendency of compradors) In Zhongguo Shehui Kexueyuan Jingji Yanjiusuo Jikan 7 255-93

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1986 Modernization and Chinese Culture in Hong Kong. In China Quarterly. 106. 306-25

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'Fire Dragon' Mid-Autumn Festival -

Tai Hang

Party for Dr. James Hayes

Geoff Roper

Michael Kirkbride

Prof. Tong Kin Woon

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Chinese Music

Elizabeth Sinn

Visit to the New Territories

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Kam Tin

Patrick Hase

Visit to Devil's Peak

Visit to Royal Observatory

Visit to Mai Po marshes

Visit to the Exhibition of Painting

by Nancy Wu

John Wilson

Elizabeth Sinn

& Rosemary Lee

Dan Waters

& Rosemary Lee

Michael Lau

There was, as you see, another expedition to Chek Lap Kok! This really will be the last one until the new airport is completed, after which you will undoubtedly be able to visit it as much as you can afford to.

I would like to thank all those who took the time and effort to organise these visits and expeditions.

The programme committee is also responsible for organising our lecture programme and those of us who have been able to attend them will, I think, agree that the standard has been well maintained. Without detracting from the other lectures, I would like to highlight the two lectures at the beginning of January 1993, where we were fortunate to have two prominent academics in the form of Professor Hugh Baker, Professor of Chinese at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, and Professor James Watson from Columbia University. The full list of lectures and speakers are as follows:

Lecture

Speaker

American Chinese Film Making

Shirley Sum

Central Highlanders of Vietnam

Grant Evans

Cambodia: Is Peace Possible

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Peter Leeds
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The book is therefore both factual and interesting, and at times even amusing. The reader is thus able to learn much about Hong Kong's new town development process through the personal insights of many of its past and present inhabitants. The result is therefore a very readable variety of perspectives on the growth of Tsuen Wan, from government and newcomers alike, but perhaps more than any other through the eyes of the many indigenous inhabitants who grew up with the early town and endured the heady expansion of the 1960s and 70s.

Having worked on parts of the Hong Kong new town story before, the reviewer is well aware of how much remains to be learned and told of this amazing story which has been created largely over the last thirty-five years. In this book James Hayes has added a large and unique addition to that academic enterprise, and has been kind enough to add some very important gaps in our knowledge of that story that only he could fill. For that we should be grateful, for the result is a text that not only gives the wider public the first detailed account of just how one of Hong Kong's nine new towns has developed, but perhaps even more importantly it has been put into a social and cultural context that has rarely been touched upon before. It can well be said that a town is its people. In Tsuen Wan: Growth of a 'New Town' and Its People James Hayes has given us the very best of an account of how such a new community has grown up to form one of the dynamic new centres of contemporary Hong Kong.

MICHAEL BRISTOW

Anne Birrell, Chinese Mythology: An Introduction. Baltimore and London, John Hopkins University Press, 1993. xix + 322 pp. Bibliography. Indices.

Anne Birrell's Chinese Mythology is unquestionably the best book on the subject in print in English. Despite Birrell's obvious and acknowledged debt to Yuan Ke's works in Chinese, her book is a vast improvement over Yuan Ke's recent publication in English, Dragons and Dynasties (Penguin), which supplies a single version of each myth (usually a composite of several versions), with no attribution to any Chinese text. Birrell's Mythology is to be applauded for the care with which it lists variant versions of the same myth and gathers different myths on the same theme. All the major subjects in early Chinese myth
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together with his wife Edith, re-visited Hong Kong. So did Past President Dr James Hayes who gave an entertaining, illustrated talk to our Branch about his army days, in Hong Kong and Korea, in the early 1950s. We were delighted to see these three old friends once again.

It is always sad when old friends depart, for whatever reason, and we are sorry to have to report the passing of two of our overseas members in Britain: the Reverend Cyril Clarke and Mr G Harden. We are also sad to record the passing of Lady May Ride who was a strong supporter of our Branch from 1960 right up to her death after she had moved to England. May they all rest in peace. In addition other members resigned and some left, we later discovered, without informing us which complicates the keeping of our records. As a matter of general interest, there appears to be no founding member (who joined in 1960) who is still active in our Branch today.

Membership drive

Because of reduced membership, strenuous attempts have been made to increase numbers in various ways. For instance a successful photographic exhibition, on the Landmark Building's Overhead Walkway in Central, was mounted at the end of May, 1998 (see Appendix C). The major organisers for this event were Robert Nield and Tim Ko, assisted at planning stage by Philip Bruce and Arthur Hacker. Their efforts were greatly appreciated as was the help of a large number of other members, including Dr Michael Lau who did the Chinese translation.

In addition to the successful Landmark Exhibition (no pun intended), the RAS message has been spread in various other ways. This has included the President and members giving talks to, or liaising with, approaching 20 associations, such as the Corona Society, Dante Alighieri and the Hong Kong Natural History Society. Reciprocal arrangements with other societies are obviously important and, in some cases, other associations have been very supportive. Councillors have also taken part in radio and television programmes and our Branch is to be allocated space by the British Consulate on the Internet. For all this assistance we are grateful to many different organisations.

We are also grateful to RAS members Bob and Sally Bunker and

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November 1889.

18 Ibid.

19 The China Mail, 23rd November 1865.

20 Although the Colonial Cemetery was referred to as 'the Protestant Cemetery' in most 19th century government notifications (starting from HKGG Notification 120 of 15th November 1856) and maps, the ordinance to set apart certain section of the cemetery to be used as a burial ground for persons professing the Christian religion only had its first reading in the Legislative Council in November 1909. See Smith (1985), NOTES FOR A VISIT TO THE GOVERNMENT CEMETERY AT HAPPY VALLEY, The Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol.25, pp. 17-26. The earliest Chinese name of the cemetery that could be traced is, see HKGG Notification 92 of 6th October 1859. In some 19th century tourist guides, the cemetery was simply called 'the Anglican cemetery,' e.g., A HAND-BOOK TO HONGKONG BEING A POPULAR GUIDE TO THE VARIOUS PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE COLONY, FOR THE USE OF TOURISTS (1893), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, p. 94. The cemetery was renamed 'Hong Kong Cemetery' in the 1970s.

21 Levien, Michael (ed) (1982), NAVEL SURGEON: The Voyages of Dr. Edward H. Cree, Royal Navy, as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 89. Dr. Cree had also made a water-colour sketch of the funeral of Brodie which is shown on p. 90 in the same book. Both the graves of Brodie and Wilson are still lying in the Hong Kong Cemetery.

22 This burial ground in Wan Chai had been referred to as 'the old Colonial Cemetery, see HKGG Notification 447 of 2nd November 1889. A list of the tombstones removed from the burial ground in Wan Chai to the Colonial Cemetery can be found in the same notification.

23 Eitel,
P. 246.

24 See Blue Book, 1845, p. 40, or HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG 1841 - 1930 (1932), Hong Kong: Government Printer, p. 4. However, one source suggests the cemetery was opened on 1 February 1844, see Hayes (1970), COACH TOUR OF EASTERN HONG KONG ISLAND 19TH OCTOBER, 1969, The Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol.10, p. 190.
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'Decision to Establish the Task Force for Cooperation with Foreign Legal Experts; Decree 55$Sr, 10 August 1999.

* Ea Meng Try: Victims and Perpetrators? Testimony of Young Khmer Rouge Comrades, Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, 2001. See also Rasy Pheng Pong: "Tuy Kin: A Traumatized Perpertrator" Searching for the Truth, special English Edition, Third Quarter 2003, page 23.

* Sok Siphana: Formation of a Legal and Judicial Reform Strategy for Cambodia, Cambodia Legal Resources Development Center, Phnom Penh, 2002, page 41-42.

"See the statement of the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Cambodian Defenders Project and Legal Aid of Cambodia reproduced in Michael Hayes: "Cambodian Lawyers United for UN Trial”, Phnom Penh Post, page 1-14 October 1999.

11 See CUL Seminar on Judicial Functions, Phnom Penh, 5-23 July 1993, reproduced in Basil Fernando (ed) Problems Facing the Cambodian legal System, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong, 1998, at page 133.

Tom Fawthrop: "Khmer Rouge trial makes legal history", Phnom Penh Post, 5-18 January 2001.

11 Richard Woodd: "Guillotine aimed at KR trial funds", Phnom Penh Post, 2-15 July 2004, page 1 and 3.

14 See Stephen Heder with Brian Tittlemore, Seven Candidates for the Prosecution: Accountability for the Crimes of the Khmer Rouge, 2nd edition, 2004, Documentation Centre of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, page 1.

15 Australia, for example, has supported capacity building of the Cambodian legal system, and has also committed to a voluntary contribution for the proposed Tribunal.

16 See, for example, the Report to the General Assembly A/58/268 (15 August 2003) Role and Achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights.

17

"Ea Meng Try: Justice and Reconciliation, MA Dissertation, Coventry University, September 2003, page 27-31.
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