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HISTORY

licences to practise by the Governor." It was to Hong Kong, therefore, and its College of Medicine, later to expand into the University of Hong Kong, that Dr. Sun Yat-sen was indebted for the opportunity to acquire the scholastic background which was to bear fruit in China.

The establishment of the Alice Memorial Hospital for Chinese, under the auspices of the

of the London Missionary Society, also dates from this period. It was only one of many contributions by this worthy institution to the amelioration of the lot of poor and needy Chinese.

Another important institution inaugurated at this time (1889) was Queen's College which provided accom- modation for 924 scholars, subsequently increased. This school has been the Alma mater of a large number of local boys who later in life were to distinguish them- selves in Hong Kong and in other places.

A period followed that is noteworthy principally for extensive reclamation work and roadbuilding, in the furtherance of which Sir Paul Chater took a leading part. Earnest endeavours by the authorities to promote interest among the Chinese to acquire more than a mere smattering of English have also to be recorded, in which connexion Sir Kai Ho Kai and E. R. Belilios figured prominently.

Overcrowding had already begun to be a problem in the Colony and in 1882 a Sanitary Commissioner, Oswald Chadwick, was sent to Hong Kong and as a result of his report a Sanitary Board was set up. Improvements in sanitation did not follow, however,

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