HIS385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kai Ho, Sassoon Family, Comprador
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Jan31/2014: they used their wealth to established community institutions, charity, etc. in order to acquire power, influence, therefore, wealth charity power prestige. 1880: 1 chinese elected in the legislative council. 1900: 16 chinese elected in the legislative council. Influence limited on chinese affairs: no colony-wide influence, provide only advice pertaining to chinese population in hong kong. Collaboration with chinese leaders and the west access to the west for the chinese: chinese: obtained useful command of the english language. More willing to accept non-chinese ideas, more open to implementing western. Have settlement colonies, colonies for resources/market for british goods. Hk as british headquarters: east asian trade: regional base for others (non-british traders, i. e. other western traders) The existence of the deep harbour helped hong kong prosper (?) Encourage people to use hk as a port. Gov"t of hk did not impose import/export tax on goods lots of traders saw it as an attractive feature of.
