HIS385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: De Facto, Tung Wah Hospital, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
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Pre-1841 ties --> influence +pidgin english: with the wealth and their influence o o. The combination of these two things gave these smugglers a leadership role in hong. Place of worship: civil and martial gods. Open to all, unlike ancestral temple o. This is very different from chinese temples: only people from the particular clan will be allowed to receive and worship their god. Became a place for the leaders to discuss events regarding the chinese community: members of the chinese community would gather and discuss matters o o. School provided by the temple teaching confusion theories. In the 50s - 60s onwards, another new immigrants came to hong kong. These people will bring families to hong kong, they need to find education opportunities. 1850 - 65 : taiping rebellion in china. Many people fled due to farm land destroyed. They gradually replace the smugglers as leaders of hong kong.
