Who's Who in the Far East/HO TUNG, or HO HIU SHANG
HO TUNG, or HO HIU SHANG (HONGKONG), J.P.; Merchant and property owner; I. Dec. 22, 1862; m. 1881. Editc.: Private Chinese Schools; Central School, Hongkong, and Queen's College, Hongkong. Joined Chinese Indoor Staff of I.M. Customs, Canton, after leaving school; resigned in 1880 and joined firm of Jardine, Matheson and Co., Hongkong, as assistant Compradore, and Manager of the native branch of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., and Canton Insurance Co., Ltd.; appointed Chief Compradore, 1894, and retired in 1900; Donor of Kowloon School for Children of British Parentage; Chairman of Board of Directors of Tung Wall Hospital, 1899; 1st Chairman of Chinese Club, founded in 1899; member of Committees of Diamond Jubilee, South African War Fund, Japanese War Fund, Kwangsi Famine Fund; Director of Humphreys' Estate and Finance Co., Ltd., and Hongkong Reclamation Co., Ltd. Clubs: The Chinese. Address:"Idlewild," Seymour Road, Hongkong.