The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pok Fu Lam,Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong.
Sir Michael David Kadoorie,GBS is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman,and the chairman and 18% owner of CLP Group,Hong Kong's largest electricity producer. He also owns 47% of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels. He is a member of the Kadoorie family.
Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon,3rd Baronet was an Italian businessman and hotelier from the wealthy Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon merchant and banking family.
The Shanghai International Settlement originated from the merger in the year 1863 of the British and American enclaves in Shanghai,in which British and American citizens would enjoy extraterritoriality and consular jurisdiction under the terms of unequal treaties agreed by both parties. These treaties were abrogated in 1943.
Sir Hormusjee Naorojee Mody was an Indian Parsi businessman in Hong Kong. He lived in Hong Kong for 50 years,during which he worked for the colony and founded the University of Hong Kong.
The Broadway Mansions is a nineteen-floor Art Deco five-star hotel in Shanghai,China. and was for over five decades one of the primary symbols of Shanghai.
A hong was a type of Chinese merchant establishment and its associated type of building. Hongs arose in Guangzhou as intermediaries between Western and Chinese merchants during the 18–19th century,under the Canton System.
Jews were among the first settlers after Hong Kong became a British colony in 1841. The first Jews arrived in Hong Kong from various parts of the British Empire as merchants and colonial officials. Among the first wave,the Baghdadi Jews stood out especially,including representatives of the influential families of Sassoon and Kadoorie. The construction of the Ohel Leah Synagogue in 1901 marked the beginning of a fully fledged religious life for the city's local Jews.
Sir Sassoon Jacob Hai David,1st Baronet,was an Indian merchant who was a member of the community of Baghdadi Jews who lived in Bombay from the late 19th century into the 20th century. He was a textile mill-owner and merchant who also became Chairman of the Bank of India.
Edward Isaac Ezra was a wealthy Jewish businessman,who was the first member of the Shanghai Municipal Council who was actually born in China,and who was at one time "one of the wealthiest foreigners in Shanghai". According to one report,Ezra amassed a vast fortune estimated at from twenty to thirty million dollars primarily through the importation of opium,and successful real estate investment and management in early twentieth century Shanghai. Ezra was the largest stockholder and the managing director of Shanghai Hotels Ltd.,and its major financier,and controlled such hotels as the Astor House Hotel in Shanghai.
Arnhold Holdings Ltd is a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is a leading name in the distribution of building materials and engineering equipment in China. It is the corporate descendant of Arnhold,Karberg &Co.,a company founded in 1857,and prominent "amongst the merchants who have contributed largely to the development of China's commerce" in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Employing more than 650 people,its headquarters has been in Hong Kong since 1949,with sales offices in both Shanghai and Macau.
William Herbert Vacher was a prominent British merchant and banker who was a member of the Shanghai Municipal Council,a chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai,founding manager of the London branch of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
Bertram Lenox Simpson (1877–1930) was a British author who wrote about China under the pen name "B. L. Putnam Weale". Lenox Simpson was the son of Clare Lenox-Simpson,who had been in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service since 1861;he had a brother,Evelyn,a mining engineer who worked in China,and a sister,Esme. His education was at Brighton College,after which he too joined the Service. He was in China during the Boxer Rebellion and during the siege of the legations. After this,he became Brigade Interpreter for the British Expeditionary Force.
Felice Lieh–Mak is a Hong Kong physician,psychiatrist,academician,editor and retired civil servant,and emeritus professor at the University of Hong Kong.
Sir Henry Cowper Gollan CBE KC was a British lawyer and judge. He served as attorney general and chief justice of a number of British colonies in the early 20th century. His last position before retirement was as Chief Justice of Hong Kong.
David Sassoon &Co.,Ltd. was a trading company operating in the 19th century and early 20th century predominantly in India,China and Japan.
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch is an organisation to encourage interest in Asia broadly,with an emphasis on Hong Kong. The society was founded in 1847 and folded 1859. It was revived on December 28,1959. Its parent association is the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
E.D. Sassoon &Co.,Ltd. was a trading company operating in the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century predominantly in India,China and Japan.
Movana Chen is a multidisciplinary,Hong Kong–based,female artist,and curator. Her works combine elements of fashion,performance,and sculpture. She is known for her practice of knitting shredded and printed pages into wearable pieces and her artworks have been presented in exhibitions and events in Hong Kong,Beijing,Seoul,London and Paris.
Sir Joseph Edward Hotung was a Hong Kong businessman,art collector,and philanthropist.
