Mr. Wei Yuk who, as you doubtless know, figures among the Birthday Honours has spent wuch time during his long lifetime in efforts to promote the welfare of the Colony of Hongkong, especially amongst the Chinese. Ie has served on many Commissions, and it is agreeable to many here that his services have been thus recog: 7 the King. He was born in 1849, in Hongkong, and was educated partly here and then in England and Scotland. After a tour through Europe, he entered the service of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of Indias, London and China, compradore. At the death of his father he conformed to the good old Chinese usage and retired into mourning for three years, and then re-entered the same service. He has been an unofficial member of the Legislative Council since 1896, and represents the Chinese section of the community. Mr. Wei Yuk was presented with a medal and letter of thanks from the Chinese comwunity after the terrible plague scour se of 1894. It appears that seventeen years ago he projected a railway between Kowloon and Canton, but, at that time, the hour was not ripe for the attempt.
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