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  2. Four big families of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    The four big families of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港四大家族) [1] [not specific enough to verify] is a term used to describe the four business families that historically rose to prominence and became influential in Hong Kong. [2] In order of influence, they are the Li, Ho, Lo and Hui families. [2]

  3. Hongkongers - Wikipedia

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    Thus, immigrants from Guangdong and their descendants have long constituted the majority of the ethnic Chinese residents of Hong Kong, which accounts for the city's broad Cantonese culture. The Cantonese language , a form of Yue Chinese , is the primary language of Hong Kong and that used in the media and education. [ 29 ]

  4. Five Great Clans of the New Territories - Wikipedia

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    Descendants of Tang of Kam Tin further spread to Ha Tsuen, Tsz Tin Tsuen, Lung Yeuk Tau, Sha Tau Kok, Tai Po Tau, and other places. [3] Tangs also built ancestral and study halls, and markets near the villages, notably markets of Yuen Long and Tai Po, which were considered to have greatly contributed the development of New Territories.

  5. Culture of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    As the majority of the population in Hong Kong are descendants of migrants from China's Canton Province, the vast majority speak standard Cantonese or other Yue Chinese varieties as a first language, with smaller numbers of speakers of Hakka Language or the Teochew dialect of Southern Min. In addition, immigrants and expatriates from the West ...

  6. Tang Clan - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the largest ancestral halls in Hong Kong, it was built in the early 16th century in memory of the founding ancestor, Tang Chung Ling (鄧松嶺) (1303–1387), the sixth generation descendant of the clan. It is situated on a site in between Lo Wai and Tsz Tong Tsuen. It is a three-hall building with the "dong chung" placed at the ...

  7. Sassoon family - Wikipedia

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    The family's businesses in China, and Hong Kong especially, were built to capitalise on the opium business. [1] His business extended to China – where Sassoon House (now the north wing of the Peace Hotel) on the Bund in Shanghai became a noted landmark – and then to England. In each branch, he maintained a rabbi. His wealth and munificence ...

  8. Aw family - Wikipedia

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    Dato [1] [2] Aw Kow (Chinese: 胡蛟) D.K.L.P., B.B.M., adopted son of Aw Boon Haw; he was the managing director of Sin Chew Jit Poh and the owner of Eastern Sun; [3] [4] he was invited to the Fujian Provincial Assembly in 1947; [5] he married Tan (Chinese: 陳家裕, also known as Datin Aw Kow), daughter of a pastor from the Methodist church; she chaired Eastern Sun.

  9. List of Hakka people - Wikipedia

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    Name (Hakka pronunciation) Chinese name Birth-Death Born Ancestry Description Lai Enjue [2] (Lai En Cheok) 赖恩爵: 1795–1848: Shenzhen: Zijin, Guangdong: Admiral (水师提督), Guangdong Navy, 1843–1848; Commander, Battle of Kowloon, First Opium War, 1839; Just before Lai died due to illness, he told his family clan that his wish was to see the return of Hong Kong to China; Ten days ...