Who's Who in the Far East/CUNNINGHAM, Alfred
CUNNINGHAM, Alfred (HONGKONG), General Manager and Editor "South China Morning Post"; 6. Paddington, London, Dec. 7, 1870; 2nd s. of F. Cunningham, London, journalist. Articled journalist, London, 1884; general London and provincial experience; filled editorial appointments, Singapore, Shanghai and Hongkong; served in Chino-Japanese war as special correspondent; was special correspondent for " New York Journal " with Spanish forces in Philippines, Spanish-American war; special correspondent at Chinese Rebellion at Tset Tze Lin, and in 1905 for "Daily Mail " and " New York Sun " at Camrang Bay with the Baltic Fleet; special correspondent for South China for the New York " Sun "; Secretary to the Public Committee whose petition secured the appointment of Royal Commission of Inquiry into the sanitary condition of Hongkong; gold Medallist of Hanoi Exposition of 1902; founded the "South China Morning Post," 1903. Publications: Special articles on Siberia, 1899; " The French in Tonkin and South China,"" The Chinese Soldier and other Sketches," and "Scrutator's Letters on the Insanitary condition of Hongkong." Clubs: Hongkong; St. George's, Hongkong. Address: Hongkong.