Who's Who in the Far East/HO KAI, Dr.
HO KAI, Dr. (HONGKONG), C.M.C.; M.B., C.M., Aberdeen, M.R.C.S. England, senior equity scholar, 1881, Lincoln's Inn; Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council representing the Chinese, and Justice of the Peace; b. Hongkong, 1859; 4th s. of late Rev. Ho Tsun Shin, of London Missionary Society; m. Alice (d. 1884), e. d. of late John Walkden, of Blackheatb. Educ.: Palmer House School, Margate; Aberdeen University; St. Thomas's Medical and Surgical College; Lincoln's Inn. Practised ns a Barrister-at-Law since 1882; served as a member of the Sanitary Board, 10 years; Public Works Committee, 5 years; acted, and is still acting, as a member of the following Boards, Committees, etc.: The Legislative Council; the Standing Law Committee, since 1890; the Examination Board, since 1895; the Medical Board; the Po Leung Kuk Committee, and the District Watchmen Committee, since 1894; the governing body of the Free Hospitals. 1887; the College of Medicine for the Chinese, Lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence and Rector's Assessor, since 1900; the governing body of Queen's College, since 1901; the Qualified Architects' Advisory Board; the Interpretation Board; created C.M.G., 1902. Publications: A Critical Essay on China, the Sleep and Awakening, 1887 (English and Chinese); a letter addressed to Lord Charles Beresford on the Open Door, 1899; an open letter addressed to John Bull on the Boxer rising, 1900; articles on Sir R. Hart's Memorandum on the Land Tax of China, and Army and Navy Scheme, 1904; published in Chinese only Reformation in China, 1895; the Foundation of Reformation in China, 1898; Criticisms on the Views of Kang Yau Wei, 1898; The Best Means of Effecting Reformation in China, 1898; Criticisms on the Views of Viceroy Chang Chi Tung, especially on his recent work, Encouragement to Learning, 1899; Persons Responsible for Reformation in China, 1900; Two Critical Essays on the Progress of Reformation in China, 1900. Address: 7, West Terrace, Hongkong.