Book 2 Unit 13 - British Administration Since 1842

  1. Who became the first governor of Hong Kong?

    2. Sir Henry Pottinger became the first governor of Hong Kong.

  2. What were the two main parts of the Hong Kong government at that beginning?

    3. The Executive Council and Legislative Council were the two main parts of the Hong Kong Government at

    that beginning.

  3. What was the Urban Council called in the beginning?

    4. It was called Sanitary Board.

  4. Why did the Hong Kong government start building reservoirs?

    5. The water drunk by the population was collected from streams and wells and it was the main reason for causing disease. The reservoirs were built to improve the sanitary conditions.

  5. Which were the first two reservoirs built?

    6. The Pokfulam and Tai Lam reservoirs.

  6. What kind of schools did Hong Kong have at first in the early 1840s?

    7. Private and charity schools where students learned hoe to write and to do simple calculations.

  7. Which was the first government school built? What was its name afterwards?

    8. It was the Central School. Its name was Queen's College afterwards.

  8. When was the University of Hong Kong formed?

    9. It formed in 1912.

  9. What was established in 1844 to keep law and order?

    10. Police Force was established in 1844.

  10. Why were punishments not too effective in the beginning?

    11. It was because the convicts could not be sentenced to imprisonment for more than four years.

  11. What was done then to increase the effectiveness of keeping law and order?

    12. The degree of punishments imposed on the convicts was increased and capital punishment was imposed.

  12. What did they find out from the first census of the population of Hong Kong?

    13. They found out the economic characteristics of the Chinese population as farmers, fishermen, pedlars,

    merchants and manual labourers.

  13. What 3 factors or things made the population of Hong increase rapidly in the years from the 1850s to about

1931?

  1. Because of the Taiping Uprising in the mainland of China, people came to Hong Kong to search for

peace and order.

  1. Because of the acquisition of Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories, the population grew.

  1. Because of the civil wars after the overthrown of Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong provided a heaven for

many Chinese refugees.

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