Wei A. Yuk
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Sir Boshan Wei Yuk CBE |
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| Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 3 December 1896 – 11 October 1917 |
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| Appointed by | Sir William Robinson Sir Henry Arthur Blake Sir Frederick Lugard Sir Francis Henry May |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Ho Fook |
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| Born | 1849 British Hong Kong |
| Died | 16 December 1921 (aged 72) British Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Wei Yuk (m. 1892–1921) |
| Alma mater |
Central Government School Leicester Stoneygate School Dollar Academy |
| Occupation | Compradore |
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| Traditional Chinese | 韋寶珊 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wàih Bóu-sāan |
| Jyutping | Wai4 Bou2-saan1 |
Sir Boshan Wei Yuk, CBE (1849 – 16 December 1921) was a prominent Hong Kong businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Sir Boshan was born in Hong Kong in 1849, the son of Wei Kwong, an adopted son of an American missionary and the head compradore of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China. His brothers Wei An and Wei Pei were a solicitor and barrister respectively. He married the eldest daughter of Wong Shing, the second Chinese member to be appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1892. Wei received classic Chinese private education and studied at the Government Central School (today known as Queen's College).
Sir Boshan was one of the first Chinese to go abroad for Western Education. He proceeded to England in 1867 where he entered the Leicester Stoneygate School. He went to Scotland in 1868 and studied at the Dollar Academy for four years. He returned to Hong Kong after a European tour in 1872.
Sir Boshan entered the service of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China. Practicing the Chinese custom, he retired form its service for three years when his father died in 1879 and rejoined as compradore and held the position for nearly sixty years.
Sir Boshan was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1883 and an unofficial member of the Legislative Council in 1896, representing the Chinese community alongside Sir Ho Kai.
In the 1908–09 session presided by Governor Sir Frederick Lugard, an Ordinance to amend the Magistrate's Ordinance 1890 and to effect certain other amendments in the criminal law was tabled in the Legislative Council, criminalising the Chinese habit of spitting in and out of doors were strongly dissented by Sir Ho Kai and Sir Boshan, on the ground that to penalise a universal and almost involuntary habit would antagonise the whole Chinese population. A petition movement with 8,000 signature were launched and defeated the legislation.
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