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Thomas Ernest Pearce

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spent nearly half a century working in China as a missionary and translator, and was closely associated with the educational development in Hong Kong. Pearce went to boarding school in Blackheath, South London, from 1896–99; he attended the School for the Sons of Missionaries, the predecessor of
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Hong Kong Business Symposium: A Compilation of Authoritative Views on the Administration, Commerce, and Resources of Britain's Far Eastern Outpost
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in 1922 and set up a branch office in Canton in 1929 which ceased to operate in 1941. He was also director and chairman of the
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in March 1939 until Japan invaded Hong Kong in 1941. He was a member of the Hong Kong Defence Reserve. During the
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Pearce was a sportsman and played cricket for Hong Kong. He was also the Chairman of the
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Waters, Dan (1991). "Hong Kong Hongs with Long Histories and British Connections".
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Pearce was born on 19 February 1883. His father Rev. Thomas William Pearce,
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in 1903, Pearce acquired a controlling share in the company from
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Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch
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in 1921 and was appointed member of the Court of the
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Index

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
O.B.E
LL.D.
Eltham College
J. D. Hutchison & Co.
John Duflon Hutchison
P. S. Cassidy
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Justice of the Peace
University of Hong Kong
Legislative Council
Battle of Hong Kong
North Point Power Station
Hong Kong Jockey Club
Thomas Alexander Pearce
J. L. C. Pearce
John D. Hutchison
John D. Hutchison & Co.
P. S. Cassidy
J. J. Paterson
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
C. Gordon Mackie
G. Miskin
A. L. Shields
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
J. J. Paterson
Unofficial Member
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
M .T. Johnson
Hong Kong Jockey Club

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