34 Facts About Wei Yuk

Wei Yuk married the eldest daughter of Wong Shing, the second Chinese member to be appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1892.

Wei Yuk received classic Chinese private education and studied at the Government Central School.

Wei Yuk was one of the first Chinese to go abroad for Western Education.

Wei Yuk proceeded to England in 1867 where he entered the Leicester Stoneygate School.

Wei Yuk went to Scotland in 1868 and studied at the Dollar Academy for four years.

Wei Yuk returned to Hong Kong after a European tour in 1872.

Wei Yuk entered the service of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China.

Wei Yuk was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1883 and an unofficial member of the Legislative Council in 1896, representing the Chinese community alongside Kai Ho.

Boshan Wei Yuk was reappointed for further six-year terms in 1902 and 1908, and a further three-year term in 1914.

Wei Yuk was associated with the official proclamation of the accession of King Edward VII and King George V Wei Yuk was a member of the Hong Kong Jubilee Committee in 1890, the Retrenchment Committee in 1894, the Queen's Statue Committee, and the Insanitary Properties Commission, in 1896, the Victoria Diamond Jubilee Committee, and the Indian Famine Relief Committee, in 1897, and the Typhoon Relief Fund Committee in 1906.

Wei Yuk was member of the Council and Court of the University of Hong Kong from 1911 to 1921.

Wei Yuk was chairman of the Tung Wah Hospital from 1881 to 1883 and from 1888 to 1889, the most prominent Chinese charity authority in Hong Kong.

Wei Yuk co-founded the Po Leung Kuk and was the permanent member of the committee of the society.

Wei Yuk was a good friend to government official Stewart Lockhart, who was godfather to Boshan Wei Yuk's son Lock Wei, and was one of the most enthusiastic supporter of Lockhart's scheme of the Hong Kong District Watchmen's Committee.

Wei Yuk served on many commissions appointed by the government to enquire into matters affecting the Chinese and served in connection between the Hong Kong and Chinese governments.

Wei Yuk was presented with a gold medal and letter of thanks by the general public and an address of thanks from the Chinese community for his service during the plague epidemic of 1894.

Wei Yuk was the originator of the idea of a railway from Kowloon to Canton, and thence to Beijing.

Wei Yuk spent large sum of money in furthering the scheme, which was failed at that time due to the opposition from the Chinese officials.

Wei Yuk was rewarded the Third Class Order of Chao Ho by President Yuan Shikai for his service.

Wei Yuk was offered the civil governorship of Guangdong by President Yuan after Governor Hu Hanmin was driven out by Yuan's army in the Second Revolution, but Wei declined it.

Lugard called for an explanation from Wei Yuk who succeeded in explaining away his conduct,.

Wei Yuk was survived by four sons and two daughters.

Lady Wei Yuk died before her husband on 7 February 1921.

In recognition of his great public services to Hong Kong, Wei Yuk was created a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 1908.

Wei Yuk was knighted in 1919 after his retirement from the Legislative Council.

Wei Yuk was honoured by King Gustave V of Sweden with the First Class Order of Wasa in 1918.

Wei Yuk was rewarded the Third Class Order of Chao Ho by President Yuan Shikai for his efforts in maintaining peace and order in Canton during the 1911 Revolution.

Wei Yuk's son Wei Wing-lok was a well-known Chinese tennis player who was the Chinese national tennis champion in 1914 and was one of the first engineering graduates of the University of Hong Kong in 1916 before matriculating at MIT.

Wei Yuk represented China in the Far Eastern Olympic Games held in China and Japan in 1921 and 1923, captain of China's Olympic Lawn Tennis Team in 1924, making him one of the first Chinese athletes to participate in the Olympics.

Wei Yuk figured in several important championship matches in England in the 1920s.

Wei Yuk passed away in New York on 23 September 1935.

Wei Yuk's great-great-grandson Lo Tak-Chun is a technologist and venture capitalist based out of Hong Kong.

Wei Yuk was one of the first directors for Techstars and served under Paul Chan for two terms under the inaugural Hong Kong Government Innovation, Technology, and Industry Bureau.

Wei Yuk served in the United States Army with distinction.