1910s photo. Look at the footware of the Chinese policeman, ...
Police Officers were graded in 6 levels during the early years after the establishment of the Police Force.
There w6 Grades in the early Hong Kong Police Force
Grade A – European, initially converted or retired infantry soldiers; when Charles May was appointed Captain Superintendent of Police, he started recruiting policemen from London to the force; organized recruitment efforts were made in London and throughout Scotland since 1872 when Walter Deane became police chief, targeting retired police officers.
Grade B – Indian, existing since Charles May's chiefdom; direct recruitment from India began in 1862, targeting mostly Sikhs from Punjab.
Grade C – Cantonese from Hong Kong or China.
Grade D – Chinese from Weihaiwei (威海衛), Shandong Province were recruited to the force from 1922.
Grade E – 25 Belorussians were recruited to form a special anti-pirate task force in 1930.
Grade J – Hong Kong Chinese who joined the police force during the Japanese occupation.
The grading system was abolished in around 1946.
Featured Photo
Ella Zoyara (b.1840-d.1879) was the star trick-rider of the Great World Circus, the first circus to ever come to town in Hong Kong. Six shows were given by the circus from March 27, 1868 before it left for its next destination - Manila. Unbeknown to the circus-goers in Hong Kong, the St. Louis born Zoyara was in fact a man named Omar Kingsley and that he was even married - to a woman named Sallie Stickney. Zoyara's "true" gender was discovered in Manila and as a result both she (he) and the circus master Adolf Gonsalez were thrown into jail.
This is one of the over 600 fun facts about Hong Kong, as far as the first of its kind events go, that are included in the Welcome page under Who's Who and What's What.
From Rudi Butt
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Hong Kong
I am taking the rest of the summer off and will reply to your email/comments when I am back. Thank you for your patience and I hope you too will have an enjoyable summer. (6/24/2016)
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