Wong Shing
| Wong Shing | |
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| Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 28 February 1884 – 24 February 1890 |
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| Appointed by | Sir George Bowen |
| Succeeded by | Ho Kai |
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| Born | 1825 Heungshan, Qing China |
| Died | 5 August 1902 (aged 76–78) British Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | Morrison Educational Society School Monson Academy |
| Occupation | Journalist and businessman |
| Religion | London Missionary Society |
Wong Shing, alias Wong Pin Po (1827 – 5 August 1902), was a Hong Kong and Chinese journalist, publisher, businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Wong was born in a poor family in the Heungshan District of Kwangtung Province. He entered the first class of the Morrison Educational Society School in Macao in 1841 with two other Chinese boys, Yung Wing and Wong Foon. They were later transferred to Hong Kong.
Wong became one of the first Chinese to study abroad when in 1847, Dr. Samuel Robbins Brown, an American teacher in the Morrison School, had to leave China due to his ill health. He offered to take a few of his old pupils back to the United States for further education. Yung Wing, Wong Foon, and Wong Shing signified their desire to go, and expenses for the three for two years were paid by Dr. Brown and the Morrison Education Society. They embarked at Whampoa on the ship Huntress and started the journey of more than three months during which they passed the Cape of Good Hope and proceeded to the United States. Upon their arrival, they were admitted to the Monson Academy at Monson, Massachusetts.
As a result of ill health, Wong Shing did not manage to acquire any academic honours during his study in the United States and had to return to Hong Kong after two years.When he studied abroad he was baptised and became a member of the Chinese congregation of the London Missionary Society.
He worked for the China Mail owned and published by Andrew Shortrede for about two years after he returned from the United States. In 1864, Wong Shing published Daily General Price Current. He also served as an interpreter for the Hong Kong government. In 1853 he became the manager of the printing establishment of the Anglo-Chinese College operated by the London Mission under Dr. James Legge for some ten years. He was also the first Chinese name to appear on the Juror Lists in Hong Kong in 1858.
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