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This practice of employing private watchmen was not restricted to the Nam-Pak Hong. Groups of Chinese in Sheung Wan district also organized themselves into several ‘neighbourhood associations’ (Kaifongs in Cantonese) and employed their own watchmen to patrol their regions. 17 Religious practices were an important means through which the Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong aligned themselves into a community. 18 For the guilds and neighourhood associations, the temple was a place for meetings and worship.
In 1891, following these measures the colonial government set up a District Watch Committee (for the Chinese settlement area) and appointed 12 Chinese people as members. Chaired by the 28 Chinese Business Groups and Political Change Registrar-General, the committee was responsible for the administration of the district watchmen. 32 The Colonial government deliberately placed the Western-educated elite above the indigenous leaders. In 1892, the first ‘permanent’ Chinese seat in the Legislative Council was established.
17 Religious practices were an important means through which the Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong aligned themselves into a community. 18 For the guilds and neighourhood associations, the temple was a place for meetings and worship. The temple was held in high esteem among the Chinese population. 19 Although the composition of the Chinese population in Hong Kong underwent a great change during the 1860s, the British still viewed the Chinese in Hong Kong with suspicion. They suspected, for example, that the Chinese in Hong Kong had secret links with the Qing government.