Dr. Ho Sai-chuen (circa 1891 – 29 April 1938) was a Hong Kong doctor from the influential
Hotung family and member of the
Sanitary Board.
Biography
Son of
Ho Fook and nephew of
Sir Robert Ho Tung
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, he was born in the most prestigious Chinese family in Hong Kong. He was educated at
King's College School, London
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and subsequently
St. John's College, Cambridge where he graduated in medicine and surgery.
His grandfather thought Ho Fook was a
Jewish Dutch man Charles Maurice Bosman.
He served with the
Medical Corps in England and France during the
First World War. After returning to Hong Kong, he set up his own practice and gave free consultations to the poor of Hong Kong.
When the incumbent
Sanitary Board member
C. G. Alabaster retired in 1926, Dr. Ho ran in the
1926 election against former Sanitary Board member Dr.
F. M. G. Ozorio. Dr. Ho was nominated by Dr.
S. F. Li and also
R. H. Kotewall, member of the
Legislative Council. He was elected with 220 votes against Dr. Ozorio's 158 votes.
He served for a three-year term until he announced he would not seek for re-election.
He quit his work and went North to serve the wounded soldiers and civilians after the outbreak of the
Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Shortly after he returned to Hong Kong, Dr. Ho died at 6 a.m. on 29 April 1938 at the
French Hospital at the age of 47 where he was admitted on 27 April following a cerebral haemorrhage. His funeral took place on the next day and was interment took place at the Mount Davis Cemetery,
the private cemetery for members of the family of Sir Robert Ho Tung as well as the Eurasian community.
Dr. Ho was very fond of fishing and shooting, and also indulged in other sports during his younger days.
See also
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Four big families of Hong Kong
References
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1890s births
1938 deaths
Alumni of King's College London
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Hong Kong people of Dutch-Jewish descent
Hong Kong medical doctors
Hong Kong philanthropists
Members of the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong
20th-century philanthropists
Ho family