Patrick H. Hase (
) is a historian specialized in the history of the
New Territories
The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...
, Hong Kong. He is a retired civil servant of
British Hong Kong, living there from 1972 to present (as of 2020).
Biography
Patrick Hase started working in Hong Kong in 1972. In the first six months of his arrival, the
British Hong Kong government assigned him to study
Cantonese
Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding ar ...
, eventually he became fluent in it.
In the 1980s, he worked as the
district officer of
Sha Tin District
Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. As one of the 9 districts located in the New Territories, it covers the areas of Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Fo Tan, Siu Lek Yuen, and Ma Liu Shui. The district is the most popu ...
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He retired as assistant
director for social welfare in 1996.
Bibliography
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Distinctions
* PhD, University of Cambridge
* Former President,
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch is an organisation to encourage interest in Asia broadly, with an emphasis on Hong Kong. The society was founded in 1847 and folded 1859. It was revived on December 28, 1959. Its parent association is the Roya ...
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong - Officers
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References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Hong Kong historians
Historians of Hong Kong
Hong Kong civil servants
Government officials of Hong Kong
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
21st-century Hong Kong historians