Quah Chow-cheung ( Chinese: 柯昭璋, 8 June 1913 in

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– 1965 in Hong Kong) was the Colony Commissioner of

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from 1950 to 1953, succeeding

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. He was the first Chinese Colony Commissioner in Hong Kong Scouting. Before that appointment, he was appointed by Halward as one of two Chinese District Commissioner and cared the development of Scouting in

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and south

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. During the Battle of Hong Kong in

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, Quah was a

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. He was hurt in the defense of

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and escaped the next attack by

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ese forces in

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in December 1941. After the surrender of Japan in 1945, he and Halward actively re-established

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in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong people of World War II People associated with Scouting Scouting and Guiding in Hong Kong 1913 births 1965 deaths British colonial army soldiers {{Scout-bio-stub