Lai Jixi 賴際熙 (Lai Chi Hsi) 1865-1937

A native of Zengcheng, Guangdong province. Lai obtained the jinshi degree in 1903 and moved to Hong Kong after the 1911 Revolution. He helped found the Chinese Department at the University of Hong Kong in 1927, and established the Hok Hoi Library and the Tsung Tsin Association 崇正總會. His works include Zengcheng xianzhi 增城縣志 [Annals of Zhencheng county] and Licha wencun 荔垞文存 [Collected writings of Licha].

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