Edwin Richard Hallifax

Edwin Richard Hallifax CMG CBE (17 February 1874 – 4 May 1950) was a senior official in Hong Kong in the early 20th century.

[citation needed] T. F. R. Waters, former Captain of Hong Kong Golf Club in 1959, wrote that Hallifax arranged to take his bride of two weeks out to his Police Bungalow house in Tai Po on 30 August and had organised a small house-warming party with the guests staying overnight.

[6][7] Injured, the Red Cross passed him for medical repatriation, which was contested by German command but eventually granted on 7 January 1945 after multiple escape attempts.

[6] He died on 8 November 1946 at the age of 27 during an aircraft accident near Leeming Aerodrome, Yorkshire, on active service and was buried at Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery.

[citation needed] He was the Head of Registrar-General in Hong Kong; its title was changed to Secretary for Chinese Affairs in 1913.

[12] In 1921, several Chinese community leaders, such as Shouson Chow and Fung Ping Shan proposed to establish a technical school for underprivileged children.

In August 1922, the Chinese community leaders revised their proposal and set out the criteria for entry, which was only opened for local residents.

The then Governor Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs was suspicious about Sun's co-operation with the Soviet Union and took a tough stand against the Military Government.

[17] In March 1927, the then Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Cecil Clementi, reported to London that gunmen from Canton had been sent to assassinate him, Hallifax, Shouson Chow and other loyal Chinese.

A farewell dinner was held at the Kam Ling Restaurant, West Point, by their Chinese friends, Sir Shouson Chow paid a tribute to the work done by them in the Colony.

[citation needed] He received a warm tribute by the then Governor, Sir William Peel, on his last meeting in legislative council on 23 March 1933.

[21] When he was the District Officer North (Taipo), he had been spending his recreational time walking over the hills with gun and dog and he was a familiar figure amongst the local farmers of Fanling and the neighbouring villages.

"[27] According to history writer Denis Way, he was also a keen rugby player and was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Football Club in 1913.