Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s3.t1.63

v2.c13.s3.t1.63

In Hong Kong, from the 1860s till the 1940s, there was a large number of Indians in the Hong Kong Police Force. For a number of decades, there was a rough parity in the number of Indians and Chinese in the Force. Apart from the Indians in the police force, a familiar sight in Hong Kong used to be Indian watchmen in hotels, restaurants, godowns and factories. Altogether, the number of Indians in Hong Kong in the 1940s stood a little over 7,000. At present, the number of Indian citizens in Hong Kong is a little over 22,000 but the number of persons of Indian and South Asian origin there is much larger. There are about 1,500 registered Indian companies in Hong Kong with more than 24 registered regional, religious and professional Indian associations in Hong Kong.