Chau Sik-nin 周錫年 (1924-1955)

Chau Sik-nin escorting Princes Alexandra

updated September 6, 2013

Otolaryngologist-Turned-Banker.

b. April 13, 1903, Hong Kong – d. November 30, 1985, Hong Kong. St. Stephen College, Hong Kong 1918. MBBS (HK) 1923; DLO 1925; DOMS 1926. Registered to practice Hong Kong January 30, 1924 through EOP. Private practitioner, 1927-30, 37-EOP, address: 1/F, China Building 1941; first Chinese Otolaryngologist to practice in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Government, Ophthalmologist, Government Civil Hospital 1930-36. Part-time Lecturer in Ophthalmology, HKU 1930-35. Medical Board, 1936-EOP; Pres. 1936-37. Sanitary Board 1936-EOP. Chm., Po Leung Kuk 1941-44. JP (unoff.) May 19, 1939 - 1985. Residence: #1 Hing Hon Road 1924. Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, status of the practice unknown. Resumed practice after the war nlt.1948. HKU Interim Committee 1946-47. Legislative Council, member 1947-62; Senior Member 1953-59. Executive Council, member 1948-62; Senior Member 1959-62. Inaugural Chairman, Hong Kong Tuberculosis Association 1948-63. Founder, Hong Kong Chinese Bank 香港華人銀行 1955 [1]. Inaugural Chairman, Federation of Hong Kong Industries 1960-66. Inaugural Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council 1966-70. Member, General Committee, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce 1966-74. Honorary Advisor, Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. Permanent Advisor of Tung Wah Hospitals. Director, more than 30 companies in Hong Kong and other areas in the Asia Pacific. Honor: Coronation Medal 1937; Defense Medal 1945; CBE 1950; Kt 1960; Hon LLD, HKU 1961; Silver Jubilee Medal 1977; The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon 瑞寶中綬章 (Japan) 1969. Hon. escort of Princess Alexandra, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, during her Hong Kong visit 1961.

Christian. fa/o flamboyant barrister and socialite Chau Kai-pong 周啟邦, b.1934-d.2010. First cousin of Chau Tsun-Nin 周埈年; Senior Member, Legislative and Executive Councils.

[1] The Hong Kong Chinese Bank was acquired by CITIC Ka Wah Bank in 2002 and ceased to exist thenceforth.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, February 1, 1924, Notice #57; May 9, 1941, Notice #558..

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ABCFM - American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
(Aberd.) - Aberdeen, Scotland; University of Aberdeen
aft. - after
AMD - the British Army Medical Department; became the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) after 1898
AMHosp. - Alice Memorial Hospital; Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals
BAO - Bachelor of Obstetrics
DBS - Bachelor of Dental Surgery
DBSc - Bachelor of Dental Science
bef. - before
BMA - British Medical Association
BMid - Bachelor of Midwifery
BOE - Board of Examiners
bro/o - brother of
BS - Bachelor of Surgery
bur. - buried
ca. - circa (about)
Calif. - California; University of California
CAMC - Canadian Army Medical Corps
(Cantab.) - Cambridge, England; University of Cambridge
CB - Companion of the Order of Bath
CBE - Commander of the Order of the British Empire
CDTC - Certificate in Diseases of Tropical Climates
ChB - Bachelor of Surgery
CM - Master of Surgery
CMCS - China Medico-Chirurgical Society
CMG - Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
Co. - County
CRAS - Royal Asiatic Society, China Branch
d/o - daughter of
d.um - died unmarried
DCh - Doctor of Surgery
DCH - Diploma in Child Health
DCPSA - Diploma of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
DD - Doctor of Divinity
DDM - Doctor of Dental Medicine
DDS - Doctor of Dental Surgery
DGO - Diploma in Gynecology and Obstetrics
DLO - Diploma in Laryngology and Otology
DO - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
DOMS - Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery
DPH - Diploma in Public Health
DMD - Doctor of Dental Medicine
DOMS - Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine & Surgery
DrPH - Doctor of Public Health
DSC - Distinguished Service Cross
DSO - Distinguished Service Order
DTMH - Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
(Dubl.) - Dublin; University of Dublin
(Edin.) - Edinburgh; University of Edinburgh
(Eng.) - England
EOP - End of Period; in the context of this dictionary, and theoretically, the last day of 1941
fa/o - father of
FASGBI - Fellow of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
FCCP - Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians (of the United States)
FHKAM - Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
FICS - Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (Chicago based)
FRAMI - Fellow Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
FRCGP - Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners
FRCI - Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute
FRCO - Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
FRCOG - Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
FRCS - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
FRFPS - Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons
FRIPH - Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health
FRMCS - Fellow of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society
FRS - Fellow of the Royal Society
FRSM - Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
FRSTMH - Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
GC Hosp. - Government Civil Hospital
(Glas.) - Glasgow; University of Glasgow
[h.a.] - in this year
(Harv.) - University of Harvard
HKBMA - British Medical Association Hong Kong and China Branch
HKCMA – Hong Kong Chinese Medical Association
HKCMC - Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (1887- 1915), renamed Hong Kong College of Medicine in 1907
(HK) - Hong Kong; University of Hong Kong
HKGCC - Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
HKCGCC - Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce
HKU - Hong Kong University
HKVDC – Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps
(Illio.) - University of Illinois
IMS - Indian Medical Service
(Irel.) - Ireland
(ISMD – Indian Subordinate Medical Department
JP - Justice of the Peace
KHP - Honorary Physician to the King
KHS - Honorary Surgeon to the King
KQCPI - King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland
KStJ - Knight of Grace of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Kt. - Knight Bachelor
(L'pool.) - Liverpool; University of Liverpool
LDS - Licentiate in Dental Surgery
LDSRCS - Licentiate in Dental Surgery of Royal College of Surgeons
LLD - Doctor of Laws
LM - Licentiate in Midwifery
LMCC - Licentiate of the Medical Council in Canada
LMRCP - Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Physicians
LMRCS - Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons
LMS – Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery
LMSA - Licentiate in Midwifery of the Society of Apothecaries
LMSSA – Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries
(Lond.) - London; University of London
LSA - Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries
m. - married; marriage
m/1, m/2 - married first, married second, etc.
MA - Master of Arts
MAB - Medical Advisory Board (to the Governor)
MB - Bachelor of Medicine
MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
MBE - Member of the Order of the British Empire
MC - Military Cross
MCPSA - Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
MCPSM - Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba
MID - Mention in Dispatches
MOH - Medical Officer of Health
MOS - Medical Officer for Schools
MRCP - Member of the Royal College of Physicians
MRCS - Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
MSA - Member of the Society of Apothecaries
[n.d.] - no date
net. - no earlier than
nlt. - no later than
OBE - Officer of the Order of the British Empire
(Ont.) - University of Ontario
(Oxon.) - Oxford, England; University of Oxford
PCMO - Principal Civil Medical Officer
Penn. - Pennsylvania University
PMO - Principal Medical Officer (military, usually from the army)
PMOH - Principal Medical Officer of Health
QHS - Honorary Surgeon of the Queen
RAFMS - the British Royal Air Force Medical Services
RAMC - the British Royal Army Medical Corps
RASC - the British Royal Army Service Corps
RN - the British Royal Navy
RNMS - Royal Navy Medical Services
RNVR - Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
(Rot.) - Rotunda Hospital
s/o - son of
SBStJ – Serving Brother of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem
si/o - sister of
[s.n.] - sine nomine (without a name)
[s.p.] - sine prole (without offspring)
(St. And.) - University of St. Andrews
(Tor.) - University of Toronto
VD - Volunteers Decoration
WAMS - West Africa Medical Staff
wef - with effect from

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Biographical Dictionary of Medical Practitioners in Hong Kong: 1841-1941