The Life Aquatic.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Chan, Phyllis
- Source
- History Today. Jul2023, Vol. 73 Issue 7, p12-16. 5p.
- Subject
- *CENSUS
*HOUSEBOATS
*DEMOGRAPHIC surveys
*REFUGEES
BRITISH colonies
- Language
- ISSN
- 0018-2753
The article discusses how the British colonial government of Hong Kong conducted a census that included the colony's nomadic floating population in the 1950s. Also cited are the factors that affected the proper counting of the population like the refugee crises and the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and the key role played by the ethnic group sui seung yan in Hong Kong's society.