Watching Over Hong Kong – Private Policing, 1841–1941
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Sheilah E. Hamilton shows the colonial administration introduced harsh legislation to control Chinese watchmen. She examines the growth of a "hybrid" police and argues the existence of such posts within the civil service resulted in greater social control of the local Chinese community.
Sheilah E. Hamilton is a forensic scientist and Adjunct Professor at the City University of Hong Kong. She has worked closely with the territory's public police and private security sectors for nearly forty years.