Wong Shing

Wong Shing, alias Wong Pin Po (1827 – 5 August 1902), was a Hong Kong and Chinese journalist, publisher, businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Early life and education Wong was born in a poor family in the Heungshan District of Guangdong Province. He entered the first class of the Morrison Educational Society School in Macao in 1841 with two other Chinese boys, Yung Wing and Wong Foon. They were later transferred to Hong Kong.

Wong became one of the first Chinese to study abroad when in 1847, Dr. Samuel Robbins Brown, an American teacher in the Morrison School, had to leave China due to his ill health. He offered to take a few of his old pupils back to the United States for further education. Yung Wing, Wong Foon, and Wong Shing signified their desire to go, and expenses for the three for two years were paid by Dr. Brown and the Morrison Education Society. They embarked at Whampoa on the ship Huntress and started the journey of more than three months during which they passed the Cape of Good Hope and proceeded to the United States. Upon their arrival, they were admitted to the Monson Academy at Monson, Massachusetts.

Wong was among the first Chinese to send their children abroad for education. One of his sons was educated at a university in Scotland, one worked as a civil servant at the Registrar General's office, another worked in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Other members of family were also in government service. A daughter of Wong Shing married to Wei Yuk, later Sir Boshan Wei Yuk who became a prominent businessman and member of the Legislative Council.