Hoiping

English Alternative forms en Hoi Ping Hoi Peng Etymology From en yue 開平. Pronunciation hoi′pĭng′Hoiping 793 1 Proper noun en Kaiping: the Cantonese-derived name. en https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7G47AQAAMAAJ 1924 Decennial Reports on the Trade Navigation Industries, etc., of the Ports Open to Foreign Commerce in China and Corea, and on the Conditions and Development of the Treaty Port Provinces. 1912–21. 4 II Statistical Department of the Inspector General of Customs Shanghai Kongmoon H. D. Hilliard Dec 1921 266 https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7G47AQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=RA1-PA266#v=onepage&q&f=false Towards the end of the decade a movement was set on foot to construct a railway from Hoiping (zh 開平) to Yeungkong (zh 陽江), and a prospectus, under the auspices of the promoters, the mercantile Ning-Yeung Railway Company (zh 甯陽鐵路公司) has been issued with a view to collecting the necessary capital. en https://archive.org/details/orientalamerican0000unse/mode/1up 1972 H. Brett Melody The Oriental Americans Twayne Publisher, Inc. New York 71 https://archive.org/details/orientalamerican0000unse/page/71/mode/1up In 1851 the Cantonese from the Kwangtung Three Districts of Namhoi, Punyu, and Shuntak organized the Sam Yup Company. By year’s end, men from the Four Districts of Sunwui, Sunning, Yanping, and Hoiping organized the Sze Yap (sometimes See Yup) Company. en https://archive.org/details/orientalamerican0000unse/mode/1up 2001 Peter Leung; Eileen Leung 150 Years of Chinese Presence in California Sacramento Chinese Culture Foundation 0971618607 Mr. Frank Fat, A Legendary Restaurateur in Sacramento (1904-1997) 113 https://archive.org/details/150yearsofchines0000unse/page/n113/mode/1up Yee Lai Ching was born on November 27, 1908, in Hoiping County, Guangdong. References