ABSTRACT
It is claimed that triad members existed among the indigenous inhabitants of Hong Kong Island even before the British ceded it to be their colony in 1842. On 8 January 1845, the first Ordinance to pass the Legislative Council was to deal with the suppression of triads and other secret societies. After 150 years, to date, triad societies still exist in Hong Kong, which is now a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
