Re: Hakka in Mauritius

[teoh@cs.utk.edu]

>From f.chung@ic.ac.uk Mon Dec 16 10:53:45 1996
From: f.chung@ic.ac.uk (k.f.chung)
Subject: Re: Hakka in Mauritius 
Status: RO

>>From myeh@istar.ca Sun Dec 15 18:30:00 1996
>From: Michael <myeh@istar.ca>
>Subject: Re: Hakka in Mauritius  
>Status: RO
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>Hi seow,
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>Hakkas in Mauritius are most probably people who have migrated from
>Calcutta, India. (the primary Hakka population in this city).  One of my
>cousin has been there for about 3 years, his reason for being there is
>employment.

RThis is certainly not true. The majority of Hakkas came directly from Meixian.

I sent in a note on 4.4.96 on Indian Ocean diaspora regarding Hakkas in
Mauritius which i am sending in again. 
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>myeh@istar.ca
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>At 08:59 AM 12/13/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>>From Seow=Yoke=Kong%MLEO%ML@singtel.com Wed Dec 11 20:15:55 1996
>>From: "seow yoke kong" <Seow=Yoke=Kong%MLEO%ML@singtel.com>
>>Subject: Re: Hakkas in Australia & Timor
>>[moderator:Please help out your moderator by editing the files you are 
>>sending. Iknow it is aggravating for individual member to
>>take extra 3 minutes to edit file but it is much more to 
>>moderator when he needs to edit them many times. 
>>It also help when you are on a new topic, use a new title.
>>Shanghai Hua Tong Shih Fan Xue Yen(Shanghai East China Teacher
>>college) has just started masters program on Hakkaology.  
>>There are 8 students, 3 from LongYen Fujian, 2 from Taiwan, 
>>1 from GanZhou JiangXi province, &Iforget where the other two
>>from. The program started this fall. 
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>>I also came to know of that there were Hakka's in Mauritius. Anyone has any 
>>information about how they go there, their lifestyle, and their culture ?
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