RIZAL IN HONGKONG

1891-1892

RIZAL GOES TO HONGKONG

Rizal Goes to Hongkong
Reasons for leaving Europe:
1. life was unbearable in Europe due to his political differences with M.H. del Pilar
and other Filipinos in Spain.
2. to lead Propaganda Movement in Hongkong.
3. to be near his beloved Philippines and Family.
October 18, 1891 - Marseilles to Hongkong on board of S.S. Melbourne
80 first class passengers.
November 20, 1891 - arrived in Hongkong
welcomed by Jose Ma. Basa at No. 5 D'Aguilar Street, No.2 Rednaxela Terrace
Manuel T. Hidalgo (brother-in-law)
The Christmas of 1891 in Hongkong

MEDICAL PRACTICES IN HONGKONG

Medical Practices in Hongkong
Dr. Lorenzo P. Marquez - portuguese physician
Second operation to his Mother's eye
Rizal friends and admirer
Mr. Edward Bousted - wrote to him, praising his medical profession
Dr. Ariston Bautista Lin - from Paris, sent him a congatulatory letter.
Dr. H Virchow - sent him a book, Diagnostic Pathology
Mesnichock - Traite Diagnostique
Don Antonio Vergel de Dios - offered him his services for the purchas of
medical books & instruments which he might need in profession

BORNEO COLONIZATION PROJECT

- the establishment of a Filipino colony in Borneo.
April, 1892 - he went to Borneo to negotiate.
Borneo willing to give the Filipino colonists 100,000 acres of land, a beautiful
harbor, and a good government to 999 years, free of all charges.
Juan Luna, Antonio Luna, Lopez Jaena, Blumentritt, Dr. Bautista Lin - join
Borneo Colonization Project.
Manuel Hidalgo - objected the project.
Gov. General Eulogio Despujol
"The Philippines lacked laborers, it was not very patriotic to go off and
cultivate a foreign soil"

WRITING HONGKONG
Ang mga Karapatan ng Tao (The Rights of Man)
A la Nacion Espanola (To the Spanish Nation), 1891
Sa mga Kababayan (To my Country Men)
Hongkong Telegraph, whose editor Mr. Frazier Smith
Una Visita a la Victoria Goal (A Visit to Victoria Goal)
Colonuzation du British North Borneo, par des Familles de Iles Philippines
(Colonization of British North Borneo by Families from the Philippine Islands)
La Mano Roja (The Red Hand)
Constitution and By Laws of the Liga Filipina, 1892
-Philippine League, conceived by Jose Ma. Basa

DECISION TO RETURN TO MANILA

Decision To Return To Manila
May, 1892
1. To confer with Governor Despujol regarding his Borneo Colonization Project.
2. to established the Liga Filipina in Manila
3. To proved that Eduardo de Lete was wrong in attacking him in Madrid that he (Rizal),
being comfortable and safe in Hongkong, had abandoned the country's cause.
Relatives and Friends opposed his decision to return home.
He spend his 31st bday in Hongkong
June 20 , he wrote two letters which he sealsed, inscribe on each envelope "To be
opened after my death" and gave them to his friend Dr. Marquez.
June 21, 1892 - another letter to Despujol,
- Rizal and his sister Lucia left Hongkong for Manila
- Rizal falls into Spanish Trap.