![]() He departed on June 16, 1921, from the Port of Vancouver,Īboard R.M.S. Moi Chung returned to China as a merchant for ![]() If a sojourner was deemed a laborer class, he was not allowed to return. It allowed them to legally return to America after their visit to their hometowns in China. Federal immigration inspectors viewed management of a business as qualification for merchant class under Chinese Exclusion Act. Many Chinese businesses were capitalized by investors, whether in active (management) or passive (silent) roles. Royal Restaurant was generating $6,000 per month in sales. The Royal Restaurant was on two floors with 100 seats. It was a first-class restaurant serving Chinese and American customers. In 1919, Moi Chung would take after his father and become a partner with a $500 share of the Royal Restaurant in Boston Chinatown. Letters were they only means of communication across the Pacific Ocean. Bitter agony for the “bachelors” in Chinatown while pursuing their lofty dreams on Gold Mountain. The family of Moi Chung was forced apart, separated from 1923 to 1966 – 43 years, from Cun Chuen Wong, my grandmother. They were a fraternity of brothers who left their wives in China.īecause of the severe restrictions on female immigrants and the pattern of young men migrating alone, there emerged a largely bachelor society in Chinatown. Moi Chung lived and worked among a bachelor community of few women and few children. It was near Boston Chinatown, the center of the Chinese community in New England. Moi Chung moved to New England to work as restaurant manager at his father’s Imperial Restaurant in Cambridge from 1917 to 1919. Moi Chung would later become a silent partner in the company with his father. He worked at the Jeang Sing Kee Company at 658 DuPont Street (now known as Grant Avenue) in San Francisco Chinatown It was a seller of Chinese dry goods and food products. Moi Chung attended Ng Lee Mission School under sponsorship of Miss Ida Greenlee. ![]() He was briefly interviewed at the Angel Island Immigration Station. She carried 1,818 passengers, grossed 13,639 tons, with a speed of 16 knots. He arrived at the Port of San Francisco in California on Jaboard the S.S. Moi Chung immigrated from Hong Kong to Gum Saan.
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