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**To access online historical newspapers, from the link, [http://hkclweb.hkpl.gov.hk/hkclr2/internet/eng/html/welcome.html Multimedia Information System (MMIS)] select either Basic Search or Advanced Search, then select “Old HK Newspapers” to view these online. Note restricted hours of access apply, as detailed in a [http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/english/collections/services_er/services_er_mmis/services_er_mmis.html second MMIS page]. (Hong Kong Standard Time is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+8)). When there is no access, the first link defaults to the second link. The online newspapers are in TIFF format, which requires a plug-in. For more details of the TIFF format, including plug-ins, refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Online books-Digital Library of India]]
**"The Great Plague of Hong Kong" by E G Pryor ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' (Hong Kong: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Hong Kong Branch (Hong Kong Branch)) 1975: 61-70 [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ffqrzP_rnNUJ:humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~lha/middle_ages/plagueHK.pdf+bubonic+plague+hong+kong+1894&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShMHdU7VhmtV9HyUWovjKxlOh5avyiVbQv1iMJUBCniQZKr4nRxYqNZ6YVcKtYMNcYoyEx3O4zFDhbJZc2xFkMGI-1qoH0n8V-vgK9njyIMQqOaDiLRjPeE_TquhTg7As8-XGMa&sig=AHIEtbTyT2Lp5RksJvloqLV2QAOpQcQxZw html version], [http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~lha/middle_ages/plagueHK.pdf original pdf]
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==External links==
*[http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/eindex.html Hong Kong Public Libraries]
**Information about the contents of the [http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/english/services/services_rlr/services_rlr_historyhk.html#oldnews Old Newspapers] data base, and microforms available.
**[http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/english/services/services_rls/services_rls_nps.html Newspapers and Periodicals Services]
**[http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20070316120518 The K.S.L.I. and the Hong Kong Plague, 1894]. discovershropshire.org.uk. [http://www.britisharmedforces.org/li_pages/regiments/ksli/shrop_hongkong.htm K.S.L.I.: Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894] britisharmedforces.org
**Details of [https://www.dixonsmedals.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1001747 ''The Whitewash Brigade: The Hong Kong Plague of 1894''] “includes all known recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal”. www.dixonsmedals.co.uk, . Available at the [[British Library]]
**[http://www.casademacau.org.au/history/historyarticlepages/calamity.htm 'An unexampled calamity' - The Hong Kong Plague of 1894] by Stuart Braga. Originally in ''Casa de Macau Australia Newsletter'', September 2007 and January 2008 issues. www.casademacau.org.au
**[http://newspaperarchive.com/london-and-china-telegraph/1894-07-16/page-14 ''London And China Telegraph'', July 16, 1894 Page 14] newspaperarchive.com
