Belialos
Emanuel Raphael Belilios (14 November 1837 – 11 November 1905) was a prominent Jewish businessman and philanthropist in Hong Kong.
Biography
Belilios was born in Calcutta, British India, into a Jewish merchant family. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1862 and engaged in the opium trade. During the 1870s, he also served as a director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. He owned various properties in Hong Kong, including a mansion in Pottinger Lane, Central, and Beaconsfield House at 4 Queen's Road Central, built in 1878. From 1881 to 1900, he served two terms as a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council. In 1901, he relocated to London with his son, Raphael Emanuel Belilios (Billy), where he passed away in 1905.
Philanthropy
In 1890, the Hong Kong Government established the Central School for Girls. In 1893, Belilios donated HK$25,000 to the school, enabling the construction of a new three-storey campus at its original location on Hollywood Road, Central. In appreciation of his generosity, the school was renamed the Belilios Public School.[1]