Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala

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Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala was an Indian Parsee businessman in Hong Kong. In the early days, he sold opium from Bombay of India to China.

He leased Hongkong Hotel in 1873 for ten year and afterward he started a hotel in Pottinger Street and two in Kowloon. He founded Kowloon Ferry Company in 1888 for travelling and transporting bread between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island and the company became Star Ferry.

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