There is a Hong Kong urban legend that some people with the family name of Tsim have this mis-transcribed as Jim in official records maintained by the British adminstration. Hence their ID cards show what looks like an English name.
I am not sure how much truth there is in this story. I know there are people in Hong Kong who have this name, but how many, and was it really a mistake by a stupid Brit?
Ordinary Gweilo 
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