Turbans and Traders: Hong Kong's Indian Communities
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Published by Oxford University Press in 1994, with 266pp.
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Published by Oxford University Press in 1994, with 266pp.
An anthology selected and edited by Barbara-Sue White. On the back cover, it states:
A collection of 100 black and white photographs of Hong Kong, followed by a commentary for each photograph in the second part of the book. The photographs are divided into seven chapters: I. What one sees first; II. Interest; III. Around the coast; IV. Beauty; V. Commerce and industry; VI. People; and VII. In the New Territories. There is an additional section on photography.
The book is available on Google Books, titled An Anglo-Chinese Calendar, Volume 2. It is a compilation of the individual publications for years 1845 to 1851 inclusive.
Austin Coates was engaged in the 1970s to write a history of the Hong Kong Electric Company. He credits Raymond Smith, a former engineer who had served the company for many years, with providing lots of useful information to 'feed the book'.
Below is an extract from his account of the 1937 typhoon:
This is a large book, showing a collection of maps and aerial photos of Hong Kong over the years. It has been a trusty companion whenever I've been trying to work out the location of an old photograph or an old building for Gwulo, and even though an increasing number of old Hong Kong maps are available online, I still reach for this book on a regular basis.
The book places the story of HMS Tamar into the larger pictures of the expansion and decline of the British Empire and, in the post-war period, of the after effects of that empire, especially in the post-colonial era. It also places the Tamar in the context of a unique and little studied, 50-year experiment in which the Royal Navy designed and operated troopships as commissioned warships, and developed early systems of amphibious warfare that were not subsequently built upon.
Japan marched into Hong Kong at the outbreak of the Pacific War on December 8, 1941. On the same day, Graham Heywood was captured by the invading Japanese near the border while carrying out duties for the Royal Observatory. He was held at various places in the New Territories before being transported to the military Prisoner-of-War camp in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon. The Japanese refused to allow Heywood and his colleague Leonard Starbuck to join the civilians at the Stanley internment camp.
Subtitle: "From England to New Zealand via Hong Kong and a War".
Featuring first-hand accounts of -
- Flying from England to Hong Kong in 1938 by Imperial Airways flying boat in 6 days,
- Working for Cyril (Ginger) Rogers of the Chinese Currency Stabilisation Fund,
- Expatriate life in Hong Kong 1938 - 1941 including yachting, climbing, parties,