Almost the entire staff of the South China Morning Post and the Hong Kong Telegraph assemble at the desk of SCMP editor Henry Ching, who's given presents to mark his 25 years with the paper.
Ben Wylie, the SCMP's General Manager, gives Mr. Ching an inscribed gold watch and an album with the names of all the staff. In his speech Mr. Wylie recalls the day in 1916 when the editor first applied for a job - as junior reporter - and mentions that he took over the senior position in 1924.
In his reply Mr. Ching states that he's glad to have passed his 33 years as a journalist in a time of 'two great wars and many world changes'.
Source:
Hong Kong Telegraph, February 17, 1941, page 3
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