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Identiy of a poem & poet, HK newspaper 1941

Submitted by John Bell Smithback on
I wonder if one of your readers could help me give some kind of identify to the following poem that appeared in the SCMP (I think) on approximately 5 December, 1941. The poem will appear in my forthcoming book (Asia Betrayed, from Earnshaw Books) about the days leading up to the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong. I'd like to credit the author. I believe I found the poem in the newspaper archives of HK University library many years ago.
It's possible the poet was from Canada...but that's just a guess. 
Best regards,  
John Bell Smithback 

Hong Kong Collectors Society - Exhibition this week

Submitted by David on

I enjoyed their previous exhibition back in 2014, so I'm looking forward to this year's event:

Venue: Hall Nos. 4 & 5 at the Central Library, Causeway Bay.  

Hours: The Exhibition will be open to the public from 5 pm to 8 pm on 22 February, and daily from 9:30 am to 8 pm on 23-27 February.  It will close at 6 pm on 28 February. 

An account of Hong Kong leading up to the Japanese invasion in 1941

Submitted by Hugh Dulley on

"A Voyage to War: An Englishmans's Account of Hong Kong 1936-41" by Hugh Dulley

A brief description of the book:-

Hugh Dulley’s father (Peter Dulley) and mother (Therese Sander) met in Hong Kong on New Year’s Eve 1935. Four years later at the outbreak of war, Peter, a weekend sailor, was called up in the Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He eventually graduated to command an ocean-going tug of 500 tons from Hong Kong to Aden. En route he called at islands still enjoying pre-war peacetime and navigated across the Indian Ocean using a sextant.

New feature: Places (list)

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If you're looking at all Places with a certain tag, you now have the option to see them on a list as well as on a map. eg if you click on the cinema tag, the standard page shows everything that has that tag.

Click "Places (map)" to see all the Places tagged cinema on a map, or click the new "Places (list)" to see all the Places tagged cinema in a list.

2017-02 RTHK's Hong Kong Heritage - Dan Waters' books at 41 Conduit Road

Submitted by David on

Gwulo takes to the airwaves! Annemarie Evans invited me on to her show, Hong Kong Heritage, where we chatted about the late Dan Waters' book collection, sidetracked into hunting & trapping in Hong Kong, then returned to Dan's apartment and its connection to the film Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing.

Here is the link to listen to the show: 

http://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item_epi.php?pid=164

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