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The story of Hong Kong's social, political, and economic development - from the post-War period to the end of its life as a colonial territory - is a remarkable Chinese-British story. This book contains first-hand accounts of life and times in Hong Kong by luminaries, former governors, officials, politicians, business people, artists, and average people - natives, émigrés, and expats alike.
Over six decades, Hong Kong has been transformed from a depressed and overcrowded, refugee haven, fraught with health and welfare problems, to a shining model of laissez-faire capitalism with an exemplary public housing programme, a modicum of democracy, and a thriving, hybrid cultural life. The contributors to this book recall the important events along the rocky path of development, from the housing crisis of the 1950s and the 1967 anti-Government riots, to the sobering affect of the
Tiananmen Incident in 1989 , and the contentious politics of the transition to Chinese rule in 1997.
About the author
Sally Blyth is a journalist. Ian Wotherspoon is a Hong Kong Civil Servant.
Summary
The focus of this text is Hong Kong's social, political, and economic development. It contains first-hand accounts from luminaries, former governors, officials, politicians, business people, artists, natives, emigrants and expats, a political cartoonist, and a former leftist guerrilla.
