Hong Kong metamorphosis
by Bray, Denis
"Apart from eleven years in England for school, university and National Service, and a three-year 'overseas posting' as Hong Kong Commissioner in London, Denis Bray has lived all his life in Hong Kong and China." "The metamorphosis is of the man himself as he grew up from childhood, through adolescence to become an administrator in Hong Kong for thirty-five years. It is also the story of Hong Kong's emergence from near death after the Second World War to become one of the major cities in Asia."…
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- Full title :Hong Kong metamorphosis / Denis Bray.
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"Apart from eleven years in England for school, university and National Service, and a three-year 'overseas posting' as Hong Kong Commissioner in London, Denis Bray has lived all his life in Hong Kong and China." "The metamorphosis is of the man himself as he grew up from childhood, through adolescence to become an administrator in Hong Kong for thirty-five years. It is also the story of Hong Kong's emergence from near death after the Second World War to become one of the major cities in Asia."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2001.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Hong Kong University Press
- Place of Publication:Hong Kong
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2001.
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Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 248 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, portraits ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:962209550X, 9789622095502
- oclc:ocm47983115
- LC Classification:DS796.H753
- Dewey Decimal:951.2505092
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