Feeling the stones : reminiscences / by David Akers-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akers-Jones, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government executives--China--Hong Kong--Biography.

Government executives.

Hong Kong (China)--Officials and employees--Biography.

Hong Kong (China).

Hong Kong (China)--History--20th century.

Akers-Jones, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a book for everyone with an interest in the recent history of Hong Kong and in an exceptional man who played a major part in that history as he ploughed a distinctive and individual, and sometimes controversial, path from District Officer to Acting Governor to Hong Kong Affairs Advisor.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Prologue; 1 Arrival; 2 The New Territory; 3 Tsuen Wan and the Islands, 1959-1961; 4 Yuen Long, 1962-1967; 5 Seeds of Reform; 6 The Cultural Revolution; 7 Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary (Lands); 8 A Visit to China in 1973: FIFA; 9 China and FIFA: The End of Waiting; 10 Back to the Land; 11 Breaking Down the Fences; 12 The Expiring Lease; 13 'Hong Kong People Ruling Hong Kong'; 14 Behind the Headlines; 15 Xiamen; 16 The Beginning of Negotiations; 17 Negotiations Concluded, 1983-1985; 18 Signatures and Celebrations; 19 Chief Secretary

20 A Fresh Chapter Begins21 Light and Nuclear Power; 22 Loss of Sir Edward Youde; 23 The Walled City; 24 The Arrival of Sir David Wilson and Retirement; 25 A New Home; 26 A Change of Life: 1989; 27 Political Development 1987-1990: Tiananmen and the Boat People; 28 Sir David Wilson; 29 Another Voice; 30 The Years Between, 1992-1997; 31 Defamation and the 'Second Stove'; 32 Elections and the Second Stove Lights Up; 33 Countdown; 34 Settling Down; 35 Weather Report; Envoi; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Issued also in Chinese under title: Shi dian tou : Zhong Yijie hui yi lu.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-70420-6

9786612704208

988-220-131-8

OCLC:

650591704