The Kowloon English Club
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The Kowloon English Club
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Author : Stephen Griffiths
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-08
The Kowloon English Club written by Stephen Griffiths and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08 with categories.
What do you do when you have failed to find the meaning of life in India, your money has dried up, your girlfriend has gone, and prospects at home are limited? Go further east! Meet Joe Walsh, a backpacker who finds adventure and misadventure in 1990s Hong Kong. With the city at a crossroads, Joe faces an equally uncertain future. And as the pressures of abject living conditions mount, he finds himself hounded by an enigmatic Chinese woman with a disturbing secret.
Kowloon Tong
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1998-07
Kowloon Tong written by and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-07 with categories.
As British rule ends, threatening things begin to happen to Betty Mullard and her son, Bunt, in Hong Kong when they refuse to sell the family business to a sinister man from mainland China. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Kowloon Tong
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Author : Paul Theroux
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 1998-07-06
Kowloon Tong written by Paul Theroux and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-07-06 with Fiction categories.
In this “moody thriller,” a family business is targeted for takeover as control of Hong Kong shifts from the British to the Chinese (The New York Times). Ninety-nine years of colonial rule are ending as the British prepare to hand over Hong Kong to China. Betty Mullard and her son, Bunt, have lived here for years, mostly keeping apart from their foreign surroundings, except for some indulgence in the local food, or in Bunt’s case, the local girls. The handover is not a concern for them—until the mysterious Mr. Hung from the mainland offers them a large sum for their family business. They refuse. But they fail to realize that Mr. Hung is unlike the other Chinese people they’ve known: he will accept no refusals. When a young female employee whom Bunt has been dating vanishes, he is forced to make important decisions for the first time in his life—but his good intentions are pitted against the will of Mr. Hung, and the threat of the ultimate betrayal. “A compact, provocative gem of a novel” (The Boston Globe), from an award-winning author acclaimed for both his fiction and his travel memoirs—including Deep South, The Great Railway Bazaar, and The Mosquito Coast—Kowloon Tong was praised by Bette Bao Lord in The Washington Post Book World as “a taut, illuminating story that transcends its timely subject.”
Promoting All Round Education For Girls
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Author : Patricia P. K. Chiu
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-02
Promoting All Round Education For Girls written by Patricia P. K. Chiu and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-02 with Education categories.
Promoting All-Round Education for Girls presents the history of Heep Yunn School, one of the oldest girls’ schools in Hong Kong. Amalgamated from two British mission schools founded in the 1880s for destitute girls and daughters of Christian parents, and renamed Heep Yunn School in 1936, the institution has witnessed and responded to the dramatic changes of Hong Kong over the years. By the time of the outbreak of the Second World War, Heep Yunn had expanded to offer a full Chinese middle school course for girls based upon Christian principles of all-round education. The school expanded rapidly after the war and became a bilingual institution to meet the demand for English language education. Eventually English would become the primary medium of instruction soon after the introduction of nine-year universal education in 1978. Heep Yunn strives to provide a full-fledged all-round education in the midst of political and education reforms. The school opted to switch its status from a government-aided school to a direct subsidy scheme school in the early 2010s so as to retain a larger degree of autonomy. This history of Heep Yunn School documents the concerted efforts of the school council, staff, students, alumnae, and parents to achieve the evolving visions of Christian education for girls as Hong Kong grew from a colonial trading port to a global financial centre in the twenty-first century. ‘Promoting All-Round Education for Girls convincingly charts the shifting purposes and practices of girls’ education in Hong Kong. The text moves seamlessly between the history of the school and the wider context of Hong Kong’s history. Patricia P. K. Chiu illustrates how the school’s educational policy evolved according to the wider strategies and shifts that relate models of femininity and nation-building.’ —Joyce Goodman, University of Winchester ‘This solidly-referenced work provides a balanced and detailed outlook on the unique, evolving features of education in Hong Kong. It shows the effects on Heep Yunn School of major historical changes in education policy and how the school has contributed to the education of girls in Hong Kong in periods of dramatic challenge like the Sino-Japanese War and the disturbances of the late 1960s.’ —Ruth Hayhoe, University of Toronto
The Kowloon Racing Club
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Author : James Rawlins
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2022-02-28
The Kowloon Racing Club written by James Rawlins and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-28 with Fiction categories.
Hong Kong, 1992. Successful young English expat Charley Thornhill is bored by his predictable lifestyle. In search of adventure, he dreams up a game: The Kowloon Racing Club.
Hong Kong 1862 1919
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Author : G.R. Sayer
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 1985-07-01
Hong Kong 1862 1919 written by G.R. Sayer and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-07-01 with History categories.
Geoffrey Robley Sayer (1887- 1962) completed this book before World War II as a sequel to his earlier work, Hong Kong: birth, adolescence and coming of age, which was published in 1937. The first book covered the period 1841-1861 and in this second instalment, which is now published for the first time, the author continued his history of Hong Kong down to 1919, a time which he could himself recall, having joined the Hong Kong civil service as a cadet in 1910.
The Directory And Chronicle For China Japan Corea Indo China Straits Settlements Malay States Siam Netherlands India Borneo The Philippines And Etc
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1920
The Directory And Chronicle For China Japan Corea Indo China Straits Settlements Malay States Siam Netherlands India Borneo The Philippines And Etc written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1920 with categories.
Work Your Way Around The World
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Author : Susan Griffith
language : en
Publisher: Vacation Work Publications
Release Date : 1991
Work Your Way Around The World written by Susan Griffith and has been published by Vacation Work Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Business & Economics categories.
A unique and acclaimed guide for working travelers that explains how to find all types of temporary work around the world not only in advance, but also when on the spot while traveling.
Hong Kong
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Author : Caroline Knowles
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2009-12-15
Hong Kong written by Caroline Knowles and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-15 with Social Science categories.
In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city’s status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. Hong Kong is a tour of the city’s postcolonial urban landscape, innovatively told through fieldwork and photography. Caroline Knowles and Douglas Harper’s point of entry into Hong Kong is the unusual position of the British expatriates who chose to remain in the city after the transition. Now a relatively insignificant presence, British migrants in Hong Kong have become intimately connected with another small minority group there: immigrants from Southeast Asia. The lives, journeys, and stories of these two groups bring to life a place where the past continues to resonate for all its residents, even as the city hurtles forward into a future marked by transience and transition. By skillfully blending ethnographic and visual approaches, Hong Kong offers a fascinating guide to a city that is at once unique in its recent history and exemplary of our globalized present.
Ashton Reid On Clubs And Associations
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Author : David Ashton
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-27
Ashton Reid On Clubs And Associations written by David Ashton and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-27 with Law categories.
The diversity and complexity of the legal issues that can arise in the course of the activities of a club, society or association present numerous questions for those advising and managing those bodies for which they need guidance. Problems range from the interpretation of rules to anti-discrimination legislation. Legal issues can span alcohol licensing, charities, company law, employment law, expulsion procedures, litigation, meetings, promotion of lotteries, property law and taxation. This is the definitive guide to the legal framework within which clubs, societies and associations operate, bringing together the various strands of law (including new case law and recent legislation) to provide practical legal advice for these bodies, their advisers and officers. The work includes a full set of model rules as well as other useful material in the Appendices.