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A varied collection of stories by a selection of authors about their time in 20th century Hong Kong in many different roles and occupations – civil servants, soldiers, policemen, lawyers, pilots, architects, doctors, teachers, animal carers, snake catchers, entrepreneurs and administrators. Ā 
There are tales about Vietnamese refugees, rampaging soldiery, club shenanigans, heritage conservation, disasters, typhoons, guerrillas, charity fundraising, parachuting, motorsport and bird watching; plus a fictional yarn or two and a children’s story.

ā€œThe colourful and amusing stories of a handful of 'foreign devils' who loved the barren rock and whose enthusiastic work and play helped to nourish the fertile soil of today's Hong Kong.ā€
Peter Mann MBE Ā - Author of ā€˜Sheriff of Wanchai’

(The Sherriff Book's profit from the sale of this book will go to the Sailability HK charity.)

ISBN : 9789887697428
EDITED BY Shirra, Guy Sanderson
PUBLISHER : Sherriff Books PUBLICATION DATE :Ā 
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : IMPRINT :Ā 
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback



PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
History & Archaeology
Society & Social Sciences

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A varied collection of stories by a selection of authors about their time in 20th century Hong Kong in many different roles and occupations – civil servants, soldiers, policemen, lawyers, pilots, architects, doctors, teachers, animal carers, snake catchers, entrepreneurs and administrators. Ā 
There are tales about Vietnamese refugees, rampaging soldiery, club shenanigans, heritage conservation, disasters, typhoons, guerrillas, charity fundraising, parachuting, motorsport and bird watching; plus a fictional yarn or two and a children’s story.

ā€œThe colourful and amusing stories of a handful of 'foreign devils' who loved the barren rock and whose enthusiastic work and play helped to nourish the fertile soil of today's Hong Kong.ā€
Peter Mann MBE Ā - Author of ā€˜Sheriff of Wanchai’

(The Sherriff Book's profit from the sale of this book will go to the Sailability HK charity.)

ISBN : 9789887697428
EDITED BY Shirra, Guy Sanderson
PUBLISHER : Sherriff Books PUBLICATION DATE :Ā 
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : IMPRINT :Ā 
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback



PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
History & Archaeology
Society & Social Sciences

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