In this book, Jason Wordie takes the reader on fifty tours through the urban and historic places of Hong Kong Island ranging from Central through Wan Chai, to Shau Kei Wan then to Shek O, along the south coast from Stanley to Aberdeen, completing a circuit of the Island through Pok Fu Lam, Kennedy Town to Sheung Wan.
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Jason Wordie, after absorbed and loving research, street by street, uncovers the layers of Hong Kong's vanishing past. With sad and impish humour he has given us a delightful and definitive book. -- Sir David Akers-Jones
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
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978-962-209-563-2 (9789622095632)
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Jason Wordie is a historian and writer with a particular interest in lesser-known aspects of Hong Kong. A long-time local resident and graduate of the University of Hong Kong, he lives in the New Territories.
