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Paper Tigress : A Life in the Hong Kong Government

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Overview

Rachel Cartland came to Hong Kong in 1972 as one of just two female expatriates in the Hong Kong Government's elite administrative grade. Before she retired in 2006, her life was shaped by the events that rocked Hong Kong during those momentous years: corruption and the police mutiny, currency crisis, Tiananmen Square, the change of sovereignty and the devastation of SARS. This accessible account of modern Hong Kong ranges from Kowloon's infamous Walled City to Government House to the villages of the New Territories.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9789881900388
  • ISBN-10: 9881900387
  • Publisher: Blacksmith Books
  • Publish Date: February 2014
  • Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.85 pounds
  • Page Count: 220

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