About the Author

Jason Wordie has established an enviable reputation as a historian of Hong Kong who can communicate to a general audience and engage them with the way buildings and places reveal the history, changing nature and culture of Hong Kong. His knowledge of Hong Kong and its history is complemented by an eye for the intriguing, and a wonderful sense of the telling anecdote that humanizes and brings history to life.

Reviews

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