An eastern entrepôt : a collection of documents illustrating the history of Hong Kong by 《新安縣志》 : 香港史料選
Documentary History of Hong Kong: Economy by
Economic history deals with daily life, but also goes beyond that to interpret the important turning points which made daily life possible. This book demonstrates why Hong Kong was so successful as a commercial, industrial and financial city at different times in its history and how these major changes made an impact on the life of its people. The documents selected for inclusion illustrate vividly problems confronted by entrepreneur and government at every stage in these changes. An outline history provided in the general introduction and to every chapter brings coherence to the different themes which emerge throughout the book.
Via ports : from Hong Kong to Hong Kong by
Sir Alexander Grantham was Governor of Hong Kong from 1947 to 1957, one of the most dramatic decades in the city's history. This was a time of rapid reconstruction after World War II and growing prosperity. But civil war and revolution in China posed new challenges to the precarious British colony and tested Grantham's skills as a diplomat. In this lively memoir, first published in 1965, Grantham describes his thirty-five years in the British colonial service, which began in Hong Kong with a government cadetship in the 1920s and ended here in 1957. A new introduction by Lord Wilson of Tillyorn, Governor of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1992, reflects on Grantham's contributions to Hong Kong. Sir Alexander Grantham became Governor of Hong Kong in 1947 and served until 1957. His term of office saw rapid reconstruction and growing prosperity after World War II. Civil war and revolution in China drove hundreds of thousands of refugees into the British colony, while tense relations between Britain and the new People's Republic gave rise to difficult and potentially explosive incidents in Hong Kong. Plans for democratic reform were quietly dropped as Grantham instead crafted an authoritarian form of government that combined strong leadership with gradual social reform - a system that lasted almost to the end of colonial rule. In this elegant memoir, first published by the Hong Kong University Press in 1965, Grantham describes his thirty-five years in the British colonial service, which began in Hong Kong in 1922 and ended here in 1957; he also held senior positions in Bermuda, Jamaica, Nigeria and the South Pacific. Only a few of Hong Kong's former governors have published anything about their terms of office here, but Grantham's stands out as the most interesting and substantial. Via Ports is an important first-hand account of the workings of Britain's colonial system. It also contains vivid, often amusing anecdotes about life behind the scenes in Government House during the long twilight of the British Empire.
1997・香港 : 香港地位問題資料滙編叛逆 歲月 : 香港 學運 文獻 選輯香港過渡時期重要文件匯編Hong Kong Annual Reports
1841 - 1941/42: PRINT
1879 - 1939: ONLINE (through Hong Kong Government Reports Online)
1946 - 1996: ONLINE (through Hong Kong Public Libraries)
1997 - Last year: ONLINE
Policy Address by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong (Governor prior to the handover)
The policy address was first introduced during the colonial period by Governor Sir Murray MacLehose in 1972 as "Address by His Excellency the Governor".
1976 - 1997: Print: Per JQ670 A1 G66 at Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library
1976 (Chinese & English), 1977 (English), 1978 (Chinese & English), 1979 (Chinese), 1980 - 1981 (Chinese & English), 11982/83 (English), 1983/84 (English), 1986/87 (Chinese), 1987/1988 (Chinese), 1988/89 (Chinese), 1989/1990 (Chinese), 1991/92 (Chinese & English), 1995/96 (Chinese & English), 1996/1997 (Chinese & English)
1997 - Present: ONLINE
Hong Kong Government Gazette:
Online: current & key word search May, 2000 - Present
Print: 1951 - 1970 in B2 storage, 1971 - current in periodical area, with gaps.
v.125 (1983:Jan.7)-v.126 (1984:Dec.)
Microfilm: 1853 - 1961 (MF0525 - MF0630), Supplements 1971-73 (MF0631 - MF0636). Please request at the front desk of Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library.
Hong Kong Sessional Papers
Print: Index to the sessional papers of Hong Kong 1879-1982
Online: Sessional Papers: 1884 - 1940
Microfilm: 1884 - 1949 (MF0698 - MF0707) Please request at the front desk of Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library.
Hong Kong Blue Books:
Print: 1887 - 1937 Hong Kong blue book for the year ...
Online: 1871 - 1940
Microfilm: 1884 - 1940 (MF0708 -MF0736) Please request at the front desk of Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library.
Hong Kong Hansard (Reports of the meetings of the Legislative Council):
Online: 1858 - Present year,
Microfilm: 1892 - 1992 (MF0637 - MF068) Please request at the front desk of Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library.
