Neil Singh Goodman, Ph. D.
Chung Chi College
Department of Psychology
The Chinese University
Statin, N.T., Hong Kong
2 August, 1977
20 WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
APPENDIX I
I have been requested by the Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in my capacity as Lecturer in Psychology,
to perform a psychological analysis of the recently deceased Mr. Liu Ping- bon, based on his writings.
His diary for the past four years; his published writings; his correspondence, both personal and professional; and certain of his personal effects have
been submitted to me.
ased on my six years experience with student counselling and my study of human states of consciousness and motivation, I respectfully bring forth
the following evidences and conclusions:
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It is doubtful that Mr. Liu was the type of suicide provoked by pressures
from work. Even at the time of his all-important degree exam, he was
still writing and publishing his witticisms. Nor was he terribly afraid
of any failure that might come across his days. His published writings
testify to this; he takes a mature perspective towards the ups and downs
of life, regarding them all as learning experiences.
According to P.M. Yap, author of Suicide in Hong Kong (Hong Kong University
Press, 1958), the rate of suicide is high among those persons subject to
economic uncertainty, large debts outstanding, and long-standing unemployment.
One can rule this factor out in Mr. Liu's case, for his economic position
at the time of his death was apparently better than it had ever been before.