CONTENTS
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
OBITUARY: HUGH GIBB
HON. AUDITORS' REPORT
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HON. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
ARTICLES:
J.W. Hayes — The Old Popular Culture of China and Its Contribution to Stability in Tsuen Wan
C.C. Choi Studies on Hong Kong Jiao Festivals
David Wilmshurst The 'Syrian Brilliant Teaching' Chinese Local Semi-Divine Deities
Keith G. Stevens
P.H. Munro-Faure China on the Brink of War
Fred Dagenais John Fryer's Early Years in China: First Impressions of Hong Kong and the Chinese People..
Sau Y. Chan The Offering to the White Tiger in Cantonese Opera
Lauren F. Pfister Clues to the Life and Academic Achievements of one of the Most Famous Nineteenth Century European Sinologists James Legge (AD 1815-1897).
Dan Waters Hong Kong Hongs with Long Histories and British Connections
NOTES AND QUERIES:
P.H. Hase Ta Kwu Ling, Wong Pui Ling and the Kim Hau Bridges..
P.H. Hase A Village War in Sham Chun
P.H. Hase Sha Tau Kok in 1853
Keith G. Stevens The Buddha, the Heavenly True Warrior ..
Keith G. Stevens Altar Images from Hunan
Keith G. Stevens T'i-shen: A Substitute for a Person.
Riden Sung Chi-Pui – The Making of a Husk-grinder..
H.J.W. Chetwynd-Chatwin – The British Merchantman "Norna"
Geoffrey Roper Report on Visit to Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, Mid Autumn Festival 1992.
Dan Waters Sojourners in Xiamen: Notes on the RAS Visit.
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