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or even on a village improvement scheme that would have materially improved their living conditions.
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Chinese letter from the Village Representative and 33 other villagers of Kau Wah Keng to the District Officer, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, dated 1 May 1984
16 One of the graves is a large communal one, established in the 1930s, to receive the remains of many members of the lineage whose remains had been moved from scattered locations.
17 Enclosure (12) in TW3/1983/77, Chinese letter from the then Chairman of the Tsing Yi Rural Committee, dated 15 February 1977
I am reminded of my father's perplexity when seeing for the first time the inscription placed on his mother's grave by his step-sisters. He stood looking at it in silence, taking in the fulsome words of praise and love, and eventually turned to me, saying ‘Jim, she wasn't like that"'
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or even on a village improvement scheme that would have materially improved their living conditions.
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Chinese letter from the Village Representative and 33 other villagers of Kau Wah Keng to the District Officer, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi, dated 1 May 1984
16 One of the graves is a large communal one, established in the 1930s, to receive the remains of many members of the lineage whose remains had been moved from scattered locations.
17 Enclosure (12) in TW 3 1983 / 77, Chinese letter from the then Chairman of the Tsing Yi Rural Committee, dated 15 February 1977
I am reminded of my father's perplexity when seeing for the first time the inscription placed on his mother's grave by his step-sisters. He stood looking at it in silence, taking in the fulsome words of praise and love, and eventually turned to me, saying ‘Jim, she wasn't like that"'
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