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that you cannot please all the members all the time there is still a role for societies like the Royal Asiatic Society to play in Hong Kong. It is interesting to recall that some of the best research on Hong Kong history has been carried out by amateurs, often by RAS members. We, as members, must continue to ask ourselves the question: How can the local Branch make Hong Kong a better place and how can we members continue to serve the community, including both Chinese and Westerners?
References
Bard, Solomon. 1995. “Archaeology in Hong Kong: A Review of Achievements”, Archaeology in Southeast Asia, University of Hong Kong: 383-395.
Chambers Biographical Dictionary. Revised edition 1969. states: “(Bowring) ... acquired knowledge of 200 languages”.
Dudgeon, David and Richard Corlett. 1994. Hills and Streams: an Ecology of Hong Kong, Oxford University Press.
Endacott, G. B. 1958. A History of Hong Kong, Oxford University Press.
Hayes, James William. 1989. “Letter to the Chairman, Consultative Committee for the Basic Law”, Journal RASHKB, 29: xvi and xvii.
1997. "The Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch", Journal RASHKB, 34: 129-145.
Pfister, Lauren F. 1993. "Clues to the Life and Academic Achievements of One of the Most Famous Nineteenth Century European Sinologists-James Legge (AD 1815-1897)", Journal HKBRAS, 30: 180-218.
Ride, Lindsay and May, 1996. An East India Company Cemetery, ed. Bernard Mellor, Hong Kong University Press.
The Royal Asiatic Society: Its History and Treasures. 1979. eds. Stuart Simmonds and Simon Digby, The Royal Asiatic Society London.
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that you cannot please all the members all the time there is still a role for societies like the Royal Asiatic Society to play in Hong Kong. It is interesting to recall that some of the best research on Hong Kong history has been carried out by amateurs, often by RAS members. We, as members, must continue to ask ourselves the question: How can the local Branch make Hong Kong a better place and how can we members continue to serve the community, including both Chinese and Westerners?
References
Bard, Solomon. 1995. “Archaeology in Hong Kong: A Review of Achievements", Archaeology in Southeast Asia, University of Hong Kong: 383-395.
Chambers Biographical Dictionary. Revised edition 1969. states: "(Bowring) ... acquired knowledge of 200 languages”.
Dudgeon, David and Richard Corlett. 1994. Hills and Streams: an Ecology of Hong Kong, Oxford University Press.
Endacott, G. B. 1958. A History of Hong Kong, Oxford University
Press.
Hayes, James William. 1989. “Letter to the Chairman, Consultative Committee for the Basic Law”, Journal RASHKB, 29: xvi and xvii.
1997. "The Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch", Journal RASHKB, 34: 129-145.
Pfister, Lauren F. 1993. "Clues to the Life and Academic Achievements of One of the Most Famous Nineteenth Century European Sinologists-James Legge (AD 1815-1897)", Journal HKBRAS, 30: 180-218.
Ride, Lindsay and May, 1996. An East India Company Cemetery, ed. Bernard Mellor, Hong Kong University Press.
The Royal Asiatic Society: Its History and Treasures. 1979. eds. Staurt Simmonds and Simon Digby, The Royal Asiatic Society London.
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