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because they had this American idea that once the handover is made, that everything would be a total mess in Hong Kong,” said Smith. "Nothing left, you know. An entirely mistaken idea.”
Smith decided to go with the Library of Congress because it has the financial backing from the US government his cards will be taken care of - and because the library is accessible to all.
For 13 years, before settling in Hong Kong, Smith was pastor at a U.S. church he established. At 42, he came to the territory in 1960 to teach for the Church of Christ in China,
Smith taught through a translator at first, and then his students began speaking English to him, so he never got a real grasp of the Cantonese dialect.
But the Reverend reads and writes characters and has used these skills in his work. Smith has written many articles over the last 40 years and has published two books.
Smith considers his article on "The Emergence of Chinese Elites in Hong Kong" his most significant work because it appears in bibliographies most often.
"People are always polite and they say nice things...if we're going to look at early Hong Kong we're going to have to go and look at the article."
Smith's book “Chinese Christians: Elites, Middlemen and the Church in Hong Kong" was published in 1985 and coincided with the 25th anniversary of the re-establishment of the RAS Hong Kong branch.
James Hayes said in the foreword that it was a time to look ahead to the handover and to the Society's continued contribution to the study of Hong Kong culture and history.
The Society held a one-day seminar that year to talk about the '97 issue. Opinions were divided on keeping the Royal in the name and Smith was one of the ones opposed.
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because they had this American idea that once the handover is made, that everything would be a total mess in Hong Kong,” said Smith. "Nothing left, you know. An entirely mistaken idea.”
Smith decided to go with the Library of Congress because it has the financial backing from the US government his cards will be
taken care of
-
and because the library is accessible to all.
For 13 years, before settling in Hong Kong, Smith was pastor at a U.S. church he established. At 42, he came to the territory in 1960 to teach for the Church of Christ in China,
Smith taught through a translator at first, and then his students began speaking English to him, so he never got a real grasp of the Cantonese dialect.
But the Reverend reads and writes characters and has used these skills in his work. Smith has written many articles over the last 40 years and has published two books.,
Smith considers his article on "The Emergence of Chinese Elites in Hong Kong" his most significant work because it appears in bibliographies most often.
"People are always polite and they say nice things...if we're going to look at early Hong Kong we're going to have to go and look at the article."
Smith's book “Chinese Christians: Elites, Middlemen and the Church in Hong Kong" was published in 1985 and coincided with the 25th anniversary of the re-establishment of the RAS Hong Kong branch.
James Hayes said in the foreword that it was a time to look ahead to the handover and to the Society's continued contribution to the study of Hong Kong culture and history.
The Society held a one-day seminar that year to talk about the '97 issue. Opinions were divided on keeping the Royal in the name and Smith was one of the ones opposed.
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