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Há 6 dias · Andrew is an ethnomusicologist and currently researching Scottish bagpiping history and culture in former British colonies in the Far East (Hong Kong and British Malaya). In response to recent political developments and the enforcement of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, his research has also studied how this colonial legacy can survive ...
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Há 1 dia · The governor, Murray MacLehose, and ICAC commissioner, Jack Cater, were caught between two scenarios. If they let the ICAC continue with its investigations unchecked, Hong Kong could face a wholesale revolt by the police, who were widely regarded as doing their job more or less satisfactorily.
3 de mai. de 2024 · The lengthiest trail takes its name from the late British colonial governor Sir Murray MacLehose, a keen walker who set up the city’s networks of country parks in the 1970s. Covering some 44,000 hectares, the parks provide a verdant backdrop for the trails, although the metropolis occasionally intrudes.
Há 5 dias · Fiction – Kindle edition; Picador; 240 pages; 2011. First published in 1986, Mefisto is an early-career standalone novel by Irishman John Banville that focuses on identity, transformation, morality, chaos and redemption. It’s a difficult book to review because it’s completely baffling in places, but it is underpinned by exquisite writing ...
5 de mai. de 2024 · 1 MacLehose Path Problem: Difficult Length: 100 kilometres Time: 5 to 7 days The longest and most well-known walking on the list is the MacLehose Path, which covers 100 kilometres from Sai Kung to Tuen Mun. Named after Hong Kong's longest-serving guv and devoted hiker Murray MacLehose (who notoriously developed Hong Kong's country ...
9th May 2024. The Ma On Shan Country Trail Hike is an easy hike between the Ma On Shan Barbecue Site and Tai Shui Tseng in Sai Kung. Along the way, you’ll have the opportunity to explore the historic Ma On Shan Iron Mine, a significant relic of Hong Kong’s industrial heritage.
Há 3 dias · 2000 Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. 1917) 2000 Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912) 2003 Francois Bondy, Swiss writer and journalist (Preuves), dies at 88
