Man in a hurry : Murray MacLehose and colonial autonomy in Hong Kong  Man in a Hurry: Murray MacLehose and Colonial Autonomy in Hong Kong 

• Product Details

  Product #

  2618824B

  Author(s)

  Yep, Ray

  City

  Hong Kong 

  Country

  Hong Kong 

  Language

  English 

  ISBN

  9789888842926 

  Date of Publication

  2024 

  Publisher

  Hong Kong University Press  

  Cover Type

  Hard cover 

  Pages

  202 

  Series

  Royal Asiatic society Hong Kong studies series 

  Subject

  History, 20th-21st Centuries

  Subject

  Politics

   

• Product Details in Original Language

  Author

  Yep, Ray

  Publisher

  Hong Kong University Press  

• Description

  Man in a Hurry: Murray MacLehose and Colonial Autonomy in Hong Kong In Man in a Hurry: Murray MacLehose and Colonial Autonomy in Hong Kong, Ray Yep explores the latest available archival materials and re-examines MacLehose’s pivotal governorship in Hong Kong (1971–1982). MacLehose arrived in the challenging 1970s, when there were expectations for social reforms, uneasiness in the relationship between Hong Kong and London, and the 1997 factor looming large. The governor successfully carried out various social reforms and he also handled various major issues, including the anti-corruption campaign, the Vietnamese refugee crisis, and the granting of land lease of the New Territories beyond 1997. Yep unveils the tension and bargaining between the British government and explains how interest of the colony could be asserted, defended, and negotiated. This book is an important study of Hong Kong’s ‘golden years’ when the city’s economy took off. It is a significant contribution to our understanding of how local autonomy was defined.