Southern District Officer Reports

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Southern District Officer Reports is written by John Strickland and published by Hong Kong University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9888028383 (ISBN 10) and 9789888028382 (ISBN 13).

This is a collection of administrative dispatches from the 1910s through the early 1960s which illuminate not only rural life in Hong Kong but also Hong Kong government policies during the post-World War II period. The authors of the reports include such notable figures as Eric Hamilton, Walter Schofield, S. H. Peplow, Paul Tsui, Austin Coates, and James Hayes. The volume is another important addition to the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies series, which has played a vital role in reviving and sustaining local history.