Early HK years

At the end of 1966, I left Christchurch and went to Hong Kong for, supposedly, a two-year teaching stint at a new secondary school, Ming Yin College. (The reason for two years was that I was allowed a maximum of two years from the NZ government superannuation scheme; anything longer, and I would have to withdraw from the scheme and transfer the funds to a private scheme.) Well, the two years became four then indefinite. In 1974, I moved to the newly-created Hong Kong Technical Teachers' College as a Principal Lecturer in Education. After three years there, I moved to the School of Education of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

This page covers the period from my arrival in Hong Kong in December 1966 until moving to the Chinese University. As in the earlier pages of my life, the photographs and documents for these years should be read and viewed in conjunction with the Life History files.

Here are accounts of the early years in Hong Kong. On clicking the link, the file will open in a new tab.

The early Hong Kong years

Y-Teens

Memories of my YMCA years (overlaps with the "The early Hong Kong years" file above

Ming Yin College outings

Ming Yin College memories (some overlap with other files)

Wedding (1975)

The old YMCA (Salisbury Road, Kowloon): Photos

The same photos of the old YMCA as a slide show:

Y-Teens: Photos

Teaching at Ming Yin College: Photos

Ming Yin College outings: Photos

Technical Teachers' College years: Photos

Ocean Park, ca. 1975: Photos

Wedding photographs (1975): Photos

The pictures here cover only a few years. Many holiday trips were taken during these years: 1967 (Philippines and Japan), 1968 (South Asia, the Middle East and the Soviet Union), 1970 (Britain), 1972 (Western Europe), 1973 (Scandinavia), and 1976 (Western Europe again). Most of the pictures for these trips were Kodak slides that needed to be converted to digital pictures. Others may be lost. Hence pictures for these trips are not included here.

1968 trip to South Asia, the Middle East and the Soviet Union

Apart from a visit to Japan in 1967, this was first big excursion into the world. It took place during the school summer break of 1968 and lasted about 7 weeks. The map above shows the route taken. This was a very exciting holiday and I remember most of it very vividly, even without my diary which seems to have been misplaced. Open the file below for an account of the trip. You may be surprised (shocked!) at some of the things I got up to.

Account of the 1968 trip: Account

Oher travels

1971 to New Zealand (climbing Avalanche Peak): Photos

1975 New Zealand honeymoon: Photos

1977 Christchurch: Photos

1977 Mt Cook (or was this 1975?): Photos

Maps of routes taken on trips: Photos