Middle HK years

In 1977, we moved to the School of Education at the Chinese of Hong Kong. My primary responsibility was in the training of Chemistry teachers for local secondary schools, though being a rather small school at that time, I was required to teach other courses as well. We lived in one of the residences on campus.

I decided that it would be advantageous to obtain a PhD, which resulted in moving to Stanford University in 1983. There we stayed in the university campus village for the two years we were there. During this time, I did all the required coursework for the degree and presented my dissertation proposal.

At the end of August 1985, we returned to Hong Kong where, as well as my normal work at the School of Education, I did the research for my dissertation.

During this stage of my life, our three children were born. Leonie (in 1979) and Gavin (in 1981), who were born in Hong Kong, and Nadine (in 1985) who was born in San Francisco.

Here are accounts of the middle years in Hong Kong. On clicking the links, the files will open in a new tab.

Life history files:

The middle years (= early CUHK years) (1977 - 1983)

The Stanford years (1983 - 1985 + 1988)

Some photos of life during these years

Campus life and something of Hong Kong in general: Photos

The Residence 6 years (1977 - 1981): Photos

The Residence 11 years (1982 - 1983): Photos

The School of Education (prior to 1983): Photos

The Stanford years (1983 to 1985): Photos

Rex

Around the reservoirs races in Hong Kong (two of them anyway!): Photos

Marathons (three 1981 - 1983): Photos

Diplomas: Stanford MS (Statistics) diploma

Stanford PhD diploma

Sierra Vista Hospital records (1985): Hospital records [Click on each record to open it in a new tab.]

Vanessa

Lantau monastery retreat (1979): Photos

On campus: Photos

Leonie

Birth certificate: Document (Sorry - it is not horizontal!)

Photos of birth and early years (1979+): Photos

Escondido Elementary School (Stanford, 1985): Photos

The same photos of Leonie's birth and early years (embedded):

Gavin

Birth certificate: Document - again sorry, it is not horizontal!

Register of birth in New Zealand: Document

Photos of birth and early years (1981 - 1983): Photos

The same photos of Gavin's birth and early years (embedded):

Nadine

Birth certificate: Birth certificate (Ah - the correct way up!)

As a baby at Stanford, 1985: Photos

The same photos of Nadine as a baby at Stanford as a slide show (blocked):

New Zealand grandparents' visit to Hong Kong (1982 - 1983)

Hong Kong: Photos

Visit to Macau and Zhuhai: Photos

The same photos of their visit to Macau and Zhuhai embedded as a slide show:

The pictures here cover the years from 1978 to 1983. In 1978, Vanessa and I travelled to Japan and South Korea. Thereafter, trips were made with one or more of the children.

In 1980, when Leonie was one year old, we went to Australia (Sydney), New Zealand (Christchurch), the United States, primarily to show her to our families, then briefly to Canada (Vancouver) on the way back to Hong Kong.

At the end of 1981, Vanessa and I along with young Leonie, Keith and his wife Anh, travelled with a Chinese University group to South-western China. Leonie was a delightful member of the group and no trouble whatsoever. Gavin was too young to come and stayed with Mrs Cho (in the residence adjacent to Residence 6).

In 1982, I attended a conference in Honolulu. A few pictures of places I visited are included here.

In 1983, shortly before going to Stanford, I travelled with a delegation from the School of Education to China, sponsored (and mostly paid for) by the Ministry of Education in China. Also at about this time, my parents came fro New Zealnd to stay with us for a while.

In the summer of 1983, we took a long route to Stanford, travelling to New Zealand (Christchurch) and then to Los Angeles (including Disneyland) thence to Stanford.

1978 to Japan and South Korea

Japan

South Korea

1980 to Australia, New Zealand and North America

Sydney

Christchurch

USA and Vancouver

1981 Chung Chi visit to South-western China

Photos

1982 Honolulu Conference (sightseeing pics!)

Photos

1983 Faculty trip to China

Photos

1983 to New Zealand and Los Angeles on the way to Stanford

Hamilton (New Zealand)

Christchurch and Akaroa (near Christchurch)

Visit to Bill Ellwood's bach (holiday house) at Bealey

Disneyland