Retirement years

MY LIFE Part 6: RETIREMENT YEARS (2000+)

At the end of July 2000, I retired from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. I then moved to a serviced suite apartment in the Harbour Plaza Resort City Hotel (HPRC) in Tin Shui Wai, where I stayed, very comfortably, for the next 12 years. The hotel then decided to double the monthly rent of long-term residents, in order to cash in on the increase in tourist numbers from China. The result was that all the long-term residents moved out when their leases expired. I rented a flat for a year in the Central Park Towers estate, which is adjacent to the hotel, and then bought a flat, where I now reside

Although these years are called 'retirement', in reality they have been far from that, with the writing of textbooks for Singapore and the region keeping me fully occupied.

When I retired, Leonie and Gavin were already in the USA, Leonie at university in San Diego and Gavin in the Marines. Nadine finished Year 10 (Form 4) at Shatin College in Hong Kong then moved to a high school in San Diego.

The twin towers of the Harbour Plaza Resort City Hotel viewed from the Tin Shui Wai park. The serviced suite apartments are on the left while the regular hotel is on the right.

The Retirement Years: Life History Files

Here are accounts of the retirement years up to 2012. On clicking the links, the files will open in new tabs.

A view of the HPRC swimming pool

Life history files:

The retirement years - overview

Retirement years - year by year

Leonie

Graduation from Harvard Medical School

Harvard graduation:

Retirement years

MY LIFE Part 6: RETIREMENT YEARS (2000+)

The Retirement Years: Life History Files

Leonie

Gavin

Nadine

My Travels