![]() ![]() Penned by a high-achieving Hong Kong professional, Feng Chi-shun’s sharp recollections of his humble upbringing contain warmth, humour, and an abundance of insights into a low-income Hong Kong neighbourhood that no longer exists – but remains close to the hearts of many who lived there.ĭiamond Hill will invite comparisons with Martin Booth’s Gweilo. This memoir of a native son of a Kowloon-side squatter village – the first book ever on Diamond Hill, in either Chinese or English – presents the early days of a life shaped by a now-extinct community. ![]() It’s a time that I remember well and cherish. Those were the formative years of my life. We moved there in 1956 when I was almost 10. “Diamond Hill was one of the poorest and most backward of villages in Hong Kong at a time when Hong Kong itself was poor and backward. ![]()
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