Hong Kong Heritage

In the first half of this Lunar New Year programme, Annemarie talks with China author Mark O’ Neill about a woman pioneer made in Hong Kong. Florence Li Tim-oi was the first woman to be ordained into the priesthood of the Anglican church worldwide. ...

Morrison Hill Road in Wan Chai is no longer a hill but the road is named after Robert Morrison, a Scottish missionary, who came to China in 1807. Author Mark O’Neill tells Annemarie about Morrison’s impact on China and his controversial legacy.

Morrison Hill Road in Wan Chai is no longer a hill but the road is named after Robert Morrison, a Scottish missionary, who came to China in 1807. Author Mark O’Neill tells Annemarie about Morrison’s impact on China and his controversial legacy.

British journalist Clare Hollingworth died this week in Hong Kong at the age of 105. Her most famous scoop was announcing the start of the Second World War, but she also won multiple awards as a war journalist in Algeria and worldwide. She also knew s...

British journalist Clare Hollingworth died this week in Hong Kong at the age of 105. Her most famous scoop was announcing the start of the Second World War, but she also won multiple awards as a war journalist in Algeria and worldwide. She also knew s...

On this week’s Hong Kong Heritage Annemarie heads joins lawyer Howard Bilton and photographer William Furniss on Queen’s Road West to look at herbal shops, lanterns, and dried goods stores on one of Hong Kong’s oldest streets and one that is changing f...

On this week’s Hong Kong Heritage Annemarie heads joins lawyer Howard Bilton and photographer William Furniss on Queen’s Road West to look at herbal shops, lanterns, and dried goods stores on one of Hong Kong’s oldest streets and one that is changing f...

In the second part of an interview with history researcher Philip Cracknell along the Wong Nai Chung Gap trail, Annemarie hears about the doomed Battle of Hong Kong ahead of the territory’s surrender to Japanese forces on December 25, 1941, including t...

Christmas Day, 1941, marked the surrender of Hong Kong to the invading Japanese forces 75 years ago. They would control the territory until August 1945. In the next two programmes, Annemarie joins history researcher Philip Cracknell, who researche...

Christmas Day, 1941, marked the surrender of Hong Kong to the invading Japanese forces 75 years ago. They would control the territory until August 1945. In the next two programmes, Annemarie joins history researcher Philip Cracknell, who researche...

Retired British teacher Christine Speak has been visiting Hong Kong for the 165th anniversary of St Paul’s College.  She came there in 1954 with her late husband Reverend Geoffrey Speak, who oversaw the school’s expansion and went on to co-found the En...

Retired British teacher Christine Speak has been visiting Hong Kong for the 165th anniversary of St Paul’s College. She came there in 1954 with her late husband Reverend Geoffrey Speak, who oversaw the school’s expansion and went on to co-found the En...

Where the Court of Final Appeal is now housed was from 1985 to 2011 the home of the Legislative Council. Built in 1912, it was first the supreme court with cells in the basement.  Veteran broadcast journalist Francis Moriarty takes Annemarie for a wa...

Where the Court of Final Appeal is now housed was from 1985 to 2011 the home of the Legislative Council. Built in 1912, it was first the supreme court with cells in the basement.  Veteran broadcast journalist Francis Moriarty takes Annemarie for a wand...