Lifetime in Academia : An Autobiography by Rayson Huang
ISBN: 9789888053711
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Hong Kong University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Education;

Rayson Huang began his studies at the University of Hong Kong in 1938. Thirty-four years later, in 1972, he became the UniversityOCOs first Chinese Vice-Chancellor and served in that position until 1986. He sat on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and on the Drafting Committee that formulated ChinaOCOs Basic Law for Hong Kong after its return to China in 1997. In this lively and frank autobiography, Huang reflects on his diverse university career of almost half a century OCo in Hong Kong, China, Britain, the United States, Singapore and Malaysia OCo and on his experiences during World War II, when he moved, as a refugee, into Free China to study and teach. This expanded second edition includes substantial additional material on his childhood, his experiences in occupied Hong Kong, and his activities as vice-chancellor."


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