logging in or signing up City of Darkness gweimui Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 84 Category: Others/ Misc License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 25, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript From Hong Kong to London : From Hong Kong to London A journey from the Fareast to the East end via West Yorkshire Hak Nam – The City of Darkness : Hak Nam – The City of Darkness I was born here Orphaned, abandoned and left to die The Walled City - Kowloon : The Walled City - Kowloon The Walled City was a colony within a colony, a dark little enclave of narrow, twisting streets and rickety walk-ups that defied British law and order for almost 100 years. Where Did the Orphans come from? : Where Did the Orphans come from? Local and immigrant mainland Chinese Illegitimate pregnancy by native and foreign fathers A population explosion in the 50s and 60s Most of the native Hong Kongers were impoverished Cultural preference – some might say necessity - for the first born to be a boy Slide 5: Inside The Walled City Where Did The Orphans Go To? : Where Did The Orphans Go To? The Fanling babies home founded in the 1930s to take care of the abandoned and destitute Slide 7: The Fanling Babies Home I was abandoned on their doorstep ‘63 A Bakers Dozen Flown to UK : ‘63 A Bakers Dozen Flown to UK I flew from Kai Tak to Heathrow. 13 orphans in total were scattered across the British Isles. I landed in West Yorkshire A Yorkshire Lass : A Yorkshire Lass I grew up in a very small West Yorkshire mill village Two rows of cottages and two up –two down houses A Yorkshire Lass : A Yorkshire Lass I grew up in a cottage like this I went to a village school like this This the view I had from my cottage This is the path I took to school Going South : Going South 1979 : 1979 I moved to London, I lived near the old London Wall When I wasn’t busy at drama school I was a part time noodle chef in Chinatown A world apart : A world apart From Walled city To the London Wall From the Far East To the East End The End : The End City of London Credits : Credits Music Traditional Chinese Bamboo Flute Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band mixed and edited by Gwei Mui You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
City of Darkness gweimui Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 84 Category: Others/ Misc License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 25, 2009 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript From Hong Kong to London : From Hong Kong to London A journey from the Fareast to the East end via West Yorkshire Hak Nam – The City of Darkness : Hak Nam – The City of Darkness I was born here Orphaned, abandoned and left to die The Walled City - Kowloon : The Walled City - Kowloon The Walled City was a colony within a colony, a dark little enclave of narrow, twisting streets and rickety walk-ups that defied British law and order for almost 100 years. Where Did the Orphans come from? : Where Did the Orphans come from? Local and immigrant mainland Chinese Illegitimate pregnancy by native and foreign fathers A population explosion in the 50s and 60s Most of the native Hong Kongers were impoverished Cultural preference – some might say necessity - for the first born to be a boy Slide 5: Inside The Walled City Where Did The Orphans Go To? : Where Did The Orphans Go To? The Fanling babies home founded in the 1930s to take care of the abandoned and destitute Slide 7: The Fanling Babies Home I was abandoned on their doorstep ‘63 A Bakers Dozen Flown to UK : ‘63 A Bakers Dozen Flown to UK I flew from Kai Tak to Heathrow. 13 orphans in total were scattered across the British Isles. I landed in West Yorkshire A Yorkshire Lass : A Yorkshire Lass I grew up in a very small West Yorkshire mill village Two rows of cottages and two up –two down houses A Yorkshire Lass : A Yorkshire Lass I grew up in a cottage like this I went to a village school like this This the view I had from my cottage This is the path I took to school Going South : Going South 1979 : 1979 I moved to London, I lived near the old London Wall When I wasn’t busy at drama school I was a part time noodle chef in Chinatown A world apart : A world apart From Walled city To the London Wall From the Far East To the East End The End : The End City of London Credits : Credits Music Traditional Chinese Bamboo Flute Grimethorpe Colliery Brass Band mixed and edited by Gwei Mui