The longer you live in Hong Kong, the more impressive becomes your Typhoon Tally, an essential component of your credentials, to be wheeled out as required. Only the big ones count. It’s Signal 10 (hurricane […]
Horses were everything in the 1940s when my dad Jack and his cousin, my Extraordinary Aunty Joan, were growing up in rural New South Wales, Australia. They were work, transport and recreation, but of all […]
While my father Jack Spackman was visiting churches and orphanages for his Catholic Weekly article, his wife Margaret and mother Doris joined a sightseeing tour, which included a visit across the border into the Chinese […]
Just a few months after arriving in Hong Kong in 1967, my parents Jack and Margaret Spackman visited Macau for a taste of what might be to come. The storm clouds of China’s Cultural Revolution […]
Of all the missing scraps from my childhood, the ones I yearn for most are the often-outrageous scribbles of my Uncle Bill Yim. They were kept under glass, on top of an elaborate Chinese-style chest […]
The continuing adventures of my honorary aunt Joan ‘The Bone’ Byrne, who left Australia with us in 1967 and went on her own journey while we remained in Hong Kong. Political turmoil meant Joan couldn’t follow […]
Naysayers in 1968 gave the Hong Kong Journalists Association two years at most. What would those pessimists have said, I wonder, to the more than 700 people who attended the 50th anniversary gala celebrations on Saturday, […]
Much has changed in Hong Kong since Your Girl Reporter departed this fair city in 1987, but its beating heart is as strong and vibrant as it ever was. It’s good to be home. “Congratulations,” the […]
Hong Kong artist Kristy Lau is taking her inspiration from the street life which surrounded her during childhood and creating a delightful range of t-shirts. Now she’s preparing for her first exhibition – at Hong […]
Who knows the truth about Francis James, one of Australia’s last great characters? My father Jack Spackman, who knew him better than most, said he never got to the heart of the man, best known […]
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