Book talk in Hong Kong: Searching for Billie, Tracing Surprising Family Roots in China

Book cover image: Searching for Billie, by Ian GillTaking place on Tuesday March 4 at the Royal Geographical Society in Hong Kong.

Author Ian Gill talks about the main characters of his Anglo-Chinese family, who lived in China and Hong Kong from the mid-19th century until modern times.

The story starts when his great-grandmother married Ted Newman, a Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company steward, in Hong Kong in 1869. They founded the Family Hotel in Chefoo, turning it into one of the best-known hotels on the China coast.

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Published on March 03, 2025 00:38
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