The Hong Kong News
ISSUE Nr. 47 Whole Nr. 19203
18th December, 1933
One Year $29
Stay in 1933
Earning less but Happier
I earn much less money now than I did at my office job. I am also much happier now than I was in my job. The easiest conclusion to draw is that money definitely does not equal happiness. Well, not for me anyway, which also means it doesn’t equal happiness for every other person on the planet too.
Family got a little bit too involved
"This generation broke off a number of promising friendships too soon when mothers or aunties starting hinting about the contents of our 'bottom drawers' or asking directly whether we were still going out with 'X'?"
Battle of Hong Kong
in 1940s
The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the British Crown colony of Hong Kong.