Michael WRIGHT [1912-2018]
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Submitted by David on Wed, 2018-01-31 12:09
Sex:
Male
Status:
Deceased
Michael Wright was born in Hong Kong in 1912, fought here in the Volunteers in 1941 and spent the rest of the war as a POW. Afterwards he returned to the Public Works Department, eventually becoming the Director of Public Works in the 1960s.
There's a very good recording of him describing his life, called "The Wright Chronicle". It's worth attending a screening if you get a chance. Chloe Lai, the interviewer, talked about it on the Hong Kong Heritage radio programme: http://podcast.rthk.hk/podcast/item_epi.php?pid=164&lang=en-US&id=89343
The SCMP have published an obituary: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131227/hong-kongs-f...
