Acknowledgements iii

Introduction 1

Pt.I An overview

Ch.1 Is there a colonial mentality? 9

Ch.2 In Britain's footsteps: the colonial heritage 25

Ch.3 Hong Kong's lost generation 47

Ch.4 Beyond colonialism: the shift in 1967 69

Pt.II Documentary appendix

Ch.5 Social welfare, including housing, 1949-50 87

Ch.6 British government thinking on Hong Kong, 1956-1964 127

Ch.7 Sir David Trench and Constitutional reforms in Hong Kong 195