| Verner
Bickley's Searching for Frederick is a significant contribution
to Hong Kong history and an excellent guide to the processes of
historical research for anyone interested in producing their own life
histories.
Verner Bickley,
MBE, Ph.D., was born in England and educated at the University of
London. After naval service in South Asia, he was appointed an
Education Officer for the Singapore Government. Later, he held senior
positions in Burma, Indonesia and Japan as a British Council Officer;
in Hawaii as Director of the East-West Centre's Culture Learning
Institute and in Saudi Arabia as Head of Language Training for Saudi
Arabian Airlines.
Dr Bickley has had extensive
radio and television experience with (the then) BBC Far Eastern
Station; NHK, Tokyo; Radio Republik Indonesia and Radio Singapore and
he is the author of more than twenty textbooks and articles on
international education, language and culture.
From 1983 to 1992, Dr Bickley served in Hong Kong as
Assistant Director of Education and Director of the Government's
Institute of Language in Education. He is currently an Honorary
Research Fellow of the University of Hong Kong's Centre of Asian
Studies and Chairman of the English-Speaking Union in Hong Kong.
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