Diamond Hill will invite comparisons with Martin Booth's Golden Boy. Feng Chi-shun's sharp recollections of his humble upbringing contain warmth, humor, and an abundance of insights into a low-income Hong Kong neighborhood that no longer exists-but remains close to the hearts of many who lived there. It's a time that I remember well and cherish." This memoir of a native son of a Kowloon-side squatter village-the first book ever on Diamond Hill, in either Chinese or English-presents the early days of a life shaped by a now-extinct community. Those were the formative years of my life. We moved there in 1956 when I was almost 10. "Diamond Hill was one of the poorest and most backward of villages in Hong Kong at a time when Hong Kong itself was poor and backward.
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