Early China Coast Meteorology The Role of Hong Kong (Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series) by P. KevinMackeown Hardcover, 308 Pages, Published 2011 by Hong Kong University Press ISBN-13: 978-988-8028-85-6, ISBN: 988-8028-85-5
"Numerous personality clashes and financial and other intrigues surrounded the early efforts to set up an Observatory in Hong Kong. Blending personalities, politics and practicalities of studying the weather, this entertaining book provides valuable and informative insights into the public and private controversies growing out of responses to and responsibilities involved in the protection of life and property. This portrait is set firml ..."
A Stormy Petrel The Life and Times of John Pope Hennessy (Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies) by MackeownP. Kevin Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2019 by City University Of Hong Kong Press ISBN-13: 978-962-937-377-1, ISBN: 962-937-377-7
"Pope Hennessy had drawn unflattering attention from Jewish MPs. In 1886, Sir
Julian Goldsmid, in connection with affairs in Mauritius, provocatively asked the
colonial secretary to tell him whether it was the first instance Sir J. Pope
Hennessy ..."