Golden Needle

Biography of Frederick Stewart (1836-1889), b. Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Founder of Hong Kong Government Education, first local appointee as head of the permanent civil service, police magistrate, first headmaster of the HK Govt Central School for Boys (now Queen's College) and second Inspector of Schools. First Head of the Hong Kong Government Department of Education. Eight years research, supported generously with academic funds, produced this definitive biography of The Founder of Hong Kong Education. The book also gives important insights into the first school founded and fully funded by the Hong Kong Government, with its dual curriculum of Chinese and English languages and curricula. &quote;Dr Bickley's life of Frederick Stewart is beautifully written, eminently readable, and at times moving.&quote; - Lady Saltoun.