When Chung Man-lurk, popularly known as James, arrived in Hong Kong from China, in 1947, he would stare wide-eyed, puffing on a cigarette, at the tireless comings and goings of the British colony. Every morning, from his home in Wan Chai, he could hear the distant cries of people haggling in the markets. Outside, peddlers in button-down shirts hurried by, carrying food in baskets swinging from bot
