Ray Yep
Research director at the Hong Kong History Centre, University of Bristol, and author of Man in a Hurry: Murray MacLehose and Colonial Autonomy in Hong Kong (2024); provides archival-based analysis of MacLehose's governorship and colonial autonomy.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 1h 4min
Ray Yep, "Man in a Hurry: Murray MacLehose and Colonial Autonomy in Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2024)
Ray Yep, research director at the Hong Kong History Centre and author of a new study on Murray MacLehose, examines Hong Kong’s 1970s politics and colonial bargaining. He unpacks MacLehose’s reforms, anti-corruption drive, the Vietnamese refugee diplomacy, and covert negotiations with London. The conversation highlights informal leverage, media image, and archival revelations about contested autonomy.
Feb 20, 2026 • 1h 4min
Ray Yep, "Man in a Hurry: Murray MacLehose and Colonial Autonomy in Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2024)
Ray Yep, research director at the Hong Kong History Centre and author of Man in a Hurry, uses archival sleuthing to reframe Murray MacLehose’s governorship. He discusses bargaining with London, McLehose’s media-savvy reforms, the Vietnamese refugee crisis, land-leasing debates, and how 1970s autonomy shaped Hong Kong’s later trajectory.
