Cantonese Worlds – “Collecting Hong Kong” (May 14-15, 2015)

1. Bringing Old Perspectives to
New Audiences: a history of
BC’s First Bilingual
Newspaper
Allan Cho
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
University of British Columbia Library
Cantonese Worlds – “Collecting Hong
Kong”
(May 14-15, 2015)

2. Perspectives Newspaper at UBC (1992-2012)

3. Perspectives in 1992
Dennis Chung
Angela Tsang, Phyllis Kwan,
Natasha Hung

4. The Life of Perspectives (1992-2012)
1992-1999 (Coping)
1999-2005 (Adapting)
2005-2012 (Identity)

5. 1997 - “It All Started With the Tiananmen”

6. 1993 Survey of UBC Students from HK

7. Remembering “Nostalgic” Hong Kong
• Zunzi (尊子)- one of
Hong Kong’s most
famed local
cartoonists, whose
work channeled HK
society’s frustrations
into comedy and
caricature
• Ming Pao Daily, Apple
Daily and Next
Magazine

8. Political Issues

9. Hong Kong Mainstream Culture & Entertainment

10. “Connecting” Chinese Clubs

11. Advertising: Hong Kong–Vancouver Connections

12. Perspectives 2.0: “Cultures in Flux”

13. Frome Journalism to Creative Writing

14. Transition to the Literary

15. Raelians in Vancouver

16. Preparing for Return
● Articles focused on
job opportunities in HK,
Taiwan, Mainland China
● Less about politics;
more about
“normalized” relations

17. Building a Network

18. Perspectives 3.0 - Search for Identity

19. Perspectives in 2012 – The Final Frontier

20. 1970’s UBC Overseers
Perspectives Newspaper
was not the first,
perhaps not even the
second
● Chinese Students
Association
● Tommy Tao, Paul Yee,
Laifong Leung,
Hanson Lau,

21. Libraries and Archives (Digital)