Percy Cradock

Old master Thatcher's lesson in realism on handover

11 Apr 2013

The two British architects of Hong Kong's return to China are now dead. First it was Percy Cradock. Now, it's his boss Margaret Thatcher. Yet, the logic of their arguments for preserving Hong Kong...

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Former UK envoy Sir Richard Evans, who was key in HK's handover, dies

30 Aug 2012

Sir Richard Mark Evans, Britain's ambassador to China in 1984 who contributed to the negotiations that led to Hong Kong's handover to China, died on Friday at the age of 84.

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Percy Cradock praises SAR crisis handling

13 Jul 1998

Hong Kong had handled the crises since the handover well, according to former British ambassador to China Sir Percy Cradock.

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Britain's new man in Beijing

17 Jun 1997

Tony Galsworthy, one of Britain's foremost experts on Hong Kong and the former head of the Joint Liaison Group, will take over as Ambassador to Beijing in December.

The current...

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Patten sees 'happy ending'

21 Oct 1996

Governor Chris Patten said yesterday it would take 'spectacularly malign incompetence' on China's part if it were to damage Hong Kong after 1997.

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Recalling redoubtable knight's 'triumphs'

9 Oct 1996

Your forbearance in affording your non-executive director, Sir Percy Cradock, valuable column inches (South China Morning Post, September 30) to recycle his invective at the grievous damage done...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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Editorials attack speech

Newspaper editorials joined the pro-Beijing press in attacking Mr Patten's speech as sowing the seeds of suspicion in the community.

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End of empire was inevitable

In his article of September 30, in the South China Morning Post, Sir Percy Cradock states that 'We would have dearly loved to retain British administration for Hong Kong. But we had to abandon...

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Post names new directors

Former British ambassador to Beijing Sir Percy Cradock and solicitor Ronald Arculli have been appointed independent directors of South China Morning Post (Holdings) Ltd.

Sir Percy,...

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Unreal

SIR Percy Cradock is a much-labelled man.

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Vindictive

IN the Sunday Post of January 21, we were treated to an erudite column by Sir Percy Cradock, which may be summarised thus: Patten is wrong and I was right all along.

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Nothing cute about our finest

POLICE spokesman Eric Lockeyear has been shocked by the whole police nude-photo scandal. 'I would like to put on record that we are not changing our moniker from 'Asia's finest' to 'Asia's cutest...

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