Sheriff of Wan Chai How an Englishman Helped Govern Hong Kong in Its Last Decades As a British Colony

In 1976, Peter Mann left a gloomy England for the last corner of the British empire: Hong Kong. As a police inspector, he commanded a sub-unit and led a district vice squad in Kowloon, before joining the colonial government s Administrative Service. He also served as District Officer for Wan Chai. Mann s memoir is an anecdotal, historical and racy account of Hong Kong s last decades as a British colony and the colorful story of a young Englishman in the twilight of empire."