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The world's OTHER migration crisis: Packed into tiny boats and with fear on their faces, photos capture desperate Vietnamese families arriving in Hong Kong after 1,000-mile journey across the South China Sea as they fled end of Vietnam War in 1975
2 December 2021

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Vietnamese boatpeople tell their stories for the first time to one of their rescuers, retired Hong Kong marine police officer Les Bird
14 JANUARY 2022

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High-octane tales of life in Hong Kong’s Marine Police in colonial-era commander’s memoir A Small Band of Men
12 JANUARY 2020

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Hong Kong smuggling: sea battles, ‘car in a condom case’ and saving refugees recalled by ex-marine police officer

18 NOVEMBER 2019

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Former Hong Kong policeman seeks baby he saved in tragic 1980 incident at sea that claimed lives of 48 illegal immigrants

29 SEPTEMBER 2018

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The great escape: how Chinese illegal immigrants to Hong Kong found a new life – if they could ‘touch base’

1 NOVEMBER 2020

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ASIAN REVIEW OF BOOKS

18 JANUARY 2022

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TEXAS NEWS TODAY

2 DECEMBER 2021

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ASIA-PACIFIC BOATING

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022

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Wild times: former marine policemen Les Bird and the Tai O Heritage Hotel

DECEMBER 2019 - LIFE ON LANTAU

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Bird’s Eye View: Les Bird and Hong Kong’s unique history

2 JANUARY 2020 - AROUND DB

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BOOKISH.ASIA REVIEW

4 OCTOBER 2020

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GWULO - OLD HONG KONG REVIEW

NOVEMBER 2019

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Interview With Les Bird, Author Of ‘A Small Band Of Men’

JANUARY 2020

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