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When Les Bird joined the Hong Kong Marine Police in 1976, he had no idea that he would be involved in search and rescue for Vietnamese refugees, and nor that getting to witness their harrowing saga from up close would one day prompt him to write a book.
September 02, 2022 

In the late 1970s, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to Hong Kong by boat from war-torn Southeast Asia. A new book explores what happened next.
April 27, 2022 

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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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Profile: Freedom swimmers from China, boatpeople from Vietnam – ex-marine policeman in Hong Kong Les Bird, now a writer, recalls an eventful career
4 September 2022

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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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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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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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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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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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ASIAN REVIEW OF BOOKS

18 JANUARY 2022

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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

Hong Kong books – a former police officer turns author!

4 JULY 2023

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

JANUARY 2020

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