Hong Kong stories

A famed writer's first historical novel examines changing times for the region in the decade after 1949. Liu Zhihua reports.

After having not published a book for more than a decade, legendary Hong Kong writer Leung Fung-yee has finally offered her fans a new title - via her first historical novel.

Leung launched the book, Our Stories - A Woman in Times of Turmoil: Hong Kong Stories in 1949-59 in Beijing last month. The event was attended by hundreds of fans and journalists who had come from all over the country.