Hongkonger wields pen to bridge gap with mainland

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Albert Tsui - a fourth-generation descendant of a mainland immigrant family - has recently published a book to offer mainland readers a glimpse of the real life and thoughts of a Hongkonger from a grassroots point of view.

Titled Hong Kong Memory Since 1977, the book written in Chinese chronologically recounts both key events in Hong Kong's history and personal anecdotes and comments relating to the events.

"I have always believed that people on the mainland and in Hong Kong will understand each other more as time passes," says Tsui. "But the misunderstandings between two sides seem to have increased in recent years."