Chungwen came to the last London meeting in February to briefly explain her project and had a very good response from those who attended.

Here is an outline of the project:

In order to gain funding for the project Chungwen needs to get clearer idea of numbers interested.
If you are interested in participating or have any questions regarding the project, please contact Chungwen directly.

The project is to record personal journeys of a group of women who were brought over as children from Hong Kong via International Social Service UK in the 1960s and early 1970s to be adopted by families in the UK. Apart from the adoptees, the project also aims to explore the following:
1. the experiences of their adopted families, i.e. parents, siblings, etc.
2. background research on the children homes in HK, and the stories of Mildred Dibden and Lucy Clay, etc.
3. their journeys from Hong Kong to the UK (via BA)

Main outputs of the project:
1. individual stories
2. background research of this part of the history
3. community & volunteers’ participation
4. public awareness (format can be a documentary, exhibition, performance, etc., which is opened to discussion)

It is not a social research but an oral history project, samples can be viewed from the British Chinese Heritage Centre (http://www.britishchineseheritagecentre.org.uk/).
Chungwen Li
Dean

Ming-Ai (London) Institute
1 Cline Road
London N11 2LX
Tel: +44 (0)20 83617161
Email: c.w.li@ming-ai.org.uk
Website: www.ming-ai.org.uk