Reference codeI324Name of interviewee (English)MOSS, PeterDate of interview09/09/2009BiographyBorn in India, Peter Moss has spent most of his life in Asia and has been living in Hong Kong since 1965. Moss had worked for the Hong Kong Government for 28 years and had headed the Publicity Division for more than a decade before his retirement. Moss was also Director of Editorial Services at Salon Films and the author of several books.Interview summaryTalks of his family in India and discusses Kipling, colonialism, issues of identity and discrimination in India. Speaks of his experience after joining a Bexhill-on-Sea newspaper and his subsequent move to Hong Kong. Discusses the Hong Kong Government, the District Officer scheme, crime and immigrant population, as well as publicity works and Salon Films. Also speaks of the 1997 Handover and the attitudes towards the British in the colony during the time.Duration223 minutesInterviewerAmelia AllsopTopicCivil ServiceColonyHandoverLanguageEnglishLevel of accessUnclassifiedOther notesNeed to edit out section on 70s witch-huntsCollectionOral History CollectionCollection SummaryMOSS, Peter
