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members, to close down the Far Eastern Division of the IRO. When Sophie arrived GFA
wrote
“Sophie got back to Hongkong two weeks ago after a trip from Paris which took her a
week via a Swiss airline. There was a large crowd at the airport to meet her. The
Manager at the Peninsula squeezed her in
The Peninsula despite the long waiting llist. I am trying to
Hotel Hongkong get rooms at the Melbourne Hotel as I have
now got a Hongkong resident’s card which
entitles me to a Government requisitioned
room when available at special rates.”
After a year in Hongkong GFA was offered
a positon with the Department of Education
in Singapore and so an the latter half of
March 1951 they moved from Hongkong for
Singapore.
members, to close down the Far Eastern Division of the IRO. When Sophie arrived GFA
wrote
“Sophie got back to Hongkong two weeks ago after a trip from Paris which took her a
week via a Swiss airline. There was a large crowd at the airport to meet her. The
Manager at the Peninsula squeezed her in
The Peninsula despite the long waiting llist. I am trying to
Hotel Hongkong get rooms at the Melbourne Hotel as I have
now got a Hongkong resident’s card which
entitles me to a Government requisitioned
room when available at special rates.”
After a year in Hongkong GFA was offered
a positon with the Department of Education
in Singapore and so an the latter half of
March 1951 they moved from Hongkong for
Singapore.
