were no membership fees but the guest had to pay for their meal at the dinner meeting. An invitation reminder came in the form of a simple postcard mailed once a month to members. The card requested their presence at cocktails, a European-style formal dinner, and a screening of Chinese films on the last Thursday of each month at the private dining room at the Mandarin Hotel. Percy Chen did not allow Americans to dinner gatherings until 1972 due to the poor relations between the Communist China and the United States. Chen was also a member of the Sino-British Club of Hong Kong and led a group to visit Guangdong in 1957. He was a member of the Committee of Hong Kong and Kowloon Compatriots from All Circles for Struggle Against British Hong Kong Persecution during the 1967 leftist riots against British colonial rule. Later life Chen published an autobiography China Called Me: My Life Inside the Chinese Revolution in 1979. In his later life, he was made the member of the 6th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). He was invited to witness the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in December 1984. He died in 1989. References 1901 births 1989 deaths Trinidad and Tobago people of Chinese descent People from Meixian District Hong Kong people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Hong Kong Chinese Reform Association politicians Republic of China journalists Barristers of Hong Kong People from Port of Spain Members of the Middle Temple Alumni of University College London Hong Kong people of Hakka descent People of the Chinese Civil War 20th-century Trinidad and Tobago lawyers 1967 Hong Kong riots