the team that translated the text of the US-North Vietnam Peace Accords in 1973, from English into Chinese. He went to the United States to further his study in 1973. He also worked as reporter and editor in a number of Chinese-language newspapers in New York and California. He got a master's degree in Liberal Studies, majoring in Economics, from The New School for Social Research in New York in 1978. He worked as a researcher in the University of California, Berkeley in 1979, focusing on the history of Chinese Americans. He was the editor in the China Times (U.S Edition) in 1980 and later became the editorial writer and Deputy Chief Editor in the “Centre Daily News". He also did a one-year stint as a high school teacher in the Norman Thomas High School in Manhattan, New York City, shortly before he came back to Hong Kong to work in the Yazhou Zhoukan(Asia Weekly) in the Summer of 1990. Yau was a part-time professor of journalism in the University of Hong Kong, teaching news coverage and news commentary. He serves as mentor in HKU for a number of projects for both undergraduates and graduate students. A few Chinese books have been published by Yau since 2008, including Notebook on the Journalistic Passion (Hong Kong: Cosmo Books 2008), Literature in a Hurry (Taipei: Ink Publishing 2008), Tomorrow Declines Yellow Flower (Hong Kong: Yazhou Zhoukan Publishing 2008), and The Word Explorer (Hong Kong: Cosmos 2010). In 2011, he published two books, including "As My Tongue Remembers" (Taipei: Er Yu Wen Hua, 2011) and The Rising Youth Power (Hong Kong: Cosmos 2011). References Yau L.P. (2008), Notebook on the Journalistic Passion (Jiqing Xinwen Biji,激情新聞筆記), Hong Kong: Cosmos Yau L.P. (2008), Literature in a Hurry (Congmang De Wenxue,匆忙的文學), Taipei:Ink Publishing Yau L.P. (2008), Tomorrow Declines Yellow Flower (Mingri Buzai Huanghua,明日不再黃花), Hong Kong:Cosmos Yau L.P. (2010), The World Explorer (Wenzi Maoxian Jia,文字冒險家), Hong Kong:Cosmos Yau L.P. (2011), As My Tongue Remembers (Shetou De Jiyi,舌頭的記憶), Taipei:Er Yu Wen Hua Yau L.P. (2011), The Rising Youth Power (Jueqi De Qingchun Quanli,崛起的青春權力), Hong Kong:Cosmos External links Yazhou Zhoukan Website Yau's Sina Blog Yau's Blog on ifeng.com Yau's Blog on 163.com Hong Kong journalists Living people Year of birth missing (living people)