Cure, No Pay: Salvage in the South China Seas was published by SCMP Books in 1981 and his last, Tell Me A Story: Forty Years of Newspapering in Hong Kong and China, also by SCMP Books, was published shortly before his death. Political standpoint Sinclair was deeply distrustful of democracy for Hong Kong, believing that one man, one vote would turn it into a "give-it-away society". In 2007, Sinclair stated that he would "sooner vote for a rabid dog" than a democrat. He scoffed at suggestions of future communist repression and the jailing of dissidents. Personal life Sinclair married his first wife, Robyn, in Sydney in 1963, but the marriage only lasted four years. He married Kathleen "Kit" Allred in Hong Kong on 16 December 1972. Allred was a volunteer with the US Peace Corps who had moved to Hong Kong from Korea three years earlier. They had two children, David and Kiri. Sinclair died at the age of 65 after a long battle with cancer. Four days before his death, he had attended a book signing at Hong Kong's Foreign Correspondents' Club - an event even attended by Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang who he counted among his many friends, including Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew and billionaire transport magnate Sir Tang Shiu-kin among his friends. A celebration of his life was held at the Hong Kong Police Officers' Club on 7 January 2008 attended by 300 government officials, close friends and colleagues. Honours In 1983, Sinclair received an MBE from Queen Elizabeth for his contribution to the community through journalism. He was named "Person Of The Year" for 2007 in a poll run by the Government-owned radio station, RTHK. References 1942 births 2007 deaths Members of the Order of the British Empire Deaths from cancer in Hong Kong New Zealand emigrants to Hong Kong Hong Kong journalists 20th-century journalists