Patricia Lim charts 8,500 graves , weaves stories in 624-page book . She pored through now-defunct newspapers , accounts , old records , histories . Out of it emerges a social history of Hong Kong and the cemetery . Score: 6
Patricia Lim charts 8,500 graves , weaves stories in 624-page book . She pored through now-defunct newspapers , accounts , old records , histories . Out of it emerges a social history of Hong Kong and the cemetery . Doctors were prominent , fever was high ; brothels , bars very popular .