Fragrant Harbour (2002) is the third novel by author John Lanchester, who grew up in Hong Kong. It was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize...

name – the translation of Hong Kong's name in Cantonese 香港 means "fragrant harbour". An eponymous park is now situated around the area. Waterfall Bay...

literally meaning "fragrant harbour", is derived from the area around present-day Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island, where fragrant wood products and incense...

góng. The name translates as "fragrant harbour" or "incense harbour". "Fragrant" may refer to the sweet taste of the harbour's freshwater influx from the...

middle-class concerns, including money, family and getting older. Fragrant Harbour (2002) is set in Hong Kong in the 1980s. It tells the stories of three...

its harbour forming an excellent natural typhoon shelter. The island appears on a Ming-era map with its primary settlement labelled "Fragrant Harbour Village"...

founded during the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty. Hong Kong means "fragrant harbour", and it was Aberdeen where incense trees (Aquilaria sinensis) from...

author he wrote a number of books including A History of Hong Kong, Fragrant Harbour (with A Hinton) and Government and the People. The manuscript of his...

firm, Steiner&Co (Graphic Communications Limited) and settled in the Fragrant Harbour city which he continues to contribute to the graphic design of till...

island was its natural deep-water harbour. "Hong Kong" came from the Cantonese Heung Gawng (香港) meaning "fragrant harbour" and possibly originated from the...