Although we kept in touch with each

Although we kept in touch with each other throughout the war years— we were not allowed to send photographs in the post. Imagine the excitement when I saw the pictures of my family after the war with my siblings as adults and my young sister for the very first time—and my parents aged somewhat, turning into middle-aged people.For various reasons, my sis Deh-Hai and I didnt arrive in England until the end of 1949, a separation of twelve years. My father came to Tilbury dock with a family friend to meet us and took us back to Oxford.At the end of 1950, my father took my sis Deh-Hai and me to Londons Arts Theatre to see his play Lady Precious Stream, and afterward, my father took us back stage and introduced us to some of the cast—pity I can't remember their names, but it was quite an experience for us. For the next three years, my father took up a lectureship at Cambridge University, so we didnt see much of each other except at week-ends and holidays.In 1954, my father was invited by Lin Yii-Tang to be the Dean of the Nanyang University in Singapore. Once more, we were separated from each other. Things didnt work out between Lin Yu-Tang and the local business men who financed the University, resulting the entire teaching staff resigned en masse. Instead of returning to Britain, my father decided to go to Hong Kong where he used the severance payment to make a film version of his play Lady Precious Stream. Because there were no facilities for processing colour films in Hong Kong at that time, my father had to use two cameras—one for black & white, and one for colour side-by-side, and sent the colour film to London for processing, and edited and dubbed the black & white version in Hong Kong.