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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Hong Kong immigrants to Canada, Hong Kong immigrants to the United States, Adrienne Clarkson, Raymond Chan, Norman Hsu, Marco Fu, Coco Lee, Denise Ho, Michelle Ye, Donnie Yen, William Hung, Olivia Chow, Margaret Chin, Kenneth Ma, Sonija Kwok, Lawrence Chou, Jenny Kwan, Benny Yau, Deborah Chung, Vivian Chow, Teresa Cheung, Nancy Kwan, Bing Thom, Susur Lee, Monita Rajpal, Terence Yin, Hong Kong people in Shanghai, Greg Patent, David Lam, Tak Wah Mak, Patricia Hy-Boulais, Jade Kwan, Kevin Chong, Tony Wong, Quentin Lee, William Tam, Hong Kong Australian, Tiffany Lam, Harnam Singh Grewal, Alfred Sung, Gabriel Yiu, Jenny Pat, Alice Wong, Hong Kong people in the United Kingdom, Vivienne Poy, Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, Hong Kong Canadian, Melissa Hui, Stephen Yan, Debbie Wong, David Hsieh, Otto Lee, William Poy, Mary-Woo Sims, Cindy Cheung, Patrick Wong, Hoy Wong, Neville Poy, Jeannie Lee, George Cheung, William Kwong Yu Yeung, Raymond Chang, Mina Shum, Jason Leung. Excerpt: Adrienne Louise Clarkson (nee Adrienne Louise Poy, February 10, 1939) is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation. Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941 as a refugee from Hong Kong and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. After receiving a number of university degrees, Clarkson worked as a producer and broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and a journalist for various magazines. Her first diplomatic posting came in the early 1980s, when she promoted Ontario culture in France and other European countries. She was in 1999 appointed as governor general by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chretien, to replace Romeo LeBlanc as viceroy, and she occupied the post until succeeded by Michaelle Jean in 2005. While Cl...