Chris Patten: Hong Kong and Gender Barriers

chris patten: The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong announced her death, calling her a beloved member with a remarkable career including the scoop of the century, according to Hamilton Spectator. A determined journalist who defied gender barriers and narrowly escaped death several times, Hollingworth spent much of her career on the front lines of major conflicts, including in the Middle East, North Africa and Vietnam, working for British newspapers. She was 105. She lived her final four decades in Hong Kong after being one of the few Western journalists stationed in China in the 1970s. Chris Patten were fans of Hollingworth, while various British generals wrote about her fondly. She won major British journalism awards including a What The Papers Say lifetime achievement award and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. Former British Prime Minister Ted Heath and former Hong Kong Gov. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.