AS: I’ve recently been working on the history of banking technology in Hong Kong. My co-author is Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, who teaches business history and bank management at Bangor University. We’ve discovered references to the Hong Kong Computer Society in the primary sources and I believe that this organization, which was founded in 1970, played a crucial role in the diffusion of the first few generations of computer technology in Hong Kong. We need to know more about the early history of the Society. I’ve found a list of the Society’s founders online. (The list also gives their employers as of 1970).
We would be very interested in interviewing any of the founders of the HKCS or indeed anyone else who was involved in the computer sector in Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s. Needless to say, we would only quote you in a publication with your consent. You could speak on or off the record. If any of the people on this list wish to contact me, my email address is andrewdavidallansmith at gmail.com
List of Founders
(Employers at time of Foundation)
| Mr H A Barros | China Light & Power Company Limited |
| Mr Ian Bulloch | The Taikoo Dockyard & Eng Company Hong Kong Limited |
| Mr Stephen K F Chung | IBM World Trade Corporation |
| Mr K Dixon | Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company Limited |
| Mr Howard T Kleyn | Cable & Wireless Limited |
| Mr Alan W L Lee | NCR (HK) Limited |
| Dr Wanbil W Lee | Computer Management Systems Limited |
| Mr D Lowe | International Computer Limited |
| Mr Benjamin N H Mok | Hong Kong Government |
| Mr Charles Nelson | First National City Bank |
| Mr C K Poon | The Hong Kong Electric Company Limited |
| Mr John P Rastello | The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation |
| Mr G B Thomson | Hong Kong Government |
| Mr Robert Tih | The Chartered Bank |
| Mr R S Walters | The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation |
| Mrs Lesley V Willsteed | Philips Hong Kong Limited |
| Mr Richard A Willsteed | Butterfield & Swire (Hong Kong) Limited |
| Mr Donald C K Wong | On-Line (Hong Kong) Limited |
The Past Speaks 