Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is honoured to receive a generous donation from Dr Roland Soong and his elder sister, Mrs Elaine Soong Kingman, administrators of Eileen Chang’s estate, which includes Eileen Chang’s manuscripts, relics, and correspondence with her best friends, Stephen Soong and his wife, Mae Fong Soong, and others. The collection sheds light on Chang's creative journey and the influence of the Soong couple on her career development and personal life. It will be the permanently housed at HKMU, providing an invaluable collection of cultural heritage for the literary community and researchers, and further promoting modern Chinese literary research and the innovative development of the digital humanities.
To preserve and pass on these precious documents and to promote related research, the HKMU Library has established the “Eileen Chang Special Collection” and the “Stephen Soong and Mae Fong Soong Special Collection”. The digitized archival documents and images from these two special collections will be gradually released on the Modern Chinese Literature Collection. Welcome to browse:
