Australia & New Zealand Double Decker Bus

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Tim Williams
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Australia & New Zealand Double Decker Bus

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This is a new book that discovered visiting an 80M shop in Hong Kong yesterday.

It is by Stephen Cho and contains photos by various people including The Inspector. It is a wonderful book, covering the current and historic scenes very well and the photos through the 136 page book are particularly good, but also the narrative and bus detail is wonderful.

The book is published by New Overground Publishing HK , the cost is $168 HKD or $27 AUD and it is highly recommended!!
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For those into Cantonese -

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I just thought I would make the point that this book is written mainly in English, with lesser amounts of Chinese (Cantonese) which is distinctly the opposite to most books on buses published in Hong Kong.
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The written language that you see is Chinese. Cantonese (or the southern dialect) is a spoken dialect.

If the book has an Australian subject perhaps it will be available in Australia?
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My point is simple, the book is written with English seemingly the dominant language - I do not profess to understand Chinese characters ( either for Cantonese or Mandarin), but there does appear to be a lot less of their characters, compared to other dual language bus books, such as a fairly recent Singapore bus book. As you probably know only old Canton Region, which included Hong Kong, of China speaks Cantonese, whereas all/most other areas speak Mandarin. The Canton area is now called Guangzhou.

I do not know if the book is available in Australia, which would be a great pity if not. However anyone who interested should contact the usual reputable HK on-line suppliers such as 80M or Jotus.
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Book will be available soon in Australia. Just waiting for the shipment

The book is bi-lingual, in both traditional cantonese and english.
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When the book is locally available, do not hesitate to buy it. It is a really good book, which provides a comprehensive look at double deckers here and NZ, both now and historically. Additionally the the photos throughout the book are very good, some provided by the illustrious Inspector!!!
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The book is now available in the country, it can be purchase through from me or Sydney Bus Museum.

Retail price is $27 plus postage
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Thanks Olympian,

For all you Australian double decker bus fans, you should really add this to your collections. The book is comprehensive, well illustrated and very good value!!
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