Thisbooktellsthestoryof24foreignerswhoarelong-termresidentsofHongKong.TheirliveshavebeencloselyconnectedwiththoseoftheirChineseneighbours.Somewerebornandraisedhere,otherscametoseekopportunitiesforworkandstudy,andsomebecausetheywereforcedtofleetheirhomelandandstartanewlife.Nomatterwhatbroughtthemhere,theyhavededicatedthemselvestoHongKongandmadeanimportantcontributiontosociety.HongKonggavethemanopportunitytochangetheirdestiny,andithasbecometheirsecondhome.