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The Public Sector in Hong Kong

The Public Sector in Hong Kong

Ian Scott

Sweeting, Anthony, “Hong Kong Education within Historical Processes” in Education and Society in Hong Kong: Toward One Country and Two Systems, ed . GerardA. Postiglione (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1992). — A Phoenix ...
China, Hong Kong, and the Long 1970s: Global Perspectives

China, Hong Kong, and the Long 1970s: Global Perspectives

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... Kong) (Hong Kong: Wanli Shudian, 2013), 146–151. 2. Chan Lau Kit-Ching, “ The United States and the Question of Hong Kong, 1941–1945,” Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 19 (1979), 1–20; Chi-kwan Mark,  ...
Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium: Hong ...

Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium: Hong ...

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Challenges for Hong Kong SAR New Wave cinema”, Journal of Chinese Cinemas 6. 2 (2012): 127. On the minor conceptualised within Hong Kong cinema see Ka-fai Yau, “Cinema 3: Towards A “Minor Hong Kong Cinema”, Cultural Studies ...
香港影片大全

香港影片大全

Hong Kong. Urban Council

... Lung Kong, Mak Kay, Pak Tip, Yau Kei, James Yi Synopsis: Rich heiress Danielle Lau (Patricia Lam Fung) loves Au Kim-wah (Lung Kong) but Au rejects her love out of an inferiority complex. Danielle shifts her affections to Elvis (Mak Kay), ...
Smart and Sustainable Built Environments

Smart and Sustainable Built Environments

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Given the hilly territory that presents physical and economic constraints on land supply, the government 1 Center for Architecture and Urban Design for China and Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, ...
Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action ...

Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action ...

Meaghan Morris

Hong Kong Connections brings leading film scholars together to explore the uptake of Hong Kong cinema in Japan, Korea, India, Australia, France and the US as well as its links with Taiwan, Singapore and the Chinese mainland.
Hong Kong and Bollywood: Globalization of Asian Cinemas

Hong Kong and Bollywood: Globalization of Asian Cinemas

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According to Chi-Kwan Mark, postwar Hong Kong was “decolonized in substance ” in the early 1950s (Mark 2004: 10). In order to maintain its prestigious status as a global player and to justify its legitimate rule over Hong Kong par excellence, ...
Hong Kong and the Cold War:Anglo-American Relations ...

Hong Kong and the Cold War:Anglo-American Relations ...

Chi-kwan Mark

It culminated in the little known '1957 Question', a year when the British position in Hong Kong appeared more uncertain than any time since 1949.This is the first scholarly study that places Hong Kong at the heart of the Anglo-American ...
Economy: A Documentary History of Hong Kong

Economy: A Documentary History of Hong Kong

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A Documentary History of Hong Kong David Faure, Pui-tak Lee. CHAPTER FIVE. INDUSTRIAL. REVIVAL. IN. THE. 19508. AND. 19608. The revival of industry in Hong Kong in the 19505 and 19605 was marked by bold investment in a limited ...
Database Reengineering and Interoperability

Database Reengineering and Interoperability

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PROGRAMME COMMITTEE N. V. Balasubramanian C. Bloor City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Sunderland, United Kingdom S. Chakravarty University of Florida, United States T.Y. Cheung City University of Hong Kong, ...
Hong Kong Management and Labour: Change and Continuity

Hong Kong Management and Labour: Change and Continuity

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fromasurvey ofmultinational firms inHong Kong MARGARET SHAFFER, ED SNAPE AND FRENDA CHEUNG 11Women-friendly human resource management in Hong Kong: Concept and practice CATHERINE W. NG AND WARREN C.K. ...
Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice

Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice

David G. Smith

Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice 2006-07 covers the Hong Kong tax system.
Building Enclosure in Hong Kong: Environmental Considerations

Building Enclosure in Hong Kong: Environmental Considerations

Wah Sang Wong

This book examines in detail the external walls of buildings in Hong Kong.
Academic Capitalism in the Age of Globalization

Academic Capitalism in the Age of Globalization

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Postiglione,GerardA.2002.“The Transformation of Academic Autonomy in Hong Kong.” In Crisis and Transformation in China's HongKong,edited by MingKou Chanand Alvin Y.So, 307–21. Hong Kong:Hong KongUniversity Press. ———. 2006.
No City for Slow Men: Hong Kong's Quirks and Quandaries Laid ...

No City for Slow Men: Hong Kong's Quirks and Quandaries Laid ...

Jason Y. Ng

This is a collection of 36 essays that examine some of the pressing social, cultural and existential issues facing Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Nursing Students' Learning Approaches: Why and How ...

Hong Kong Nursing Students' Learning Approaches: Why and How ...

Yung-Kwan Albert Chan

This dissertation, "Hong Kong Nursing Students' Learning Approaches: Why and How Do Hospital-based General Nursing Students Learn?" by Yung-kwan, Albert, Chan, 陳容坤, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) ...
The Social Construction of SARS: Studies of a health ...

The Social Construction of SARS: Studies of a health ...

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Hong Kong's multiple constructions of SARS John H. Powers and Gwendolyn Gong A hero story without heroes: The Hong Kong government's narratives on SARS Xiaosui Xiao “SARS” versus “atypical pneumonia”: Inconsistencies in Hong ...
13TH MAY 1969 RIOTS

13TH MAY 1969 RIOTS

Leon Comber

This dissertation, "The 13th May 1969 Riots: an Example of Sino-Malay Friction." by Leon, Comber, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong ...
Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance

Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance

Ackbar Abbas

This is a rich and thought-provoking book which tries to capture a complex historical, cultural, and political postcolonial situation in the unique metropolis of contemporary Hong Kong.
Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China: Interaction and ...

Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China: Interaction and ...

Pui-tak Lee

Essays examine the relationship between Hong Kong and China.
Favourite Stories: Hong Kong

Favourite Stories: Hong Kong

Leon Comber

Stories involving myths and legends, and the history of Hong Kong. 8 yrs+
Boys' Life

Boys' Life

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By MICHAEL SEATS A 13 year old boy refugee from Hong Kong and Manila tells his adventures in the Battle of the Atlantic I LIVED in England until May 13, 1936, when I went to Hong Kong where my father was employed at the naval ...
Hong Kong in the World: Implications to Geopolitics and ...

Hong Kong in the World: Implications to Geopolitics and ...

Simon Shen

This book looks into the institutional settings of Hong Kong in exercising its external relations policies, and specific bilateral relations with different political entities.
Value Management in Construction Projects

Value Management in Construction Projects

Mei-Yung Leung

This dissertation, "Value Management in Construction Projects" by 梁美容, Mei-yung, Leung, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong ...
Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance

Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance

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In this intriguing and provocative exploration of its cinema, architecture, photography, and literature, Ackbar Abbas considers what Hong Kong, with its unique relations to decolonization and disappearance, can teach us about the future of ...
Financial Markets in Hong Kong

Financial Markets in Hong Kong

Douglas W. Arner

This new second edition provides a comprehensive and authoritative single-volume guide to the main areas of financial regulation and financial law in Hong Kong.
PROPERTY RIGHTS ANALYSIS OF ZO

PROPERTY RIGHTS ANALYSIS OF ZO

Lawrence Wai-Chung Lai

This dissertation, "Property Rights Analysis of Zoning" by Lawrence Wai-chung, Lai, 黎偉聰, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong ...
The Associations Between Video Gaming, Sleep, and ...

The Associations Between Video Gaming, Sleep, and ...

Holing Sarah Chan

This dissertation, "The Associations Between Video Gaming, Sleep, and Neuropsychological Functioning in Hong Kong Children" by Holing, Sarah, Chan, 陳可苓, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being ...
Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment

Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment

David Bordwell

This definitive study of Hong Kong cinema examines the work of directors such as Tsui Hark, John Woo, Ringo Lam, Johnnie To, King Hu, and Wong Kar Wai.

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