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「冚唪唥」來源眾說評議
Full text link粵語有不少獨有的方言詞，其中有不少以口耳相傳，它們的本字往往遠不及發音普及，日常以文字溝通時多以近音字詞甚至港式英語拼音書寫，如用以表示「一些」、「「一點」的「啲」[ti:˥]（或 [ti:t˥]），便有「啲」、「尐」、「d」等寫法。近年香港市民對保育、留存本土文化更為重視，坊間考究香港常用方言詞本字的人也日漸增加。儘管如此，這些常用方言詞中仍有許多未有本字的定論，其中「冚唪唥」[hɐm˨ pa:ŋ˨ la:ŋ˨]因發音特別，沒有音義相近的替代字，故日常較少書面形式出現，坊間和學者對於「冚唪唥」的來源也眾説紛紜。
第七屆國際粵方言研討會中千島英一據先前所作〈廣東語方言詞“冚棒冷” [hɐm˨ pa:ŋ˨ la:ŋ˨]小考〉增添內容而成的〈廣州話“冚��唥”的來源再考〉和第八屆中陳小明等所寫的〈粵方言“冚唪唥”再探〉蒐錄了「冚唪唥」來源的各種説法，其中後者主要論證的「粵語説」為二文中最全面的説法。本文首部分先評議二文列舉的「非粵語説」，第二部分評議〈粵方言“冚唪唥”再探〉的「粵語説」，並和其它粵語來源的説法比較，最後整合各説法，以評議各項説法的完整性
Booktalk at Library : 文化管理是做什麼的? What Exactly is Cultural Management?
No full text茹國烈先生於2024年11月18日蒞臨嶺南大學圖書館分享他的文化管理之旅。
曾任香港藝術學院院長，西九文化區管理局表演藝術行政總監、香港藝術發展局行政總裁和香港藝術中心總幹事，茹先生在他的著作《文化城市之路》記錄他的文化管理之旅。茹先生多年來活躍於香港的文化生態圈，對當中的發展具備深切全面的了解，參加者可以從茹先生的見解中認識到香港的文化藝術及創意產業，而有意投身藝術工作的參加者更可從中加深了解香港未來的文化政策和發展。
We are glad to have Mr. Louis YU, the author of a published book “Towards a Cultural City”, to give a talk about cultural management at Lingnan Library on 18 November 2024.
In this book, Mr. YU documents his cultural management journey working as Director of the Hong Kong Art School, Executive Director of Performing Arts of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Centre.
Mr. YU has in-depth and comprehensive participation in Hong Kong’s cultural ecosystem. Participants could learn from Mr. YU\u27s insights to better prepare for their career as managers in the Hong Kong arts industry and contribute towards the future cultural policy of Hong Kong.
茹國烈 MH香港中文大學文化及宗教硏究系客席副教授。 曾任香港藝術學院院長，西九文化區管理局表演藝術行政總監、香港藝術發展局行政總裁和香港藝術中心總幹事。 曾獲香港政府頒授榮譽勳章，及香港演藝學院頒授名譽院士銜。此外亦獲得澳洲皇家墨爾本理工大學（RMIT）頒授客席教授，及武漢江漢大學音樂學院特聘教授。 著作《城市如何文化》和《文化城市之路》，前者於2023年獲香港出版雙年奬。從2021起，以「城市如何文化」為題，演講超過一百二十場。
Louis Kwok Lit Yu MHLouis Yu is the Adjunct Associate Professor of the Cultural and Religious Studies Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His previous roles include the Director of the Hong Kong Art School, Executive Director, Performing Arts of the West Kowloon Cultural District, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Centre. Served as the adjunct professor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and the Jian Han University of Wuhan, he is also an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and was awarded Medal of Honour by the Hong Kong Government. His first book How to Culture a City won the Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Award in 2023. His second book Towards a Cultural City was published in April 2024. Since the beginning of 2021, he has conducted city cultural talk for more than 120 times.
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Experience of loneliness among older people in Hong Kong : ageism perspective
Full text linkThe experience of loneliness is a significant concern among older people, as it can lead to serious health risks and impact overall well-being. This study, conducted in Hong Kong, explores the relationship between ageism and loneliness among older individuals. Employing qualitative research methods and thematic analysis, data were collected from 21 community-dwelling participants aged 65 to 86, including 8 males and 13 females.
The research focuses on how older individuals\u27 experiences and perceptions of ageism contribute to feelings of loneliness. The study examines different forms of ageism, including institutional ageism and social exclusion, interpersonal ageism, and internalized ageism, as well as older people\u27s responses and coping strategies toward ageism. It was found that ageism leads to the loss of connection, ownership, autonomy, capacity, opportunities, status, respect, and meaningfulness, all of which can contribute to feelings of loneliness. By analyzing participants\u27 experiences, the study seeks to uncover how ageism is both reinforced and reproduced, thereby exacerbating the likelihood of experiencing loneliness and ageism.
The study\u27s findings aim to provide a deeper understanding of loneliness among older people from a social perspective, moving beyond psychological explanations. The research highlights the relationship between ageism and loneliness and underscores how ageism can lead to marginalization and the loss of meaningful connections, ultimately contributing to loneliness among older people
Ecology of tetrodotoxin toxicity and ectoparasite burden of Hong Kong newt populations
Full text linkMany amphibians have defensive chemicals in their skin. Newts from the family Salamandridae possess a potent neurotoxin - tetrodotoxin (TTX). TTX toxicity has been studied intensively, with the aim of revealing the function and origin of TTX in this family. Research has found within- and between-population variations in North American newts like Taricha, possibly related to co-evolution with its predator, symbiotic bacteria, or several life history traits (e.g., sex and life stage). However, our knowledge about TTX ecology in the Asian newt clade is relatively limited. Additionally, a group of water mites, Lurchibates, specifically parasitizes Asian newts, but the interaction between these parasites and their hosts is poorly understood. It is hypothesized that TTX plays a role in regulating the host-parasite interaction between the newts and the mites.
To fill the gap, I used the Hong Kong newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) and its parasitic water mite (Hygrobates aloisii) as a study system. I quantified TTX toxicity in six Hong Kong newt populations by field collection of skin samples. The ecological context of TTX variation was explored regarding different reproductive phases, sex, population, and life stage of the newts. I also surveyed the parasitism pattern of H. aloisii, evaluated its impact on the body condition of its host, and assessed if TTX toxicity helps the host defend against mite infestation.
The results showed that TTX levels and parasitism on P. hongkongensis varied both spatially and temporally. TTX levels ranged from undetectable to 15.6 μg/g, with a mean toxicity level of 0.271 μg/g. Male newts possessed a higher level of TTX in the breeding season compared to the non-breeding season, while females did not. Also, the inter-sex difference was only prominent in the non-breeding season, while the TTX level was roughly equal during the breeding season. TTX levels also differ significantly within and between breeding populations.
Parasitism of adult H. aloisii was limited to breeding newts and appeared to be completely absent in some populations. While the infestation intensity increased gradually, the accumulation patterns differed between the two life stages of H. aloisii at the end of the breeding season of the newts. Despite skin lesions of infested newts being observed, the results did not confirm that mite infestation severely affects the body condition of newts. TTX toxicity in P. hongkongensis does not contribute to the chemical defense against infestation by H. aloisii. This host-parasite system seems to have evolved to maintain a stable relationship, where the newts can tolerate mite infestation without severe impacts.
Overall, this study illustrates the variability of TTX in P. hongkongensis at the population level and contributes to a better understanding of the ecology of TTX and host-parasite interactions for Asian salamanders
Essays on multivariate risk
Full text linkThe essays focus on the analysis of multivariate risk, and they present insights in three papers. The first paper extends stochastic dominance to bivariate analysis by incorporating a reference function. Our approach offers flexibility in the selection of a reference function, improving upon previous studies by addressing their limitations more cohesively. The second paper explores a general choice-theoretic characterization of the duality that exists between a mean-utility-preserving increase in correlation and an increase correlation aversion. This sheds light on monotone comparative statics and characterizes cross-partial derivatives of the utility function. The last paper investigates optimal prevention in the presence of correlated non-financial background risk. Under positive correlation, cross-prudence in the non-financial attribute is found to lower optimal prevention
Beyond poverty and violence : aspirations, capabilities, opportunity structures, and cross-border migration intention in Africa
No full textMigration research on Africa has largely been guided by the theoretical perspective that unfavourable economic, social, and political conditions at the macrostructural level are drivers of emigration. These perspectives include the neoclassical equilibrium and push-pull theories, which hypothesize that underdevelopment, income inequality, and political terror act as push factors that motivate emigration from developing to developed regions. Globally, the region of Africa has generally been considered the most underdeveloped, politically unstable, and unequal in terms of income distribution. Despite these unfavourable conditions, Africans do not constitute the majority of the global emigrant population. Moreover, intra-regional migration within Africa is slightly higher than inter-continental emigration from the continent. This puzzling observation challenges the dominant theoretical perspective in migration research on Africa. While there is a general call to challenge the dominant perspective, only a few studies have attempted to do so, albeit inadequately. To address this puzzle, this thesis contributes to the growing body of research that relies on the aspirations-(cap)abilities framework, which offers competing hypotheses regarding the constraining effect of unfavourable conditions on emigration from developing countries. This thesis incorporates the theory of partisan exclusion from economic opportunities, as revealed through qualitative findings in Ghana, into the aspirations-(cap)abilities framework to examine its effect, along with other macro-level conditions, on emigration intentions in Africa. Partisan exclusion from economic opportunities refers to the phenomenon where access to state employment and business opportunities depends on one’s connection with a political group. The thesis adopts a multi-method approach, involving qualitative and quantitative approaches. The thesis merged country-level indicators onto a micro-level dataset of African adults in 33 countries from round seven of the Afrobarometer survey database. For the analyses, the thesis employed binary and multinomial logit models. First, net of micro, meso, and other macro level factors, (1) increasing levels of human development has positive effect on emigration intention in Africa; (2) increasing levels of income inequality and political terror has negative effect on emigration intention in Africa; (3) increasing levels of partisanship exclusion from economic opportunities has positive effect on emigration intention in Africa. Similar results were observed among those planning to emigrate to Europe, North America, and other world regions. Second, highly educated African adults were more likely to plan emigrating from home countries with increasing levels of income inequality, human development, and partisanship exclusion from economic opportunities. Similar results were observed among those planning to emigrate to Europe, North America, and other world regions. The results generally support the aspirations-(cap)abilities hypotheses. To conclude, (1) policy efforts to promote equal distribution of income, development interventions, and political stability will cause many African adults to plan emigration to more developed regions rather than reduce it; (2) putting policies in place to ensure fair access to economic opportunities could dissuade many African adults from emigrating
Exploring the relationship between religious minorities and national security : a comparative analysis of Israeli and Xinjiang
Full text linkThis study analyses the intricate interaction between religious minority communities and the safeguarding of a nation\u27s security, with a specific emphasis on the situations in Israel and Xinjiang. Through a comparative analysis, this study aims to reveal the many ways in which religious minorities exert influence and are affected by national security dynamics. The study explores the complex connections between state authorities, religious minorities, and broader societal contexts by analysing historical, socio-political, and policy factors. The research illuminates the different levels of securitization, discrimination, and resistance encountered by religious minorities in these places, using a combination of empirical evidence and theoretical perspectives. Moreover, it examines the consequences of how states react to religious diversity on wider security results and considerations of degree of religious freedom. This study enhances our understanding of the intricate relationship between religious minorities and national security by presenting insights obtained via comparative analysis. It offers useful implications for the development of policies and methods to address conflicts and promote settlement
Policy network and migrant children education : the case of Xi’an, China
No full textThis dissertation examines the dynamics of the education policy network for migrant children in China, analysing its impact on the implementation of such policies. Migrant children often struggle to access educational opportunities in urban areas due to restrictive hukou registration regulations and inadequate social service systems. Despite measures introduced by the central government over the past two decades aimed at addressing this issue, educational inequality remains a significant challenge (Wong, 2019; Zhou & Cheung, 2017). The research objectives include examining this educational inequality, investigating the policy networks involved, and assessing the effectiveness of policy implementation. Additionally, the study provides recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of these policies. This thesis uses Xi\u27an City as a case study to explore the education policy network for migrant children and to scrutinize the policy\u27s implementation. It adopts Rhodes\u27s policy network theory, which provides a foundational framework for analysing how stakeholders introduce and implement policies (Rhodes & Marsh, 1992). Building on this theory, the dissertation constructs a comprehensive conceptual framework that encompasses environmental, organizational, and individual factors. Using this framework, the study investigates the policy network and the implementation of education policies for migrant children in mainland China.
This dissertation utilizes a qualitative research method, drawing on primary data collected through semi-structured interviews. Respondents were purposively sampled from five key groups: local government officials, junior high school principals, teachers, and both migrant and local parents. Sampling criteria included the type of school and the children\u27s past educational history to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the diverse educational experiences. The study finds that demographic changes have introduced new challenges and opportunities in the implementation of education policy for migrant children. With the evolving policy context, there has been some alleviation in the funding pressures for migrant children\u27s education, and local government attitudes have shifted from rejection to partial acceptance. Despite these positive developments, migrant children continue to face marginalization in the distribution of high-quality educational opportunities. The research also uncovers that changes in population structure and internal management within the education system have led to varied implementation strategies at the school level. Notably, in both ordinary and key schools, two distinct policy implementation strategies have emerged: an expansionary strategy, which has helped reduce past educational inequalities, and a conservative strategy, which has perpetuated them. Under the revised policy framework of the central government, educational inequality for migrant children has become more covert. Furthermore, the involvement of migrant families in policy formulation and implementation marks a critical shift towards inclusive policy processes. Local parents, as significant stakeholders, have also played an essential role in these processes. The findings suggest that to effectively address educational inequality, education policies for migrant children must consider the specific characteristics of the education system and the impacts of broader demographic and social changes
The role of geopolitics in world-class universities : Japan’s implications for Hong Kong
No full textSince the return of great power competition has reached almost every aspect of world politics, including higher education, it is significant to have an interdisciplinary study to expand the understanding of the interplay between geopolitics and higher education by exploring the role of geopolitics in world-class universities. By doing so, this study is to examine the higher education issue of world-class university with a world view from the discipline of international relations. The main purpose of this research is to understand the role of geopolitics in the building of world-class universities in Japan, as well as its implications to Hong Kong. With the determination to gain a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between geopolitics and higher education, this research is designed to be a case study of Japan that aimed to explore the altitude, vision, and rationales behind world-class university policies, as well as the dynamics of geopolitics, government, and universities. It is also aimed to tell the story of the development of world-class universities in Japan against the backdrop of geopolitics, and to present its implications to Hong Kong.
To better understand the role of geopolitics in world-class universities, as well as Japan’s implications for Hong Kong, this study has proposed four guided research questions: 1) How does geopolitics impact world-class universities? 2) What are the challenges and impacts of national policies regarding world-class universities in Japan? 3) What are the challenges for Hong Kong when developing its world-class universities? 4) How can Hong Kong learn from Japan’s experience?
Three phases of data collection had been carried out between 2022 and 2023 to answer the four guiding research questions, which included the first two phases of fieldwork in Japan during the November and December of 2022, and the final phase that consisted of in-depth interviews in Hong Kong in January 2023. This study had conducted campus tours in Japanese national and private universities, an in-class participation in a world-class university in Japan, in-depth semi-structured interviews with university faculty members and senior university administrators across Japan and Hong Kong, as well as the in-depth conversations with university faculty members in Japan and a former special advisor to the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. All conversations and interviews were transcribed and returned to participants for member-checking.
This study has contributed to filling the research gaps first by providing a higher education study on the impact of geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific context, and the findings highlighted Hong Kong’s current understanding of the Tokyo Bay Area might have been an imaginary concept, as the term Tokyo Bay Area is neither a well-known subject in Japan nor a bay area that could resemble the capacity of the Silicon Valley in the United States. In addition, through revealing the interplay between geopolitics and higher education, this study hopes to rediscover the purpose of higher education at times of great geopolitical uncertainty through understanding the role of geopolitics in world-class universities
Theme Two : Health and Sustainability (II)
No full textModerator: CHEN Xinxin (Chinese Institute of Hong Kong)
1. De-globalization and Ecological Transformation
Speaker: WEN Tiejun (Haikou University of Economics)
2. Community Building and Life Quality: For Whom, and How to be Sustainable?
Speaker: HUANG Ping (Chinese Institute of Hong Kong