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Internationalising higher education in China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA): Evidence from academic professions
No full textExperiences of chin irregular migrant workers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A case study
No full textMalaysia was home to between 500,000 and 700,000 Burmese regular and irregular migrant workers of various ethnicities from Myanmar n 2017. The Chin irregular migrants were working in precarious circumstances, although no statistical population data was available. This study explored how and why the Chin people migrated irregularly, experiences and challenges, benefits of migration, and coping strategies. Through snowball sampling, a nine-case study and two focus group discussions were conducted with the Chin irregular migrant workers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The findings reveal that: (a) there are a variety of push and pull factors that motivate them to migrate to Malaysia; economic hardship, natural disaster, oppression from the military, and discrimination based on ethnicity and religion, (b) they experience various challenges in their daily lives in their workplace and living environment; long working hours, limited rest days, irregular meal-times, language barrier, exploitation either by their employers and co-workers who are regular, unable to access banks, hospitals, schools for their children, no freedom of movement, and inability to seek protection reliefs, (c) despite the challenges, they can support their families financially, pay for their children\u27s education fees, medication, and are able to repay their debts, and (d) they primarily rely on religious practices and self-denial as a way of coping with their problems. This study highlights that the Chin people\u27s irregular migration is motivated by their urge to escape from poverty, oppression, discrimination back in Myanmar and as a means to improve their social and economic conditions
Empirical research on urban governance
No full textThis seminar will be divided into two parts. In the first, we will explore approaches for the systematic comparison of urban governance regimes. In the absence of a grand theory of urban governance that defines the relationships between all relevant concepts and stipulates explanatory links between them and societal outcomes, different disciplines have emphasised different governance domains. Focused empirical research into all these domains remains critical to improve our understanding of how the governance process unfolds at the urban scale. But the lack of systematically collected, comparable data across jurisdictions hampers theory development and empirical testing. Can we develop a framework for the systematic analysis of urban governance that avoids strong forms of essentialism and reification?
In the second part, we will delve into one of the key domains of urban governance: the relationships between the various governance actors and the traditions regulating those interactions. Contributing to making this aspect of urban governance less well-researched by comparison to others is the fact that the actors’ capacity to control or influence, harnessed through their webs of relationships, is hard to ascertain. Consequently, there is still much to learn about how these patterns of interaction may impact on the decision-making processes. This is especially the case for cities of the Global South, for which less data is generally available. Using social network analysis methods to chart the informal connections and social structures that influence spatial planning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the seminar will explore how strategic decisions are made in the city’s complex institutional environment.
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https://ln.edu.hk/sgs/cities-and-governance-webinar-2021-01-highlight
Neighbourhood cohesion and urban life in the city of the future: Shenzhen
No full textShenzhen, used to be a fishing village but it has successfully transformed into a modern city, positioning as a leading innovation hub for entrepreneurship after 40 years of reforms. Based upon empirical research, this presentation critically examines how Shenzhen residents assess their livelihood, particularly their urban life and neighbourhood cohesion. Reflecting upon international experiences when urbanization has led to megacities, this presentation also draws policy implications for Hong Kong, especially when Hong Kong and Shenzhen are strongly encouraged by the central government to engage in closer collaboration under the Greater Bay Area Development Blueprint.
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https://ln.edu.hk/sgs/cities-and-governance-webinar-2021-03-highlight