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The urban geology of Hong Kong
Full text linkpublished_or_final_versionPreface vContributors xiThe role of the geological model in the urban development of Hong Kong C.J.N. Fletcher, S.D.G. Campbell, P.A. Kirk, S. Parry, R.J. Sewell, X.C. Li, K.W. Lai and Y.S. Liu Fletcher, C. J. N. Campbell, S. D. G. Kirk, P. A. Sewell, R. J. Li, X. C. Lai, K. W. Liu, Y. S. 1The contribution of geology to the engineering of Hong Kong International Airport Pinches, G. Tosen, R. Thompson, J. 21Anticipating geotechnical problems S. Hencher and G. Daughton Hencher, S. Daughton, G. 43Managing ground risks C.M. Tse Tse, C. M. 63Scarp morphology and development associated with a large compound retrogressive landslide at Lai Ping Road, Hong Kong N.P. Koor, S.D.G. Campbell, H.W. Sun and K.K.S. Ho Koor, N. P. Campbell, S. D. G. Sun, H. W. Ho, K. K. S. 77Adverse ground conditions at Tung Chung New Town P.A. Kirk Kirk, P. A. 89Engineering geological and geomorphological aspects of the Western Foothills, Tuen Mun G.R. Taylor Taylor, G. R. 99Natural geochemistry and contamination of marine sediments in Hong Kong P.G.D. Whiteside Whiteside, P. G. D. 109The origin and variability of suspended sediment in Hong Kong's marine waters S. Parry Parry, S. 123Quarrying in Hong Kong: current and future situation T.S.K. Lam and K.L. Siu Lam, T. S. K. Siu, K. L. 141Weathering profile development over volcanic rocks in the Tuen Mun Valley, Hong Kong R.B. Owen and R. Shaw Owen, R. B. Shaw, R. 153Archaeology and geology in Hong Kong's development urban environment P. Rumball Rogers Rogers, P. Rumball 171Magnetic survey of the offshore areas of Hong Kong: results, interpretation and significance C.J.N. Fletcher, F.A. Collar and M.W.C. Lai Fletcher, C. J. N. Collar, F. A. Lai, M. W. C. 179Geophysical and radiometric properties of weathered saprolites in Hong Kong L.S. Chan and M.Q. Chen Chan, L. S. Chen, M. Q. 189Towards sustainable coastal development in Hong Kong W.W.S. Yim Yim, W. W. S. 20
The End of "Made in Hong Kong"? : De-industrialisation and Industrial Promotion Policy in Hong Kong
Full text linkThis article explores spatial aspects of Hong Kong's deindustrialisation, related both to the development of closer cross-border ties and to Hong Kong's evolution as a global city. Industrial promotion has always had its place in the generally non-interventionist economic policy ofthe government. However, under the new political and economical conditions industrial promotion has moved up on the agenda. In particular, the promotion of high-tech industries is given special governmental attention. The author wams that the plans for re-industrialising Hong Kong may be based on an obsolete view of the city: the city as an isolated entity rather than as the cross-border economic agglomeration that it is growing into. The aim should be to develop a strong and productive industrial base with intraregional co-operation for the whole agglomeration instead of just for Hong Kong
Mosses new to Hong Kong (1)
No full textTen moss species - Garkea flexuosa (Griffith) Marg. & Nork., Campylopus laxitextus Lac., Fissidens dubius P. Beauv., Fissidens ceylonensis Dozy & Molk, Fissidens maceratus Mitt., Philonotis thwaitesii Mitt., Isopterygium minutirameum (C. Muell.)Jaeg., Homalia trichomanoides (Hedw.) B.S.G., Pogonatum neesii (C. Muell.) Dozyand Polytrichum formosum Hedw. are reported new to Hong Kong. Among them, five are new to Guangdong Province of China
The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China II : proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 6-24 April 1983
No full textA collection of papers presented to the Second International Workshop which reports the most recent research findings on the molluscan fauna of Hong Kong and Southern Chinapublished_or_final_versionv.1 Introduction p1v.1 Acknowledgements / Morton, Brian p4v.1 List of participants p6v.1.Taxonomyv.1.Morphologyv.2.Ecologyv.2.Physiologyv.2.Behaviourv.1 Species of Donax from Hong Kong: morphology, distribution, behaviour and metabolism / Ansell, Alan D. p19v.1 The Hong Kong Mytilidae / Lee, S.Y. p49v.1 Annotated checklist of Hong Kong Ascoglossa (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia), with descriptions of four new species / Jensen, Kathe R. p77v.1 A preliminary survey of the Cephalaspidea (Opisthobranchia) of Hong Kong and adjacent waters / Lin, Guang-yu p109v.1 A new species of Ovulidae from Hong Kong / Qi, Zhong -yan p125v.1 The vermetid gastropods of Hong Kong / Hughes, Roger N. p127v.1 The potamididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Hong Kong, with an examination of habitat segregation in a small managrove system / Wells, Fred E. p139v.1 The Hong Kong Caecidae / Hughes, Helen P.I. p155v.1 The anterior alimentary system and diet of Turricula nelliae spurius (Gastropoda: Turridae) / Taylor, John D. p175v.1 A pallial boring gland in Barnea manilensis (Bivalvia: Pholadidae)? / Morton, Brian p191v.1 Interspecific relationships between morphometric parameters and the vertical distribution patterns of seven species of turbinate gastropods on mangrove trees in Hong Kong / McMahon, Robert F. p199v.1 Comparative morphology and ecology of free-living suspension-feeding gastropods from Hong Kong / Hickman, Carole S. p217v.1 The radula teeth of Hong Kong Caecidae / Hughes, Helen P.I. p235v.1 The anatomy of the organs of reproduction of Crepidula walshi (Mollusca: Gastropoda) / Yipp, May W. p243v.1 Karyological studies of Neritidae (Streptoneura: Archaeogastropoda).1.Chromosomes of five species from Hong Kong, with special reference to the sex chromosomes / Nakamura, Hiroshi K. p257v.1 Notes on the biology of the cockle Fulvia hungerfordi (Sowerby) / Reid, R.G.B. p275v.1 A comparative study of two species of Striarciinae from Hong Kong with comments on specific and generic characteristics / Oliver, P. Graham p283v.1 Isognomon: life in two dimensions / Reid, R.G.B. p311v.1 Aspects of the biology and functional morphology of Irus irus (Bivalvia: Veneridae: Tapetinae) with a comparison of Bassina calophylla (Chioninae) / Morton, Brian p321v.1 Studies on the internal structure and function of the stomachs of bivalve molluscs: stomach types III, IV and V / Purchon, R.D. p337v.2 Mollusc predation by Luidia spp. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in Tolo Harbour and Channel, Hong Kong / Chiu, S.T. p365v.2 Breeding of Thais clavigera (Kuster) and predation of its eggs by Cronia margariticola (Broderip) / Abe, Naoya p381v.2 A survey of Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848)(Planorbidae) for trematode infection, with a report on larval flukes from other gastropoda in Hong Kong / Tang, Chong-ti p393v.2 A note on the distribution of Biomphalaria straminea (Pulmonata: Planorbidae) in Hong Kong / Liu, Yue- ying p409v.2 A boulder shore gastropod fauna in Hong Kong / Takenouchi, Koichi p413v.2 Some aspects of the ecology of Pinna atropurpurea Sowerby (Bivalvia: Pinnidae), with a note on the commensal pontoniine shrimp Anchistus custos (Forskal) / Wu, R.S.S. p421v.2 A preliminary survey of Corbicula fluminea (Muller)(Bivalvia: Corbiculacea) from flooded furrows in the New Territories, Hong Kong / Sang, Qi p433v.2 A trawl survey of the subtidal Mollusca of Tolo Harbour and Mirs Bay, Hong Kong / Shin, P.K.S. p439v.2 The ground dwelling molluscan faunas of mangrove swamps in Hong Kong and Xiamen / Li, Fu-xie p449v.2 Distribution of the family littorinidae (Gastropoda) on Hong Kong rocky shores / Ohagaki, Shun-ichi p457v.2 The distribution and population structure of Perna Viridis (Bivalvia: Mytilacea) in Hong Kong waters / Huang, Z.G. p465v.2 Faecal coliform contamination of intertidal bivalves from Hong Kong / Ni, Chun-zi p473v.2 Ecology, ontogeny and reproductive biology of Sinotaia quadrata, a viviparid prosobranch, with special reference to the costs of brooding / Calow, P. p479v.2 The diets of Hong Kong freshwater gastropods / Dudgeon, David p491v.2 Some unusual renal characteristics of the bivalves Pteria penguin, Spondylus nicobaricus and Spondylus barbatus / Reid, R.G.B. p513v.2 Upper thermal tolerance limits for three species of cobble shore bivalves in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, with notes on population structure and distribution on the shore / Britton, Joseph C. p519v.2 Aspects of the ecophysiology of Asaphis dichotoma (Anton)(Bivalvia) / Depledge, M.H. p529v.2 Physiological responses of the Indo-Pacific mangrove bivalve, Geloina erosa (Solander, 1786), to aerial exposure / Depledge, M.H. p543v.2 Aquatic ventilation movements in the limpet, Cellana toreuma and their relationship to respiration / Daniel, M.J. p553v.2 The relationship between vertical distribution, thermal tolerance, evaporative water loss rate, and behaviour on emergence in six species of mangrove gastropods from Hong Kong / McMahon, Robert F. p563v.2 Diel changes in the floating behaviour of Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848)(Pulmonata: Planorbidae) in the laboratory / Bao, Cheng-ying p585v.2 Freshwater gastropod foraging strategies: interspecific comparisons / Dudgeon, David p591v.2 The effects of feeding and starvation on the foraging strategies of three freshwater pulmonate species / Dudgeon, David p601v.2 Tidal rhythms of Littorina melanostoma and L.scabra in a Hong Kong mangal / Yipp, May W. p613v.2 Notes on the feeding behaviour of Tonna zonatum (Tonnidae) and Phalium bisulcatum (Cassidae)(Tonnacea) / Hughes, Roger N. p623v.2 Feeding in Gymnodoris inornata (Bergh) and Gymnodoris alba (Bergh)(Opisthobranchia) / Hughes, Helen P.I. p627v.2 Aspects of naticid predation in Hong Kong with special reference to the defensive adaptations of Bassina (Callanaitis) calophylla (Bivalvia) / Ansell, Alan D. p635v.2 Prey selection and feeding behaviour of Octopus membranaceus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832) / Lam, V.W.W. p66
The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China II : proceedings of the second International Marine Biological Workshop : the Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 2-24 April, 1986
No full textA three volume work of the proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop on the Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern Chinapublished_or_final_versionIntroduction pxiAcknowledgements / Morton, Brian pxvList of participants pxviiPostscript pxxviiiv.1 Pollution and the sub-tropical inshore hydrographic environmental of Hong Kong / Morton, Brian p3v.1 The macrobenthic nemertean fauna of Hong Kong / Gibson, Ray p33v.1 Philophthalmid larval trematodes from Hong Kong and the coast of South China / Tang, Chong-ti p213v.1 Further studies on some cercariae of molluscs collected from the shores of Hong Kong / Tang, Chong-ti p233v.1 Marine oligochaeta of Hong Kong / Erseus, Christer p259v.1 The poecilochaetidae and trochochaetidae (annelida: polychaeta) of Hong Kong / Mackie, Andrew S.Y. / Mackie, Andrew s.Y. p337v.1 Prionospio saccifera SP.NOV. (polychaeta: spiondiae) from Hong Kong and the Red Sea with a redescription of prionospio ehlersi fauvel, 1928 / Mackie, Andrew S.Y. p363v.1 Terebellidae (polychaeta) from the Hong Kong region / Hutchings, P.A. p377v.1 A new species of noetiella (bivalvia: arcacea) from Hong Kong / Oliver, P. Graham p413v.1 Three new species of ascoglossa (mollusca, opisthobranchia) from Hong Kong, and a description of the internal anatonmy of costasiella pallida jensen, 1985 / Jensen, Kathe R. p419v.1 Two new species of opisthobranchia from Hong Kong / Lin, Guangyu p433v.1 The microgastropods of Hong Kong mangroves / Tong, Lily K.Y. p437v.2 Marine gammaridean amphipoda (crustacea) from Hong Kong I. The family corophiidae, genus corophium / Hirayama, Akira p449v.2 Marine gammaridean amphipoda (crustacea) from Hong Kong II. The family dexaminidae / Hirayama, Akira p487v.2 Preliminary notes on a collection of amphipoda from Hong Kong / Moore, P.G. p503v.2 A new species of misophria (copepoda: misophrioida) from Hong Kong / Boxshall, Geoffrey A. p515v.2 Siphonostome copepods associated with sponges from Hong Kong / Boxshall, Geoffrey A. p523v.2 New records of isopod crustaceans (flabellifera) from Hong Kong / Bruce, Neil L. p549v.2 Further notes on the isopoda bopyridae of Hong Kong / Markham, John C. p555v.2 A new barnacle record from Hong Kong / Rainbow, P.S. p567v.2 Redescriptions of five Hong Kong carideans first described by William Stimpson, 1860 / Bruce, A.J. p569v.2 Additions to the marine shrimp fauna of Hong Kong / Bruce, A.J. p611v.2 Hong Kong pinnotheridae: pinnotherinae (crustacea: decapoda) / Pregenzer, C. p649v.2 Halacaridae (acari) of Hong Kong / Bartsch, Ilse p661v.2 Mites (arachnida: acari) from the coast of Hong Kong / Luxton, Malcolm p667v.2 Intertidal gobies (pisces: gobiidae) from Hong Kong / Lam, C. p673v.2 Hong Kong mudskippers (Pisces: periophthalmidae) / Lam, C. p691v.2 Preliminary observations of lignicolous marine fungi from mangroves in Hong Kong / Vrijmoed, L.L.P. p701v.2 A survey of marine algae from the eastern and southern coastal waters of Hong Kong, with particular reference to coral-associated taxa / Skene, A. p707v.2 The intensity and consequences of herbivory on Kandelia candel (L.) druce leaves at the Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong / Lee, S.Y. p717v.2 The food of chiromanthes bidens (De Haan, 1835) and C. maipoensis (soh, 1978)(decapoda: sesarminae) in Hong Kong mangroves / Poovachiranon, Sombat p727v.2 The bryozoan foulers of Hong Kong and neighbouring waters / Huang, Zongguo p737v.2 The distribution and population structure of cirripede foulers in Hong Kong / Liu, Jianhua p767v.2 Distribution of marine invertebrates in a Hong Kong mangrove, with emphasis on molluscs / Wells, Fred E. p783v.2 Does competition determine the vertical zonation of high-intertidal littorinidae (gastropoda) in Hong Kong? / Dudgeon, David p795v.2 The intertidal crevice fauna of Tolo Channel and Harbour, New Territories, Hong Kong / Britton, Joseph C. p803v.2 Field observations of prey selection by the muricid gastropods thais clavigera and morula musiva feeding upon the intertidal oyster saccostrea cucullata / Taylor, John D. p837v.2 Trawl surveys of sublittoral gastropods in Tolo Channel and Mirs Bay; a record of change from 1976-1986 / Taylor, John D. / Taylor, John D. / Shin, Paul K.S. p857v.2 Benthic invertebrate communities in Tolo Harbour and Mirs Bay: a review / Shin, Paul K.S. p883v.2 Benthic ichthyofauna of Tolo Harbour and the entrance to Tolo Channel, Mirs Bay / Lam, C. p899v.2 Further observations on the feeding biology of luidia SPP. in Hong Kong / Chiu, S.T. p907v.2 The distribution and population structure of portunidae (crustacea: decapoda) in Tolo Harbour, Tolo Channel and Birs Bay, Hong Kong / Cheung, S.G. p935v.3 Reproductive characteristics of some cirripedia in Hong Kong waters / Cai, Ruxing p945v.3 Feeding behaviour of some Hong Kong ascoglossa (mollusca: opisthobranchia) / Jensen, Kathe R. p961v.3 The feeding and prey capture mechanism of turricula nelliae spurius (hedley)(gastropoda: turridae) / Miller, John A. p979v.3 Predator-prey relationships between the swimming crab thalamita danae stimpson (decapoda: portunidae) and the musels perna viridis (L.) and brachidontes variabilis (krauss) / Seed, Raymond p993v.3 Observations on the life habits of estellacar galactodes benson (bivalvia: arcacea) in Hong Kong / Oliver, P. Graham p1015v.3 Hong Kong intertidal isopods (isopoda: oniscidea), with notes on the feeding and reproduction of armadilloniscus litoralis budde-lund, 1885 / Ma, Herbert H.T. p1023v.3 Notes on the diet of the asteroid astropecten polyacanthus (Muller and Troschel, 1842) in Hong Kong / Chiu, S.T. p1033v.3 Respiratory adaptations and survival of three high- intertidal littorinids (gastropoda) from Hong Kong rocky shores / Yipp, May W. p1041v.3 The biology and functional morphology of corbula crassa (bivalvia: corbulidae) with special reference to shell structure and formation / Morton, Brian p1055v.3 Functional morphology and systematics of the genus didimacar (bivalvia: arcacea: noetiidae) / Oliver, P. Graham p1075v.3 Morphology, occlusive geometry and mechanical advantage in the chelae of thalamita danae stimpson and T.crenata (latreille)(decapoda: portunidae) from Hong Kong / Seed, Raymond p1095v.3 The salinity tolerances of four species of bivalves from a Hong Kong mangrove / Morton, Brian p1115v.3 Thermal tolerance, evaporative water loss and behaviour during prolonged emergence in the high zoned mangrove gastropod cerithidea ornata: evidence for atmospheric water uptake / McMahon, Robert F. p1123v.3 Upper thermal limit of nine intertidal gastropod species from a Hong Kong rocky shore in relation to vertical distribution and desiccation associated with evaporative cooling / Cleland, John D. p1141v.3 The relationship between vertical distribution, evaporative water loss rate, behaviour, and some morphometric parameters in four species of rocky intertidal gastropods from Hong Kong / Britton, Joseph C. p1153v.3 Oxygen pulse fluctuations in thalamita picta (stimpson) exposed to progressive hypoxia / Depledge, M.H. p1173v.3 Heart reate as an indicator of thermal stress in gaetice depressus (De Haan) and chiromanthes bidens (De Haan) / Depledge, M.H. p1183v.3 The physiological ecology of the intertidal holothurian polycheira rufescens / Cleland, John D. p1191v.3 Tolo revisited: a resurvey of the corals in Tolo Harbour and Channel 6 years and half a million people later / Scott, P.J.B. p1203v.3 Trace metal concentrations in a Hong Kong penaeid prawn, metapenaeopsis palmensis (haswell) / Rainbow, P.S. p1221v.3 Organochlorines in green-lipped mussels (perna viridis) from Hong Kong coastal waters / Phillips, David J.H. p1229v.3 Barnacles and mussels as monitors of trace metal bio-availability in Hong Kong waters / Chan, H.M. p123
W v Registrar of Marriages and the right to equality in Hong Kong
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The new legal order in Hong Kong
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