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The urban geology of Hong Kong
No full textpublished_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
Information technology and the challenge for Hong Kong
No full textThe twenty-first century is frequently cited as the Asia- Pacific Century due to the phenomenal success of Asian countries over the last three decades. Nowhere has this been more visible than in Hong Kong which became the first Newly Industrialized Economy to enter the world's top ten trading communities in 1991. This book describes the current state of information technology (IT) exploitation in Hong Kong and the role of IT in the rapid advancement of the Asia-Pacific region. It raises issues - such as the impact of politics, culture and societal growth on IT effectiveness - but does not try to provide all the answers, and is therefore of interest to both business and IT managers in global organizations or companies operating in cross-cultural settings. It is also invaluable for students of business, management and IT who will play a strategic role in the future development of the new global economypublished_or_final_versionPreface pviiContributors pixIndex p381Sect.1 Information technology in Asia: the role of Hong Kong as a regional and global hub p1Sect.2 Practices, Problems and productivity in Hong Kong p119Sect.3 Strategic application and exploitation of IT in Hong Kong p2491 Hong Kong as a hub for regional and international business / Burn, Jancie M. p32 IT policies and information infrastructures: comparing Hong Kong to the Singapore model / Martinsons, Maris G. p273 Hong Kong's communication infrastructure: the evolving role of a regional information hub / Petrazzini, Ben p614 Electronic commerce and EDI in Asia / Burn, Janice M. p915 The use of information technology: practices and problems / Ng Tye, Eugenia M.W. p1216 IT manpower issues in Hong Kong / Chau, Patrick Y.K. p1417 Improving application development productivity: a Hong Kong study / Lee, Sunro p1698 CASE in Hong Kong / Karimi, Jahangir p1939 Business process change enabled by information technology: case studies and cultural constraints / Martinsons, Maris G. p22110 The strategic application of IT in Hong Kong / Burn, Janice M. p25111 Information technology to enable global banking: the HongKongBank and HEXAGON / Martinsons, Maris G. p26712 Strategic use of IT for competitive and cooperative advantage by small-medium local banks in Hong Kong / Elliot, Steve R. p29913 Strategic approach to information technology at the Hong Kong Jockey Club / Loebbecke, Claudia p31914 SMART use of information technology in Hong Kong / Burn, Janice M. p34115 Strategic use of IT in port management / Burn, Janice M. p35
The End of "Made in Hong Kong"? : De-industrialisation and Industrial Promotion Policy in Hong Kong
No full textThis 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
Class actions in Hong Kong– yes, no, maybe
No full textAlthough the Civil Justice Reform brought about many changes to the Hong Kong courts, multi-party claims are still governed by rules whose origins are over a hundred years old. In 2006, the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission undertook the task of considering whether a scheme for multi-party litigation should be adopted in Hong Kong and, if so, to make whatever recommendations were needed to bring this into being. The Law Reform Commission eventually proposed the creation of a ‘class action regime’. This proposal has met with a mixed response from the legal profession, industry groups and the wider public. Its fate may soon be decided by a cross-sector working group chaired by the Solicitor General.postprin
Crime Trends in Hong Kong: Another Look at the Safe City
No full textThis paper describes reported crime trends in Hong Kong over the past 30 years and provides a broad picture of the crime problem in this unusual jurisdiction. The main focus is on describing and explaining the nature and prevalence of crime as recorded by law enforcement and reported by crime victims. Explanations of changes in crime are critically reviewed in conclusion
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Hong Kong: workfare in the world's freest economy
No full textWorkfare was introduced in many countries to suppress welfare dependency and reduce social security expenditures. However, workfare was launched in Hong Kong when there was only a relatively small social security budget and its citizens still strongly adhered to the ideologies of self-reliance. It was found that workfare has performed several functions in Hong Kong. Firstly, it has forced unemployed claimants to give up benefits so that Hong Kong's social security expenditures can be saved. Secondly, workfare had combined with Hong Kong's semi-democratic polity so that extremely stigmatising welfare measures were implemented. Thirdly, it has pushed poor citizens to the labour market without having any protection over wages and working hours. Thus, the combination of workfare and a semi-democratic polity has successfully suppressed Hong Kong's welfare demands and strengthened its self-help spirit. As a result, Hong Kong's minimal social security scheme and its low tax policy have been maintained
The Marine biology of the South China Sea : proceedings of the First International Conference on the Marine Biology of Hong Kong and the South China Sea, Hong Kong 28 October - 3 November 1990
No full textThis is a collection of about 50 papers presented at the First International Conference on the Marine Biology of Hong Kong and South China Sea held at the University of Hong Kong in October 1990. The topics covered are fisheries (including mariculture), conservation, pollution, marine fouling and ecologypublished_or_final_versionv.1 Introduction pxiv.1 Acknowledgements / Morton, Brian pxivv.1 List of participants pxvv.1 Conference programme pxxiv.1 Taxonomic sufficiency and the role of systematics in marine invertebrate studies with special reference to Hong Kong / Oliver, P. Graham p3v.1 Farming of marine algae in China with special reference to the northern South China Sea / Tseng, C.K. p39v.1 The species composition of penaeid prawns and caridean shrimps in a gei wai at the Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong / Leung, S.F. p65v.1 Ecological characteristics of the fish fauna of the South China Sea / Wang, Cunxin p77v.1 Fouling organisms at Daya Bay nuclear power station, China / Huang, Z.G. p121v.1 Biofouling of ships in Daya Bay, China / Yan, S.K. p131v.1 A preliminary investigation of marine fungi in the South China Sea / Vrijmoed, L.L.P. p137v.1 Choanoflagellates as fouling organisms / Jackson, Seamus M. p145v.1 Biofouling of Deep Bay buoys / Huang, Z.G. p153v.1 An ecological study of fouling organisms in Beihai Harbour, Beibu Bay, China / Wang, J.J. p167v.1 Research upon and conservation of corals and coral reefs in China / Zou, Renlin p183v.1 Science and the management of mangroves in Asia and the Pacific / Field, C.D. p193v.1 Invertebrate species new to science recorded from the Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong / Lee, S.Y. p199v.1 The conservation of Deep Bay, Hong Kong / Young, Llewellyn p211v.1 Biomonitoring of marine heavy metal pollution and its application in Hong Kong waters / Rainbow, P.S. p235v.1 The effects of pollutants on the filtration rate of Perna viridis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) / Wang, Chusheng p253v.1 Analysis and assessment of heavy metal pollution in Hong Kong's marine environment / Fung, Y.S. p261v.1 A gray model for predicting red tides / Wang, Zhaoding p273v.1 Ammonium uptake by Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta: Ulvales) / Ho, Y.B. p289v.1 The occurence of six species of red tide organisms and their relationship with environmental factors in the Pearl River estuary / Lin, Y.S. p301v.1 Accumulation of an antifouling toxin, tributyltinm, in Argopecten irradians (Bivalvia: pectinidae) / Liu, Jianjun p311v.1 The effects of urban sewage on benthic community structure in Xiamen Bay, China / Jiang, J.X. p321v.2 Regional variation in the structure of tropical benthic communities: relation to regimes of nutrient input / Taylor, John D. p337v.2 Are there obligate marine scavengers? / Britton, J.C. p357v.2 Crabs as predators of marine bivalve molluscs / Seed, R. p393v.2 Bivalve shells: chronometers of environmental change / Richardson, C.A. p419v.2 Sacoglossa (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) - specialist herbivores and partial predators: integrating ecological, physiological and morphological data / Jensen, Kathe R. p437v.2 The relationship between herbivorous molluscs and algae on moderately exposed Hong Kong shores / Williams, Gray A. p459v.2 Activity rhythms and 'homing' behaviour by two pairs of high and low-zoned intertidal limpets in Hong Kong / Liu, J.H. p471v.2 The orientation of cirripedes on their hosts from Hong Kong waters / Cai, Ruxing p493v.2 Some aspects of the ecology of sediment fauna in Balingasay, Bolinao, Pangasinan (northern Philippines) / Yap, Helen T. p509v.2 The chemical characteristics of soil and its association with standing litter biomass in a subropical mangrove community in Hong Kong / Tam, N.F.Y. p521v.2 Impact of euthrophication on marine plankon in Tolo Harbour, 1988-89 / Chan, Alice L.C. p543v.2 The physiological ecology of Perna viridis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from contrasting environments in Hong Kong / Cheung, S.G. p559v.2 Effects of reduced salinities on Holothuria leucospilota Brandt and Polycheira rufescens Brandt (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in Hong Kong / Ong Che, Rosita G. p581v.2 Leaf choice of sesarmine crabs, Chiromanthes bidens and C. maipoensis, in a Hong Kong mangal / Lee, S.Y.v.2 Enigmonia aenigmatica: an enigmatic molluscan chameleon / Moss, Shaun M. p605v.2 A comparative study of the effects of salinity upon growth and respiration in two species of mangrove / Field, C.D. p615v.2 The heart of Hyotissa imbricata (Bivalvia: Gryphaeidae) / Li, Xiaoxu p621v.2 The intertidal ecology of a rocky shore at Yangkou, Qingdao, China / Qi, Zhongyan p627v.2 Pelagic polychaetes from the South China Sea / Wu, B.L. p637v.2 The distribution of intertidal fungi on Rhizophora apiculata / Hyde, Kevin D. p643v.2 The effect of photoperiod and temperature on the release of monospores by Porphyra suborbiculata Kjellman / Lee, K.Y. p653v.2 The macrobenthic infauna of Hoi Ha Wan and Tolo Channel, Hong Kong / Mackie, Andrew S.Y. p657v.2 The Calappidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) of Chinese waters / Chen, H.L. p675v.2 Marine diatoms of the Xisha Islands, South China Sea I. Mastogloia the Ex. Wm. Sm. species of the group Sulcatae / Liu, Shicheng p705v.2 Marine diatoms of the Xisha Islands, South China Sea II. Three new species of diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) / Liu, Shicheng p72
Culture of indifference : dilemmas of the Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong
No full textIn this study, an examination of the everyday experiences of the contract migrant Filipina domestic helpers exposes a culture of indifference which pervades the Hong Kong society on all levels--individual, community, and judiciary. At the centre of the abuses inflicted upon the Helpers is the employment contract with extraordinarily restrictive terms which promotes abuse by many employers. This study also looks at the transnational informal social infrastructure which has been organized by the Filipino community to mediate the hostile working environment engendered by the indifference of the global economic and political climate upon their lives.
Faced with the task of implementing new policies for controlling labour migration into Hong Kong, the legislators have focused on the end result and finding the means with which to accomplish their goal. Embedded within this process are unexamined cultural mores and practices. Although the starting point is to benefit the community, by providing domestic helpers to serve the middle and upper class households, too often the abusive consequences to individual migrants are ignored as the women become the means to an end. Migration has often been viewed as an aberration to the notion of the sedentary community. Treated as an anomaly, it is the migrant who problematizes simple theoretical positions of social organization and structure. The migrant is always treated as the one who does not conform to the ideal community and is conveniently merged into existing social categories, such as the lower status of women in Hong Kong, and the lower status of domestic workers -- relegated thereby to the periphery of the society's consciousness
The Regulation of Mediators in England and Wales, the United States and Australia - Lessons for Hong Kong
No full textHong Kong, after some delay, has followed the international fashion in seeking to develop alternatives to the traditional methods of resolving legal disputes. Mediation, in particular, is being encouraged by the territory’s government and judiciary as a way of avoiding what is perceived to be costly and lengthy litigation. Those serving as mediators will be crucial to the success of these endeavours. As yet, however, the accreditation, training and supervision of mediators are in their infancy. This article looks at the regulation of mediators in those common law jurisdictions closest to Hong Kong in their form and substance and considers what — if any — lessons the territory may draw from their experiences
Work and society : labour and human resources in East Asia
No full textThis is a memorial volume which pays tribute to the late Professor Keith Thurley. It collects a number of critical and insightful essays which discuss some of the key issues affecting corporate management, human resource development and the workplace in the current context of East Asian societies, to which Professor Thurley was closely linked in his scholarly career at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The perspectives which are canvassed in these writings are diverse but well integrated, introducing the readers to how work and society in this dynamic part of the world can be viewed from a mix of academic disciplines including management and organizational studies, sociology, psychology, political economy, international studies, history, industrial relations and labour lawThis book is an important piece of benchmark reference for academics, students, managers and other practising specialists who wish to update their understanding and knowledge about people in work and business in East Asia todaypublished_or_final_versionContributorsForewordPrologueAppendix p325Index p327Memorial Essay: Professor Keith Thurley and an Intellectual Appreciation / David E. Guest p1Ch. 1 Introduction The Editors p11Ch. 2 Enterprise, Its Management and Culture: A Comparative Reflection in a Transnational Context The Editors / Terry W. Casey p21Ch. 3 Adaptation Issues in the Internationalization of Business: The Experience of Japanese Managers Overseas / K. John Fukuda p41Ch. 4 Directors and Boards: The East Asian Experience / R. I. Tricker p55Ch. 5 Corporate Information Strategy: Some Key Issues in the Hong Kong Context / Ivy Hsu-hwa Tao p77Ch. 6 Three Chinese Sages and Modern Theories of Human Resource Management / Sally Stewart p87Ch. 7 Work Values and Organizations: A Glimpse of the Asian Syndrome / Ng Sek-hong p101Ch. 8 Capitalism and Civil Society in China, and the Role of Hong Kong / S. Gordon Redding p119Ch. 9 The Hong Kong Work Ethic / David A. Levin p135Ch. 10 Management Education in Hong Kong: Issues and Strategies / Ng Sek-hong p155Ch. 11 The Role of the State and Labour's Response to Industrial Development: An Asian 'Drama' of Three New Industrial Economies / Masahiro Maeda p167Ch. 12 Quality of Working Life and Employee Participation in Singapore / Cheng Soo-may p199Ch. 13 The Japanese Labour Movement Under Rengo Leadership / Solomon B. Levine p221Ch. 14 Japanese Industrial Practices and the Employment Contract / Joju Akita p241Ch. 15 Legal Problems With Multiple Labour Unions in a Japanese Company / Kozo Kagawa p253Ch. 16 Industrial Harmony, the Trade Union Movement and Labour Administration in Hong Kong The Editors The Labour Department of the Hong Kong Government / Tam Yiu- chung p271Ch. 17 The Development of Labour Relations in Hong Kong and Some Implications for the Future / Ng Sek-hong p289Ch. 18 Recent Developments in Australian Industrial Relations: Their Relevance to the Asian Region / Russell D. Lansbury p301Epilogue: Hong Kong and Asia at the Crossroads: A Note on Remembrance for Keith Thurley / Ian Nish p31
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