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    Mosses new to Hong Kong (1)

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    Ten 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 urban geology of Hong Kong

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    published_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

    Racial Equality and the Law: Creating an Effective Statute and Enforcement Model for Hong Kong

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    The Hong Kong government has commenced a public consultation exercise on a bill to prohibit racial discrimination, which is expected to be introduced in the Legislative Council in early 2005. The government has proposed to model the bill on the existing Sex Discrimination Ordinance (SDO) and the Disability Discrimination Ordinance (DDO). While there are advantages to adopting a familiar format, the author argues that the SDO and DDO can be improved upon, in particular, that a more flexible definition of indirect discrimination should be adopted and that special provisions be drafted to address discrimination against new immigrants from mainland China. The author takes the view that this is an opportune time to strengthen the enforcement model for all of Hong Kong's anti-discrimination laws. The author proposes that officers at the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) be empowered to take a more proactive approach and that a specialist equal opportunities tribunal should be established outside the auspices of the EOC.published_or_final_versio

    The Failure of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal to Recognise and Remedy Disability Discrimination

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    This article critiques the recent decision of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal in Ma Bik Yung v Ko Chuen, the first case to be tried under Hong Kong's Disability Discrimination Ordinance. The Court of Appeal upheld the District Court's finding of disability harassment but granted the appeal from the finding of disability discrimination. The author argues that the Court erred, by introducing a hypothetical factual scenario that was inconsistent with the District Court's findings of fact and by failing to apply s3 of the Ordinance. The article also criticises the Court's holding that an 'unwilling' apology is outside the scope of remedies allowed by the Ordinance. In fact, similar statutory language is regularly used in Australia as the basis for orders to apologise. The author concludes by considering the potential conflict between the right to free expression and court-ordered apologies and suggests two possible approaches to the issue.published_or_final_versio

    The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV : proceedings of the Eighth International Marine Biological Workshop: the marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 2-20 April, 1995

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    The Proceedings of the workshop contain thirty-one original research papers dealing with aspects of the taxonomy and ecology of Hong Kong's marine life with particular reference to the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve and the benthic fauna of its territorial waterspublished_or_final_versionIntroduction pixAcknowledgements pxiiiParticipants pxvPrevious workshop proceedings currently avaiable pxxvTaxonomyThe Cape d'Aguilar Marine ReserveHong Kong's subtidal benthosActinosporea from Hog Kong marine Oligochaeta / Hallett, S.L. p1New benthic nemerteans from Hong Kong / Gibson, R. p9An annotated checklist of the Nemertea recorded from the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong / Gibson, R. p31Additional notes on the taxonomy of the marine Oligochaeta of Hong Kong with a description of a new species of Tubificidae / Erseus, C. p37A new species of Prionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong / Sigvaldadottir, E. p53New species of the Copidognathus gibbus group (Acari: Halacaridae) from Hong Kong / Bartsch, L. p63Peracarid crustaceans from Cape d'Aguilar and Hong Kong, I. Mysidacea and Isopoda: Anthuridea / Bamber, R.N. p77Peracarid crustaceans from Cape d'Aguilar and Hong Kong, II. Tanaidacea: Apseudomorpha / Bamber, R.N. p87Peracarid crustaceans from Cape d'Aguilar and Hong Kong, III. Tanaidacea: Tanaidomorpha / Bamber, R.N. p103Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong / Bamber, R.N. p143The Arminidae (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) of Hong Kong / Jensen, K.R. p159The Oligochaeta of the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong / Erseus, C. p189Phytal meiofauna of a rocky shore at the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong / Zhang, Z.N. p205The distribution of ahermatypic corals at Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong / Clark, T.H. p219Disconisca stella (Gould, 1860), an intertidal inarticulate brachiopod from the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong / Harper, E. p235An undescribed macrofaunal assemblage from shallow subtidal sands at the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong / Morton, B. p249Muricid predation upon an under boulder connunity of epibyssate bivalves in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong / Harper, E. p263Ovulids (Gastropoda) associated with gorgonians (Anthozoa: Gorgonoidea) at Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong: species, hosts, distributions and feeding ecology / Cumming, R.L. p285Mucus production by species of Siphonaria (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Hong Kong / Davies, M.S. p303Temporal variation in malate dehydrogenase loci from Nerita albicilla (L.) (Gastropoda: Neritidae) at the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong / Huang, Q. p315The feeding ecology of the intertidal blenny Entomacrodus stellifer lighti Herre, at Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong / Kennish, R. p325Diatom assemblages in surficial sediments along a transect between the Ninepin Island Group and Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong / Glenwright, T. p339Observations on the egg capsules and reproducation of fours species of Ovulidae and of Nassarius (Zeuxis) siquijorensis (A.Adams, 1852), (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from Hong Kong / Knudsen, J. p361Observations on Calyptraea extinctorum Lamarck 1822 (Prosobranchia: Calyptraeidae) from Hong Kong / Knudsen, J. p371Observations on the incidence of imposex in intertidal and subtidal Neogastropoda (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hong Kong / Proud, S.V. p381Respiration in the subtidal Hong Kong scavenger Nassarius siquijorensis (Gastropoda: Nassariidae) / Cheung, S.G. p391The impacts of dredging on the epibenthic molluscan community of the southeastern waters of Hong Kong: a comparison of the 1992 and 1995 trawl programmes / Leung, K.F. p401The impact of dredging and fishing on the benthic fish fauna of the southeastern waters of Hong Kong / Leung, A.W.Y. p437The epibenthic ichthyofauna of Tolo Harbour and Hong Kong's northeastern waters: a long term record of change / Leung, A.W.Y. p463The tolerance of Hong Kong species of subtidal Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) to anoxia and starvation / Chan, K. p489Hong Kong cephalopods: a brief review of current knowledge and identification of specimens collected in 1995 / Gleadall, I.G. p50

    Hong Kong Eurasians

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    At the time of his death in July 2008, Tony Sweeting was working on three major projects. The most fulfilling of these was a longstanding plan to publish a book on Hong Kong Eurasians, an undertaking that had the full support of his wife Sansan. The purpose was 'to characterise Hong Kong Eurasians-of the past, the present, and the future-as clearly as possible'. His was a deeply personal response to the question of 'Why study Hong Kong Eurasians?' for he planned to dedicate the book to his two children, Justin and Jacinta. Tony completed only three chapters. The third, titled 'Historical Sketches', aimed at examining the development of the Eurasian community in Hong Kong from the 1840s to the present day. It forms the basis of the edited article that follows. We have attempted to retain as much of Tony's inimitable style as possible, but it has been necessary to prune significantly to make the text suitable for publication in the Journal. It is hoped that by publishing some of Tony's unfinished work on Hong Kong's Eurasian community other scholars will be encouraged to take up the work and perhaps produce a definitive study of this important facet of Hong Kong's history

    Topics in pathology for Hong Kong

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    published_or_final_versionForeword / MacSween, R.N.M. pviiPreface / Ho, Faith C.S. pixIndex p1651 Viral hepatitis in Hong Kong / Wu, Pui-chee p12 Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis and clonorchiasis / Wu, Pui-chee p213 Mortality trends in ischaemic heart disease in Hong Kong / Dickens, Paul p334 Cerebrovascular disease in Hong Kong / Leung, Suet-yi p415 Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and thalassaemia / Chan, Li-chong p536 Systemic lupus erythematosus / Chan, Eric Y.T. p677 Pathology of glomerular diseases in Hong Kong / Chan, Kwok-wah p758 Epidemiology of neoplasia in Hong Kong / Loke, Shee- loong p919 Liver tumours / Ng, Irene O.L. p10110 Nasopharyngeal carcinoma / Nicholls, John M. p11511 Oesophageal tumours / Ma, Lily T. p12312 Malignant lymphomas / Ho, Faith C.S. p12913 Gestational trophoblastic disease / Cheung, Annie N.Y. p14

    Criminal Due Process in Hong Kong and Singapore: A Mutual Challenge

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    This article explores what the author believes to be the fruitful task of comparing the divergent development of criminal due process jurisprudence in Hong Kong following the enactment of the Bill of Rights Ordinance and the Basic Law, with that in Singapore. Whilst Singapore cases have remained conservative, Hong Kong courts have begun to develop what promises to be a robust attitude toward due process issues. It is argued that the comparison between the two jurisdictions is especially apt given the many similarities between the peoples of Hong Kong and Singapore. The article also ventures to sketch out the predictive exercise of asking whether Singapore is likely to become more like Hong Kong, or whether it is Hong Kong which will move closer to Singapore

    Understanding marriage : a Hong Kong case study

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    Based on a marital study in Hong Kong, this book examines changes that occur in the marital relationship today. The author concludes that as 'affective individualism' is used to characterize modern marriages in the West, 'affective familism' is a more appropriate character of marriages among the Chinese in Hong Kongpublished_or_final_versionPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction p5Appendices p161Bibliography p191Author Index p201Subject Index p205Prologue: Mr and Mrs Lee p1Pt. I The Hong Kong Marital Study p11Pt. II Variations in Marriage p59Pt. III Marital Interdependence p117Appendix 1 The Measuring Instruments p163Appendix 2 Determining Criterion Groups p174Appendix 3 Statistical Tests Applied in the Study p184Appendix 4 The Marital Relationship Index - MRI p1861 Studying Marriages in Hong Kong p132 The Hong Kong Marital Study p293 The Couple's Descriptions of Their Relationship p454 Classification of Types of Marriage p615 Variations in the Marital Experience According to the Life Cycle p856 Variations in the Marital Experience According to Gender and Generational Issues p997 The Transition From Traditional to Companionship Marriages p1198 Interdependence in Marital Relationships p1339 Tuning Into Spousal Negotiations p14

    Digital Editions from Hong Kong University Press

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    This is a project undertaken by both the HKU Press and the HKU Libraries. Realizing the worth of the Press' non- current titles, these partners are working together to place these titles online. Most titles concern Hong Kong or were written by Hong Kong author
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