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Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture
No full textThis thesis examines the commercialisation of Chinese culture that has taken place over the past twenty years in mainland China. It explores the contribution of Wang Shuo, a cultural figure who straddles different fields of culture, moving from literature to the ultimate mass culture medium of television, this study plots Wang Shuo' s development from educational failure, to business failure, to fiction writer, film & TV editor, film director and cultural critic and analyst. His stories, films, TV series and articles have caused shock-waves throughout national cultural circles as he has transformed the terms of the debate from academic discourse to a validation of the role of the market in the culture field. Although Wang Shuo has not been labelled as a dissident, his approach to the culture market has had a more subversive effect on official ideology that those overt dissidents who have had to live in exile or have been imprisoned. He has utilised the language of official ideology to satirise the authorities, turning the ideology and its supporters into figures of fun. Yet his own goals have been strictly personal and economic ones. The authorities recognize the value of Wang Shuo's work in the cultural market but at the same time distrust his works and place him under strict censorship. Examining the way Wang Shuo and people surround him have succeeded in different fields of cultural achievement is a mirror to understanding the process of the transformation of contemporary Chinese culture from a socialist state-controlled culture to a market-oriented mass culture industry
A study of the legal aspect of labour relations in Hong Kong: research report.
No full textby Ying Wang-bun.Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1981.Bibliography: leaf 59
A central clearing system for securities settlement in Hong Kong.
No full textby Leung Wang Shek, Alice K.Y. Tsang.Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1981.Bibliography: leaf 136
A study of the development of securitization in Hong Kong.
No full textby Chan Chung King, Siu Wang Ching.Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987.Bibliography: leaves 82-84
Wang Meng and contemporary Chinese literature: the vicissitudes of a committed writer
No full textThis thesis examines the way Wang Meng has developed as a writer from the 1950s to the 1990s in the context of New China's political and literary background. It looks at the compromises he was forced to make between his political beliefs in the Communist Party and his chosen role as a professional writer. After his disastrous early foray into what was deemed to be unacceptable political criticism with The Young Newcomer in the Organisation Department in the 1950s, when the opportunity came to start publishing again in the late 1970s he was boldly innovative in style, helping to transform New Period literature, but conservative in content, sticking to politically acceptable topics. It was only with Hard Porridge in 1989 that he ventured again, and very successfully, into political comment. There is no outstanding leading writer in contemporary China, but Wang Meng is a leading contender for the title
Racial Equality and the Law: Creating an Effective Statute and Enforcement Model for Hong Kong
No full textThe 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 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
The Failure of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal to Recognise and Remedy Disability Discrimination
No full textThis 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
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
"Growth and Structural Change in China-U.S. Trade"
No full textSince the resumption of China-U.S. trade in 1972, and in particular since the establishment of diplomatic relations in early 1979, trade between the two countries has increased dramatically. By 1990, the United States was China's third-largest trading partner, accounting for 10.2% of China's total trade, 12.4% of Chinese imports, and 10.1% of total foreign investment. China's foreign exchange holdings had grown to 53 billion. This represents an integration into the world economy believed impossible by most observers a decade earlier. A key to this success has been the decentralization reform of foreign trade structures undertaken by the Chinese leadership, and the adoption of the devaluation policy aimed at emulating the trade and economic growth strategies of Taiwan and South Korea. During the period examined, Hong Kong has played a crucial role in stimulating and facilitating trade between the two countries, and has provided experience in foreign trade operations to novice Chinese exporters. Furthermore, the British colony has aaed as a middleman-lowering transaction and transportation costs-for U.S. businesses wishing to trade with the rapidly growing number of Chinese foreign trade corporations. It is noted that the discrepancy in U.S. and Chinese government trade estimates results largely from the export of substantial Chinese goods to the U.S. through Hong Kong: Washington, unlike Beijing, counts these as Chinese goods. During this period, the slow growth in world trade has proved no constraint on the rapid growth in China-U.S. trade, and shows no signs of doing so. This is, in large part, due to the complementary nature of the two economies: Beijing sees the U.S. as a critical source of advanced technology and equipment to meet its modernization goals, while Washington regards China as a vast untapped marker for exports. The governments of the two countries have played a positive role in encouraging trade growth to date, and Wang points to the potentially disastrous consequences of revoking most-favored-nation trading status. The reduction in Chinese exports would, in turn, cause a loss of the foreign exchange needed to afford U.S. imports, and thus would have a negative effect on an already ailing U.S. domestic economy. The larger effects, particularly the "body blow" to Hong Kong, would reach far beyond the economic relations between the two countries.
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