Conflict Resolution Programme

This book investigates the psychological changes that take place after Christian conversion in chronic heroin-addicted individuals attending a religious programme. Drawing on the data collected in the

This book provides a scholarly overview of women's status in Hong Kong from a gender perspective. The contributors are associated with the Gender Research Programme at the Chinese University of Hong K

One of the important ingredients of Deng Xiaoping's reform programme of the late 1970s was the establishment of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to manage economic institutions hitherto directly adminis

Hong Kong's Link to the US Dollar covers the origins of the city's currency crisis in 1983, the initial resolution of the crisis by creation of a traditional currency board, the subsequent problems le

Alan Smart raises serious questions about the standard view that Hong Kong's mass public housing programme was a direct and humane response by the Government to the Shek Kip Mei fire. Rather he argues

Driven by the “new public management” orientation and the impact of globalization, public sector reform has become a worldwide trend. In Hong Kong, the first public sector reform programme was launche

Hong Kong’s Link to the US Dollar covers the origins of the city’s currency crisis in 1983, the initial resolution of the crisis by creation of a traditional currency board, the subsequent problems le

Alan Smart raises serious questions about the standard view that Hong Kong's mass public housing programme was a direct and humane response by the Government to the Shek Kip Mei fire. Rather he argues

解難能力是2003年學生能力國際評估計劃（Programme for International Student Assessment，以下簡稱PISA）的其中一項評估範疇，香港與全球40多個國家或地區的15歲學生參加了這項國際評估。香港學生在是項解難能力評估的表現相當理想，以平均分548分在參加的國家或地區中名列第二。本文根據PISA 2003的解難能力評估架構及數據，探討解難能力評估題目的特點

本文根據國際學生評估計劃（Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA）中有關閱讀能力的評估內容，指出PISA所評估的閱讀能力概念和範疇，與本港中、小學中國語文科中所訂定的閱讀目標並不完全相同。而檢視本港中、小學新、舊中國語文科課程，發現所謂的語文能力其實與文學方面的要求有很強的關係。面對21世紀的資訊社會，有必要重新思考「語文能力」這概

Hong Kong’s Link to the US Dollar covers the origins of the city’s currency crisis in 1983, the initial resolution of the crisis by creation of a traditional currency board, the subsequent problems leading to the Asian financial crisis of 1997–98, and the later reforms. A new final chapter traces monetary developments in Hong Kong between 2005 and 2020.This valuable compendium of articles, originally written in the bimonthly journal Asian Monetary Monitor between 1981 and 1989, includes the key article that formed the basis for the Hong Kong government’s decision in 1983 to peg the currency to the US dollar, as well as other important documents of historical record.The main contribution of the book is its detailed monetary analysis of Hong Kong’s unique financial system before and after the currency crisis of 1983. The book explains the collapse of the floating Hong Kong dollar under the pressure of capital outflows during the Sino-British negotiations (1982–84) over the future of Hong

訴訟是一隻很奇特兇惡的猛獸，它看似平凡，讓爭議人很輕易地使用它來伸張正義及懲罰他人。可是，一旦訴諸法律，爭議人是很難全身而退，不受任何傷害的。訴訟破壞彼此的關係，加深仇恨，無助解決紛爭，最終導致兩敗俱傷，亦可能令爭議人傾家蕩產。為了避免訴訟，爭議人可選擇調解替代，以解決糾紛。調解是解決紛爭、締結雙贏甚至是多贏的白武士。本書介紹了調解和調解所需的法律知識和技巧，鼓勵更多人士參與專業調解，減少日益繁重的訴訟及它們所帶來的負面影響，締造和諧社會，達至「以和為貴」的理想境界。《解決衝突與調解技巧》第三版比較了「評估調解模式」與「促進調解模式」兩個方法的利弊，並說明了香港和內地撰寫和解協議書在法律上的異同。第三版亦新增數個章節，解釋何謂虛假調解及其刑責輕重、律師在調解的執業行為規範以及執行商事調解的法律基礎。