The relationship between public and private interests in education has been a recurrent topic of debate in the United States and elsewhere. Why should taxpayers be compelled to pay for the education o
Criminal Law in Hong Kong offers a clear and comprehensive account of the general principles of criminal law in Hong Kong and will be useful to students, practitioners, and all who are responsible for
There are very few textbooks or reference works on international trade finance pertaining to Hong Kong. This text covers all the basic concepts and takes into account actual practice of trade financin
This book marks a total departure from previous studies of the Boxer War. It evaluates the way the war was perceived and portrayed at the time by the mass media. As such the book offers insights to a
This book marks Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China by celebrating Hong Kong as it is today. It is not concerned with politics but focuses on the environment and lifestyles of Ho
Chung Sze-yuen is not only a veteran politician in Hong Kong, but an important figure in the development of Hong Kong in the past forty years. He has played a significant role in Hong Kong's political
Chung Sze-yuen is not only a veteran politician in Hong Kong, but an important figure in the development of Hong Kong in the past forty years. He has played a significant role in Hong Kong's political
This paper outlines the nature of the primary linguistic activities of listening and speaking and the secondary linguistic activities of reading and writing. There are common linguistic principles of
The year 1998 was another challenging year for the Jiang Zemin regime. Zhu Rongji, who came to the job in March, began his career as premier by reorganizing the government and the related state-owned
Teaching and learning are primarily an internal process as messages are coded and decoded through intrapsychological processes. These codes are culturally learned so the greater the cultural differenc
Among the many books dealing with the epochal changes of China during the eighties, this is probably the first full-length account of the popular cultural movement, or wenhuare. It is the result of co
In Hong Kong, the two electricity companies are subject to a Scheme of Control, which is essentially a long-term regulatory contract controlling both the rates of return and prices. The book is a stud
This volume is a collection of current research on Chinese child development: the context of development, cognitive development , social development, and new issues related to the topic.
This book provides the first comprehensive account of social welfare developments in the People's Republic of China, from the "iron rice bowl" social security system to fundamental welfare changes bro
This study makes a significant contribution to the formulation of policies on pollution abatement. It is the first publicly available economic analysis of an important subject that sets out the facts
This book is a collection of nine articles on various paradoxical aspects of traditional Chinese literature. The literary works chosen for analysis range from the Tang dynasty to the late Qing. Beside
This book examines English language testing in the Hong Kong context. It discusses the history of English language public examinations and issues related to medium of instruction, test reliability, or
This book explores the process of agricultural policy creation and implementation in Taiwan through analyzing the change of land reform policy over the period 1945-1990; it also relates problems of ag
This book provides the practitioners and students of management with an opportunity to systematically examine and eventually gain insight into the complex reality of Japanese management in the context
This study proposes a new plan called ChoiceCare as a solution to the problems facing Hong Kong's health care system. The scheme entails the creation of a competitive market for health care services w
Some of the greatest philosophers, poets and painters of China were famous as hermits in their day and reclusive ideals touched many aspects of social and political life. This study investigates how e
This comprehensive study, Dai Wangshu: The Life and Poetry of a Chinese Modernist, is one of the most illuminating books on twentieth-century Chinese poetry to have been published in years. It goes be
This book examines this trial of references to cockfighting, beginning in 517 B.C. and extending into modern times. Works by China's famous poets and prose stylists, information from historical, philo
This book collects seven essays on classical Chinese poetry Professor C. H. Wang authored in the 1970s. The primary subjects under consideration are Shih Ching and Ch'u tz'u, the earliest Chinese lite
The authors attempt to capture the essence of the ethos of Hong Kong Chinese by analyzing its principal components: the individual, social, economic, legal, and political dimensions of the value syste
For his contributions to philosophy and historical studies Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692) has long been recognised as a major writer of the seventeenth century China. His stature as a critic, however, has com
The collection opens with Harry Levin's "What Is Literature if Not Comparative," read in the Second Hong Kong Comparative Literature Conference (1982) and used here to highlight the significance of a
This study is a pioneer attempt to explore the political and cultural implications of Buddhism during the crucial intellectual transitional period between 1890 and 1911 by examining the Buddhist thoug
The contents range from the physics of high modulus materials prepared from flexible chain, stiff chain and thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers, to the engineering applications of polymer composi
The stories in this collection represent some of the finest writing to come out of China since 1949. A wide range of characters is presented: intellectuals, factory workers, drifters and petty crimina
This is the first major study of the interrelations between politics, society and education within the context of the education policy and system in early Hong Kong from 1843 to 1913.
This volume comprises nine articles that fall into three categories: general survey of Chinese archaeology as well as the author's visit to Tom Harrison's field work in Sarawak in 1966; field reports
The video code is designed to facilitate the mechanization of the use of Chinese ideographs without destroying their etymological identities. It is formed of two four-digit codes--the structure code a
This collection of tales record and preserves a part of the oral tradition of Chinese folk tales and legends still current among the older generation of immigrants who came to Hong Kong from various p
The stories in this collection have been recorded, transcribed and translated from the professional story-tellers of traditional tales who have come to Hong Kong from various parts of China.
