Paper Promises

紙紮世界是香港的縮影，反映了這座城市的嚮往、執迷和信念。134件紙紮品．中英雙語攝影文集看見極樂世界的衣食住行、吃喝玩樂捕捉薪火燒不盡的香港人情在紙紮的花花世界裏，祭品的形態和種類五花八門：日常用品從一把傘、一籠點心到一張八達通 ；抑或是億元紙鈔、豪華別墅與配備司機的轎車等奢侈品......祭祀者總能從林林總總的設計和款式中找到最切合逝者的祭品――每件紙紮品都代表著跨越陰陽的親密牽絆。紙紮世界也是香港的縮影，反映了這個城市的嚮往、執迷和信念。紙紮一件燒、一件現，化作煙縷穿越人間與冥界，在另一個國度建構一個更豐富多彩的香港。A bilingual photo book on Hong Kong's paper offerings for the afterlife•The world of paper offerings is a microcosm of Hong Kong that reflects the city's aspirations,obsessions and desires.•Featuring 134 paper offerings with texts in both Chinese and English.•Find everything you could want for a happy afterlife, from everyday needs to extravagantluxuries.•Capturing Hong Kong's undying love and devotion.Discover the fascinating and moving world of Hong Kong’s paper offerings for the afterlife. These carepackages for lost loved ones and ancestors in the next life include everything from creature comfortsand simple everyday needs, to extravagant luxuries and curious fancies. Individually, each offering is atouching manifestation

The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong SAR (the ‘NSL’) promises to be the most important legal development in Hong Kong since the advent of the Basic Law. Many wondered in the aftermath of the NSL how the foundations of Hong Kong’s system might be changed and in what way the freedoms valued by Hong Kong may be affected. Supporters view the law as essential for the preservation of public order and the national security of China and to support the fundamental well-being of “One Country, Two Systems”, an arrangement that has been in place since the return of Hong Kong to China. Critics fear an adverse impact on the spirit of “One Country, Two Systems”.From a discussion initiated by the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law, this collection of essays brings together leading experts on Hong Kong and Chinese law to offer an exploratory study of the NSL and its impact on the legal system and the principle of the rule of law in Hong Kong

The city is Macao, the Portuguese settlement on the China Coast, as it was more than 200 years ago. The promises are those made by Englishmen to marry their Macao mistresses, only to leave them abando

Offerings of various kinds –food, incense, paper money and figures –have been central to Chinese culture for millennia, and as a public, visual display of spiritual belief, they are still

Black pictures on white paper. Telling a panda's story in a black and white picture book is a fantastic idea—pandas are, after all, themselves both black and white. In many places around the world, an

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This paper critiques values education initiatives in Singapore, a city-state whose government is ever-conscious of the need to ensure national economic competitiveness in the global economy. In partic

本書收錄了與書同名的學術論文，叙述了聖保祿學院建立肇始及早期發展歷史。書中除葡文原著外，還收錄了其中、英文譯本。This book contains the academic paper by the same title, describing the establishment of St. Paulo College and its early history. Besides the or

Following the convening of Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The World of Words is a collection of selected works by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. The poem of "Pape

Born and educated in Hong Kong, Kit Fan now lives in the UK. He completed a PhD in English at the University of York, and his poems have been widely published in literary magazines such as Poetry Revi

This catalogue is published to coincide with the UMAG exhibition Ying Tianqi: What Remains in Ruins, an exhibition featuring mixed-media work printed with water-soluble ink on paper, oils, a video pro

This paper described the environment created by globalization as the postmodern condition, a stage which differs from the modern paradigm in that it signals a shift toward a new era which will replace

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

This paper introduces the concept of "fusion," a way of thinking about school reform which the authors believe can lead to major advance. Starting from the premises that all children can achieve high