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Tang, Ye. "The Difference between Hong Kong Insurance and Mainland China Insurance." SHS Web of Conferences 154 (2023): 02006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202315402006.

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As the incidence of cancer is relatively higher than the incidence of accidents, many people have lost their lives because they were unable to recover. Insurance is a great way to protect your life. It can avoid the risks. This paper mainly analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of Hong Kong insurance and mainland insurance. Through this analysis, the paper makes the following recommendations. Insurance enterprises must rectify the weak links as soon as possible, according to the environment and market development characteristics timely update the competitive strategy and marketing concept,

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Siu, Kin Wai Michael, and Kwun Sing Leo Wong. "Flexible design principles." Facilities 33, no. 9/10 (2015): 588–621. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-02-2014-0021.

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Purpose – This paper aims to propose a set of flexible design principles for enhancing the flexibility of street furniture to deal with the diverse and changing urban environment. Flexibility is an important but less considered element of public design (otherwise called public environment and facility design), especially in regard to the street furniture that is encountered in everyday life. Taking Hong Kong as a case study, this paper gives an overview of the concepts of flexibility and flexible design, and identifies the current limitations and problems of the current street furniture design

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So, Mike K. P. "Robo-Advising Risk Profiling through Content Analysis for Sustainable Development in the Hong Kong Financial Market." Sustainability 13, no. 3 (2021): 1306. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13031306.

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Nowadays, we mainly depend on financial consultants or advisors to conduct risk assessments for individual investors before providing them with any investment advice or recommendations. Individual investors should understand the risk level of their investment choices and their investment decisions should match their risk profile. This process is usually conducted in face-to-face meetings. However, during the recent coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which has seriously impacted daily life with social distancing, in order to maintain sustainability, contact-free advising, such as robo-advising,

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HYUN, Jaehwan. "The Emergence and Development of Hygienic Masks in Colonial Korea." Korean Journal of Medical History 31, no. 1 (2022): 181–220. http://dx.doi.org/10.13081/kjmh.2022.31.181.

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This paper examines the social life of masks in colonial Korea with a focus on their use in hygienic practices. It argues that masks first appeared in the disease control scene in late 1919 when the Governor-General of Korea belatedly introduced preventative measures against the Spanish Influenza pandemic. Since then, the central and regional hygiene authorities had begun to encourage colonial Koreans to wear masks whenever respiratory disease epidemics transpired. Simultaneously, Korean doctors and news reporters framed mask-wearing as something needed for family hygiene, particularly for tra

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Kaleeswaran, M. "Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian Girl: The Novel Introducing Modern World to Young Indian Audience." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 11, S1-June (2024): 85–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v11is1-june.7784.

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The present research paper aims to bring out Chetan Bhagat’s skill of presenting the modern world to young Indian readers along with the way he presented his characters. Chetan Bhagat is not someone who just wants to reflect the Indian youth’s love for modernity but also someone who wants to analyze the problems that middle class Indian youth face. Chetan always gives priority to youngsters and motivates them to achieve greater. This is evident through the novel’s protagonist Radhika’s modern way of life. His novel One Indian Girl also deals with the misfortunes of the modern youth caused by t

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Baker, Hugh D. R. "Social Change in Hong Kong: Hong Kong Man in Search of Majority." China Quarterly 136 (December 1993): 864–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741000032367.

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In 1983 when The China Quarterly published a special issue on Hong Kong, I attempted to synthesize the history of its urban social life, coining the term “Hong Kong Man” to describe what I considered to be the emergence of an identifiable unique social animal. Hong Kong Man, I suggested, was neither Chinese nor British. I characterized him as quick-thinking, flexible, tough for survival, excitement-craving, sophisticated in material tastes, and self-made in a strenuously competitive world. He operated in the context of a most uncertain future, control over which was in the hands of others, and

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Cheung, Chau-Kiu, and Kwan-Kwok Leung. "POSTMODERN AND MODERN VALUE ORIENTATIONS AND LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG HONG KONG CHINESE." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 30, no. 7 (2002): 697–707. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2002.30.7.697.

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Despite incidents about postmodernization in Hong Kong society, the significance of post-modernization is uncharted. If postmodernization is significant, it will particularly satisfy people with greater orientation to postmodern values. This study examines the hypothesis by conducting a survey in 2000 of a random sample of the adult population in Hong Kong, China. Results indicate that those with higher postmodern value orientations were less satisfied in 2000. These findings do not demonstrate the significance of postmodernization in Hong Kong. Thus, Hong Kong may not be sufficiently postmode

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Shum, Terence Chun Tat. "Quality of Life of South Asian Older Adults in Hong Kong: Policy Implications for a Multicultural Active Aging Framework." Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 9 (January 2023): 233372142311798. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23337214231179837.

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In Hong Kong, the number of South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, and Nepalese) older adults is projected to increase. However, academic and policy research in Hong Kong exploring the aging experience among ethnic minority older adults remains scarce. Drawing on in-depth interviews with South Asian older adults in Hong Kong, this paper examines the challenges they face in the economic, health, and social domains to maintain their quality of life in old age. Our analysis illustrates the significant cultural values, family obligations, and ethnic networks that shape the quality of life of South Asians

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VALENZUELA-SILVA, PILAR, and MONIT CHEUNG. "NEPALESE LIVING IN HONG KONG: SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND HIGHER EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT." Hong Kong Journal of Social Work 50, no. 01n02 (2016): 47–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s021924621600005x.

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With a focus on research conducted after Hong Kong reunited with China in 1997, this paper documents how the Nepalese immigrants living in Hong Kong processed their decision to either stay in Hong Kong or return to their home country. A review of 40 studies targeting Nepalese immigrants who chose to stay in Hong Kong found that these families were primarily influenced by: 1) their immigration history, including their roles as Gurkhas in the Hong Kong military and their contributions to the local labor force, and 2) their quality of living in Hong Kong versus Nepal. Among these 40 studies, only

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Lai, Daniel W. L., Zideng Huang, and Alison Yu-ting Ou. "THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ETHNICITY ON THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER ADULTS IN HONG KONG." Innovation in Aging 8, Supplement_1 (2024): 193. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae098.0625.

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Abstract Ethnic minority older adults in Chinese societies remain understudied despite the increasing diversity of the aging population. This study investigated the influence of social capital determinants on the quality of life of South Asians and Chinese residents in Hong Kong, highlighting the importance of understanding each ethnic group’s unique social dynamics and cultural contexts for effective interventions. A telephone survey was conducted with a total of 1,015 Chinese (800) and South Asian (215) older adults aged 55 and above, using the World Bank’s tool to measure social capital acr

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Chan, Ying Keung, Cheuk Chiu Andy Kwan, and Tan Lei Daniel Shek. "Quality of Life in Hong Kong: the Cuhk Hong Kong Quality of Life Index." Social Indicators Research 71, no. 1-3 (2005): 259–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-004-8020-4.

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Chiang, Lan-Hung Nora, and Chia-Yuan Huang. "Cultural Adaptation of Taiwanese Female Marriage Migrants in Hong Kong." Translocal Chinese: East Asian Perspectives 12, no. 2 (2018): 121–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24522015-01202001.

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This study proposes to explore trans-border marriage migrants from Taiwan to Hong Kong, which are historically and politically separate entities despite similarities in Chinese culture. An understanding of marriage patterns was obtained from 38 in-depth interviews of Taiwanese women married to Hong Kong men. Patrilocal residence and acceptance of the patriarchal customs was the norm for the early female Taiwanese migrants. While encountering various difficulties in adapting to a different kind of Chinese culture, the early arrivals have successfully made Hong Kong their homes. Through joining

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Lau, Shelley. "Report From Hong Kong." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 4, no. 3 (1995): 364–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0963180100006113.

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Hong Kong is a territory of only 400 square miles in size, but with a large population of six million people. We have excellent medical facilities in both the public and private sector and the general health indices of the population are good, with low infant mortality rates (5 per 1000) and long life expectancies (75 years for men and 80 for women).

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Barker, Lindsay, Stephen Cheung, and Petrus Ng. "Facing up to life in Hong Kong." A Life in the Day 4, no. 2 (2000): 21–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13666282200000015.

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Chou, Bill. "Local Autonomy in Action: Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Policies." Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 42, no. 3 (2013): 29–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/186810261304200303.

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This paper investigates how Beijing governs its two special administrative regions (SARs) of Hong Kong and Macau through leverages on their local autonomy. First, a conceptual analysis of local autonomy will be provided. Local autonomy is more than a zero-sum game between the central and local authorities over how much power should be granted or taken from the local authorities; it also concerns the space for cultural expression and the use of local customs in public administration. Second, the degree of local autonomy in Hong Kong and Macau will be critically examined. On paper, both SAR gove

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Yeung, Sum. "The review of one country two systems of Hong Kong over two decades from the perspective of social development." Asian Education and Development Studies 8, no. 4 (2019): 511–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aeds-06-2017-0054.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the development of one country two systems of Hong Kong over two decades and examine its challenges and prospect. One country two systems is pragmatic and compromise principle and social arrangement for Hong Kong under China sovereignty. It has served to resolve some issues related to the future of Hong Kong after the end of British Colonial rule since July 1, 1997. There are lessons to be learnt as the merits and flaws of the system have been identified in the study as perceived from the perspective of social development. Design/methodology/approa

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Chiu, Randy K. "RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ROLE CONFLICTS, ROLE SATISFACTIONS AND LIFE SATISFACTION: EVIDENCE FROM HONG KONG." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 26, no. 4 (1998): 409–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1998.26.4.409.

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This study investigated the direct effects among work/family conflicts, job, marital and life satisfactions reported by a Hong Kong sample. Seventeen hundred questionnaires were sent to three different professions in Hong Kong and 497 successful responses were obtained. The findings indicated that work and family conflicts as well as interrole conflict affected job satisfaction and marital satisfaction. Likewise, life satisfaction reported by the respondents was affected by their level of job satisfaction and marital satisfaction as well.

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Yip, Paul S. F. "Suicides in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Beijing." British Journal of Psychiatry 169, no. 4 (1996): 495–500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.169.4.495.

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BackgroundDifferences and similarities were examined of suicide in Hong Kong, Beijing and Taiwan, the populations of which are all ethnically Chinese and share some characteristics of culture but which have very different social and political environments.MethodsThe official death statistics were used for the periods 1981–94 (Hong Kong and Taiwan) and 1987–94 (Beijing).ResultsHong Kong has experienced a slight increase in suicide rate, whereas a significant decline was observed in Taiwan and Beijing. The suicide rates in all three increased with age, the rate among the elderly being four to fi

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Smith, Henry N. "Christianity and Ancestor Practices in Hong Kong: Toward a Contextual Strategy." Missiology: An International Review 17, no. 1 (1989): 27–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009182968901700106.

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Christianity's response to ancestor worship remains a live issue throughout Asia, including Hong Kong, where residents sense a need for cultural continuity, where traditional rites have gradually been secularized, but where the church continues to depend on Western thought-forms and customs. A viable contextual strategy should simultaneously accommodate traditional forms and values, reinterpret them in the light of Christian theology and ethics, and innovate forms which are consistent with biblical faith, with the Chinese cultural heritage, and with emerging social values. By accommodating, re

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Nam, Yeseul, Young-Hoon Kim, and Kevin Kim-Pong Tam. "Effects of Emotion Suppression on Life Satisfaction in Americans and Chinese." Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 49, no. 1 (2017): 149–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022117736525.

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The present study aimed to uncover culturally different ways in which emotion suppression affects life satisfaction. To do so, we manipulated American and Hong Kong Chinese participants to perceive that they had suppressed their emotions to either a greater extent (high suppression) or a lesser extent (low suppression). In the control condition, there was no manipulation. Then, participants indicated how satisfied they were with their lives. We found that American participants reported lower life satisfaction in the high-suppression (vs. control) condition, but no difference was found between

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Dong Lingling and Zheng Xianlang. "Summary of Studies on Language Policy in Hong Kong and Macao." Frontiers in Humanities and Social Research 2, no. 2 (2025): 162–68. https://doi.org/10.71465/fhsr37.

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Hong Kong and Macao, as an inalienable part of China's territory, have unique historical, political and cultural backgrounds, which together shape the complex and diverse linguistic pattern of Hong Kong and Macao. As an important means for the state and region to manage, standardize and develop language use, language policy plays an important role in the social life of Hong Kong and Macao. During the colonial period, Hong Kong formed a language pattern of emphasizing English over Chinese, while Macao used Chinese and Portuguese bilingualism as its official language. After the reunification, th

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Chan, Selina Ching. "Tea cafés and the Hong Kong identity: Food culture and hybridity." China Information 33, no. 3 (2018): 311–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0920203x18773409.

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This article examines the meanings of caa caan teng (茶餐廳, local cafés) in Hong Kong and the implications of such cafés on the Hong Kong identity. It argues that the local café is a representation of Hong Kong culture because it reflects Hong Kong’s political, economic, and social developmental paths and mirrors the everyday life of its people. I investigate how the interaction of different immigrant cultures in Hong Kong has resulted in the invention of hybrid foods at the local café. These foods demonstrate hybridity as the transgression of boundaries through the negotiation of cultural diffe

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Sing, Ming. "The Quality of Life in Hong Kong." Social Indicators Research 92, no. 2 (2008): 295–335. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-008-9349-x.

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Hung, Maria Shuk Yu, Stanley Kam Ki Lam, Liliane Chui King Chan, Sisi Pui Shan Liu, and Meyrick Chum Ming Chow. "The Psychological and Quality of Life Impacts on Women in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13 (2021): 6734. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136734.

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a global health crisis. The adverse impacts on Asian women, including those in Hong Kong, are substantial. This cross-sectional online study examined the impacts of COVID-19 on Hong Kong women, including psychological effects, self-belief in coping, and quality of life, and was conducted over 4 weeks from July to August 2020. Females aged over 18, living in Hong Kong, and that could read Chinese, were included. Among 417 participants, 50.8% were aged below 50, 66.7% were married, 57.1% were caregivers, 61.4% had a family income of <USD 2600, an

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Chong, Alice Ming-lin. "Promoting volunteerism in later life in Hong Kong." China Journal of Social Work 3, no. 2-3 (2010): 313–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17525098.2010.492657.

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Yip, Paul S. F. "Age, Sex, Marital Status and Suicide: An Empirical Study of East and West." Psychological Reports 82, no. 1 (1998): 311–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1998.82.1.311.

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The relationships among age, sex, marital status and suicidal behaviour in Australia and Hong Kong showed disparity in age-specific suicide rates among the four marital status groups, never married, married, widowed and divorced, for both sexes in the two locations. Examining the coefficients of preservation suggested the coefficient for never married to married in all cases was larger than 1, except for the groups of teenagers aged 15–19 years for both sexes and of elderly women aged 60 years or over in Hong Kong. The widowed or divorced groups have lower suicide rates than the married women

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Kam, Wing-hin. "Navigating Christian and Chaozhou identities: the life and career of Lin Zifeng (1892-1971)." Social Transformations in Chinese Societies 13, no. 1 (2017): 71–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/stics-09-2016-0015.

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Purpose This paper aims to analyse how both Lin’s birthplace identity and his Christian identity contributed to his fruitful public career and to ascertain which identity became the most significant. Design/methodology/approach Archival research is the main method used in this paper. The most important archives drawn from are the Daniel Tse Collection in the Special Collection and Archives of the Hong Kong Baptist University Library. Oral history has also been used in this paper to uncover more material that has not yet been discussed in existing scholarly works. Findings This paper argues tha

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Yee Ho, Judy Woon. "Code choice in Hong Kong." Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 31, no. 2 (2008): 18.1–18.17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2104/aral0818.

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China resumed its sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997. Since then drastic changes in this former British colony have occurred. One of these changes is a shift in language policy, from bilingualism (Cantonese and English) to trilingualism (Cantonese, English and Putonghua). The present study is aimed at investigating tertiary students’ use of Cantonese, English and Putonghua on a daily basis, analysing the roles and functions of each language and discussing how these may impact on language policy and language education. Research instruments included 52 students’ language diaries and written anal

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Yee Ho, Judy Woon. "Code choice in Hong Kong." Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 31, no. 2 (2008): 18.1–18.17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aral.31.2.05yee.

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China resumed its sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997. Since then drastic changes in this former British colony have occurred. One of these changes is a shift in language policy, from bilingualism (Cantonese and English) to trilingualism (Cantonese, English and Putonghua). The present study is aimed at investigating tertiary students’ use of Cantonese, English and Putonghua on a daily basis, analysing the roles and functions of each language and discussing how these may impact on language policy and language education.Research instruments included 52 students’ language diaries and written analy

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Zheng, Victor, and Siu-lun Wong. "Road to independence." Social Transformations in Chinese Societies 12, no. 2 (2016): 114–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/stics-08-2016-0012.

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Purpose The paper aims to explore the road to independence of the less-fortunate women in early Hong Kong society and their means in passing of wealth after death. In the 1970s, about 400 Chinese wills from the 1840s to the 1940s were dug up on a construction site in Hong Kong. One-fourth of these were from women who had held a substantial amount of property. How they obtained this property intrigued us because, at that time, women were seen as subordinate to men and excluded from the labor market. Why they had wills led to further questions about Hong Kong society of that time and the role of

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Laukkanen, Tatu-Ilari. "Shanghai gangster films and the politics of change." Novos Olhares 9, no. 1 (2020): 81–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-7714.no.2020.172000.

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In this paper through a very close textual reading I will show the ideological differences between two films based on the life of Shanghai gangster Du Yuesheng (1888, Pudong – 1951, Hong Kong) through close formal and narrative analysis. Du was already a celebrity in his day in the Republican era and is still a con-troversial figure in Greater China. However, there are only two films based on the life of the French Con-cession opium kingpin, the recent Hong Kong/PRC co-production The Last Tycoon (Da Shang Hai, Wong Jing, 2012) and the epic two part Lord of the East China Sea I & II (Shang

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Oh, Ahrim, Meekyung Han, Young Choi, Sing Lau, and Michelle S. W. Shum. "Exploring relationship among child maltreatment experience in childhood and behavior problems as young adults: Role of social support among college students in Hong Kong." International Social Work 62, no. 2 (2018): 1011–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872818762718.

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Studies show the tremendous negative impact of child abuse, including physical and emotional abuse in childhood on externalizing mental health problems in later life (e.g. young adulthood). However, limited information about this relationship is available in Asian countries like Hong Kong. The current study sought to address this gap by utilizing an exploratory retrospective design. Findings with 118 college students in Hong Kong suggest that there are statistically significant associations between experience of physical and emotional abuse in childhood and behavior problems in later life, and

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Chiang, Cho Kiu. "Beyond Legal Pluralism: Chinese Customs and Customary Laws in Colonial Hong Kong (1841–1997)." Translocal Chinese: East Asian Perspectives 17, no. 1 (2023): 58–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24522015-17010004.

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Abstract This article challenges the label of legal pluralism used in overseas Chinese studies. While legal pluralism has been the long-standing academic tradition of characterizing the law in overseas Chinese societies, the case of colonial Hong Kong, with its experience in rejecting, distorting, and manipulating Chinese customs and customary laws, illustrates that legal pluralism is an untenable position regarding the “plurality” of laws under a colonial regime and the “plurality” of social fields or legal orders with a “plurality” of sources of law. It is further argued that “legal pluralis

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Yip, Paul SF. "Suicides in Hong Kong and Australia." Crisis 19, no. 1 (1998): 24–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.19.1.24.

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Although the suicide rate for both Hong Kong and Australia was about 12 per 100,000 in 1994, the age- and gender-specific rates, methods of suicide, and time trends vary greatly for these two places. This paper explores the possible social, economic, and cultural background to explain this discrepancy. We used the official suicide death statistics of Hong Kong and Australia for the period 1984-1994. We calculated age-standardized suicide rates in order to take into account the differences in the age composition between the two countries and years. We employed a log-linear (Poisson) model to de

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Lui, Lake, and Sara R. Curran. "‘I wish I were a plumber!’: Transnational class reconstructions across migrant experiences among Hong Kong’s professionals and managers." Current Sociology 68, no. 7 (2020): 872–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011392120932951.

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This study examines processes of class construction within a transnational community of professionals and managers who are emigrants, returnees, and non-migrants. Building on Bourdieu’s class analysis and literature on transnational migration, the article examines how class statuses are supported by moral claims based on varying transnational mobility strategies. The authors draw their results from qualitative interviews with 45 Hong Kong respondents in Hong Kong and Canada. They find that despite Hong Kong emigrants’ loss of economic capital due to de-professionalization, their cultural and s

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CHEUNG, KELVIN CHI-KIN, and KEE-LEE CHOU. "Poverty, deprivation and life satisfaction among Hong Kong older persons." Ageing and Society 39, no. 4 (2017): 703–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x17001143.

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ABSTRACTThis investigation examines the association of four measures of poverty (income-based, expenditure-based and asset-based poverty, and material deprivation) with life satisfaction. Perceived life satisfaction was measured among 1,410 older Chinese persons aged 65 and over. Besides life satisfaction and measures of poverty, the study assessed socio-demographic variables, financial strain, health indicators, and social and community resources. Those who faced expenditure-based poverty, material deprivation and asset-based poverty reported a significantly lower level of perceived life sati

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Tang, Vivien Foong Yee, and Kee Lee Chou. "MATERIAL DEPRIVATION AND LONELINESS AMONG OLDER ADULTS IN HONG KONG." Innovation in Aging 7, Supplement_1 (2023): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.0071.

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Abstract Given that poverty as a risk factor on loneliness is understudied, this study examined the relationship between material deprivation and loneliness of older adults in Hong Kong, the mediation effects of social support and social network, and the moderation effects of social support and social engagement. A two-wave data were collected from 1,696 Chinese older adults between 2015 (T1) and 2017 (T2). All Chinese older adults aged 60 years and above, with 53.9% female. Older adults were asked about their level of loneliness, how material deprived they were, social support, social network

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Wu, Qiaobing, and Hui Qiu. "Promoting Psychosocial Adjustments of Cross-Border Students in Hong Kong: A Resilience and Social Capital Framework." Behavioral Sciences 14, no. 8 (2024): 650. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs14080650.

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Nearly 28,000 children, ranging from kindergarten to secondary-school age, commute between mainland China and Hong Kong for education on a daily basis. They are known as cross-border students (CBS)—those who legally hold permanent Hong Kong citizenship and attend schools in Hong Kong, but reside in mainland China, a unique population in the context of cross-border migration. Social media has reported various challenges faced by CBS, but systematic research on this population is limited. This study proposes a resilience and social capital framework to understand the psychosocial adjustments of

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Gibb, Heather, and Eleanor Holroyd. "Images of Old Age in the Hong Kong Print Media." Ageing and Society 16, no. 2 (1996): 151–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x00003275.

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AbstractThe present study set out to identify how the experience of being old in Hong Kong is represented through images commonly recurring in the print media. A case is presented for how the media not only reflect social images and views on ageing, but actively participate in the social construction of views about being old. Two newspapers in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post (English medium) and the Sin Tao (Chinese medium), were surveyed and contents of stories depicting old age were analyzed, using a qualitative and quantitative methodological design. Dominant amongst the themes was

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Zhang, Chun-Qing, Pak-Kwong Chung, Shi-Shi Cheng, et al. "An Update on Physical Activity Research among Children in Hong Kong: A Scoping Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 22 (2020): 8521. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228521.

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Similar to their Western counterparts, children in Hong Kong generally fail to reach the recommended levels of physical activity (PA). As an ultra-dense metropolis, Hong Kong is different from most Western cities. It is therefore important to update and appraise previous PA research in order to inform future PA promotion for Hong Kong children. Using a scoping review, the current study aimed to evaluate PA research among preschool and school-aged children in Hong Kong aged 3–12 years old who are at a critical development stage. Literature was searched from four English databases: Medline via E

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Ren, Ke Coco. "Housing Inequality in Hong Kong: Investigating The Relationship Between gentrification and Life Satisfaction." International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research 09, no. 06 (2024): 1758–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.46609/ijsser.2024.v09i06.009.

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In Hong Kong, the contrast between wealth and poverty is stark. Amidst its 7.3 million residents, 125,100 are millionaires while 1.6 million live in poverty. Rent has surged by 187%, forcing 220,000 of the most vulnerable into "coffin homes"—tiny units barely fitting a bed. This issue is acute in districts like Mongkok, the densest district globally. The Hong Kong government has responded with initiatives such as the Urban Renewal Authority (URA). While some praise these efforts, others criticize them for favoring affluent investors over vulnerable residents. This research essay will aim to pr

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Ngai, Steven Sek-yum, Chau-kiu Cheung, Lin Wang, et al. "Development and Validation of the Career and Life Development Hope (CLDH) Scale among Non-Engaged Youth in Hong Kong." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16 (2022): 10283. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610283.

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Increasing career and life development hope (CLDH) is critical for the career and life pursuits of non-engaged youths (NEY) who face various disadvantages in the school-to-work transition, especially considering current challenging labor market conditions and the impacts of the pandemic. Nevertheless, research that explores the assessment of CLDH among NEY is scarce. To address this gap, this study aimed to develop and validate a CLDH measurement instrument. A total of 1998 NEY aged 13–29 years in Hong Kong participated in our study. Exploratory factor analysis of the 20-item CLDH scale sugges

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Jia, Jing, and Nelson C. Y. Yeung. "“My Cross-Border PhD Journey”: A Qualitative Study on the Educational and Life Challenges of Mainland Chinese PhD Students in Hong Kong." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 12 (2023): 6078. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126078.

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PhD students’ poor mental health has been increasingly concerning. However, challenges among PhD students studying aboard are understudied. The Educational and Life Transitions (ELT) model postulates that international PhD students are subject to both academic and acculturative stressors; however, relevant research is limited in the Chinese context. We examined mainland Chinese PhD students’ study and living experiences in Hong Kong using a qualitative approach. Through purposive sampling, 37 mainland Chinese PhD students in different disciplines from public-funded universities in Hong Kong we

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TYNER, JAMES A. "Life and death in Hong Kong in an age of cosmopolitanism." Global Networks 16, no. 4 (2015): 453–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/glob.12095.

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LA GRANGE, ADRIENNE, and BETTY YUNG LOCK. "Poverty and single elders in Hong Kong." Ageing and Society 22, no. 2 (2002): 233–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x01008509.

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This paper proposes a methodology for measuring poverty among people aged 60 years or more and living alone in Hong Kong. It uses a lifestyle approach and is based on an index of subjective perceptions of deprivation consisting of 79 indicators. These cover the main expenditure categories of single elders in Hong Kong: housing, food, clothing, durable goods, fuel and water, entertainment and social activities, medical care and transport. We tentatively identify a poverty threshold of HK $7,000 per month in regard to these expenditure categories. With incomes below $6,000, respondents reduce sp

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Hsiao, Hsin-Huang Michael, Kevin Wong, Po-san Wan, and Victor Zheng. "The impact of experience and perceptions of social mobility on the life satisfaction of young people in Taiwan and Hong Kong." Asian Journal of Comparative Politics 5, no. 4 (2019): 319–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2057891119848490.

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This article, which is based on a comparative telephone survey conducted in 2016, examines the relationship between social mobility experience and the life satisfaction of people aged 18 to 35 in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Using both objective and subjective measures of social mobility, we found that young people’s perceptions of their own social mobility and that of the entire youth population correlated positively with life satisfaction. However, the objective upward experiences of intragenerational and intergenerational mobility did not have a significant effect on life satisfaction. In addition

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WONG, VICTOR, and WINNIE YING. "SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: A SOCIAL EXCLUSION PERSPECTIVE." Hong Kong Journal of Social Work 40, no. 01n02 (2006): 61–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219246206000064.

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In the light of the social exclusion perspective, this paper discusses the indicators and different forms of social withdrawal experienced by young people in Hong Kong. The study examined the case records of 88 service users aged 13–24, and conducted 4 focus group interviews with a team of social workers involved in outreaching and reengaging the socially excluded users. Youth's personal agency exercised in their reaction to life events and crisis in the form of social withdrawal is arguably a complex social process, which is shaped, amongst other factors, by the hegemonic definition of youth

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Dong, Ya Hong, and S. Thomas Ng. "A social life cycle assessment model for building construction in Hong Kong." International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 20, no. 8 (2015): 1166–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11367-015-0908-5.

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Yip, P. S. F., Ka Y. Liu, C. K. Law, and Y. W. Law. "Social and Economic Burden of Suicides in Hong Kong SAR." Crisis 26, no. 4 (2005): 156–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.26.4.156.

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Abstract. The paper proposes to use the years-of-life-lost method (YLL) in assessing the social and economic burden of suicides in Hong Kong SAR. The YLL from suicide by age group in 1981-2002 is calculated based on the standard set by World Health Organization (WHO). It shows that the middle age group (25-39) contributed most to the burden of disease in Hong Kong. The proportion of older adults' suicides is about 25% of the total number of suicides but its disease burden is less than 6% in terms of the YLL. Though the group aged 25-39 contributed disproportionately to the total YLL from suici

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Cheng, Feng. "Empirical Study on Whether the Mandatory Provident Fund Policy in Hong Kong Can Meet the Retirement Needs of Citizens." International Journal of Global Economics and Management 4, no. 2 (2024): 130–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.62051/ijgem.v4n2.16.

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Since its implementation in 2000, the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) system aims to provide Hong Kong residents with mandatory retirement savings scheme. However, with the changing of social and economic environment, especially the aging and the rising cost of living, whether the MPF system can meet the retirement needs of citizens has become a question worthy of further discussion. This study used empirical research approach to evaluate the effectiveness of the MPF system by collecting and analyzing a large amount of data. In addition, this study will refer to the pension system in other regi

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