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Author: Kevin P. Lane
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-07-11
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1000312380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKevin Lane discusses the tension existed between China's traditional claim to sovereignty over Hong Kong. He believes that on historical track record China has the capacity for flexibility on Hong Kong that would enable arrangements about its future to work successfully.
Author: Leo F. Goodstadt
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9789622097339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChallenging the wisdom about the way capitalism and colonialism joined forces to transform Hong Kong into one of the world's great cities, this book deploys case studies of the clash of interests between alien colonials and their Chinese constituents and the conflict between a pro-business government and its political and social responsibilities.
Author: Hong Kong. Urban Council
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 148
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eric Kit-wai Ma
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-07-28
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 1134680228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMa looks at the ways in which the identity of Hong Kong citizens has changed in the 1990s especially since the handover to China in 1997. This is the first analysis which focuses on the role, in this process, of popular media in general and television in particular. The author specifically analyses at the relationship between television ideologies and cultural identities and explores the role of television in the process of identity formation and maintenance.
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis document is intended to serve as a guide for state and local planners and policy makers who are evaluating the potential of congestion pricing. Its purpose is to introduce the concept of congestion pricing and to provide a discussion of its feasibility and potential in specific applications. The report also provides guidance on monitoring and evaluation of congestion pricing, and contains an extensive bibliography. A pilot program is discussed, some overseas and national programs are described, and congestion pricing options are considered. Planning issues are addressed, and specific methods geared to reduce congestion are noted.
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 928
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Chak Kwan Chan
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 0739149547
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial Security Policy in Hong Kong: From British Colony to Special Administrative Region of China, by Chak Kwan Chan, is the first book which systematically examines Hong Kong's social security policies across a period of 170 years. In particular, Chan analyses how Hong Kong, the world's freest economy, has maintained its small government by manipulating Chinese welfare ideologies.
Author: Howard J. Wiarda
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010-05-10
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 0739141643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThink tanks have become increasingly important in American politics foreign policy. In the last thirty years think tanks have emerged as major actors on the political stage, comparable in influence to large interest groups, political parties, and government agencies. In the same time span these think tanks have replaced universities as the main source for new policy ideas and the background research and arguments to justify them. This book discusses think tanks in general but focuses specifically on the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) in Philadelphia. Though a smallish 'tank,' FPRI has been enormously influential, feeding its ideas into government and policy debate even at the level of presidential politics. The author discusses FPRI within the context of the growing influence of presidential politics. The author discusses FPRI within the context of the growing influence of think tanks over public policy in general and foreign policy in particular.
Author: Institute of Bankers (Great Britain)
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 720
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