Bøger udgivet af City University of Hong Kong Press

Vulnerable young people lacking self-esteem and aspiration are usually regarded as more at-risk. They deserve transformational change to ease rising problems associated with property crime, violence, illegal drugs, truancy and exclusion, etcetera. This title studies the problems and issues of Youth-at-risk (YAR) in the context of Hong Kong.

Organised into two main sections, this title discusses how tween girls and teen girls in Hong Kong are being influenced by the images and celebrities from the media in evaluating the gender roles and sexuality. Through quantitative and qualitative studies, it examines and understands how girls interact with the media and how they interpret messages from the media.

In 1949, Chang Kuo-sin found himself in Nanking, the former nationalist capital, under the rule of the newly victorious communists. For eight months he lived and attempted to work in the midst of these historical changes. To mark the centenary of his birth, Hong Kong Baptist University's School of Communication has republished this important work by one of its most distinguished professors.

There has always been an assumption that the past can be clearly and accurately reflected in records, and that archives are an essential element in the formation of social and cultural memories. This book is an unusual study of a subject that was nearly invisible in colonial Hong Kong when, for many reasons, society was unconcerned with the narrative of local history.

The digital divide and the inequalities of the availability and deployment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) between developed and developing countries have long been a source of concern. This book deals with practical issues that are encountered by stakeholders in the developing country context.

With an increasing demand for energy, China's need for foreign energy has grown rapidly. In this situation, China has become the world's biggest energy consumer and greenhouse gas producer. This book covers a very wide range of energy and environmental topics related to China's domestic and international policies.

Provides an overview of significant aspects of the new trends of political participation in Hong Kong. Written by a team of experts who have been astute observers of Hong Kong politics, the book covers a wide spectrum of topics ranging from a conventional understanding of political participation (activities of political parties and interest groups) to a more specialised form of participation (relations between government and legislators in policy-making).

Written by a biomedical engineering expert, who is also a champion of cross-cultural exchanges that enhance understanding and build links among nations and countries, this title features twenty-one articles that presents the author's thoughts about world civilizations, culture and life, society, education as well as science and technology.

A trilingual phrase book that serves as a useful reference book for visitors/business travellers/students from Korea and Korean speaking countries, Mainland China and Hong Kong. It covers a wide range of daily-life situations and is organized in three columns for quick and easy access.

The new leadership team under Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao began to consolidate power and make its mark on China's policy programmes since the autumn of 2002. This volume tries to analyze the new leadership's perceptions of the challenges facing it, how it defines its priorities, and overcomes the resistance of vested interests.

Challenges the traditional empirical approach to problem solving and provides construction practitioners with a seasoned account to resolving day-to-day complicated issues in construction project management. This book serves as a useful companion for those managing construction projects that are becoming more and more quantitative in nature.

Development of democracy is often taken to mean rising political participation in an open society. Containing historical data on political participation in Hong Kong since the colonial days, this book focuses on the discussion of the socio-cultural determinants of political participation in Hong Kong.

Economic integration between Hong Kong and Mainland China is a topic of great interest among both policy circles and the academia. This collection of relevant research papers of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in the past two years, studies the economic integration process between Hong Kong and the Mainland from different perspectives.

Suitable for secondary school teachers of English in Hong Kong to understand what it means to implement a task-based curriculum in the English classroom, this book aims to support and empower ELT teachers in implementing a task-based approach systematically without losing sight of the importance of grammar teaching within the framework of tasks.

Intends to survey the developments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in various important areas in its first decade (1997-2007). This work aims to critically review past developments, identify the significant issues, and assess the performance of the government and that of the community as a whole.

Neurally and culturally humans are powerfully equipped to acquire language and use it for a variety of cognitive and social purposes. This book comprises 20 chapters which are an extension of the interflow of ideas at the 8th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology held in Hong Kong, 2003.

Buildings create an environment where people work and live, thus affecting their quality of life. This book provides an understanding of the life-cycle of buildings, how they age, and what can be done when they become old.

Emphasizing a holistic approach in problem-solving, this title includes case studies that offer fresh perspectives on the rapidly changing landscape of professional accounting in Hong Kong.

Includes 27 essays that addresses the problems and significant issues facing China in the twenty-first century. This book is suitable for university students and academics interested in contemporary China, and professionals, business executives and entrepreneurs who are involved in China trade and businesses.

Explores the direction of future development of Guangdong at the start of the twenty-first century.

Intends to provide maps indicating where mangrove plants and animals can be found. This book also provides teachers, students and parents with tips of do's and don'ts when they collect field data, and the safe steps for them to follow.

Chronicles the glorious history of printing in China. This book graphically outlines the invention, the stages of development and the original styles of valuable publications in the respective dynastic periods.

What are the economic consequences of Hong Kong's retirement boom? What sort of retirement plans are viable and acceptable to employers, employees and the government? This book evaluates Hong Kong's pay-as-you-go (PAYG) proposal, Singapore's central provident fund (CPF) scheme, and the mandatory provident fund (MPF) plan.

Since 1995, immigration has been adding more people to the population of Hong Kong than natural increase each year. Is there any adverse economic impact of immigration on Hong Kong? This title examines the effect of immigration on wages and employment in the local labour market.

Hong Kong is ageing fast and the pressure to improve health care is mounting. Should taxes be raised or social services be cut? Should the public buy more health insurance? Using unofficial statistics and the author's survey data of households, this book analyzes the economics of these questions.