Hong Kong mobile : making a global population

Hong Kong mobile : making a global population / edited by Helen F. Siu and Agnes S. Ku.

In this interdisciplinary study, contributors argue that Hong Kong should strengthen the mobility of its population. They warn that the population is now aging when compared to other world cities and China's fast growing urban centers; Hong Kong now needs a massive input of young, educated and...

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Other Authors: Siu, Helen F., Ku, Agnes S. M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
Subjects:
Geschichte
Population aging > China > Hong Kong.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Population
Population aging
Population policy
Mobilität
Bevölkerungspolitik
Hong Kong (China) > Population.
Hong Kong (China) > Population policy.
China > Hong Kong
Hongkong
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Table of Contents:
  • Lessons in openness : Hong Kong as a space of flow. Lesson in openness : creating a space of flow in Hong Kong / Elizabeth Sinn ; Where Guangdong meets Shanghai : Hong Kong culture in a trans-regional context / may Bo ching ; Transborder visuality : the changing patterns of visual exchange between Hong Kong and south China / Eric Ma
  • Taking stock of a migrant population : who is a Hong Konger? The importance of migration flow to Hong Kong's future / Richard Y.C. Wong and Ka-fu Wong ; Positioning "Hong Kongers" and "new immigrants" / Helen F. Siu ; Immigration policies and human resources planning / Johannes M.M. Chan ; Like sons and daughters of Hong Kong : the return of the young generation / Janet Salaff [and others]
  • Building dynamic cultural capital in institutions. Rethinking colonial institutions, standards, life styles and experiences / David Faure ; Professional bodies and professional regulation in Hong Kong / David A. Levin ; Education reforms and social mobility : rethinking the history of Hong Kong education / Bernard Hung-kay Luk [and others] ; Is Hong Kong entrepreneurship declining? / Wenbin Sun and Siu-lun Wong ; The "global city" as a cultural project : the case of the West Kowloon Cultural District / Agnes S. Ku [and others] ; A sense of place in Hong Kong : the case of Tai O / Wing-hoi Chan
  • Conclusion : whither Hong Kong and the Hong Konger?

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