Hong Kong Mobile
by Siu, Helen F.; Ku, Agnes S. M.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-04-02
Publisher(s): Hong Kong Univ Pr
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Summary
In this interdisciplinary study, the authors argue that Hong Kong must develop and strengthen the mobility, broadly defined, of its population. This is at the heart of its need to face the challenges from a changing global environment. Being a space of f
Table of Contents
| List of Tables and Figures | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xv |
| Contributors | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Lessons in Openness: Hong Kong as a Space of Flow | p. 9 |
| Lesson in Openness: Creating a Space of Flow in Hong Kong | p. 13 |
| Where Guangdong Meets Shanghai: Hong Kong Culture in a Trans-regional Context | p. 45 |
| Transborder Visuality: The Changing Patterns of Visual Exchange between Hong Kong and South China | p. 63 |
| Taking Stock of a Migrant Population: Who Is a Hong Konger? | p. 83 |
| The Importance of Migration Flow to Hong Kong's Future | p. 89 |
| Positioning "Hong Kongers" and "New Immigrants" | p. 117 |
| Immigration Policies and Human Resources Planning | p. 149 |
| Like Sons and Daughters of Hong Kong: The Return of the Young Generation | p. 201 |
| Building Dynamic Cultural Capital in Institutions | p. 223 |
| Rethinking Colonial Institutions, Standards, Life Styles and Experiences | p. 231 |
| Professional Bodies and Professional Regulation in Hong Kong | p. 247 |
| Education Reforms and Social Mobility: Rethinking the History of Hong Kong Education | p. 293 |
| Is Hong Kong Entrepreneurship Declining? | p. 327 |
| The "Global City" as a Cultural Project: The Case of the West Kowloon Cultural District | p. 343 |
| A Sense of Place in Hong Kong: The Case of Tai O | p. 367 |
| Conclusion: Whither Hong Kong and the Hong Konger? | p. 397 |
| Notes | p. 401 |
| References | p. 447 |
| Index | p. 479 |
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