Hong Kong, An Urban Future Shaped by Rail Transport

Urban farming in Hong Kong

Background Suitable indoor green plants have been tested and shown to reduce Volatile Organic Compounds by 80% and carbon dioxide by up to 25% in singe offices, offering significant health benefits to office workers [1,2]. Further studies have also shown that a leafy office relieves stress and reduces negative mood states by up to 60% and just one plant is enough to make a positive difference i...

Health in Hong Kong: an international urban perspective

Cities, population health and health care systems Hong Kong stands out among wealthy megacities as having some of the best indicators of population health. Infant mortality is 3.0 per 1,000 births in Hong Kong compared to 6.2 in New York City and 4.0 in Paris, while life expectancy at birth is 78.0 years compared to 77.7 years in Tokyo and 76.1 years in Greater London (Table 1). Such indicators...

The Construction of the West Rail of the Kowloon Canton Rail Corporation, Hong Kong

A 30.5km railway will soon be completed that links the Northwestern part of the territory with the metro area of Hong Kong. This HK$46 billion investment in the West Rail projects will form a major railway strategic and territorial development for the coming 20 years of Hong Kong. There are nine stations provided within the alignment of the West Rail, 6 of which are located in the northwestern ...

Hong Kong.

We develop an equilibrium model to analyze the role of the media in electoral competition. When policy payoffs are state-dependent, party policies do not converge to the median voter’s ideal policy if the media report only party policies. News analysis about the state, though possibly biased, can discipline off-equilibrium deviations and make the parties adopt more centrist policies. Since vote...

Urban Sustainable Indicators-a Case Study from Hong Kong