Interskeletal Variation of Bone Mineral Density, Geometry and Microstructure in Long Bone Shafts under Habitual Loading Yau Ming Lai1, Ling Qin2, Kwong Man Lee2, Chun Wai Chan2, Kai Ming Chan2 1Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; 2Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Chin...

HKJGOM 2009; 9 (1) 9 Introduction Since 2003 when the ‘visa-free’ policy for tourists from Mainland China was implemented to boost the Hong Kong economy, there has been an escalating trend in the number of persons from different provinces of China entering Hong Kong. Among them, there was a substantial number of pregnant women (contributing to one quarter of the total deliveries in Hong Kong in...

WL LAU MBBS, FRCOG, FHKAM (O&G) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Yaumatei, Kowloon, Hong Kong EC HUI MD, PhD Medical Ethics Unit, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong FK LAI B. Sc (N), MSSc (Counselling) TK LO MBBS, MRCOG, FHKAM (O&G) RKH CHIN MBBS, FRCOG, FHKAM (O&G) WC LEUNG MD, FRCOG, FHKAM (O&G), Cert RCOG (Maternal a...

drome (SARS) Coronavirus by a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay, Leo L.M. Poon, Cynthia S.W. Leung, Masato Tashiro, Kwok Hung Chan, Bonnie W.Y. Wong, Kwok Yung Yuen, Yi Guan, and Joseph S.M. Peiris ( Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR; 2 Department of Viral Diseases and Vaccine Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Mu...

Y. X. Wang , X. L. Zhu, M. Deng, Y. W. Siu, C. S. Leung, Q. Chan, T. M. Chan, and W. S. Poon Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control...

(a) Jonathan A. Batten, Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Sai Kung, Hong Hong, Phone: ++852-2358-7688, Email: [email protected]. (b) Wai-Sum Chan, Department of Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 426D, Leung Kau Kui Building, New Territories, Hong Kong, Phone: +852 2609 7715, Email: [email protected]. (c) Hon-Lun Chung, School of Accountin...

Heidi Q. Xie, Roy C. Y. Choi, K. Wing Leung, Nina L. Siow, Ling W. Kong, Faye T. C. Lau, H. Benjamin Peng and Karl W. K. Tsim The Department of Biology and the Molecular Neuroscience Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay Road, Hong Kong, China Running Title: Regulation of PRiMA in muscle Address correspondence to: Prof. Karl W.K. Tsim, Department of Biology...

Marcus Ho Yin Wong, Meiying Yan, Edward Wai Chi Chan, Li Zhang Liu, Biao Kan, Sheng Chen Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR; State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention (ICDC), Chinese Center for Disease Control and...

Transplantation, Yanni Y.N. Lui, Kam-Sang Woo, Angela Y.M. Wang, Chung-Kwong Yeung, Philip K.T. Li, Elaine Chau, Peter Ruygrok, and Y.M. Dennis Lo (Departments of 1 Chemical Pathology, 2 Medicine & Therapeutics, and 3 Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR; 4 Department of Cardiology, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong SAR; 5 Dep...

One key function of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is to promote the stability and integrity of the financial system in Hong Kong. There are about 200 authorized institutions (AIs) in Hong Kong, many of which are deposit taking banks. The total assets of AIs as of June 2010 are about HKD 11 trillion, 6 times as large as the latest annual GDP of Hong Kong and about 60% of the total mark...