a Institute of Systems Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China b School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, PR China Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China Department of Applie...

T he sovereignty of Hong Kong was handed over to the People’s Republic of China by the United Kingdom on July 1, 1997, after almost 150 years of British rule. Hong Kong became a special administrative region (Hong Kong SAR) of China, maintaining its own legal structure governed by law based on the principle of “1 country 2 systems.” The basic law continues to recognize the autonomy of medicine ...

The use of tunnel concentration profile data to determine the ratio of NO2/NOx directly emitted from vehicles X. Yao, N. T. Lau, C. K. Chan, and M. Fang Institute for the Environment, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China Department of Chemical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China Recei...

This research was supported by the RGC Earmarked Grants CUHK 4175/03E, CUHK418605, and Croucher Senior Research Fellowship. Business Section, Institute of Textile and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. E-mail: . Nomura Centre for Mathematical Finance, and Oxford–Man Institute of Quantitative Finance, University of Oxford, 24–29 St ...

The quality of life and culture. An example selected Asian countries: China, Japan, South Korea Hong Kong East countries have consistently maintained high levels economic growth since the 1960s. In 1993, Miracle report described an boom. presents result public policies Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Republic Korea, Singapore, Taiwan Thailand. Cultural (Confucian) background in Asia is very importan...

V. W. Y. Tam · L. Y. Shen · Risk Management for Contractors in Marine Projects ... · pp 403-410 Introduction Marine projects are one of major work in the Hong Kong construction industry. More than forty marine projects are in progress by the Hong Kong government (see Table 1) (Hong Kong Government, 2007), which include bulkheads, seawalls, foundation piles, docks, inspections, piers dredging an...

K. NAKKEERAN∗, P. K. A. WAI†, L. XU‡, L. F. K. LUI† and H. Y. TAM¶ ∗School of Engineering, Fraser Noble Building, King’s College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK [email protected] †Photonics Research Center and Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong ‡Department of Physics, University of Science ...

F. Ye, D. Mihalache, B. Hu, and N. C. Panoiu Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China ”Horia Hulubei”National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Department of Theoretical Physics, 407 Atomistilor, Magurele-Bucharest, 077125, Romania Department of Physics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5005, USA Department of Electronic and Electrical...

One-hundred five influenza B-positive specimens obtained from southeast Asia in 2002 were categorized on the basis of DNA sequencing of HA1 gene as well as real-time PCR analysis of the NA gene. Phylogenetic analysis of the HA1 gene sequences showed that the majority of the viruses (96.2%) belonged to the B/Victoria/2/87 lineage, while a smaller percentage of the viruses (3.8%) belonged to the ...

BACKGROUND Hip fracture is a major public health problem in Asia and the UK. The objectives of this study were to describe the trends of hip fracture in Hong Kong over the last decade, and to compare the incidence in Hong Kong with that from the Wessex Health Region of the UK in 1995. METHODS The number of hip fractures was calculated using hospital discharge records for all public hospitals ...