to cope with the urban congestion problem resulted from rapid urbanization some cities are successfully using electronic road pricing policy as a demand management measure. in 1982, hong kong governmenttook initiative to experiment electronic road pricing in hong kong. though, the project outcome reveals that electronic road pricing could bring tremendous economic, social and environmental bene...

To cope with the urban congestion problem resulted from rapid urbanization some cities are successfully using Electronic Road Pricing policy as a demand management measure. In 1982, Hong Kong Governmenttook initiative to experiment electronic road pricing in Hong Kong. Though, the project outcome reveals that Electronic Road Pricing could bring tremendous economic, social and environmental bene...

since the enactment of the antiquities and monuments ordinance in 1971 and the establishment of antiquities and monuments office in 1976, the hong kong government has set up several institutions with particular ordinances and schemes for heritage conservation. with the set-up of government initiatives, yet the protection of physical and cultural heritage is still limited due to the ambiguity of...

Lee CKF Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The university of Hong Kong, China Email: [email protected]

Lee CKF Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, The university of Hong Kong, China Email: [email protected]

Background Ageing has become a serious challenge in Hong Kong and globally. It has serious implications for health expenditure, which accounts for nearly 20% of overall government expenditure. Here we assess the contribution of ageing and related factors to hospitalisation days in Hong Kong. We used hospital discharge data from all publicly funded hospitals in Hong Kong between 2001 and 2012.  ...

english is an important language in hong kong, an international city located on the southern coast of the people’s republic of china that, for over 150 years to 1997, was a british colony. this paper describes and analyses changes in teaching methodologies in the english language curriculum formally proposed for hong kong junior secondary schools from 1975 to the present day, to study how the c...

We study the impact of mainland Chinese listings in Hong Kong on the quality and development of the Hong Kong equity market. At the macro-level, we find that the increasing presence of mainland Chinese stocks in Hong Kong increases the size, trading volume, and its link wit h the China and world markets but reduces the over all volatility of the Hong Kong stock market. At the firm level, the in...

Since the enactment of the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance in 1971 and the establishment of Antiquities and Monuments Office in 1976, the Hong Kong Government has set up several institutions with particular ordinances and schemes for Heritage Conservation. With the set-up of government initiatives, yet the protection of physical and cultural heritage is still limited due to the ambiguity of...

We thank Dr. E.K. Yeoh of the Hong Kong Government for facilitating this study. We also thank the WHO SARS Network and acknowledge the assistance of network members. We thank Timothy Cheung, Iris Ng, and Jack Lee for excellent assistance. This work was funded in part by Public Health Research Grant A195357 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (US), The Wellcome Trust (...