Ctr of Asian Studies

Research and Scholarship 2005

CENTRE OF ASIAN STUDIES



Researcher : Chan WH
Project Title:Hikers, ramblers, and the cultural construction of urban Hong Kong's other
Investigator(s):Chan WH
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Start Date:07/2002
Completion Date:08/2004
Abstract:
To study hikers, ramblers, and the cultural construction of urban Hong Kong's other.





Researcher : Cheng KS
List of Research Outputs

Cheng K.S., Presentation of 'Public Private Partnership - Limits and Opportunities', Plenary Session VII, Hospital Authority Convention 2005 at Theatre 1, Hong Kong Convention Centre, 2005.
Cheng K.S., The Evolving Offshore Trade in Hong Kong, Compass. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation, 2004, 10, No. 3: 6-9.
Cheng K.S., The Journal of Theologies and Cultures in Asia, De-Construction of New Age Movement and Holistic Health Movement. Hong Kong, Programme for Theology and Cultures in Asia, 2004, 3: 121-154.
Cheng K.S., 黃霑的「香賓」關懐及香港文化產業, 信報財經新聞2004年12月3日, 香港, 香港信報有報公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 七一嘉年華、朝聖及公共空間, 信報財經新聞2004年7月8日, 香港, 信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 建議匯豐牽頭「創投慈善」, 信報2004年10月7日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 應成立敬老SRI基金, 信報2004年9月29日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 年齡、工種與結構性失業關係, 信報2004年9月24日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 結構性失業組別初探, 信報2004年9月23日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 學分制與教育產業開放, 信報財經新聞2004年11月4日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 工資及薪金指數背馳的迷思, 信報財經新聞2004年10月25日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 過海三隧道的收費定位, 信報財經新聞2004年12月22日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 公私營醫療應合力北拓商機, 信報2004年8月26日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 綜援網易進難離, 信報2004年8月12日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 自力不能更生的香港社經結構, 信報2004年8月11日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 雙子城帶動港經濟再騰飛, 信報2004年7月24日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.
Cheng K.S., 香港─深圳「雙子城」, 信報2004年7月19日, 香港, 香港信報有限公司, 2004.


Researcher : Chin JK
Project Title:Publication of "Thailand in Classical Chinese Texts"
Investigator(s):Chin JK
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Freemasons' Fund for East Asian Studies - General Award
Start Date:07/1998
Abstract:
To complete and publish a major new book - 'Thailand in Classical Chinese Texts".


List of Research Outputs

Chin J.K., Bridging East Ocean and West Ocean: Hokkien Merchants in Maritime Asia Prior to 1683, with a Special Reference to the Ports of East Asia, Conference on Northeast Asia in Maritime Perspective: A Dialogue with Southeast Asia, 29-30 October 2004. Okinawa, Japan.
Chin J.K., Human Smuggling and Trafficking in the Taiwan Strait: Security Predicament or Political Dilemma, Conference on Illegal Migration and Non-Traditional Security: Processes of Securitisation and Desecuritisation in Asia, 10-11 October. Beijing, China, 2004.
Chin J.K., Ports, Merchants, Chieftains and Eunuchs: Reading Maritime Commerce of Early Guangdong, In: Herausegegeben von Shing Müller, Thomas O. Höllmann and Putao Gui (eds.), Guangdong: Archaeology and Early Texts (Zhou-Tang). Wiesbaden, Germany, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2004, 217-239.
Chin J.K., Reducing Irregular Migration from China, The Global Development Network Conference, 22-27 January 2005. Dakar, Senegal.
Chin J.K., The Hokkien Merchants Overseas Prior to 1570, 29th Deutscher Orientalistentag 2004, 20-24 September 2004. Halle/Saale, Germany.
Chin J.K., The Junk Trade between South China and Nguyen Vietnam in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries, In: Nola Cooke and Li Tana (eds.), Water Frontier: Commerce and the Chinese in the Lower Mekong Region, 1750-1880. Lanham, USA, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2004, 53-66.
Chin J.K., Zheng He's Expeditions and Chinese Muslim Communities in Indonesian Archipelago as Seen from the Malay Annals of Semarang and Cerbon, Conference on Zheng He and Overseas Chinese, 16-18 May, 2005. Fuzhou, China.
Moore M., Wong S.L. and Chin J.K., Hong Kong Labor Migration and South East Asian Integration, East Asia Development Network Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia, 9-10 July 2004.


Researcher : Curley MG
Project Title:The development of the NGO sector in Cambodia and Vietnam: implications for state-civil society relations
Investigator(s):Curley MG
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Start Date:06/2003
Completion Date:12/2004
Abstract:
To analyse the emergence of the NGO sector (indigenous and international) in Cambodia and Vietnam to assess its impact on the ongoing development of state-civil society relations in those countries; to survey and document the size and nature of the indigenous NGO community in Cambodia and Vietnam, and analyse relationships between indigenous and international NGOs; to conduct the fieldwork and research as part of a planned book project on 'The NGO Sector in Transitional Asian Economies: China, Vietnam and Cambodia Compared'; to draw comparison between the emergence, and/or the lack thereof, of an independent NGO sector in Cambodia and Vietnam, to that of other transitional countries in the region, notably China.


List of Research Outputs

Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Asia-Pacific Security Models and China's Role in the Post-Cold War Era, In: Liu Wutong, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 3. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝三﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2004, 54.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., China's Guiding Principles in China-ASEAN Relations, In: Song Yuhong, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 5. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝五﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2004, 18.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., China's Role in East Asia Regional Integration, In: Fang Hong, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 6. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝六﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2004, 39.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Cooperating for Common Security: China's Approach to Non-traditional Security Issues, In: He Xiangqi, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 7. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝七﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 49.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Drug Control Cooperation between China and ASEAN: Past, Present, and Futre, In: He Miao, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 8. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝八﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 45.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Enhanced China-ASEAN Cooperation within the Framework of FEALAC (Forum for East Asia and Latin America Cooperation), In: Zhang Jun, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper Series 4. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝四﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2004, 31.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Securitisation and the Challenge of ASEAN Counter-terrorism Cooperation, In: Neal Imperial, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 10. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝十﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 63.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., The Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) Efforts in Dealing with Transnational Crime, In: Un Sovannasam, China-ASEAN Projeect Occasional Paper No. 11. 《「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝十一﹞》,, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The Univeristy of Hong Kong, 2005.
Curley M.G., The Role of the Non-Profit Section in Transitional Asian Economies: Cambodia Ten Years after UNTAC, In: Robert Cribb, Asia Examined: Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, July 2004. Canberra, Australia, Australian National University, 1.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Trafficking in Women as a Non-traditional Security Challenge: Philippine Cases and Responses, In: Irene Susan B. Natividad, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 9. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝九﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 40.
Wang Q.K. and Curley M.G., "Poverty as a Non-Traditional Security: Experiences of China's Parthnership with Multilateral Donor Institutions on Poverty Alleviation", In: Ramesh Thakur and Edward Newman, eds., Broadening Asia's Security Discourse and Agenda. Tokyo, The United Nations University Press, 2004, 72-96.


Researcher : Gan Y
List of Research Outputs

Gan Y., L'anti-americanisme en Chine, Le Banquet. Paris, 2004, 21: 143-161.
Gan Y., 中國自由左派的由來, In: 載公羊主編, 思潮：中國新左派及其影響, 中國北京, 中國社會科學出版社, 2004, 110-120.


Researcher : Hayes JW
Project Title:Chinese merchants in Sydney 1850-1914 and their social and economic connections with Hong Kong, Macau, Canton and their home villages
Investigator(s):Hayes JW
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:09/1991
Abstract:
Continuing research into society and land tenure in the New Territories of Hong Kong and general research into Chinese in Sydney and New South Wales up to World War II.


Project Title:Changing Hong Kong 1953-87: a personal memoir
Investigator(s):Hayes JW
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:01/1993
Abstract:
To examine the relationship of government and people in Hong Kong through the work and interests of an involved civil servant who served in a wide range of government departments over this period.





Researcher : Law CK
List of Research Outputs

Yip P.S.F., Law C.K., Choi M.K. and Cheung K.S.L., A critical analysis of population dynamics and theirimplications on the future compositions of householdsin Hong Kong SAR, Research Report. Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU, 2005, 405: 1-52.
Yip P.S.F., Lee J.M.K. and Law C.K., The impact of population changes in Hong Kong, Research Report. Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU, 2005, 409: 1-29.


Researcher : Law CK
List of Research Outputs

Yip P.S.F., Law C.K., Choi M.K. and Cheung K.S.L., A critical analysis of population dynamics and theirimplications on the future compositions of householdsin Hong Kong SAR, Research Report. Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU, 2005, 405: 1-52.
Yip P.S.F., Lee J.M.K. and Law C.K., The impact of population changes in Hong Kong, Research Report. Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU, 2005, 409: 1-29.


Researcher : Lee JMK
List of Research Outputs

Yip P.S.F., Lee J.M.K. and Law C.K., The impact of population changes in Hong Kong, Research Report. Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, HKU, 2005, 409: 1-29.


Researcher : Lee PT
Project Title:Configuring the business culture of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei: a documentary history of six Shanghai business corporations in the twentieth century
Investigator(s):Lee PT
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:07/2003
Abstract:
To explore various aspects of the business culture which originated in Shanghai, with particular reference to the archives of four to six important Chinese companies; specific to examine the dynamics of business culture of Shanghai during 1910s-1930s and how the culture was spread to Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1940s-1950s; to trace and compare the business culture of Hong Kong and Taipei, and their return influences on Shanghai, from the 1980s to present; to study how Shanghai has successfully relied on its social, cultural and business networks in tapping business talents and financial resources from Hong Kong and Taipei; to document the company archives of four to six Shanghai companeis (they will be selected from: Far Eastern Group; Oriental Engineering Works, Ltd.; Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co., Ltd.; Wing On Textile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank; Hsu Yung-tsu Accounting Firm; and Lih Hsin Accounting Firm) with significant business relationships with Hong Kong and Taiwan; to create a collection of oral history interview records on entrepreneurial activities of the owners and the managerial employees of the above six companies.


Project Title:Configuring the business culture of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei: a documentary history of six Shanghai business corporations in the twentieth century
Investigator(s):Lee PT
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:07/2003
Abstract:
To explore various aspects of the business culture which originated in Shanghai, with particular reference to the archives of four to six important Chinese companies; specific to examine the dynamics of business culture of Shanghai during 1910s-1930s and how the culture was spread to Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1940s-1950s; to trace and compare the business culture of Hong Kong and Taipei, and their return influences on Shanghai, from the 1980s to present; to study how Shanghai has successfully relied on its social, cultural and business networks in tapping business talents and financial resources from Hong Kong and Taipei; to document the company archives of four to six Shanghai companeis (they will be selected from: Far Eastern Group; Oriental Engineering Works, Ltd.; Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Co., Ltd.; Wing On Textile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank; Hsu Yung-tsu Accounting Firm; and Lih Hsin Accounting Firm) with significant business relationships with Hong Kong and Taiwan; to create a collection of oral history interview records on entrepreneurial activities of the owners and the managerial employees of the above six companies.


Project Title:The making of banking business in Shanghai: politicians, managers and employers in the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bnaks, 1910-1950
Investigator(s):Lee PT
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Fulbright Hong Kong Scholar Programme
Start Date:01/2004
Abstract:
To study the business of banking in modern Shanghai, which is a new exploration in the area of Chinese economic history; to study the economic development of Shanghai and assess the importance of Shanghai as a financial center of modern China, and its connection with the inner parts of China; to examine the political effect or government intervention in banking business of China during 1910s-1940s; to examine the formation of integrity and profession of banking business of China.


List of Research Outputs

Lee P.T., Encountering Asia in Hong Kong: Japan's Asia Networks, 1860s-1930s, The 16th Japan Anthropology Workshop Hong Kong Conference, The University of Hong Kong, 17-21 March 2005. 3.
Lee P.T., From 'Yanshu' to 'Baoxian': the Spread of Cantonese English in Nineteenth-Century China, 從“燕梳"到"保險" ─ 十九世紀廣東英語的傳播, International Forum on Chinese Culture in the 21st Century: Chinese-Western Integration and Cultural Innovation, 25 November 2004. Macau, University of Macau, 10.
Lee P.T., Guest Editor of Special Issue on Chinese Business History, Journal of Oriental Studies. Hong Kong, HKU & Stanford University, 2005, 39, No. 1: 121.
Lee P.T., Making Big or Making Small: The Financial Problems and Their Solutions of the Rong's Group of Enterprises in the 1930s, 膨脹與收縮─1930年代上海申新紡織企業的財務問題和解決方法, International Symposium in Commemoration of the 130th Birthday of Rong Desheng, Shanghai University, 25-28 April 2005. 10.
Lee P.T., The Controversy of the Two Elections of the Presidency of the Hong Kong Chinese Chamber of Commerce after the Second World War, 論二次大戰後香港華商總會兩次選舉風潮, International Conference on Chamber of Commerce and Modern China, September 9-11, 2004. China, Normal University of Central China and Shanxi University, 6.
Lee P.T., The Development of Wayfoong (HSBC) in Hong Kong and Shanghai: A Review of 140 Years of History, 1865-2005, Public Lecture on Growth of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of History, 4 June 2005. 2005, 20.
Lee P.T., The Embezzlement of the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank, 1920s-1930s, 論1920至1930年代上海商業儲蓄銀行行員舞弊, International Symposium on Financial Change and Entrepreneurial Culture in Modern China, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 15-17 December 2004. 16.
Lee P.T., The Hong Kong Plague of 1894: A Political and Social Analysis, The Ideas, Organization, and Practice of Hygiene in Han Society from the Traditional to the Modern Periods: International Conference 2004, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 22-24 November 2004. 16.
Lee P.T., The Rivalry of the Film Industry in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s: A Case Study of the Unique Film Production Co. Ltd. and China Sun Motion Picture Co. Ltd., 論1920至1930年代上海電影行業的競爭：以民新和天一兩家電影公司為個案, Journal of Oriental Studies. Hong Kong, HKU and Stanford University, 2005, 39, No. l: 22-57.
Lee P.T., To Ban and Counter Ban: Cantonese Cinema Caught Between Shanghai and Hong Kong in the 1930s, 禁與反禁─1930年代處於滬港夾縫中的粵語電影, In: Wong Ainling (ed.), The Hong Kong-Guangdong Film Connection. 《粵港電影因緣》黃愛玲編, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Film Archive, 2005, 24-41.


Researcher : Metaparti SP
List of Research Outputs

Metaparti S.P., Maritime Security After 9/11: The Shipping Industry's Response to the Terrorist Threat, 2004.
Metaparti S.P., Safeguard the Harbour, South China Morning Post, 3 August 2004. Hong Kong, South China Morning Post, 2004, A13.


Researcher : Pluss CB
Project Title:Indian communities (in Hong Kong)
Investigator(s):Pluss CB
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:The Lord Wilson Heritage Trust - General Award
Start Date:10/1999
Abstract:
To produce scholarly information on how Indians have related to Hong Kong and on their social networks.




Researcher : Saint-Mezard I
Project Title:India and China's growing integration into East Asian regionalism: implications for their bilateral relations
Investigator(s):Saint-Mezard I
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Start Date:03/2004
Completion Date:08/2004
Abstract:
To study India and China's growing integration into East Asian regionalism: implications for their bilateral relations.





Researcher : Sinn EYY
Project Title:Creative learning: e-journal on Hong Kong cultural and social studies by students
Investigator(s):Sinn EYY
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Teaching Development Grants
Start Date:05/2001
Abstract:
To initiate the publication of the works of students, especially post-graduates; to help prepare students for the roles of researchers by familianizing them with discussion, paper submission and revisions; to bridge young and senior scholars locally and internationally.


Project Title:Interface projects 2000 - teaching critically and creatively: a proposal on Hong Kong community studies
Investigator(s):Sinn EYY, Wong SL, Wong TWP
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Interface Project
Start Date:08/2001
Abstract:
To answer the urgent need of improving generic skills of students to acquire knowledge, which is indispensable for whole-person development; to bridge secondary and tertiary education, facilitating the teaching of the existing curriculum on the one hand, and break new ground in inter-disciplinary learning areas.





Researcher : Thomas ND
List of Research Outputs

Bhattacharjee S. and Thomas N.D., Politics of Cyber Securitization in East Asia, Security and Securitization: How Non-Traditional Security Issues are Securitized, 26 April 2005. Seoul, Korea, Ilmin International Relations Institute, Korea University, 10.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Asia-Pacific Security Models and China's Role in the Post-Cold War Era, In: Liu Wutong, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 3. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝三﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2004, 54.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., China's Guiding Principles in China-ASEAN Relations, In: Song Yuhong, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 5. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝五﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2004, 18.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., China's Role in East Asia Regional Integration, In: Fang Hong, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 6. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝六﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2004, 39.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Cooperating for Common Security: China's Approach to Non-traditional Security Issues, In: He Xiangqi, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 7. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝七﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 49.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Drug Control Cooperation between China and ASEAN: Past, Present, and Futre, In: He Miao, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 8. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝八﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 45.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Enhanced China-ASEAN Cooperation within the Framework of FEALAC (Forum for East Asia and Latin America Cooperation), In: Zhang Jun, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper Series 4. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝四﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2004, 31.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Securitisation and the Challenge of ASEAN Counter-terrorism Cooperation, In: Neal Imperial, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 10. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝十﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 63.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., The Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) Efforts in Dealing with Transnational Crime, In: Un Sovannasam, China-ASEAN Projeect Occasional Paper No. 11. 《「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝十一﹞》,, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The Univeristy of Hong Kong, 2005.
Curley M.G. and Thomas N.D., Trafficking in Women as a Non-traditional Security Challenge: Philippine Cases and Responses, In: Irene Susan B. Natividad, China-ASEAN Project Occasional Paper No. 9. 「中國與東盟」研究項目專題論著﹝九﹞, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 2005, 40.
Thomas N.D., An Economic Community for East Asia, Trading Arrangements in the Pacific Rim. New York, USA, Oceana Publications, 2004, 3: 28.
Thomas N.D., Book Review of "Social Policy Reform in Hong Kong and Shanghai: A Tale of Two Cities" by Linda Wong, Lynn White and Gui Shixun (eds.) (New York: ME Sharpe, 2005), Asian Studies Review. UK, Routledge, 2005, 29, No. 2: 209-210.
Thomas N.D., Book Review of "Understanding the Political Culture of Hong Kong: The Paradox of Activism and Depoliticization" by Lam Wai-man (New York: ME Sharpe, 2004), Asian Studies Review. UK, Routledge, 2005, 29, No. 1: 86-87.
Thomas N.D., Developing an East Asian Economic Community, Annual ISA Convention, 1-5 March 2005. Honolulu, Hawaii, 22.
Thomas N.D. and Shannon J.E., Human Security and Cybersecurity: Operationalising a Policy Framework, Cyber-Crime: The Challenge in Asia. Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2005, 327-346.
Thomas N.D., Securitisation of Illegal Migration, Dissemination Workshop on Non-Traditional Security in Asia, 31 March - 1 April, 2005. 3.
Thomas N.D., The Regionalisation of Infectious Diseases in East Asia: The Challenge of Avian Flu 'Health Without Frontiers'?, Infectious Diseases and Human Flows in Asia, 9-10 June 2005. Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, HKU, 16.


Researcher : Wang C
Project Title:Life stories of the Indoesian Chinese in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wang C
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Start Date:03/2004
Abstract:
To study life stories of the Indoesian Chinese in Hong Kong.


Project Title:Chinese diaspora in the making of a China's Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wang C, Wong SL
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2004
Abstract:
To study how the Chinese diaspora is imagined, mobilized and manipulated in the making of a China's Hong Kong in the 21st century and its consequences.


List of Research Outputs

Wang C., On Chinese Diaspora, 也談華人, Du Shu. 讀書, 中國北京, 三聯書店, 2004, 10: 121-129.
Wang C., Re-mapping the Sub-ethnicity Landscape of Chinese Population in Hong Kong: A Reconsideration of Identity and Ethnicity Construction of Chinese Diaspora, 重塑香港華人的族群地圖：華人移民認同和族群建構的再認識, Sociological Research . 社會學研究, Beijing, PRC, China Academy of Social Sciences, 2004, 6: 90-100.
Wang C. and Huang J., The Meaning of Return: Changing Relationship between China and Chinese Diaspora, The Chinese Studies Association of Australia Ninth Biennial Conference in Association with the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO). Bendigo, Australia, 2005.
Wang C., Wong Siu-lun and Chinese Migrant Studies: A Sociological Perspective, 黃紹倫教授與華人研究：一個社會學家的觀點, Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies. 華僑華人歷史研究, Beijing, PRC, China Institute of Overseas Chinese Historical Studies, 2004, 6: 61-69.


Researcher : Watkins DA
Project Title:Academic competition in Hong Kong: comparative and developmental perspectives
Investigator(s):Watkins DA
Department:Education Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2002
Abstract:
To find out the nature of competition as viewed by HK secondary school students of different ages; to compare the views of the nature of competition fostered in HK schools with those expressed by like-aged students in the Philippines, Nepal, and South Africa (both black and white samples).


Project Title:Personality correlates of forgiveness in Nepal
Investigator(s):Watkins DA, Hui EKP, Regmi M.
Department:Education Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2003
Abstract:
To study the proposition that in a very different collectivist society, such as Nepal, the world's only Hindu Kingdom, forgiveness will be more in the interests of group harmony than individualistic personality traits or beliefs.


Project Title:Student perceptions of competition in mainland Chinese secondary schools
Investigator(s):Watkins DA
Department:Education Faculty
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2004
Abstract:
To find out the nature of competition as viewed by PRC secondary school students of different ages; to compare the views of the nature of competition fostered in schools with those expressed by like-aged students in Hong Kong, Japan, Nepal, Hungary, US and UK.





Researcher : Wong SL
Project Title:The Chinese family enterprise: a comparative analysis and database
Investigator(s):Wong SL, Gary G.H., Kao C.S.
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/1999
Abstract:
To investigate with solid empirical studies the nature of the Chinese family enterprise; to analyze these economic organizations and activities in their wider social, cultural and institutional context; to examine the changes of norms and values governing family relations and economic conduct against the background of drastic social and economic transformations in Hong Kong, the Mainland and Taiwan; to stimulate and facilitate further researchers on the topic by establishing an on-line archival network on Chinese family firms; to provide new inputs to the studies on the nature of the firm by describing and analyzing the nature of Chinese family enterprise and its developmental patterns.


Project Title:A regional role for Hong Kong: linking the University of Hong Kong with the Chinese Foreign Ministry
Investigator(s):Wong SL
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:The University of Hong Kong Foundation Seed Grant
Start Date:04/2002
Abstract:
To study a regional role for Hong Kong: linking the University of Hong Kong with the Chinese Foreign Ministry.


Project Title:Crisis and reintegration: indicators of social development in Hong Kong 2003
Investigator(s):Wong SL, Leung S.W., Kwan H.C., Wan P.S.
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Merit Award for RGC CERG Funded Projects
Start Date:09/2003
Abstract:
To continue the Social Indicators Survey Series: to expand and open-up of the Hong Kong Social Information System: a Web-based data bank management system will be constructed to facilitate the public sharing of these machine-readable data via the Internet; to ininitate the quarterly Social Barometer Telephone Surveys; to organize the academic conferences and public policy forums; to strengthen the inter-regional collaboration to enhance the comparative dimension of the project.


Project Title:Crisis and reintegration: indicators of social development in Hong Kong 2003
Investigator(s):Wong SL, Leung S.W., Kwan H.C., Wan P.S.
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Competitive Earmarked Research Grants (CERG)
Start Date:09/2003
Abstract:
To continue the Social Indicators Survey Series: to expand and open-up of the Hong Kong Social Information System: a Web-based data bank management system will be constructed to facilitate the public sharing of these machine-readable data via the Internet; to ininitate the quarterly Social Barometer Telephone Surveys; to organize the academic conferences and public policy forums; to strengthen the inter-regional collaboration to enhance the comparative dimension of the project.


Project Title:Comparative studies of culture and society theme
Investigator(s):Wong SL, Chan JCW, Cheng KM, Fellows RF, Postiglione GA, Hui DCK
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme
Start Date:05/2005
Abstract:
The long term aim is to make HKU into a leading centre in the region for China studies with special appeal and characteristics. The focus on selected areas of culture and society together with their linkages with relevant topics in the other two themes would distinguish ourselves and create a special niche for our research area.


List of Research Outputs

Moore M., Wong S.L. and Chin J.K., Hong Kong Labor Migration and South East Asian Integration, East Asia Development Network Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia, 9-10 July 2004.
Sun W.B., Wong S.L. and Zheng V.W.T., 小城鎮的經濟發展與家族企業, 城鄉一體化與小城鎮發展（嘉興市人民政府、中國小城鎮發展研究院編）, 上海, 上海社會科學院出版社, 2005, 341-353.
Wong S.L., Chinese and Indian Diasporas: Comparative Perspectives. Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, HKU, 2004, 167.
Wong S.L., 香港、台灣和中國內地的社會階級變遷【載劉兆佳等(編)】, 香港, 香港中文大學香港亞太研究所, 2004, 621.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., A Discussion on the Poverty Problem in Hong Kong: Before and After 1997, 生活困擾：試論九七前後香港的貧窮問題, The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work. Hong Kong, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2004, 38, No. 1/2: 73-90.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., Hong Kong Identity Card: A Perspective. 香港身份證透視, Hong Kong, Joint Publishing (HK) Ltd., 2004, 1: 204.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., 論香港的食米政策與社會安全, 香港社會學學報, Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Sociological Assoc. & CUHK Press, 2004, vol. 5: 51-76.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., 試論轉變中的香港人口問題, 2004年社會意向與社會指標研討會, 2004年9月10-11日, 28, 2004.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., 香港米業史, 香港, 三聯書店（香港有限公司）, 2005, 323.


Researcher : Wong WL
Project Title:The constructions of domestic ideals in post-war Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wong WL
Department:Asian Studies, Centre of
Source(s) of Funding:Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Start Date:07/2002
Completion Date:12/2004
Abstract:
To study constructions of domestic ideals in post-war Hong Kong.


List of Research Outputs

Wong W.L., 76.8%的天空：社會性別、貧窮與發展在香港, 移民婦女的社會排斥, 香港, 樂施會, 2005, 2: 28-56.


Researcher : Zheng VWT
List of Research Outputs

Sun W.B., Wong S.L. and Zheng V.W.T., 小城鎮的經濟發展與家族企業, 城鄉一體化與小城鎮發展（嘉興市人民政府、中國小城鎮發展研究院編）, 上海, 上海社會科學院出版社, 2005, 341-353.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., A Discussion on the Poverty Problem in Hong Kong: Before and After 1997, 生活困擾：試論九七前後香港的貧窮問題, The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work. Hong Kong, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2004, 38, No. 1/2: 73-90.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., Hong Kong Identity Card: A Perspective. 香港身份證透視, Hong Kong, Joint Publishing (HK) Ltd., 2004, 1: 204.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., 論香港的食米政策與社會安全, 香港社會學學報, Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Sociological Assoc. & CUHK Press, 2004, vol. 5: 51-76.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., 試論轉變中的香港人口問題, 2004年社會意向與社會指標研討會, 2004年9月10-11日, 28, 2004.
Zheng V.W.T. and Wong S.L., 香港米業史, 香港, 三聯書店（香港有限公司）, 2005, 323.


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