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Cantonese Children's Songs in Hong Kong
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Nov 19, 2013
A century of British colonial rule over a population of Chinese majority has resulted in a special culture of Hong Kong. While the local people have maintained a considerable amount of the traditional Chinese culture, a very...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Cantonese Children's Songs in Hong Kong
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Nov 19, 2013
A century of British colonial rule over a population of Chinese majority has resulted in a special culture of Hong Kong. While the local people have maintained a considerable amount of the traditional Chinese culture, a very...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Loss sensitive investors and positively biased analysts in Hong Kong stock market
Taufiq Choudhry, Gishan Dissanaike, Ranadeva Jayasekera, Woo-Young Kang, Matthias Nnadi
Sep 22, 2021
Abstract: The Hong Kong stock market is known to be highly volatile. Professional investors have a strong demand for timely information because of the infrequent nature of Hong Kong analysts’ interim reports (Cheng et al....
Education for Justice-Oriented and Participatory Citizenship in a Politicized Era in Hong Kong
This chapter aims at introducing issues of citizenship education arising from the social, historical, and political context of Hong Kong before and after its handover from Britain to the People's Republic of China in 1997. It...
Civic Engagement & Social Justice Education Curriculum Development and Instructional Design Social Sciences and Humanities
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
English as a lingua franca communication between domestic helpers and employers in Hong Kong
This paper discusses an exploratory, small-scale study that investigated the use of English as a lingua franca in domestic workplaces in Hong Kong between Filipino employees and Hong Kongese employers. Through data collected...
Forecasting Migration to the United States from Hong Kong and India
Priyanka pkogta@my.harrisburgu
Jan 01, 0001
This study investigates the forecasting of migration from India and Hong Kong to the United States. To study this, quantitative design is employed so numerical data can be used. The proposed research strategy uses the...
Migration Forecasting Quantitative Design Descriptive Analyses Inferential Analyses United States india Hong Kong Computer and Systems Architecture Demography, Population, and Ecology Migration Studies
Published by: Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
English as a lingua franca communication between domestic helpers and employers in Hong Kong
This paper discusses an exploratory, small-scale study that investigated the use of English as a lingua franca in domestic workplaces in Hong Kong between Filipino employees and Hong Kongese employers. Through data collected...
Revealing the impacts of passive cooling techniques on building energy performance
Environmental concerns and growing energy costs raise the importance of sustainable development and energy conservation. The building sector accounts for a significant portion of total energy consumption. Passive cooling...
Navigating Central-Local Dynamics
Wing-chung Ho
Jan 01, 2024
This paper examines the central-local relation between Beijing and Hong Kong in the final stage of the COVID-19 combat, by analyzing Hong Kong's policy responses regarding public space governance in 2022. Drawing on the combined...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Newspaper representation and power relations in infrastructure projects
This paper explores newspapers’ representation of different actors in infrastructure projects, and analyses the power relations between them through a case study in Hong Kong. The case in question is the highly controversial...
Fostering a personal-is-political ethics
This article suggests that interviews about past ethical dilemmas or transgressions can foster ethical skills for navigating interlocking power relations. It shows how narratives claiming relative innocence are widespread and...
Foucauldian ethics claims of relative innocence interlocking oppression moral economy Invitational and Narrative Practice
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Analysis of the Establishment and Closure of the Ta Teh Institute in British Hong Kong during the Chinese Civil War
Chung Fun Steven Hung
Aug 25, 2016
The Ta Teh Institute was a prominent and important higher learning institute that existed in Hong Kong during the period of the Chinese Civil War, after the Second World War. The institute was founded in October, 1946 and then...
Prevalence of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Yu-Tzu Wu, Gemma-Claire Ali, Maëlenn Guerchet, A Matthew Prina, Kit Yee Chan, Martin Prince, Carol Brayne
Jun 20, 2018
BACKGROUND: There are several existing systematic reviews of prevalence of dementia for mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but several studies have been newly reported. The aim of this study is to update prevalence data in...
The Grizzly, November 8, 2012
Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Dave Muoio, Keith Miles, Alexa LaMontagne, Michael D'Amico, Christine Dobisch, Austin Fox, Amanda Frekot, Courtney Scott, Larissa Coyne, Michael Klazas, Chris Rountree, Marcus Foster
Jan 01, 0001
Hurricane Hits UC, Campus Evacuated Sandy: Climate Change? Alumni Give Back to Ursinus Hillel Fosters an Open Community Christmas Mall New Faculty Members in Residence 2012 Photography Club Returns to Campus Henna Event...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper Hurricane Sandy fund raising Hillel Trinity United Church of Christ Jennifer Stevenson Garrett Hope Photography Club To Write Love on Her Arms Football Swimming Chris Rountree cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
Reorienting objects in Alain Resnais and Chris Marker’s Les Statues Meurent Aussi
JJP O'Dwyer
Dec 11, 2017
Chris Marker’s six-minute film Junkopia (1981) was shot alongside his ambitious feature-length project Sans Soleil/Sunless (1982). While the latter ‘nomadic’ film-text comprises a string of encounters spanning national and...
A joint analysis of influenza-associated hospitalizations and mortality in Hong Kong, 1998-2013.
Influenza viruses may cause severe human infections leading to hospitalization or death. Linear regression models were fitted to population-based data on hospitalizations and deaths. Surveillance data on influenza virus activity...
Observation of surf zone wave transformation using LiDAR
The use of LiDAR as an alternative to an array of in-situ instruments for water elevation measurement, specifically in the surf zone, is covered in detail. This paper outlines the advances in remote sensing of the coastal...
Fostering a personal-is-political ethics
This article suggests that interviews about past ethical dilemmas or transgressions can foster ethical skills for navigating interlocking power relations. It shows how narratives claiming relative innocence are widespread and...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Observation of surf zone wave transformation using LiDAR
The use of LiDAR as an alternative to an array of in-situ instruments for water elevation measurement, specifically in the surf zone, is covered in detail. This paper outlines the advances in remote sensing of the coastal...
Exploring the Future to Create Pathway Opportunities That Empower Students
Chris Mayer
Jun 24, 2022
The future is more uncertain than ever, and this uncertainty is creating challenges for institutions of higher education (IHE), especially as they seek to prepare students for the future. Students are seeking new models of...
Higher Education Education Higher Education Social Sciences and Humanities Library and Information Science
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Characterizing Human Collective Behaviors During COVID-19 - Hong Kong SAR, China, 2020.
Zhanwei Du, Xiao Zhang, Lin Wang, Sidan Yao, Yuan Bai, Qi Tan, Xiaoke Xu, Sen Pei, Jingyi Xiao, Tim K Tsang, Qiuyan Liao, Eric HY Lau, Peng Wu, Chao Gao, Benjamin J Cowling
Mar 16, 2023
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC?: People are likely to engage in collective behaviors online during extreme events, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, to express awareness, take action, and work...
The Grizzly, February 14, 2013
Jessica Orbon, Sara Sherr, Chris Fox, Jillian Goldstein, Rachel Brown, John Parry, Vivek Reddy, Amanda Frekot, Sara Hourwitz, Caroline Sandberg, Alyse Reid, Allen Weaver, Dana Feigenbaum
Jan 01, 0001
Career Fair Filled with Opportunities Shreiner Parties Shut Down TLI Reflects on Race in the Classroom Ursinus Continues Diversity Initiatives New Stores in Providence Town Center Film Program Aims to Expand On Campus...
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper career planning Shreiner Hall vandalism Teaching and Learning Initiative Diversity Providence Town Center film studies Evan Lord Dave Rowe tennis cable television student housing wrestling Chris Donaldson Basketball gymnastics track team cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
Identity and Idiolect
Annie C Burman
Sep 15, 2015
Chris Claremont’s time as author of Uncanny X-Men after the relaunch of the comic in 1975 saw the introduction of several new characters, leading to the diversification of the title team. The previously all-American, Christian...
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