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Two Articles on the Economic History of Hong Kong, 2006.
A review of two articles discussing Hong Kong's economic history.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 90.95
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This paper looks at two very different articles that have to do with the 20th century economic history of Hong Kong. Teh first article the paepr reviews is by David Clayton, in which he describes all that he was able to learn from records that he obtained in the 1990s from an ordinary Hong Kong knitting factory that had gone bankrupt in 1933 and how it was reconstructed. Catherine R. Schenk's "The Empire Strikes Back -Hong Kong and the Decline of Sterling in the 1960s" refers to a very different Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong's Economic History, 2008.
A discussion of the economic history of Hong Kong from the mid-19th century to today.
4,300 words (approx. 17.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 165.95
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This paper recounts Hong Kong's economic history from the time it became a British colony in the mid-19th century until the present. Hong Kong has prevailed as a remarkably prosperous territory since then, surviving various calamities, and has maintained its success even under the rule of the People's Republic of China. The paper concludes that Hong Kong's economic history has produced a distinctive culture that seems permanent, different from what is found in newly industrialized and advancing areas of Mainland China.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The 19th Century
World War II and Beyond
The 1960s and 1970s
The End of British Hong Kong
Conclusion
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"In the 1930s, the Global Depression affected all Chinese ports including Hong Kong. Small scale manufacturing engaged many Chinese by this time whereas outsiders tend to think that most people were employed in the port of Hong Kong or its support trades and industries. The completion of the Canton-Kowloon railway was a boon because goods could be moved quickly from the Mainland, undercutting steamers and junks that once took goods to Hong Kong for onward shipping. (Chui, 1973, 55) Also, Chinese business experience allowed many to tough out years of lower demand finding new niche markets in simple goods required elsewhere in East and Southeast Asia. Clan and family networks allowed small profits from goods said to be needed in the Netherlands East Indies or Rangoon or Malaya, the general 'survivability' of the business community seen. In December of 1941, the invasion of the Imperial Japanese Army destroyed nearly built up in a hundred years of activity. No one knows how many local Chinese were murdered, foreigners interned, as Allied soldiers and local reservists tried to defend the colony, many of whom were killed or taken as prisoners of the Japanese. This time is remembered by Hong Kong people as an era of suffering and destruction. (See Banham, 2003)"
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Hong Kong's Economic History, 2005.
This paper studies the economic history of Hong Kong, looking at its journey towards a distinct society.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 129.95
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This is a thematic paper looking at Hong Kong's entire economic history, including various references, towards an explanation as to how Hong Kong's culture so differs from that of Mainland China, Taiwan, or other Chinese enclaves. The writer discusses the collaborative relationship with the British and foresight in post-War era. Further the writer looks at the creation of industrial/manufacturing base to allow independence, capitalizing on resource of acumen and steady labor supply.
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"Economic history is more than the study of productivity or statistics. It provides understanding of how distinctive cultures develop and change, and the economic history of Hong Kong seems bound to have created a new identity, and one that people belonging to Hong Kong will continue to value. Brown & Foot's study of Hong Kong reflects a manner of looking at Hong Kong's development in delineated phases or 'stages' after 1840. However, if one looks at economics in a society that is dynamic, contained, but also cosmopolitan, thematic approaches may be more helpful."
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"A Modern History of Hong Kong", 2004.
A critical review and analysis of Steve Tsan's "A Modern History of Hong Kong".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 69.95
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This paper analyzes "A Modern History of Hong Kong" by Steve Tsang. It explains the reasons for and effects of the making of Hong Kong into a Crown colony. In addition, the paper offers a critical review of the book and offers some suggestions for its improvement.
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"This paper analyzes "A Modern History of Hong Kong" by Steve Tsang and discusses the reasons behind and effects of England's decision to make Hong Kong into a Crown Colony. When the British flag was finally lowered on June it signaled the end of an era for Hong Kong. By this time Hong Kong had been transformed to an international financial center boasting a high quality of life for most of its residents, a stable government and an ..."
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Hong Kong History, 2005.
This paper examines and describes Hong Kong's culture and history.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 64.95
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This essay briefly explores three areas of Hong Kong culture and history and includes the unique culture of the Hong Kong people and how it developed. The paper discusses how the efforts to stamp out the mui tsai practice illustrates the problems encountered in attempting to enforce British morality on the Hong Kong population and includes how and why Beijing attempted to influence the course of democratization in post 1997 Hong Kong.
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"Both Lau Siu-kai and Benjamin Leung agree that the Chinese people of Hong Kong have a unique culture and describe this culture as adventurous, individualistic, self-reliant and less encumbered by traditional inhibitions and having a degree of artificiality. A culture where an individual is free to be upwardly mobile and where personal success is based on economic success. Leung is more critical and to the point and adds that the Hong Kong citizen has a shaky moral status, no sense of cultural or moral mission and is characterized by crass materialism and utilitarianism due to the lack of moralizing elite and dominance of economic elite."
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Hong Kong in History and Film, 2005.
This paper looks at the history and political life of Hong Kong through film.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 155.95
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The political life of Hong Kong is examined as it is portrayed in cinema. Both views are valuable because film can often accomplish in one image what would require many pages by the historian. The writer discusses that for historians and filmmakers, the two dominant Hong Kong themes are nationalism and Hong Kong identity and, except for 1997, the two approaches complement and reinforce one another.
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"Historical views of Hong Kong and cinematic views are similar. To some extent, the history and political culture of Hong Kong can be learned through film. The value of film is that it stresses the human element, whereas history tends to ignore it. At the same time, cinema is limited since it only developed near the end of the 19th century. Furthermore, Hong Kong cinema was forced through repression to omit many aspects of life in the territory, including political aspects."
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Economic Growth in Singapore and Hong Kong, 2006.
This paper discusses what newly-industrialized countries can learn from Singapore and Hong Kong with regards to economic methods.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, AU$ 38.95
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This paper examines a World Bank initiative to encourage economic growth in developing lands. In particular the paper considers how Hong Kong and Singapore are two nations which serve as excellent examples to the rest of the world of how relatively less developed nations can maximize their human capital. Chiefly the following paper argues that laissez faire economics especially in the case of Hong Kong coupled with a determination to accentuate service sector growth, especially true in the case of Singapore, can lead to great things.
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"Newly industrialized countries are understandably eager to join the front ranks of twenty-first century nations. For this to occur, of course, they require diligence, a receptivity to new knowledge, and a certain amount of innovation. The following paper will review how economic methods employed in Hong Kong and in Singapore can help developing states achieve prominence in the new world order. Specifically, the paper looks at the benefits of domestic competitiveness and at government policies aimed at promoting innovation and self-reliance (Hong Kong in particular) and services-sector growth (Singapore has been especially aggressive on this front). In the final analysis, a globalized world requires liberal government policies, and both of the aforementioned nations offer that. "
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Hong Kong: One of the World's Greatest Economic Anomalies, 2002.
An overview of Hong Kong's economic success.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, AU$ 90.95
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This paper looks at how within only two generations; Hong Kong has established itself as a model of stellar economic growth. This paper will attempt to uncover the 'secrets' of Hong Kong's success, and strive to provide a greater understanding of this very unique and dynamic area.
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Hong Kong's Economy, 2002.
A look at the history of the success of Hong Kong's economy.
2,914 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, AU$ 126.95
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This paper examines how Hong Kong, once a vibrant manufacturing center of Asia, is fast becoming the financial hub of the continent. It shows how with its immense human resource in the financial sector and its expertise in handling export services, it is fast becoming the main business gateway of China. It analyzes the various economic reasons that have redefined Hong Kong?s role from being a largely production centric economy towards a service oriented economy.
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Thesis
Introduction
Economic Growth
Hong Kong - China Industrial Relocation
Effects of Investments in China
Manufacturing Hub (A Declining Trend)
Reasons for the Shift
Hong Kong (Growing Entrepot Trade)
Tax Policies
Offshore Income (Tax Exemption)
Low Tax (Capital Income)
History of Hong Kong Currency
Aftermath of Reversion to China
China?s Entry into WTO (Implications for Hong Kong)
The Growing Financial Market
Conclusion
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"In December 2000 the monetary authority of Hong Kong introduced the US dollar settlement system. It is widely perceived that the introduction the US dollar payment system within Hong Kong was initiated with a view to further boosting Hong Kong?s potential as a financial service sector. The new US dollar payment system is in tune with Hong Kong?s export oriented economy. Joseph Yam, chief secretary of Hong Kong?s monetary Authority said the new system, "is part of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's continuing program of building financial infrastructure under its strategy for developing Hong Kong as the financial hub of Asia,?. He further adds, ?Because the exchange rate link suits an externally oriented, Entrepot economy, it will continue to serve Hong Kong well in its expanding role as a regional and international hub, as China enters the WTO.""
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Democracy in Hong Kong, 2002.
Looks at the history of Hong Kong's political and economic culture and how it relates to the future of democracy in Hong Kong.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 25 sources, AU$ 129.95
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The following discussion proposes to assess the history of Hong Kong in terms of political culture and democracy. Initially, the country's famed role as an Asian Tiger in the period from 1960 to 1990 is explored. The anti-democratic bias of the national economic strategy is outlined. Then events surrounding the handover itself and subsequent political events are assessed. Next, this summer's election of the 'election committee' is examined. Finally, Hong Kong's culture of dynamism, dialectic and diversity will be examined.
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The 'Handover' of Hong Kong, 2002.
An analysis of the 'hand over' of Hong Kong in 1997 and the three sides involved, the British and Chinese governments and the people of Hong Kong.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 17 sources, AU$ 116.95
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This paper focuses on the various groups involved in the 'hand over' of Hong Kong on July 1, 1997. There were three groups of stakeholders involved: the governments in London and Beijing, and the population of Hong Kong both its elite, 'tycoon' leadership and popular forces. This paper identifies each group's interests and objectives, and their success in achieving them in the past decade of extensive political and socio-economic change.
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Hong Kong Housing Industry, 2005.
This paper analyzes the macro-economic effect of the 1997-1998 Asian economic crisis on housing in Hong Kong.
9,885 words (approx. 39.5 pages), 24 sources, MLA, AU$ 291.95
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This paper explains that Hong Kong's housing, much more than in other cities, is a significant part of the infrastructure thus influencing the macro-economy: High housing costs cause workers to make wage demands and the employers are facing high location costs as well. The author points out that Hong Kong is unique in almost every respect, populated by Asians but has a Western-style economy but the Asian outlook on long-term investment is paramount. The paper concludes that the economic situation in Hong Kong is recovering faster than in other East Asian nations because of the financialized property-based economy, which is poised perfectly to weather economic storms without seeing the economy evaporate: Housing retains some value in any market; whereas, consumer goods and paper-based wealth of all sorts often do not.
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Introduction
Current Conditions
Literature Review
Findings
Discussion
Land Sales and Land-Related Revenue in Hong Kong 1991-2001
Various Asian Growth Projections, Annual GDP Growth in %: Actual and Projected
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"While Singapore and South Korea share some regional norms with Hong Kong, they are more properly considered newly industrialized countries (NICs) than Hong Kong. Park assessed housing policy in South Korea and Singapore because it is an important aspect of social development in addition to a source of shelter; he noted that it also affects access of the population to other material resources. He notes "In most cases, it can influence consumption patterns and household incomes, affecting what people can do and who they can become. For these reasons, most states in advanced capitalist countries have actively intervened in housing provision, although the degree and mode of state intervention vary according to sociopolitical conditions." In Hong Kong, historically and at the present, that intervention is considerable, a fact that sets it apart from most other 'free' economies."
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Hong Kong: British and Chinese Governance Compared, 2002.
A comparative analysis of the British and Chinese governance of Hong Kong with an emphasis on the economic sector.
2,216 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, AU$ 99.95
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This paper examines how the political status of Hong Kong was transformed from that of a British Crown Colony to that of a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People?s Republic of China (PRC) when political control of Hong Kong passed to the PRC from the United Kingdom on July 1, 1997. It analyzes the economic crisis of enormous magnitude that began in east and southeast Asia in the late summer of that same year and evaluates if the transfer of political control over Hong Kong to the PRC was a causal factor in the development of the economic crisis that swept east and southeast Asian nations in the last half of 1997.
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Introduction
Comparing Pre-Transfer to Post-Transfer Macroeconomic Performance by the Hong Kong Economy
Population
Gross Domestic Product
Industrial Production
Consumer Prices
Unemployment
Wages
Real Estate Performance
Conclusion
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"Real estate prices plunged in Hong Kong once effects of the wider Asian economic crisis began to be felt in Hong Kong. During this period (which lasted approximately six months in late-1997 and early-1998), real estate prices fell approximately 50 percent. No recovery in real estate prices began to occur until 1999. During the first six months of 1999, real estate prices have recovered to the extent of increasing approximately 15 percent. Analysts in Hong Kong are divided over the issue of whether the recovery in real estate will continue. Many of these analysts are pessimistic because of the recent deterioration in political relations between the PRC and Taiwan ("Hong Kong Land Sale Above Market?s Expectation," 1999)."
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Hong Kong, 2004.
This paper discusses the lost identity of Hong Kong after the 1997 return to China.
3,570 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, AU$ 144.95
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This paper explains that, with the handover of Hong Kong to China, the identity of Hong Kong is undergoing a changing reality as witnessed by the changing identity of Hong Kong?s culture seen through its media and press. The author points out that many Hong Kong residents are now convinced that the culture and identity of Hong Kong rests not upon its citizens but on the government of China, thus challenging the future of human rights and democracy in Hong Kong. The paper states that many people believe that China has no interest whatsoever in the media and press freedom of Hong Kong as long as the economy of the country is resonant.
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"Hence, China can do or undo any rules and promises it previously made to the Hong Kongers. China can very easily use its legal documents and texts to justify its actions. Leaders worldwide have now begun to show their concern over the media change in Hong Kong. It is highly essential for Hong Kong to maintain its media identity since it greatly relies on it. Despite China?s promise to the mass population of Hong Kong regarding their freedom of press and expression, Hong Kong today is an entirely different place than it was before the hand over. According to Lin Neumann, ?The climate of free expression in Hong Kong has shifted in subtle but distinct ways: In the vibrant Hong Kong press, self-censorship has become a fact of life."
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Housing Policy in Hong Kong from the 1940s to the 1960s, 2008.
A look at the housing policy in Hong Kong between 1940 to 1960.
2,115 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 96.95
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This paper discusses the housing policy in colonial Hong Kong from the 1940s to the 1960s, and notes that these decades were characterized by a radical transformation in the role of the state in the colony's housing markets, moving from a laissez-faire model to a highly interventionist approach. The author argues that while the increasingly interventionist housing policies of Hong Kong's colonial government over this period were flawed in many respects, the policies serve as an example of how housing policy can serve to successfully support economic growth and industrialization in developing world contexts.
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Introduction
The Challenges of the Hong Kong Setting
The Significance of Colonial Hong Kong's Housing Policy
Hong Kong Colonial Housing Policy: The Critical Juncture
1953: A Watershed in Housing Development
Implications of Hong Kong's Public Housing Policy
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"The topic of housing policy in colonial Hong Kong has been the focus of considerable study by scholars from around the world. This is due, in large part, to the fact that Hong Kong represents an ideal social laboratory within which the complexities of housing policy implementation in a development context can be closely examined. Its narrow geographic area, well-understood variables, together with the existence of accurate and generally accurate state documentation, has allowed scholars to analyze in depth housing policy in the colony, and extrapolate learnings with respect to other contexts in Asia and the developing world. From this perspective, this essay will examine housing policy in Hong Kong from the 1940s to the 1960s, as these decades were characterized by a radical transformation in the role of the state in the colony's housing markets, moving from a laissez-faire model to a highly interventionist approach. As will be argued, while the increasingly interventionist housing policies of Hong Kong's colonial government over this period were flawed in many respects, the policies serve as example of how housing policy can serve to successfully support economic growth and industrialization in developing world contexts."
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Hong Kong, 2002.
An understanding of Hong Kong's political history and culture through analysis of history books and the cinema.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 194.95
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This paper has Hong Kong has its focus, and is concerned with the political history and political culture of Hong Kong. It shows how history books and cinema use different approaches, but both are needed to understand a place like Hong Kong.
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