The mixture of different interested parties, from the elite locals, made up mostly of
businessmen, the British Hongs, the expatriate civil servants and their local counterparts, the …

Hong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15 years, living
conditions for the average family have deteriorated despite a robust economy, ample budget …

This book describes and analyses the role of the public sector in the often-charged political
atmosphere of post-1997 Hong Kong. In this second edition, Ian Scott explores public sector …

" The volume covers Hong Kong's medical development in the period from 1841 to early
2005, including the history of hospitals and medical education, and the role of the …

This book gives an account of Hong Kong's medical and health development from the
Second World War to the present day, investigates how medical and health services grew …

Besides looking at major outbreaks of diseases and how they were coped with, diseases
such as malaria, smallpox, tuberculosis, plague, venereal disease, avian flu and SARS, this …

This book empirically examines health care financing reforms and popular responses in
three major cities in East Asia: Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong. It adopts a new …

Nowhere in the world presents a more dramatic case of wealth creation than East Asia.
Contrary to the common belief that social policy in the economic powerhouses of the region …

The aim of this paper is to study the Hong Kong government's attempt to promote
residualism and market principles in medical services through changing its fee and charge …

Public policy discussions on how to regulate acupuncture and herbal medical practitioners
have reached a stalemate in the United Kingdom. After considerable activity in the first half …