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The paper inquires whether substantial change in social life has been brought about in Hong Kong since 1983 by political events in China and the rest of the world and attempts at political reforms in Hong Kong. It deals with increase in population, housing, social services, employment, leisure etc in Hong Kong. (DÜI-Sen)

Hoare reviews 'Hong Kong's Transitions, 1842-1997' edited by Judith M. Brown and Rosemary Foot and 'Hong Kong: China's Challenge' by Michael Yahuda.

Informationsheft, das Hinweise auf Investitionsmöglichkeiten in Hongkong, auf die wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungen von 1978-1982, die Haltung Hongkongs zu ausländischen Investoren und den Arbeits- und Lohnbedingungen bietet. Weiterhin werden Auskünfte zum Finanzwesen, den Voraussetzungen bei einer Unternehmensgründung sowie deren Formen und Hinweise auf die verschiedenen Besteuerungen gegeben. (DÜI-Xyl)

In 1983 whenThe China Quarterlypublished a special issue on Hong Kong, I attempted to synthesize the history of its urban social life, coining the term "Hong Kong Man" to describe what I considered to be the emergence of an identifiable unique social animal. Hong Kong Man, I suggested, was neither Chinese nor British. I characterized him as quick-thinking, flexible, tough for survival, excitement-craving, sophisticated in material tastes, and self-made in a strenuously competitive world. He operated in the context of a most uncertain future, control over which was in the hands of others, and for this as well as for historical reasons he lived "life in the short term".

Includes index ; A straightforward text for beginners on the law of contract in Hong Kong ; published_or_final_version ; General Editor's Foreword pvii ; Preface pix ; Table of Legislation p179 ; Table of Cases p181 ; Index p187 ; 1 What Contracts Do p1 ; 2 What the Law of Contracts Does p5 ; 3 How Contracts Are Made p17 ; 4 How Contracts Are Interpreted p45 ; 5 Defective Contracts p65 ; 6 Discharge p89 ; 7 Remedies p101 ; 8 Restrictions On Remedies p117 ; 9 Parties to Contractual Rights p147 ; 10.Illegality and Public Policy ; 11 Deeds, Formalities and Capacity p171 ; 1.1 Contracts and Other Obligations p1 ; 1.2 The Functions of Contract p2 ; 1.3 The Basis of Contract p3 ; 2.1 Introduction p5 ; 2.2 Is There a Contract? p6 ; 2.3 What Is the Effect of the Contract? p8 ; 2.4 Defective Contracts p10 ; 2.5 Whom Does the Contract Concern? p12 ; 2.6 What Happens If the Contract Is Broken? p13 ; 3.1 Intention to Create Legal Relations p17 ; 3.2 Agreement p21 ; 3.3 Offer p22 ; 3.4 Termination of Offer p24 ; 3.5 Acceptance p27 ; 3.6 Tenders p31 ; 3.7 Consideration p32 ; 4.1 Seeking the Meaning p45 ; 4.2 Statements p45 ; 4.3 Puff or Representation? p46 ; 4.4 Representation or Term? p46 ; 4.5 Written Contracts: Special Rules p48 ; 4.6 Conditions Precedent and Subsequent p49 ; 4.7 Construction of a Contract p50 ; 4.8 Collateral Contract p51 ; 4.9 The Relative Importance of Terms p52 ; 4.10 Implied Terms p56 ; 4.11 The Battle of the Forms p61 ; 5.1 Vitiating Factors p65 ; 5.2 Misrepresentation p66 ; 5.3 The Remedies p70 ; 5.4 Mistake p74 ; 5.5 Rectification p81 ; 5.6 Duress and Undue Influence p81 ; 5.7 Unconscionable Bargains p84 ; 6.1 Methods of Discharge p89 ; 6.2 Performance p89 ; 6.3 Agreement p92 ; 6.4 Accord and Satisfaction p93 ; 6.5 Acceptance of Breach As Repudiation p93 ; 6.6 Frustration p95 ; 7.1 The Range of Remedies p101 ; 7.2 An Action in Debt or For the Price p104 ; 7.3 Damages p105 ; 7.4 Equitable Remedies p110 ; 7.5 Tort p112 ; 7.6 Quasi-contract p112 ; 7.7 Loss of Remedy p113 ; 8.1 Remedies Fixed By the Parties p117 ; 8.2 Liquidated Damages Clauses, Penalty Clauses and Deposits p117 ; 8.3 Liquidated Damages, Penalty and Limitation Compared p120 ; 8.4 The Nature of Exemption Clauses p120 ; 8.5 Construction of Exemption Clauses p122 ; 8.6 Has the Clause Been Incorporated Into the Contract? p122 ; 8.7 Is the Clause Worded Clearly Enough to Cover the Damage? p132 ; 8.8 Fundamental Breach p133 ; 8.9 Other Problems of Construction of Exemption Clauses p135 ; 8.10 Can Legislation Help? p137 ; 8.11 The Passage of Time p141 ; 9.1 Privity p147 ; 9.2 Exceptions to the Privity Rule p150 ; 9.3 Agency p152 ; 9.4 Assignment p153 ; 10.1 Introduction p161 ; 10.2 The Scope of Illegality p161 ; 10.3 Illegal By Ordinance p162 ; 10.4 Illegal As Formed or Performed p162 ; 10.5 Illegality and Public Policy p163 ; 10.6 Public Policy p166 ; 10.7 Restraint of Trade p166 ; 10.8 One-sided or Two-sided Illegality p168 ; 11.1 Deeds p171 ; 11.2 Written Evidence p171 ; 11.3 Capacity p174

Characterizing Hong Kong's international status can be a hazardous endeavour.As a British colony and not a sovereign state, the territory has not been seen asan independent actor on the international stage. Attempts to identify theterritory's status have been further complicated by the 1984 Sino-British agreementto transfer Hong Kong's sovereignty from Britain to China in 1997. WhenHong Kong becomes a Special Administrative Region (SAR) with a 'highdegree of autonomy' under Chinese sovereignty after 1997, it will continue to bea non-sovereign territorial entity in international terms. Nonetheless, under the'one country; two systems' formula it has been granted extensive authority andpower in its internal governance, and the scope of autonomy in its externalrelations as agreed upon between the British and Chinese governments isextensive.