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Wong Wo Ping. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-145). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; List of Tables --- p.3 ; List of Figures --- p.4 ; Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Research Background --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Choosing janitors as research topic --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Labor supply and labor demand --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Dual or segmented labor market theory --- p.8 ; Chapter 1.5 --- From labor control to political apparatuses of production --- p.8 ; Chapter 1.6 --- Beyond Production --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.7 --- Overview of this research --- p.13 ; Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.15 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Definition of marginal labor --- p.15 ; Chapter 2.2 --- The polarization and deteriorating of working condition --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Explanation of the trend --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Neo-classical economics theory of labor market --- p.26 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Dual (Segmented) labor market theory --- p.31 ; Chapter 2.6 --- Politic of production --- p.32 ; Chapter 2.7 --- Sub si stent demand --- p.36 ; Chapter 2.8 --- Availability of alternate job opportunities --- p.38 ; Chapter 2.9 --- Integrating the economics and sociology disciplines --- p.39 ; Chapter Chapter 3 --- Methodology --- p.43 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Source of data --- p.43 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Discussion for my methodology --- p.47 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Problem of representativenss --- p.48 ; Chapter Chapter 4 --- Macro Pictures of the Janitory Industry of Public Housing Estates --- p.50 ; Chapter 4.1. --- The Overall Economic Background of Hong Kong --- p.50 ; Chapter 4.2. --- Cleaning Service in Public Housing Estates --- p.54 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Characteristics of Janitors in Public Housing Estates --- p.62 ; Chapter 4.4. --- Macro situation in the janitory labor market --- p.68 ; Chapter 4.5. --- The labor market situation of the janitors working in Public Housing Estates --- p.84 ; Chapter Chapter 5 --- Production Politics of ...

Li, Ching Man. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 97-108). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.ii ; Acknowledgements --- p.iv ; Contents --- p.v ; Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Contribution --- p.3 ; Chapter Chapter Two --- Background --- p.7 ; Chapter 2.1 --- China's County-level Fiscal & Administrative System --- p.7 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Changing Structure of the Intergovernmental Transfer System --- p.10 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Forces Shaping the Current Intergovernmental Transfer System --- p.20 ; Chapter Chapter Three --- Literature Review --- p.27 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Literature on the Theories of Intergovernmental Transfers Relevant to China --- p.27 ; Chapter Chapter Four --- "Model Specification, Data and Empirical Strategy" --- p.40 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Basic Specification --- p.40 ; Chapter 4.2 --- Data --- p.47 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Panel Data Estimation --- p.52 ; Chapter Chapter Five --- Estimation Results --- p.60 ; Chapter 5.1 --- Selection of Panel Data Model --- p.60 ; Chapter 5.1.1 --- Estimation Results for Real Earmarked Transfers Per Capita (REARPC) --- p.62 ; Chapter 5.1.2 --- Estimation Results for Real Tax Rebates Per Capita (RREBPC) --- p.64 ; Chapter 5.1.3 --- Estimation Results for Real Transitional Intergovernmental Transfer Per Capita (RTRAPC) --- p.67 ; Chapter 5.1.4 --- Estimation Results for Real Wage Adjustment Transfers Per Capita (RWAGPC) --- p.70 ; Chapter 5.2 --- Problems with Estimation & Robustness of Results --- p.72 ; Chapter 5.2.1 --- Data problems & Robustness --- p.72 ; Chapter 5.2.2 --- Different Sets of Explanatory Variables --- p.75 ; Chapter 5.2.3 --- Hausman-Taylor model: An Experiment --- p.77 ; Chapter Chapter Six --- Conclusions and Policy Implications --- p.83 ; Chapter 6.1 --- Summary of Salient Findings --- p.83 ; Chapter 6.2 --- Policy Implications --- p.85 ; Appendix 1 --- p.90 ; Appendix II --- p.93 ...

by Chan Yu Keung. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-141). ; Abstract also in Chinese. ; Acknowledgments --- p.i ; Abstract --- p.ii ; Table of Content --- p.iv ; List of Figures --- p.ix ; List of Tables --- p.xiv ; Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Overview --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Textiles Industry in Hong Kong --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Processes Involved in Textiles Industry --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.3.1 --- Typical Stages in Bleaching and Dyeing Step --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Characterization of Textile Wastewater --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.4.1 --- Desizing --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.4.2 --- Scouring --- p.6 ; Chapter 1.4.3 --- Bleaching --- p.7 ; Chapter 1.4.4 --- Mercerizing --- p.7 ; Chapter 1.4.5 --- Dyeing and Printing --- p.7 ; Chapter 1.4.6 --- Finishing --- p.8 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Toxicity of Pollutants from Textiles Industry --- p.8 ; Chapter 1.6 --- Related Environmental Legislation in Hong Kong --- p.9 ; Chapter 1.6.1 --- Water Pollution Control Ordinance --- p.9 ; Chapter 1.6.2 --- Waste Disposal Ordinance --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.6.3 --- General Sewage Charge --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.6.4 --- Trade Effluent Surcharge --- p.10 ; Chapter 1.7 --- Chemical Specific Approach --- p.11 ; Chapter 1.8 --- Toxicity Based Approach --- p.12 ; Chapter 1.8.1 --- Selection of Organisms for Bioassays --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.9 --- Whole-Effluent Toxicity (WET) Test --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.10 --- Toxicity Identification Evaluation --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.10.1 --- Phase I ´ؤ Toxicant Characterization --- p.15 ; Chapter 1.10.2 --- Phase II - Toxicant Identification --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.10.3 --- Phase III - Toxicant Confirmation --- p.16 ; Chapter 1.11 --- Ecotoxicology --- p.16 ; Chapter 2. --- OBJECTIVES --- p.18 ; Chapter 3. --- MATERIALS AND METHODS --- p.19 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Sources of Samples --- p.19 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Whole Effluent Toxicity Test --- p.19 ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- Microtox® test --- p.19 ; Chapter 3.2.2 --- Growth inhibition test of a marine ...

Ming, Sze Chai. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-140). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese, some text in appendix also in Chinese. ; ABSTRACT ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; TABLE OF CONTENTS ; LIST OF FIGURES ; LIST OF TABLES ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- INTRODUCTION ; Chapter 1.1 --- Research Background --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions and Objectives --- p.2 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Research Significance --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Research Area --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Thesis Outline --- p.6 ; Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- URBAN TRANSFORMATION OF CHINA AFTER 1979 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Urban Development before 1978 --- p.7 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Two Fundamental Issues of Urban Transformation in China --- p.9 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Major Transformation in the Post-Reform China --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Emergence of the Market --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- Decentralization --- p.12 ; Chapter 2.3.3 --- Globalization --- p.13 ; Chapter 2.3.4 --- A New Form of Government Behaviour: Growth Coalitions --- p.16 ; Chapter 2.3.5 --- Interaction between Central and Local Government --- p.18 ; Chapter 2.3.6 --- Interaction among Local Governments --- p.21 ; Chapter 2.3.7 --- Changes in the Social-Cultural Environment --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Previous Studies on Kunshan --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.29 ; Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH DESIGN ; Chapter 3.1 --- Research Objectives --- p.30 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Conceptual Framework: System Approach --- p.32 ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- Components and Operation of a System --- p.34 ; Chapter 3.2.1.1 --- Inputs --- p.35 ; Chapter 3.2.1.2 --- Processes --- p.38 ; Chapter 3.2.1.3 --- Outputs --- p.38 ; Chapter 3.2.1.4 --- Feedback --- p.39 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Research Framework and Design --- p.39 ; Chapter 3.3.1 --- Case Study --- p.40 ; Chapter 3.3.2 --- Documentary and Data Analysis --- p.41 ; Chapter 3.3.3 --- Interviews --- p.41 ; Chapter 3.3.4 --- Fieldwork --- p.43 ...

Tian Huan. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-134). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter Part I: --- Demography in Space --- p.13 ; Chapter Chapter One: --- Understanding the Data --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Formation of the administrative structure in late Qing and its GIS representation --- p.13 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Population data reconsidered --- p.19 ; Chapter Chapter Two: --- Documenting the Demographic Patterns --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Economic Patterns --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- Population density --- p.29 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- Area of cultivated land --- p.32 ; Chapter 2.1.3 --- Ratio of urban dwellers to rural dwellers --- p.36 ; Chapter 2.1.4 --- " Ratio of commercial (industry, agricultural) population" --- p.40 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Ethnic Patterns --- p.48 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Distribution pattern of schools --- p.54 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Distribution of political elite (guan and shi) --- p.55 ; Chapter Part II: --- Markets in Space --- p.60 ; Chapter Chapter Three: --- Trade Patterns in Geographic Context --- p.60 ; Chapter 3.1 --- Trade of Grains --- p.60 ; Chapter 3.2 --- Cotton and cotton cloth --- p.69 ; Chapter 3.3 --- Trade of fur and livestock --- p.82 ; Chapter 3.4 --- Trade of Herbal Medicines --- p.88 ; Chapter 3.5 --- Trade of Oil and Wine --- p.90 ; Chapter 3.6 --- Overview of the Xinjiang markets in space --- p.93 ; Chapter Chapter Four: --- Trades within and without Xinjiang --- p.95 ; Chapter 4.1. --- Foreign commercial relations --- p.95 ; Chapter 4.2. --- Local marketing system: the relationship between the economies of South and North Xinj iang --- p.102 ; Chapter 4.3 --- Trade with the China Proper --- p.107 ; Conclusion --- p.113 ; The economy and trade of Xinjiang: issues of integration and sinicization --- p.113 ; Methodological implication: GIS for historical regional research --- p.119 ; Appendixes --- p.121 ; Glossary --- p.121 ; Place Names --- p.121 ; Personal Names and Terms --- ...

Analysing political discourse from a systemic functional perspective: an overview -- Approaching political discourse from above (contextual parameters). Contextual analysis of politics discourse -- Registerial analysis of political discourse -- Approaching political discourse from around (discourse semantic parameters). Semantic discourse analysis of political discourse -- Appraisal analysis of political discourse -- Approaching political discourse from below (lexicogrammatical parameters). Self-identity and personal references in political discourse -- Power, institutional role and modality in political discourse -- Evidentality and subjectivity, and mental process in political discourse.

Lau, Ying Chui Janice. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 219-235). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese; includes Chinese characters. ; Abstract ; Acknowledgement ; Chapter 1 ; Introduction --- p.1 ; Background --- p.4 ; Defining Female New Immigrants --- p.7 ; Literature Review --- p.10 ; Methodology --- p.22 ; List of Informants --- p.25 ; Thesis Structure --- p.27 ; Chapter 2 ; History of Female Mainland Migrants in Hong Kong --- p.30 ; Invisible Female Migrants --- p.31 ; Immigration Policy as Identity Marker --- p.35 ; Gender Implications in the Immigration Policy --- p.37 ; Shifts in Social Policy and Social Capital --- p.41 ; Hong Kong Identity: a Gender Perspective --- p.45 ; "Class, Popular Culture and Identity Politics" --- p.50 ; Conclusion --- p.53 ; Chapter 3 ; Hongkongness in the Classroom --- p.56 ; Learning Hong Kong English --- p.60 ; Learning "accentless´ح Cantonese --- p.70 ; Learning Proper Behavior --- p.78 ; Learning the Hong Kong Spirit --- p.87 ; Conclusion --- p.94 ; Chapter 4 ; Reconstructing Womanhood --- p.96 ; Dressing up in Hongkong-Style --- p.100 ; Reconstructing a Hongkong-Style Beautiful Face --- p.104 ; Learning to be a Wife of Hong Kong Man --- p.109 ; Learning to be a Hong Kong Mother --- p.116 ; Marital Relationship and Adaptation --- p.119 ; Conclusion --- p.137 ; Chapter 5 ; Empowerment and Disempowerment --- p.140 ; Empowerment --- p.141 ; Structural Resources --- p.143 ; Gain and Loss of Capital --- p.147 ; Defining Capital: Social Workers and Class Teachers --- p.152 ; Redefining Capital: Mainland Women Migrants´ة Agency --- p.157 ; Evaluation of Achievement --- p.163 ; Breaking Down of Cultural Boundaries --- p.163 ; Discarding Stereotypes --- p.166 ; Constructing New Relations --- p.169 ; Disempowerment --- p.175 ; Conclusion --- p.186 ; Chapter 6 ; Conclusion --- p.189 ; A Uniquely Hong Kong Process --- p.189 ; Keeping an Imagined Boundary --- p.195 ; Imitating Hongkong-Style Womanhood --- p.199 ...

Li Shuk-wan. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-203). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; ABSTRACT --- p.I ; 摘要 --- p.II ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.III ; Chapter CHAPTER 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 ; Statement of Goals --- p.1 ; The Feminization of The Occupation --- p.4 ; Setting: The Development of Gender Rights in Hong Kong --- p.10 ; Literature Review --- p.11 ; Methodology --- p.20 ; Field Observation --- p.23 ; About Skyhawk Air --- p.24 ; Questionnaires with the General Public --- p.25 ; Media Data --- p.25 ; Field and Thesis Languages --- p.26 ; Ethical Issues --- p.26 ; Outline of Thesis --- p.27 ; Chapter CHAPTER 2. --- "NEGOTIATING ""HUNGJE"" STEREOTYPES IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE" --- p.30 ; "Discourse, Ideologies, and the Normalized Public" --- p.30 ; Images of Hungje in the Media: The Public/Private Dichotomy --- p.33 ; Kind and Caring Mothers --- p.35 ; Friendly Neighbors --- p.37 ; Agents of Smile --- p.38 ; Beauty Icon --- p.41 ; Sex Icon --- p.44 ; Stereotypical Images of Hungje in Public Discourse --- p.47 ; FAs' Responses to Stereotypical Images in Public Discourse --- p.49 ; """Hungje and the Public/Private Dichotomy" --- p.50 ; """I am a Flight Attendant"" and ""I Work in the Airline Industry """ --- p.52 ; Chapter CHAPTER 3. --- RECRUITING THE RELEVANT BODY --- p.62 ; Experiences of Recruitment --- p.62 ; """To See and To Be Seen""" --- p.66 ; Phoenix Air Recruitment --- p.68 ; The Face --- p.68 ; "A """Pro ´ح Dress Code" --- p.70 ; The Arm-Reach --- p.71 ; "The ""Official"" FA Image" --- p.72 ; Tiger Air Recruitment --- p.73 ; The Arm-Reach --- p.73 ; The Standing Posture --- p.73 ; The FA Image --- p.74 ; The Sitting Posture --- p.75 ; "The ""Official"" FA Image" --- p.76 ; The Skin --- p.77 ; The Hairstyle --- p.78 ; Body Gestures --- p.79 ; Pre-Employment Briefing --- p.81 ; Conclusion --- p.82 ; Chapter CHAPTER 4. --- CREATING AN APPROPRIATE MARKETABLE IMAGE --- p.84 ; The Training Course --- p.85 ; Image Management at ...