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The report on the Review of the Hong Kong Government's General Conditions of Contract (GCCs) is now available in limited circulation. In the second of a two-part series Professor Arthur McInnis looks at some of the detailed recommendations and offers some comments. ; published_or_final_version

A major international conference was held recently in Hong Kong to consider the title of this month's column. Described as an agenda for change in response to the Grove Report — two days of cutting edge debate about the future of the Hong Kong Construction Industry and the Government's Conditions of Contract — it did not disappoint. This month Professor Arthur McInnis looks back at the conference and ahead at what should come next. ; published_or_final_version

The report on the Review of the Hong Kong Government's General Conditions of Contract (GCCs) is now available. In the first of a two-part series Professor Arthur McInnis looks at the background, the general recommendations, the government's response and offers a few comments. ; published_or_final_version

In May, the Legislative Council passed the Electricity Supply Lines (Protection) Regulation (the 'Regulation'). It will have a significant effect upon contractors carrying out work in the vicinity of underground electricity cables or overhead electricity supply lines. Our regular contributor Professor Arthur McInnis looks at the Regulation. ; published_or_final_version

The Hong Kong SAR government is preparing to amend the law to give employees protection from anti-union activity. This month, Professor Arthur McInnis makes a case for extending the amendments to include a clear right to strike. ; published_or_final_version

Imperial esprit de corps: nineteenth-century British and American Army officers and wives -- Imperial journeys and arrivals: couriers, circuits, and connections -- Imperial women: military adjuncts, station sisterhoods, and senior ladies -- Imperial pageantry: officers' wives as public actors and ceremonial performers -- Imperial gender crossings: officers' and wives' dress and homemaking on the edges of empire -- Imperial gatekeepers: officers' wives as social arbiters of empire -- Imperial intimacy: race, ethnicity, and class relationships within the home -- Conclusion: imperial women

This essay explores social and political values conveyed by nineteenth century world and universal history textbooks in relation to the antebellum era. These textbooks focused on the histories of ancient Greece and Rome rather than on histories of the United States. I argue that after 1830 these textbooks reinforced both the US land reform and the antislavery movement by creating favorable depictions of Tiberius and Caius Gracchus. Tiberius and Caius Gracchus (known as the "Gracchi") were two Roman tribunes who sought to restore Rome's land laws, which granted public land to propertyless citizens despite opposition from other Roman aristocrats. The textbook authors' portrayal of the Gracchan reforms reflects a populist element in antebellum American education because these narratives suggest that there is a connection between social inequality and the decline of republicanism.

The English Short Title Catalogue and Early English Books Online both miscatalogue the miscellany, printed in 1657, in which the closet drama Cupid's Grand Polititian appears. Unsurprisingly, given this mislabelling, Cupid's Grand Polititian has passed virtually unnoticed by scholars of the early modern English theatre. Only two critics appear to have been aware of the play's existence, neither of whom offers substantial commentary on it. This note aims to stimulate interest in the play (and the verse miscellany in which it is found) by expounding some of its key features.

The state of Sweden has a long reputation of egalitarian and progressive policies that have constituted what is called 'the Swedish Way' and has been imported to the rest of the world. The country's model of ender equality has become the cornerstone of their progressive vision of a nation. Sweden has enjoyed decades of an expansive and liberal welfare state that has brought a middle-class standard of living to the country. The government has used parental leave legislation in order to govern the population of citizens to create dual-earner, dual-carer families. However, in recent years there has been an unprecedented level of immigration from countries that are culturally distant from Sweden, changing the demographic, religious and cultural makeup of the nation. Sweden has used a combination of legislation and welfare expansion in order to normalize outside ethnic groups through the statewide governance of gender.

Significant amendments to the Lifts and Escalators (Safety) Ordinance have been proposed that seek to both widen the scope of the existing legislation as well as promote new safety features. This month J A McInnis examines some of the more interesting aspects of the proposals. ; published_or_final_version