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Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore

Author : Marjorie Topley
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888028146
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore by : Marjorie Topley

Download or read book Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore written by Marjorie Topley and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume collects the published articles of Dr. Marjorie Topley, who was a pioneer in the field of social anthropology in the postwar period and also the first president of the revived Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Her ethnographic research in Singapore and Hong Kong set a high standard for urban anthropology, and helped creating the fields of religious studies, migration studies, gender studies, and medical anthropology, focusing on topics that remain current and important in the disciplines. The essays in this collection showcase Dr. Topley's groundbreaking contributions in several areas of scholarship. These include “Chinese Women’s Vegetarian Houses in Singapore” (1954) and “The Great Way of Former Heaven: A Group of Chinese Secret Religious Sects” (1963), both important research on the study of subcultural groups in a complex urban society; “Marriage Resistance in Rural Kwangtung” (1978), now a classic in Chinese anthropology and women’s studies; her widely known and cited article, “Cosmic Antagonisms: A Mother-Child Syndrome” (1974), which investigates widely shared everyday practices and cosmological explanations that Cantonese mothers invoked when they encountered difficulties in child-rearing; and “Capital, Saving and Credit among Indigenous Rice Farmers and Immigrant Vegetable Farmers in Hong Kong's New Territories” (2004 [1964]).

Networks beyond Empires

Author : Huei-Ying Kuo
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004281096
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Networks beyond Empires written by Huei-Ying Kuo and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Networks beyond Empires, Kuo examines business and nationalist activities of the Chinese bourgeoisie in Hong Kong and Singapore between 1914 and 1941. The book argues that speech-group ties were key to understanding the intertwining relationship between business and nationalism. Organization of transnational businesses and nationalist campaigns overlapped with the boundary of Chinese speech-group networks. Embedded in different political-economic contexts, these networks fostered different responses to the decline of the British power, the expansion of the Japanese empire, as well as the contested state building processes in China. Through negotiating with the imperialist powers and Chinese state-builders, Chinese bourgeoisie overseas contributed to the making of an autonomous space of diasporic nationalism in the Hong Kong-Singapore corridor.

Singapore And Hong Kong: Comparative Perspectives On The 20th Anniversary Of Hong Kong's Handover To China

Author : Institute Of Advanced Studies, Ntu, S'pore
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813237945
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Singapore And Hong Kong: Comparative Perspectives On The 20th Anniversary Of Hong Kong's Handover To China written by Institute Of Advanced Studies, Ntu, S'pore and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political, social and economic transformations have marked the 20 years since Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of China. To mark the historic handover, the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at Nanyang Technological University invited experts from various fields to share their unique insights on the developments and impact of the last 20 years on Hong Kong and Singapore in a conference in Singapore.This volume is a compilation of speeches and presentations delivered at the conference by such heavyweight experts as Wang Gungwu, Antony Leung and Yang Jinlin on the road travelled and the paths ahead for both cities. This volume is an invaluable collection on Hong Kong and Singapore's past, present and future. Readers can enjoy the salient analysis delivered with great thought and reflective humour.

Teaching Chinese as an International Language

Author : Yeng-Seng Goh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110705219X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching Chinese as an International Language by : Yeng-Seng Goh

Download or read book Teaching Chinese as an International Language written by Yeng-Seng Goh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively and accessible account which explores the teaching of Chinese as an international language from a Singapore perspective.

City-states In The Global Economy

Author : Stephen W.K. Chiu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429723504
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Book Synopsis City-states In The Global Economy by : Stephen W.K. Chiu

Download or read book City-states In The Global Economy written by Stephen W.K. Chiu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the patterns, strategies, and consequences of industrial restructuring in two dynamic Asian city-states, Hong Kong and Singapore, in the global economy. It highlights the institutional differences between the two industrial economies.

Asian City Crossings

Author : Rossella Ferrari
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100038120X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Asian City Crossings written by Rossella Ferrari and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian City Crossings is the first volume to examine the relationship between the city and performance from an Asian perspective. This collection introduces "city as method" as a new conceptual framework for the investigation of practices of city-based performing arts collaboration and city-to-city performance networks across East- and Southeast Asia and beyond. The shared and yet divergent histories of the global cities of Hong Kong and Singapore as postcolonial, multiethnic, multicultural, and multilingual sites, are taken as points of departure to demonstrate how "city as method" facilitates a comparative analytical space that foregrounds in-betweenness and fluid positionalities. It situates inter-Asian relationality and inter-city referencing as centrally significant dynamics in the exploration of the material and ideological conditions of contemporary performance and performance exchange in Asia. This study captures creative dialogue that travels city-based pathways along the Hong Kong-Singapore route, as well as between Hong Kong and Singapore and other cities, through scholarly analyses and practitioner reflections drawn from the fields of theatre, performance, and music. This book combines essays by scholars of Asian studies, theatre studies, ethnomusicology, and human geography with reflective accounts by Hong Kong and Singapore-based performing arts practitioners to highlight the diversity, vibrancy, and complexity of creative projects that destabilise notions of identity, belonging, and nationhood through strategies of collaborative conviviality and transnational mobility across multi-sited networks of cities in Asia. In doing so, this volume fills a considerable gap in global scholarly discourse on performance and the city and on the production and circulation of the performing arts in Asia.

Singapore and Hong Kong

Author : Ntu Institute Of Advanced Studies (S'pore)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789813237933
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (379 download)

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Book Synopsis Singapore and Hong Kong by : Ntu Institute Of Advanced Studies (S'pore)

Download or read book Singapore and Hong Kong written by Ntu Institute Of Advanced Studies (S'pore) and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Political, social and economic upheaval have marked the 20 years since Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of China. To mark the historic handover, the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at Nanyang Technological University invited experts from various fields to share their unique insights on the developments and impact of the last 20 years on Hong Kong and Singapore in a conference in Singapore. This volume is a compilation of speeches and presentations delivered at the conference by such heavyweight experts as Wang Gungwu, Antony Leung and Yang Jinlin on the road travelled and the paths ahead for both cities. This volume is an invaluable collection on Hong Kong and Singapore's past, present and future. Readers can enjoy the salient analysis delivered with great thought and reflective humour."--Provided by publisher.

Politics and Change in Singapore and Hong Kong

Author : Stephan Ortmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135244669
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Politics and Change in Singapore and Hong Kong written by Stephan Ortmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In democratization theory, Singapore continues to be a remarkable country for its extremely low level of contentious politics despite rapid economic development. In contrast, many different groups in Hong Kong have taken their demands to the streets since the 1970s. Even though there is an obvious difference in the willingness of the population to actively challenge the regime, the political developments of the two city-states show a similar pattern of political mobilization and government reaction. This book examines the changing pattern of contentious politics in the democratization process of these Asian city-states. It explores the causal connections between popular contention and democratization, using a multi-disciplinary approach with theoretical insights from the political sciences, sociology and psychology. The political process model is applied to provide further understanding of the patterns of interaction between contenders, opposition groups or social movements and the ruling elite. The book argues that differences in the strategies applied by the ruling elite explain why members of the opposition were empowered or obstructed in challenging the government.

The Scripting of A National History

Author : Lysa Hong
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622098835
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Scripting of A National History written by Lysa Hong and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than presenting another narrative of Singapore history, The Scripting of a National History: Singapore and Its Pasts studies the constructed nature of the history endorsed by the state, which blurs the distinction between what happened in the past, and how the state intends that past to be understood. The People's Action Party (PAP) government's unbroken mandate to rule has come in no small part from the way it explains its lineage and record to Singaporeans. The power vested in various aspects of Singapore's history is thus examined through a consideration of past and present politics. The authors trace state discourses on Singapore history from the decision immediately after independence to recognize the nineteenth-century British acquisition of the island as its founding moment, to the 1980s and 1990s when an essentially Confucian heritage was recognized under the rubric of "Asian values", and finally to an emphasis on the history of racial fragility and harmony in response to the threat of terrorism in the twenty-first century. Embedded within these discourses is the story of the PAP as the heir of the economic dynamics of the pax Britannica, as an exponent of the morality and righteousness of the Chinese scholar-gentleman, and as the firm hand that balances the interests of the majority Chinese against those of the minority populations, particularly the Malays. The authors examine the underlying template of Singapore history, the negotiation with its immigrant past, and the popularization of history through conscription of national heroes. The chapters range from considering how political leaders claim to be historians by virtue of being the makers of history, to the vicissitudes undergone by two originally private homes turned into symbols of Singapore's Chinese modernity. The Scripting of a National History: Singapore and Its Pasts is highly relevant not only to academics but also for the Singapore general reader interested to see what are meant to be received wisdoms for the citizenry interrogated in a well-reasoned and engaging exercise, as well as for an international readership to whom Singapore has become a fascinating enigma. They may well be intrigued by the anxieties of being Singaporean.

Social Change and Educational Problems in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong

Author : W. Lee
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230379060
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Social Change and Educational Problems in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong written by W. Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-05-24 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacular economic and technological achievements of certain Far Eastern countries have attracted world wide attention. The markets of the West are dominated by the products of countries with no traditions of industrialisation and few natural resources. The reaction to this phenomenon has been a mixture of amazement, admiration, envy and, curiosity to know how it was done. This book addresses these questions through a study of the modernisation of three of the most successful Asian societies - Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.

The Shek Kip Mei Syndrome

Author : Manuel Castells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Shek Kip Mei Syndrome written by Manuel Castells and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mystery Behind the Two City States

Author : Jen C. Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Mystery Behind the Two City States written by Jen C. Lee and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Multilingual Global Cities

Author : Peter Siemund
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429873913
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Multilingual Global Cities written by Peter Siemund and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume sets out to investigate the linguistic ecologies of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai, with chapters that combine empirical and theoretical approaches to the sociolinguistics of multilingualism. One important feature of this publication is that the five parts of the collection deal with such key issues as the historical dimension, language policies and language planning, contemporary societal multilingualism, multilingual language acquisition, and the localized Englishes of global cities. The first four sections of the volume provide a multi-levelled and finely-detailed description of multilingual diversity of three global cities, while the final section discusses postcolonial Englishes in the context of multilingual language acquisition and language contact.

Comparing High-Performing Education Systems

Author : Charlene Tan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351238701
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Comparing High-Performing Education Systems written by Charlene Tan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparing High-Performing Education Systems provides original insights into the educational structures, ideologies, policies, and practices in Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Taking as its basis their global reputation and consistently strong performance in formal assessments, the author provides an in-depth analysis and comparison of these three education systems that draws on cutting-edge research. Chapters explore the dominant cultural and educational norms in Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong to give a wider picture of these high-performing education systems. The performance of students in international large-scale assessments such as Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is considered, alongside an exploration of attitudes to schooling, tutoring, and assessment. The book shows how Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong exemplify an East Asian Educational Model (EAEM). Such a model – is rooted in and shaped by Confucian habitus: unconscious and ingrained worldviews, dispositions, and habits that reflect the standards of appropriateness in a Confucian Heritage Culture; aspires high performance: a balance between academic excellence and holistic development; and utilises educational harmonisation: the art of bringing together different and contradictory means and ends to achieve desired educational outcomes. Informative and thought-provoking, this book is a useful reference for policymakers, researchers, educators, and general readers on high-performing education systems, school reforms in East Asia, Confucian influences on education, and cross-cultural policy learning and transfer.

Community Problems and Social Work in Southeast Asia

Author : Peter Hodge
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9622090222
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Community Problems and Social Work in Southeast Asia written by Peter Hodge and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1980-12-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume of collected studies, social workers in Hong Kong and Singapore tell of their experience in attempting to resolve some of the problems that exist in the communities of these two city-states. All of the readings are 'rich, first-hand accounts of the work done and initiatives taken and, although retrospective, they remain alive and personal, of significance for any study of contemporary social development in Southeast Asia. The book aims to give students of social work, of social policy and administration, as well as the general reader, the benefit of a comparative approach. Comparative studies of the social services in Southeast Asia are still few. In the context of rapid social change the perspectives provided here of the recent history of social work in Hong Kong and Singapore will help the student to assess the progress which has been made and to understand the present provision for meeting personal and community needs of a wide variety.

Neo-nationalism and Universities

Author : John Aubrey Douglass
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421441861
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Neo-nationalism and Universities written by John Aubrey Douglass and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers the first significant examination of the rise of neo-nationalism and its impact on the missions, activities, behaviors, and productivity of leading national universities. This book also presents the first major comparative exploration of the role of national politics and norms in shaping the role of universities in nation-states, and vice versa, and discusses when universities are societal leaders or followers-in promoting a civil society, facilitating talent mobility, in researching challenging social problems, or in reinforcing and supporting an existing social and political order"--

The Evolution of the Asian Developmental State

Author : J. J. Woo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351629735
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis The Evolution of the Asian Developmental State by : J. J. Woo

Download or read book The Evolution of the Asian Developmental State written by J. J. Woo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many East Asian states have undergone profound economic transformations over the last two decades. Singapore and Hong Kong especially have adapted to shifting economic and technological conditions by transforming themselves into ‘smart developmental states’. In these cities, the proliferation of digital technologies has given rise to new growth sectors and opened up new areas of political contestation within these early proponents of the developmental state model. Providing a theoretical and empirical discussion of the Asian developmental state model, the book assesses the evolution of the developmental state model, considers recent developments in the field and evaluates the development state’s continued relevance as a conceptual framework for understanding the politics of economic development. Focusing on digital and technology-enabled economic activities in Hong Kong and Singapore, the author explores the various policies that allow developmental states to stimulate economic growth, ensure organizational coherence, and engage businesses and other stakeholders. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of political economy and economic development in Asia as well as business professionals and other practitioners.