Toward a more open and collaborative climate change policy framework in Hong Kong and Macao within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

The special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao enjoy a high degree of autonomy from the national policy system in devising their local policies,including measures related to climate change.Hong Kong and Macao each have their own climate change policies,some aspects of which are more advanced than policies in China's Mainland.While their high degree of policy autonomy has advantages,this has also isolated them from China's larger environmental management and practices that continue to advance at scale.This paper reviews the climate change policies of the two special administrative regions and analyzes their strengths and innovations,particularly in adaptation.It also identifies areas where there could be closer engagement,collaboration,and capacity-building with the China's Mainland,which has the potential for greater positive impacts,especially on a regional basis.

More Travel Services are Franchised to Hong Kong and Macao Tourism in 2002

In order to provide more convenient conditions for citizens on the mainland of China to travel to the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, the relevant department of the State Council, after consultations with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, has decided to grant franchise to 67 more

A detailed rock density model of the Hong Kong territories

We used the geological map and published rock density measurements to compile the digital rock density model for the Hong Kong territories.We then estimated the average density for the whole territory.According to our result,the rock density values in Hong Kong vary from 2101 to 2681 kg·m^(-3).These density values are typically smaller than the average density of 2670 kg·m^(-3),often adopted to represent the average density of the upper continental crust in physical geodesy and gravimetric geophysics applications.This finding reflects that the geological configuration in Hong Kong is mainly formed by light volcanic formations and lava flows with overlying sedimentary deposits at many locations,while the percentage of heavier metamorphic rocks is very low(less than 1%).This product will improve the accuracy of a detailed geoid model and orthometric heights.

Using Five Music Instructional Methods to Illustrate the Social Constructive Music Teaching Framework in Hong Kong Primary Level Music Education

Music education under the frame name of arts education has been integrated into the primary and secondary education curriculums in Hong Kong for more than 20 years,starting from 2001,the year of launching the Learning to Learn curriculum for the reconstruction of the education system for the younger generation.Music education,embedded into the arts education,was therefore regarded as one of the key subjects to cultivate and uplift student holistic development,focusing on aesthetic skill training and moral growth development.This research was an exploration study of music teaching practices from two private international and two general public school music teachers at the primary school level.The value of this study rested on borrowing the idea of Shulman’s pedagogical content knowledge(PCK)principle to create a social constructivist music teaching framework from five commonly-used instructional methods,namely,Orff,Kodaly,Dalcrozes,Suzuki,and Gordon’s approaches.Based on the evaluations of these four case studies,hypotheses on the differences in the PCK were tested with the types of schools and found to be no difference.The preliminary results suggested that music teachers in private international schools had similar pedagogical approaches to music instruction to teachers in aided-public schools.Additionally,the modeling,guiding,and training approach was identified as a grounded teaching method for music education at the primary school level regardless of different types of schools.Other implications like the further development of the framework were discussed.

Particle Swarm-Based Translation Control for Immersed Tunnel Element in the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge Project

Immersed tunnel is an important part of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge(HZMB) project. In immersed tunnel floating, translation which includes straight and transverse movements is the main working mode. To decide the magnitude and direction of the towing force for each tug, a particle swarm-based translation control method is presented for non-power immersed tunnel element. A sort of linear weighted logarithmic function is exploited to avoid weak subgoals. In simulation, the particle swarm-based control method is evaluated and compared with traditional empirical method in the case of the HZMB project. Simulation results show that the presented method delivers performance improvement in terms of the enhanced surplus towing force.

Predicting Carpark Prices Indices in Hong Kong Using AutoML

The aims of this study were threefold:1)study the research gap in carpark and price index via big data and natural language processing,2)examine the research gap of carpark indices,and 3)construct carpark price indices via repeat sales methods and predict carpark indices via the AutoML.By researching the keyword“carpark”in Google Scholar,the largest electronic academic database that coversWeb of Science and Scopus indexed articles,this study obtained 999 articles and book chapters from 1910 to 2019.It confirmed that most carpark research threw light on multi-storey carparks,management and ventilation systems,and reinforced concrete carparks.The most common research method was case studies.Regarding price index research,many previous studies focused on consumer,stock,press and futures,with many keywords being related to finance and economics.These indicated that there is no research predicting carpark price indices based on an AutoML approach.This study constructed repeat sales indices for 18 districts in Hong Kong by using 34,562 carpark transaction records from December 2009 to June 2019.Wanchai’s carpark price was about four times that of Yuen Long’s carpark price,indicating the considerable carpark price differences inHong Kong.This research evidenced the features that affected the carpark price indices models most:gold price ranked the first in all 19 models;oil price or Link stock price ranked second depending on the district,and carpark affordability ranked third.

Investigation on the Integration of “Gao” in Hong Kong Chinese and Mainland Mandarin

From the diachronic dimension,this paper makes a two-way interactive investigation on the integration of Hong Kong Chinese and Mainland Mandarin.“Gao”is a delexical verb in contemporary Chinese.In different words and expressions related to“gao”character,there are mutual absorptions between Chinese mainland and Hong Kong,which is characterized by starting from nothing to something and from less to more.

Development of International Education Industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

Building the Greater Bay Area city cluster is a crucial national development strategy for China.As a vital hub of the Belt and Road Initiative,the Greater Bay Area cannot cultivate into an“international first-class bay area and world-class city cluster”without technological innovation and rapid economic progress,and technological innovation and economic development cannot be attained without the training of high-end talents through international education.Thus,the development of an international education demonstration zone is essential in the formation and development of the Greater Bay Area and making it a highland for education and talent,as well as giving full play to the social function of education.As the core of the accumulation of educational resources in Guangdong,Hong Kong,and Macao,the current situation,future opportunities,and development path of international education development in the Greater Bay Area while building a world-class international education center have become the starting point of this study.

Transport Accessibility and Spatial Connections of Cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

Based on geographic information system(GIS) spatial analysis technology, the spatial pattern of raster grid transport accessibility for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay area was studied and the states of spatial connectedness were simulated using highway passenger transport, railway passenger transport, port passenger transport and aviation passenger transport data. The result shows that transport accessibility within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay area costs ‘one hour’ and the spatial distribution of accessibility in the area presents clear ‘core-periphery’ spatial characteristics, with Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen constituting the core. The transport accessibility of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao is high. Average accessibility of urban nodes as measured by travel time is 0.99 h, and the areas accessible within 1.42 h occupy 79.14% of the total area. Most of the areas with the lowest accessibility are found in the peripheral area, with the worst accessibility being 4.73 h. Compared with the west-side cities, the economically developed east-side cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay area have higher connectivity with roads, railways, ports, and aviation transport. Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao are closely linked. The higher the accessibility, the closer the intercity connectedness.

On the“Past and Present”of Hong Kong’s Finance

Finance is vital to a country,and Hong Kong,as a special part of the large economy of China,has unique advantages and development history.And Hong Kong’s growth from a small fishing village to a financial centre has its inevitable factors:historical,geographical and policy advantages.After nearly a century of rapid development,Hong Kong has achieved many proud accomplishments in the following fields:economy,medicine,education,etc.In the process,the cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland has become increasingly close,and the two sides of the Strait have become excellent“partners”.In recent years,due to the COVID-19 epidemic and the rise of China as a big economy,Hong Kong is facing an unavoidable dilemma.In view of this,the authors suggest that Hong Kong can develop financial technology,enhance financial security,implement green finance,and promote corporate innovation.At the same time,Hong Kong should also strengthen the relationship with the mainland.Generally speaking,under the current circumstances,Hong Kong will continue to exist as an important financial center of China,but Hong Kong should also actively face the challenges of the times and explore new developments directions in the future.

URBAN TOURISM RESEARCH METHODOLOGY——A Case Study of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Area

This paper tries to apply a new and more comprehensive method to urban tourism research in an expanded field instead of only partially, unilaterally and separately focusing on the city itself. Taking the urban tourism of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao as an example, it aims at presenting a new spatial system of urban tourism research and pointing out the new orientation of urban tourism research in combination of macro level and micro level, from description to explanation. The meanings of the spatial framework construction for urban tourism study are to make clear how urban tourism studies vary with the changes of dimensions of time and space. This is a meaningful discussion because it will bring great changes to the using of literatures, the opening of research perspectives on urban tourism and the upgrading of theories, so as to create a new stage for urban tourism study.

The design philosophy and bridge＇s technical innovation of Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

This article introduces the project overview, construction goal and design philosophy of Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. Based on large scale, factory production, standardization and assemble line, the innova- tive concept is taken as the general principle for design with the emphasis on description of the new material, new technology, new construction method and new equipment used in the design. The application of innovative technology has provided a solid foundation and favorable guarantee for project quality and design service

Brand and Mechanism Building of ‘Hong Kong-Macao Visual Art Biennale’

Following ten years of brand shaping and mechanism building,Hong Hong-Macao Visuat Art Biennasc has become the most influential visual art platform for communication among the China's Mainland,Hong Kong and Macao.As an important part of China's art sector,arts of Hong Kong and Macao have become widely popular,highlighting the sound momentum of the collaborative development of Mainland,Hong Kong and Macao's art sectors.It has become a landmark event for cultural integration among Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao.

Anticipating The Return of Hong Kong: Women from Hong Kong and Macao Discuss the Implications

Chen Muhua (L4), Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and President of the ACWF, Wang Zhaoguo (R3), Minister of United Front, Lu Ping (L3), Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Huang Qizao (L2), Vice President and first member of the ACWF Secretariat, and Zhao Di (R2), Vice President and member of the ACWF Secretariat with Ms. Peggyp Lam, head of the Hona Kona and Macao Women’s Visitina Group.

Eurovet Unveils the New Image of Hong Kong Mode Lingerie 2010 March 30-31, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Organized by Eurovet, the world’s leading lingerie and beachwear trade show organizer and supported by Hong

mergy evaluation of the environment and economy of Hong Kong

An environment-economy systems analysis of Hong Kong has been carried out using a newmeasure emergy for evaluating its environmental resource basis and economy as well as its international e-conomic relations for recommending a sustainable development. Emergy is the total energy uf one kind re-quired directly and indirectly to form a resource, product or service. It provides a common basis for mea-surement of the value of environment and economy.A preliminary analysis of emergy contributions supporting the system of Hong Kong is presented inthis paper.

Hong Kong Fashion Week for S/S——Hong Kong Fashion Week showcases design excellence

Organised by Hong Kong Trade Development Council(HKTDC),HKTDC Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/ Summer 2009 is not only an important sourcing platform for the global fashion industry,it is also a showcase for design excellence.