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SHORT TERM FORECASTING OF TIDE HEIGHTS IN HONG KONG
To build a simple but effective model for short-term (1-24 hour) forecasts of tide heights, using historical tidal height data and weather information (e.g. rainfall in Pearl River Basin, wind speed and direction). If the model proves to be significantly more accurate than the present 1 year ahead forecasts, then it could be built into the Marine Department Communication system to allow all local shipping to obtain accurate forecasts, reducing the chance of ships running aground. It will also be of use to marine zoologists who need to know tidal behaviour. The Marine Department is likely to set up a short-term forecasting system for tidal flows and this would be a useful addition.
Investigators: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone (Principal)
Professor W.K. Li
Departments: Social Sciences Research Centre
Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1988.05
PERSONNEL SURVEYS
To study both general and specific problems relating to personnel management in public and private organisations with a view of increasing management effectiveness and efficiency. Research designs will be adopted on individual project basis.
Investigator: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Starting date: 1991.03
THE USE OF RESEARCH PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
To study the use of research performance indicators.
Investigator: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1992.06
PRIVACY ATTITUDE IN HONG KONG
To assess the public attitude towards privacy issues in the context of the forthcoming Law Reform Commission report and in comparison with a previous study done in 1976.
Investigators: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone (Principal)
Dr. H.H. Traver
Departments: Social Sciences Research Centre
Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1992.07
THE SOCIAL CAUSES OF JUVENILE CRIME
To identify the social and especially the social-environmental causes of crimes committed by different age groups from 7 to 20; to test different hypotheses relating to juvenile and youth delinquency; to study recidivism among offenders aged 7-20.
Investigators: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone (Principal)
Mrs. D.O.B. Lam
Dr. Y.M. Leung
Dr. H.H. Traver
Dr. S.J. Winter
Departments: Social Sciences Research Centre
Curriculum Studies
Education
Social Work and Social Administration
Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1992.07
A SOCIOLINGUISTIC SURVEY OF LANGUAGE USE IN HONG KONG
To survey the uses of languages in relation to bilingualism/multilingualism and the socio-political situation of Hong Kong. It will address the extent and domain of use of English, Cantonese, Putonghua and mixed code, and investigate perceived levels competence and attitudes to the languages concerned. Comparison with previous surveys conducted in 1969 and 1983 is expected to reveal patterns of development.
Investigators: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone (Principal)
Mr. K.R. Bolton
Mrs. H.H.L. Kwok
Dr. S.J. Matthews
Departments: Social Sciences Research Centre
English
Linguistics
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1992.07
DEMOGRAPHIC AND CRITERION-RELATED STUDIES OF GIFTEDNESS AND CREATIVITY IN HONG KONG SCHOOLS
To investigate the demographic characteristics of the exceptional samples and to provide relevant statistical data related to the standardization work currently underway to develop indigeneous tests for identifying creative, gifted and talented children in Hong Kong. The sub-group studies will include comparisons of 1) bright academically able to underachieving bright; 2) highly creative to less creative; 3) intellectually superior to intellectually inferior (mentally handicapped); 4) creative/intelligent maladjusted children (with emotional and behavioural problems) to creative/intelligent normal children (without behavioural problems).
Investigators: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone (Principal)
Mrs. H.S.Y. Ku-Yu
Dr. D.T.L. Shek
Departments: Social Sciences Research Centre
Applied Social Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1993.07
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
Model athletic performance statistically in order to predict performance accurately and assess trends, for inter country and inter sport comparisons.
Investigator: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1993.07
TELEPHONE SURVEY METHODOLOGY IN HONG KONG
Develope and evaluate an updated telephone survey methodology for Hong Kong.
Investigator: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.07
THE HONG KONG SOCIAL SCIENCES STATISTICAL ARCHIVES
To establish a social science data archive in Hong Kong. The focus of the archive is on computer-readable statistical data, to make it accessible to a much wider range of researchers. This set of data is critical to many social scientists and archive of this sort exist in the U.S.A., U.K. and most European countries. The most urgent need is for adequate indexing of existing data sets relating to Hong Kong and China, followed by establisheding adequate archiving strategies for these data sets to make them move accessible. Last, but not least, is the development of training strategies so that social scientists can know how to maximize their utilization of this information.
Investigators: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone (Principal)
Dr. W.T. Liu
Departments: Social Sciences Research Centre
Division of Social Sciences, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
AN EXPLORATORY ASSESSMENT OF WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE IN HONG KONG
To explore factors affecting WTP in Hong Kong health care using qualitative research; to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of using contingent valuation (CV) and conjoint analysis (CA) as tools for assessing WTP for Hong Kong health care; to use CA and CV to obtain initial estimates of WTP in Hong Kong health care.
Investigators: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone (Principal)
Dr. S.M. McGhee
Departments: Social Sciences Research Centre
Community Medicine
Source of funding: Health Services Research Fund
Starting date: 1996.11
DEVELOPMENT OF THE UGC WORLD-WIDE WEB
To study development of the UGC World-Wide Web
Investigator: Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: University Grants Committee Central Allocation
Starting date: 1997.03
PSYCHOLOGY MOVING EAST: THE CHINESE CASE
To explore the impact of the western discipline known as "psychology" on Chinese culture, its reception, resistance and modification, as an illustration of the indigenization process.
Investigator: Dr. G.H. Blowers
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1994.07
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING OF THE ELDERLY IN URBAN CHINA
To asses the mental health status of the elderly in a city of China - Beijing, with special reference to the traditional Chinese value of social orientation (Yang, 1993); to explore the role of social orientation in the relationship between various determing factors (e.g., social support, life events, current concern) and mental health status of the elderly; to study the effect of various dimension of social support on the well-being of the elderly, with special emphasis on the relative contribution of family and friend network to the depression and life satisfaction of the elderly; to evaluate the differential effects of positive and negative life events on the well-being of the elderly, and to explore the current concern and daily activity of the elderly which may contribute to the subjective well-being of the elderly; to examine how sociodemographic characteristics are related to mental health of the elderly, particulary to investigate gender difference in the adjustment to widowhood.
Investigators: Dr. K.W. Boey (Principal)
Professor F.M. Fan
Dr. Y. Huang
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Beijing Institute Civil Affairs Management, People's Republic of China
Institute of Humanity and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
CHANGES IN THE HONG KONG PRISON POPULATION (INCLUDING TRAINING CENTRES AND DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES) WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CHANGES IN THE ETHNIC/RACE COMPOSITION OF PRISONERS/DETAINEES DURING THE PERIOD 1980-1996
To provide sufficient information about potential or existing data sources (quantifiable) necessary to generate more exact or meaningful research questions on the general use of imprisonment. Nevertheless the initially organising focus of the research will be on Hong Kong's unique mandatory use of fixed term imprisonment to control illegal immigration from the People's Republic of China. In particular the effectiveness of this method of deterrence over the period will be examined in the light of changes in the number and nature of illegal immigrants held and the proportions with prior detention records.
Investigator: Dr. R.G. Broadhurst
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Faculty Reserve Fund
Starting date: 1995.02 Completion date: 1999.06
CRIME TRENDS IN HONG KONG 1968-1996
Police arrest statistics, imprisonment and crime reports for the period 1968-1996 are collected on an annual basis and converted into rates per 100,000. These data are analysed for certain categories of crime and correlated with general variables such as police strength, unemployment, hospital admissions and other factors. Trends in crime are analysed in relation to these factors. Breaks in series, changes in recording practice and classification of offences are noted. In addition crime victim survey data from the 1978, 1981, 1986, 1989 and 1994 surveys are included.
Investigator: Dr. R.G. Broadhurst
Department: Sociology
Starting date: 1995.03
RISK ASSESSMENT: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK ASSESSMENT (PREDICTION) METHOD FOR ESTIMATING RE-OFFENDING
(1) Development of an integrated criminal justice data base for longitudinal research. (2) Estimation of recidivism for various groups of offenders. (3) Development of model risk assessment procedures for the community based corrections division of Western Australian Ministry of Justice.
Investigators: Dr. R.G. Broadhurst (Principal)
Dr. R.W. Harding
Dr. N.S. Loh
Dr. R. Mauer
Departments: Sociology
University of Western Australia, Australia
Source of funding: Ministry of Justice, Western Australia
Starting date: 1996.01 Completion date: 1998.11
HOMICIDE AND LETHAL VIOLENCE IN HONG KONG
1. Describe the characteristics of homicide in Hong Kong and develop a homicide typology and classification system in addition to the existing legal classifications (i.e. murder, manslaughter, attempts, ancillary/conspiracy, and infanticide). 2. Determine 'rates' of homicide and lethal violence and the long-term trends [including sex-age specific rates for the available period(s)]. 3. Estimate case attrition: attempt reconciliation of "unfounded" and undermined cases of suspicious death and compare the 'profile' of these cases with known/identified cases. 4. To gather and collate homicide data from police files, coroner's files and pathology files and design a comprehensive 'basic line' database (essential for the monitoring of changes in homicide patterns and the systematic profiling of victims and offenders) and for future research. 5. Assess the need for uniform standards for conducting death scene investigations and identify the utility of information gathered from the crime scene, the body, and witnesses.
Investigators: Dr. R.G. Broadhurst (Principal)
Dr. S.L. Beh
Departments: Sociology
Pathology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
HONG KONG SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE PROFILE UP-DATING
To provide data on the career structure and career patterns of senior civil servants; in particular, it examines patterns of discrimination based on gender and nationality within the service. It also looks at age, education levels, and promotion rate
Investigators: Professor J.P. Burns (Principal)
Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone
Departments: Politics and Public Administration
Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Faculty Reserve Fund
Starting date: 1996.04
THE IMPACT OF REFORM OF THE CIVIL SERVICE ENTRY SELECTION SYSTEM IN CHINA SINCE 1993
To assess the combination of factors that effect the performance of China's public organization in order to evaluate the impact of new civil service. Selection criteria and processes, implemented since 1993, on organization performance.
Investigators: Professor J.P. Burns (Principal)
Dr. J.H. Bacon-Shone
Dr. W.F. Lam
Professor S. Ning
Professor Z. Shi
Dr. P. Wan
Professor G. Zhang
Dr. Z. Zhou
Departments: Politics and Public Administration
Political Science and Public Administration, Peking University, People's Republic of China
Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1999.01
AN ANALYSIS OF CREDIT RISK PREMIUM FOR INTERNATIONAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS
To investigate the market efficiency for the valuationof those international convertible bonds; to provide a study for the credit risk premium of convertible bonds, and to analyze those factors affecting the credit risk premium; to investigate the difference in market structures of different countries because different institutional arrangements may affect the valuation and the credit risk premium of convertible bonds.
Investigator: Dr. A.W.H. Chan
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.03
THERAPEUTIC GROUP FOR WOMEN WITH DEPRESSION
To develop a practice model for helping women with depression; to research on the intervention effectiveness through pre- and post-intervention study.
Investigators: Professor C.L.W. Chan (Principal)
Ms Y. Chan
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Starting date: 1998.01 Completion date: 1999.04
EXPECTATIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF CHINESE WIVES WITH HONG KONG HUSBANDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT
This study will be a collaborative study of the Department of Social Work & Social Administration with the Shanghai Civil Affairs Department, and the International Social Service Hong Kong branch. The study will be divided into two parts: interviews of women married to Hong Kong men 1) who are still living in Shanghai waiting for immigration to Hong Kong, and those 2) who have immigrated to Hong Kong within the past three years.
Investigators: Professor C.L.W. Chan (Principal)
Dr. J.C.B. Leung
Mr. Z.Y. Ren
Mr. S. Yau
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
International Social Service Hong Kong Branch
Shanghai Civil Affairs, Law and Regulation Division
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
THERAPEUTIC GROUP FOR WOMEN WITH INFERTILITY
To explore the psychosocial needs of infertile women; to develop a practice model for helping infertile women.
Investigators: Professor C.L.W. Chan (Principal)
Ms Y. Chan
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Starting date: 1999.06
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
To study the theory and practice of human rights in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Investigators: Dr. J.C.W. Chan (Principal)
Dr. D.A. Bell
Professor A.H.Y. Chen
Departments: Politics and Public Administration
Law
Philosophy
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.10
MODELLING INFORMATIVE DROP-OUT IN LONGITUDINAL BINARY DATA ANALYSIS
To develop new modelling strategies and estimation methods for probit linear model with informative drop-out.
Investigator: Dr. J.S.K. Chan
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
INDIVISIBLE FACTORS, ECONOMIC TRANSITION, AND GROWTH
To investigate issues relating to indivisibility.
Investigator: Dr. L.M.K. Chan
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1995.09
CAPITAL SPECIALIZATION, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
To study capital specialization and trade and their contribution to long-run economic growth.
Investigator: Dr. L.M.K. Chan
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND DEBT-EQUITY CHOICE OF HONG KONG FIRMS
To develop a descriptive model, using incremental (actual financing decisions, made at the margin) as well as stock data, of a firm's debt-equity choice.
Investigator: Dr. S.H. Chan
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.09
AN EVALUATION OF THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES RETRAINING PROGRAMME
To examine if training can increase the earnings of the trainees either through higher wages or longer employment spells; to investigate which types of courses and agencies are more successful in training skills that satisfy market demands, and which groups, of trainees are more likely to benefit from this programme.
Investigators: Dr. W. Chan (Principal)
Dr. W.C. Suen
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1995.08
A MULTIVARIATE STOCHASTIC INVESTMENT MODEL FOR ACTUARIAL USE
To build a mutlivariate autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (MARCH) model of the key variables considered by Wilkie; to compare the new model with the original Wilkie Model; to explore possible actuarial applications of the proposed model.
Investigator: Dr. W.S. Chan
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.07
AN EXPLORATORY SURVEY ON THE NEEDS OF MENOPAUSAL WOMEN IN HONG KONG
To explore the psychosocial profile of menopausal women in Hong Kong as well as to examine their uses of community services.
Investigator: Ms Y. Chan
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Starting date: 1998.10 Completion date: 1999.03
WOMEN, STRESS AND HEALTH IN TSEUNG KWAN O DISTRICT
To explore the psychosocial needs and support system of married women in relation to new town migration experiences.
Investigators: Ms Y. Chan (Principal)
Ms E. Mok
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Haven of Hope Christian Service, Healthy City Project
Starting date: 1999.05
THE ROLE OF PARAFOVEAL INFORMATION IN READING CHINESE
To identify the role of parafoveal information in reading Chinese. The findings will help understand the cognitive process underlying reading Chinese; and subsequently will shed lights on the causes of reading disabilities in Chinese.
Investigator: Dr. A.W.L. Chau
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.07
TOWARDS A THEORY OF READING CHINESE: STUDIES OF EYE MOVEMENT
To establish the parameters of normal eye movement patterns in reading Chinese text, for the formulation of a theory of Chinese reading.
Investigators: Dr. A.W.L. Chau (Principal)
Professor R. Hoosain
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.09
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES IN HONG KONG
To study: why have Hong Kong's SMEs been slow in adopting IT innovations? what are the economic and non-economic factors affecting the informatization of local SMEs?
Investigators: Dr. P.Y.K. Chau (Principal)
Dr. M. Mueller
Dr. B. Petrazzine
Departments: School of Business
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, U.S.A.
United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1996.10
EFFECTIVE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CONCEPTS IN INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION SYSTEMS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF DISPLAYING SEMANTIC RELEVANCE
To address an important GUI issue which has been largely neglected by researchers in the IMIS field: communication of the degree of relevance between concepts using effective visual representations.
Investigators: Dr. P.Y.K. Chau (Principal)
Dr. P.J.H. Hu
Dr. P.C. Ma
Departments: School of Business
CUNY, New York, U.S.A.
Information Systems and Decision Sciences, University of South Florida, U.S.A.
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.09
INVESTIGATING PHYSICIANS' ACCEPTANCE OF TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGY: A MODEL COMPARISON APPROACH
To use two salient models as well as an integrated model to investigate the intention of using telemedicine technology by individual physicians in Hong Kong.
Investigators: Dr. P.Y.K. Chau (Principal)
Professor N.M. Hjelm
Dr. P.J.H. Hu
Dr. O.R.L. Sheng
Dr. K.Y. Tam
Departments: School of Business
Chemical Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Information Systems and Decision Sciences, University of South Florida, U.S.A.
Information and Systems Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, U.S.A.
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.08
THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF LEGAL RIGHTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
To fill the gap in our existing areas of knowledge and scholarship by studying closely the operation of Chinese judicial institutions, including developments on the doctrinal, conceptual, jurisprudential or theoretical level which might have a bearing the future behaviour and performance of these judicial institutions.
Investigators: Professor A.H.Y. Chen (Principal)
Dr. X. Feng
Dr. C.A.G. Jones
Mr. D.J. Lewis
Dr. N.P. Liu
Departments: Law
Sociology
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1993.10
MANAGING THE GUANGDONG-HONG KONG INTERFACE: ISSUES, PROCESSES AND POLITICS
To study the politics of the relations between Guangdong province and Hong Kong, which refer mainly to their trade and investment ties and the administrative arrangement designed to cope with the problems created by the growing social and economic links.
Investigator: Dr. P.T.Y. Cheung
Department: Politics and Public Administration
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.11
USE OF THE MINIMUM DATA SET (MDS) TO ASSESS THE HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG THE FRAIL ELDERLY
To have a better understanding of the need of the elderly through the international standardized assessment form which includes the multiple key domains of function, health, social support, and service use.
Investigators: Professor I. Chi (Principal)
Dr. K.F. Lam
Dr. T.P. Lam
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Family Medicine Unit
Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
USE OF INTELLECTUAL ABILITY TESTS TO ASSESS THE CONGNITIVE ABILITY AMONG THE HONG KONG CHINESE OLDER ADULTS
To validate assessment of different components of intellectual performance; to study the differential effect of aging on different dimensions of intellectual performance; to identify variables which may account for the individual differences in cognitive deline among Hong Kong Chinese older people.
Investigator: Professor I. Chi
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
USE OF THE MDS-HC TO ASSESS THE HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG THE ATTENDANTS OF ELDERLY HEALTH CENTRES
To study whether the health or functional conditions of the elderly can be improved when appropriate treatment or interventions are given to the problematic areas indicated by the MDS-HC.
Investigators: Professor I. Chi (Principal)
Dr. K.F. Lam
Dr. T.P. Lam
Dr. P.Y. Leung
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Department of Health, Hong Kong Government
Family Medicine Unit
Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Health Services Research Fund
Starting date: 1999.05
COMMUNICATION AND COGNITION: A POST-WHORFIAN APPROACH
To test the effect of language use on cognitive representation and socially shared cognitions. We posit that: (I) A language's grammatical structure is not sufficient to affect its speakers' ways of thinking. Rather, for it to influence the cognition of a state of affairs, the structure must be activated or used to describe, characterize, or label that state of affairs. (II) Using language to represent a state of affairs may evoke or create an internal representation that differs from the internal representations of the same state of affairs evoked or created by other means of encoding. (III) The internal representations evoked or created by language use may affect the languate user's subsequent cognitions. (IV) The form that the linguistic representation of a particular state of affairs takes will be affected by the contexts of language use, which include ground rules and assumptions that underlie language usage, audience design and the immediate, ongoing and emerging properties of the communication situation, and (V) Through communication, the private cognitions of individuals may be made public and directed toward a shared representation of the referent.
Investigators: Dr. C.Y. Chiu (Principal)
Professor R.M. Krauss
Departments: Psychology
Psychology, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.10
WELFARE REFORMS IN CHINA: THE CASE OF GUANGZHOU CITY
To review the impact of economic reforms on social needs in Guangzhou after 1978; to review the development of social welfare services in coping with emerging social needs, and to assess public support for welfare reforms; to examine the contribution of Hong Kong-based non-governmental organisations in facilitating the development, and to explore areas for future cooperation; to explore the implications of Guangzhou experiences for other cities in China, and to establish a benchline study or yardstick for the continuous review of welfare reforms in China; to contriubte towards the development of an indigenous theory explaining the ideology, the functions, and the "modernisation" of social welfare services in China.
Investigators: Professor N.W.S. Chow (Principal)
Professor C.L.W. Chan
Dr. J.C.B. Leung
Dr. J.T. Li
Professor V.J. Pearson
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences, People's Republic of China
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.10
AN EVALUATION STUDY ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR THE ELDERLY PROJECT
The study is commissioned by the Social Welfare Department to evaluate the effectiveness of the social networking for the elderly project.
Investigators: Professor N.W.S. Chow (Principal)
Professor I. Chi
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Social Welfare Department, Hong Kong Government
Starting date: 1997.10 Completion date: 1998.12
A STUDY ON THE VOLUNTEERING ASPIRATIONS OF RETIRED OR RETIRING PROFESSIONALS IN HONG KONG
To gather information on the profile of the retired or retiring professionals, their interests in volunteering, expectations and preference for volunteer work, and their expected level of involvement, so as to facilitate the development of a territory-wide retired and senior volunteers program (RSVP) by the YWCA.
Investigators: Professor N.W.S. Chow (Principal)
Professor I. Chi
Ms L.L. Low
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association
Starting date: 1999.01 Completion date: 1999.05
ROBUST ANALYSIS OF REGRESSION MODELS FOR CORRELATED BINARY DATA
To develop a simulation method for analysing generalized linear models with non-normal random effects. Our algorithm is able to detect possible outliers in the models and to protect statistical inference from the distorting effects of these outliers.
Investigators: Dr. B.S.T. Choy (Principal)
Dr. J.S.K. Chan
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07 Completion date: 1998.12
BAYESIAN STATISTICS IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE WITH APPLICATIONS
To investigate the corresponding actuarial problems of the Hong Kong insurance industry and hopefully make a comparison with those in other countries.
Investigator: Dr. B.S.T. Choy
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
ANALYSIS OF GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS WITH APPLICATIONS
To model random effects with heavy-tailed distributions and nonparametric alternatives; to implement and compare the analysis of GLMMS using both likelihood and Bayesian approaches with the aid of Markov chain Monte Carlo Methods; to investigate robustness.
Investigators: Dr. B.S.T. Choy (Principal)
Dr. J.S.K. Chan
Dr. A.Y.C. Kuk
Dr. S.G. Walker
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Mathematics, Imperial College, U.K.
Statistics, University of New South Wales, Australia
Source of funding: RGC Fundable Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Starting date: 1998.11
INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING AND STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS IN HONG KONG
To examine the state-business symbiosis in the formulation and implementation of policies on the industrial restructuring of Hong Kong. It aspires to contribute to debates on state theory, economic sociology, and East Asian development.
Investigator: Dr. C.Y.W. Chu
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.07
AUTHORITARIAN STATES, CONTENTIOUS SOCIETIES: STRUGGLES FOR DEMOCRACY IN TAIWAN AND SOUTH KOREA
Taiwan and South Korea have undergone political liberalization and democratization in the mid-l980s. These transitions have in part been made possible by the surge of civil society or social groups and institutions that facilitate the bloom of a public sphere. But, what is the nature of civil society in these two regions? What social groups do they encompass? What cultural beliefs have informed these actors and what social resources have familitated their emergence? What impacts have the mid-l980s transitions exerted? To the extent that there is an East Asian model of economic development, is there also an East Asian model of democratization? These are the questions to be addressed in this study. The result of this study will be integrated with findings of my earlier research to produce a book manuscript for submission to interested publishers.
Investigator: Dr. C.Y.W. Chu
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
A CONFIGURATION OF SOCIAL CONFLICT IN HONG KONG IN THE PERIOD 1945-66
To identify the pattern of social conflict in Hong Kong in the study period; to identify the underlying dynamics between social economic and political changes and the pattern of collective mobilization; to form a consitutent part of a larger project: a review of social conflict in Hong Kong for half a century 1945-1994.
Investigators: Dr. E.W.T. Chui (Principal)
Dr. O.K. Lai
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Political Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Source of funding: Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management
Starting date: 1996.07
AN EVALUATION OF THE CURRENT SOCIAL SERVICE DELIVERY FOR THE CHINESE NEW ARRIVALS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SERVICE CONSUMERS
To examine the adequacy of social service for Chinese new arrival from the perspective of service consumers; to distinguish the special needs of the new arrivals in their work and family life; to make appropriate policy recommendations to improve social welfare service to the new arrivals in Hong Kong.
Investigators: Dr. E.W.T. Chui (Principal)
Professor C.L.W. Chan
Mr. K.P. Sun
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Ta Kung Pao
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
WORKING WITH UNEMPLOYED MEN
To explore the psycho-social, family needs/problems of unemployed middle-aged men; to assist a group of unemployed men to form into mutual and self-help group; to develop novel social work practice model for this clientele.
Investigators: Dr. E.W.T. Chui (Principal)
Professor C.L.W. Chan
Ms Y. Chan
Mr. K.L. Chen
Dr. C.Y. Chiu
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Psychology
Starting date: 1999.01
ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION EXIT POLLS
To study analysis of Legislative Council election exit polls.
Investigator: Mr. R.T.Y. Chung
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1992.06
PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS
To study changes in public opinion with particular reference to elections and performance of Legislative Council members.
Investigator: Mr. R.T.Y. Chung
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1992.07
DOCUMENTATION OF SOCIAL RESEARCH DATA
To collect, organize, and archive social research data in order to prepare for the establishment of a social research databank.
Investigator: Mr. R.T.Y. Chung
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1992.07
ELECTION EXIT POLLS 1993-94
To study how and why people vote at various elections.
Investigator: Mr. R.T.Y. Chung
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1993.07
MONTHLY TRACKING POLLS
To monitor public opinion over particular topics and study factors affecting opinion changes.
Investigator: Mr. R.T.Y. Chung
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1994.07
ELECTION EXIT POLLS 1995-1996
To study how and why people vote at various elections
Investigator: Mr. R.T.Y. Chung
Department: Social Sciences Research Centre
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.07
A STUDY OF THE VALUE OF HALL EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES IN OTHER FORMS OF STUDENT RESIDENCES
To identify the different views of hall education, how it is achieved and the role of orientation in the process.
Investigators: Mr. R.T.Y. Chung (Principal)
Mrs. O.P.S. Ha
Departments: Social Sciences Research Centre
Office of Student Affairs
Source of funding: Wu Jieh Yee Research Fund
Starting date: 1996.06
REGIONAL CLUSTERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
To explore the regional clustering phenomenon and its implications for firm strategy and public policy.
Investigator: Professor M.J. Enright
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
REGIONAL CLUSTERING IN ASIA-PACIFIC
To investigate the regional clustering phenomenon in four Asia-Pacific economies (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and New Zealand) and compare the nature of the clustering with that found in other parts of the world (North America and Europe). Regional clustering is the concentration of firms int he same or similar industries in a particular location. This phenomenon can be seen in most advanced economies. Silicon Valley; Hollywood; Wall Street; Prato, Italy (wool textiles); Basel, Switzerland (chemicals and pharmaceuticals); and London, United Kingdom (financial services) are only a few examples.
Investigator: Professor M.J. Enright
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.10
AMBIGUOUS COLONIALISM: A STUDY OF CULTURAL SYNCRETISM AMONG VIETNAMESE INTELLECTUALS
To understand a context determined by historically constructed practices and actual learning experiences leading to new modes of social and individual conduct.
Investigator: Dr. G.R.J. Evans
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1996.10
ELITES IN TRANSITION: THE CASE OF LAOS
To understand the process of elite reformation in post-revolutionary Laos.
Investigator: Dr. G.R.J. Evans
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
KEY DIMENSIONS OF FACILITATORS AND INHIBITORS FOR THE GLOBAL USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
It has become increasingly important to identify the major factors that facilitate or slow down the wide acceptance of electronic commerce across borders. To identify these factors through an empirical investigation of firms that are not using, as well as firms that are currently using or intending to use electronic means to conduct their business internationally.
Investigators: Dr. A.F. Farhoomand (Principal)
Dr. L.W.M. Yee
Departments: School of Business
Computer Science and Information Systems
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.07
FORENSIC DNA ANALYSIS: VNTR AND STR SYSTEMS IN THE CHINESE POPULATION
To explore and develop a new method for testing independence of DNA profiles. The power of the tests of independence is studied through simulation, taking into account the properties of VNTR analysis. To compare the DNA profiles of Chinese in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. To test whether or not the population probability or frequency distributions of DNA profiles under different convenience sampling methods are the same. If not, it implies that the commonly used convenience sampling method does not always give a representative sample. To conduct proper statistical analysis to validate the newly developed STR system. To investigate other statistical issues such as the comparison of match-binning and likelihood ratio methods, and the assessment of prior probabilities etc.
Investigator: Dr. T.W.K. Fung
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.12
CONFOUNDING, CONFOUNDER AND THEIR CRITERIA IN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES
To give quantitative definitions of confounders which set the mathematical foundation in the study of confounders and confounding; to identify the conditions for screening out non-confoundrs which do not require the untestable ignorability assumption commonly employed in observational studies; to investigate, and resolve if possile, the conflicts between the comparability-based and collapsibility-based criteria.
Investigators: Dr. T.W.K. Fung (Principal)
Professor Z. Geng
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Probability and Statistics, Peking University, People's Republic of China
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
STATISTICAL DIAGNOSTICS IN MULTIVARIATE METHODS: FACTOR ANALYSIS AND CANONICAL VARIATES ANALYSIS, WITH BUSINESS AND EDUCATIONAL STUDIES APPLICATIONS
To construct measures for diagnosing influential observations in the estimation of factor loadings, both before and after factor rotation. The issues of rotation-invariant norms and switching of factors are also investigated; to design benchmarks for distinguishing significantly influential observations in factor analysis; to develop an accurate second order approximation to sample influence curves in canonical correlation analysis, by generalizing the perturbation theory of Wilkinson; to investigate local influence in canonical correlation analysis under various influence schemes such as data-influence and case-weighting influences; to develop diagnostics to the technical but powerful common canonical variates methods which are currently unexplored; to apply the diagnostic measures to Hong Kong business and educational studies including the study of family control of stock returns, academic performance and perception of English-medium instruction of students using factor analysis, the prediction of corporate financial distress and the relationship between physical fitness and academic performance using canonical variates analysis. The influential observations in such data sets would alter the findings substantially.
Investigator: Dr. T.W.K. Fung
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.12
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS IN CHINA: FROM RURAL SAMPLE SURVEYS TO THE FIRST AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
To establish a cooperation with researchers and statisticians at the State Statistical Bureau in Beijing, and with those at FAO involved in the Chinese agricultural census, in order to analyze and utilize the data that will be made available; to ident and compare various sources of data.
Investigator: Dr. M. Giura-Longo
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1997.03
UNIVERSAL AND CROSS-CULTURALLY VARIANT ASPECTS OF HUMAN FEMALE FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS
To investigate the universality and ethnocultural variation in males' physical attractiveness ratings of female university students; to examine the role of attractiveness in dating preferences in two cultures; to examine cross cultural similarities and differences with respect to which facial characteristics contribute most to judgements of attractiveness.
Investigator: Dr. L.R. Gore
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.05
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS EFFECTS OF COUNTERFEIT PRODUCT ACTIVITY
To discover how the behavior of consumers in regard to counterfeit goods is affected by changes in price of both the legitimate and the counterfeit good, changes in likelihood of detection and prosecution for purchasing counterfeit goods, changes in likelihood of detection and prosecution for selling counterfeit goods, and changes in the amounts of the penalties themselves for purchasing or selling counterfeit goods.
Investigator: Dr. P.J. Harvey
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.10
TSUEN WAN, A CENTURY OF CHANGE 1888-1988
Preparation of a Chinese language version in hand by Tsuen Wan Panel Committee and Yuen Yuen Institute. Book-length study completed. Published by OUP Hong Kong in December 1993.
Investigator: Dr. J.W. Hayes
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Starting date: 1990.01
CHINESE MERCHANTS IN SYDNEY 1850-1914 AND THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONNECTIONS WITH HONG KONG, MACAU, CANTON AND THEIR HOME VILLAGES
Continuing research into society and land tenure in the New Territories of Hong Kong and general research into Chinese in Sydney and New South Wales up to World War II.
Investigator: Dr. J.W. Hayes
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Starting date: 1991.09
CHANGING HONG KONG 1953-87: A PERSONAL MEMOIR
To examine the relationship of government and people in Hong Kong through the work and interests of an involved civil servant who served in a wide range of government departments over this period.
Investigator: Dr. J.W. Hayes
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Starting date: 1993.01
AUTHORITY RELATIONS AND POLITICAL ORIENTATION IN CHINESE SOCIETIES: A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY
To investigate the psychological processes involved in people's authority relations and political orientation.
Investigator: Professor D.Y.F. Ho
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1995.04
LOSING FACE AND EMBARRASSMENT
To identify the distinguishing features of face-losing and embarrassing events, and to investigate the significance of these events in social interactions.
Investigator: Professor D.Y.F. Ho
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
CLOSENESS AND SATISFACTION IN DYADIC RELATIONSHIPS
To study closeness and satisfaction in dyadic relationships in Chinese societies. Dyadic relationships are, of course, among the most important relational contexts in which one person interacts with another. Although they have been studied intensively in the West, a body of knowledge on dyadic relationships in Chinese societies has yet to be established. Moreover, a conceptual framework suitable for the study of relationships, as distinct from individuals, is essential for establishing this body of knowledge. A crucial methodological requirement is that the researcher investigates not only the perceptions of both parties in the dyad, but also the discrepancies between their percpetions. In the present study, I intend to investigate how closeness and satisfaction in dyadic interactions are related to individual perceptions and discrepancies between them, using the dyad as the basic unit of analysis.
Investigator: Professor D.Y.F. Ho
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1997.07
RISK FACTORS OF MARITAL AGGRESSION
To examine the contribution of the following risk factors in predicting husband-to-wife and wife-to-husband physical and psychological aggression: exposure to familial aggression, attitudes justifying marital aggression, stress, alcohol use, and illicit drug use. Result from this study have clinical implications in identifying targets of therapeutic and preventive intervention for husband-to-wife and wife-to-husband physical and psychological aggression.
Investigators: Professor D.Y.F. Ho (Principal)
Dr. L.H.Y. Foo
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07 Completion date: 1999.03
UNDERSTANDING RESISTANCE IN OUTREACHING YOUTH WORK IN HONG KONG
To acquire a comprehensive understanding of the possible sources of resistance from both outreaching clients and workers; their mainfestations and the handling methods.
Investigator: Ms J.K.M. Ho
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Faculty Reserve Fund
Starting date: 1996.04
WHITHER SMALL GROUP HOMES?
To identify the strengths and weaknesses of the programme, and explore both the structural and process aspects of these strengths and weaknesses as they contribute to the outcome of care; to explore the perceptions of the programme of the different parties involved, i.e., agency administrators, social workers, residential workers and children in care; to formulate recommendations for improvement.
Investigators: Ms M.K.W. Ho (Principal)
Mr. T.S.K. Tam
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERVENTIVE APPROACH FOR GAY MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN HONG KONG
To produce an indigenous model of intervention with gay men and their families that is developed specifically in the Hong Kong context.
Investigators: Dr. P.S.Y. Ho (Principal)
Professor V.J. Pearson
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE AND FOREIGN POLICY CHOICES IN EAST ASIAN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE CASE OF SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS AND THE MAINLAND-TAIWAN RELATIONS
An in-depth study of the interplay between economic interests and political objectives in East Asian international relations through a comparative analysis of two bilateral relations: Sino-Japanese relations and the cross-strait relations since the 1980s. By examining and comparing the two relations, the study attempts to shed light on how economic ties affect foreign policy choices and how political objectives shape the pattern of international economic relations in East Asia.
Investigator: Dr. R.W.X. Hu
Department: Politics and Public Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.11
CHINA AND NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
To investigate policy changes and statutory developments of China's nuclear export controls from 1992 to 1998.
Investigators: Dr. R.W.X. Hu (Principal)
Dr. G. Bertsch
Dr. R. Cupitt
Departments: Politics and Public Administration
University of Georgia, U.S.A.
Starting date: 1997.11
HONG KONG'S ROLE IN THE CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS AFTER 1997
To provide a systematic account of the evolving Hong Kong-Taiwan relations; to examine Beijing's organizations and activities in Hong Kong aiming at Taiwan; to study the SAR's role in the cross-strait relations and its Taiwan policy making; to develop theoretical framework for studying Beijing-Hong Kong-Taiwan relations.
Investigator: Dr. R.W.X. Hu
Department: Politics and Public Administration
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1999.01
DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
To develop new psychological tools and to adapt/improve existing ones for application among Chinese employees and job applicants, for the prediction of future turnover, job performance, motivation and success.
Investigator: Dr. H.C.C. Hui
Department: Psychology
Starting date: 1989.10
SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING AMONG HONG KONG CHINESE
To examine in depth in Hong Kong the validity of the standard SWB scales using not only their convergence with each other, and the assessment of their construct validity, but also their convergence with SWB as measured by other methodologies, such as experience sampling, informant reports, rated interviews, and event memory; map the reliability, sensitivity to change, structure, and susceptibility to artifacts of SWB and depressive affect measures in Hong Kong; explore SWB theoretically.
Investigator: Dr. H.C.C. Hui
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1993.06
WORKGROUP ATMOSPHERE, PSYCHOLOGICAL COLLECTIVISM, AND JOB SATISFACTION: A STUDY OF THEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS
To further our understanding of the relationship between individualism-collectivism (IC) and job satisfaction in the work setting, as moderated by other situational variables; to examine the interaction between the IC construct and the atmosphere of workgroups.
Investigator: Dr. H.C.C. Hui
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1993.07
INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY IN MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING
To develop and test a model of innovative decision-making of managers and supervisors in Hong Kong.
Investigators: Dr. H.C.C. Hui (Principal)
Mr. C.L. Luk
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF CUSTOMER-SERVICE STAFF
To identify the key personal characteristics of high-quality customer service providers, and to validate an existing instrument locally developed for the measurement of customer-service attitude. The end product will be a manual and a series of workshops/seminars that will enable managers in various service industries to be more effective in their recruitment of people who can deliver high-quality customer service.
Investigator: Dr. H.C.C. Hui
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Services Support Fund
Starting date: 1997.12
EMPLOYMENT AND THE HANDICAPPED
To survey a variety of employers concerning their experience and attitudes towards employment of persons with a disability; the considerations for employers in making hiring decisions would be explored and findings will help to generate recommendations towards increasing employment opportunities for persons with a disability.
Investigators: Ms F.Y.S. Ip (Principal)
Professor V.J. Pearson
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1993.07
BARRIERS TO INTEGRATED EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY
To identify the difficulties for students with a disability trying to make the transition from special to mainstream education.
Investigators: Ms F.Y.S. Ip (Principal)
Ms H.S.K. Hui
Mrs. E.M.K. Lo
Professor V.J. Pearson
Ms K.P. Wong
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
TRANSLATION OF ELEMENTS D'E'CONOMIE POLITIQUE PURE, OU THE'ORIE DE LA RICHESSE SOCIALE (1874, 1926) BY LE'ON WALRAS, FROM FRENCH INTO CHINESE
The above-mentioned work is widely regarded as an important classic in the history of economic thought, which has had a profound influence on modern economics, comparable to that of Smith's The Wealth of nations, or Marx's Das Kapital. The Chinese edition will make the chef-d'oeuvre of one of the world's greatest economists accessible to Chinese readers for the first time.
Investigator: Professor Y.C. Jao
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Starting date: 1994.06
HONG KONG AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE: EVOLUTION, PROSPECTS AND POLICIES
To evaluate the status and world ranking of Hong Kong as an international financial centre (IFC) by appropriate conceptual, quantitative and taxonomic criteria; to assess Hong Kong's past success and future prospects as an IFC; and to suggest policy directions and recommendation for Hong Kong's continuation and development as an IFC after the transfer of sovereignty in 1997.
Investigator: Professor Y.C. Jao
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: The Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research
Starting date: 1995.12
THE SOCIAL AND LEGAL ORGANISATION OF FAMILY CAPITAL IN HONG KONG
To examine the ways in which capital is organised within family businesses to ensure that it stays within the family. It also looks at issues such as the tradition of family business amongst the non-Chinese hongs and the use of trust laws to ensure the transfer of capital intact on an inter-generational basis. One further issue is whether this organisation of capital excludes women from inheriting capital which they might take out of the family upon marriage.
Investigators: Dr. C.A.G. Jones (Principal)
Mr. P. Lawton
Departments: Sociology
City University of Hong Kong
Starting date: 1991.04
POLICING SOCIETY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES
To excavate historical materials on public order and policing in the New Territories.
Investigator: Dr. C.A.G. Jones
Department: Sociology
Starting date: 1993.04
THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF CALLIGRAPHIC WRITING
To investigate the therapeutic effect of calligraphic writing on behavioural changes of children with mild mental retardation.
Investigator: Professor H.S.R. Kao
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Faculty Reserve Fund
Starting date: 1993.07
ADVANCES IN NEURAL AND COGNITIVE RESEARCH IN CHINESE LANGUAGE
To present the latest advances in theoretical issues, neural and cognitive processes and research technology in Chinese language research.
Investigators: Professor H.S.R. Kao (Principal)
Professor L. Chen
Dr. Y.P. Chen
Professor R. Hoosain
Dr. C.K. Leong
Dr. L.H. Tan
Departments: Psychology
Center for Brain Cognitive Imaging, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Hospital, People's Republic of China
College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
Source of funding: Croucher Advanced Study Institute
Starting date: 1998.11
CHINESE WOMEN, POLITICS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS IN HONG KONG, SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN
To investigate the changing roles of Chinese women in the areas of politics and social networking in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.
Investigator: Dr. K.E. Kuah
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.07
HOUSING ALLOCATION AND HOUSING REFORM IN URBAN CHINA: A CASE STUDY IN GUANGZHOU
To examine and explain housing inequality in Guangzhou; to identify residents' attitude towards housing reform in Guangzhou; to study the social impacts of housing reform and its relationship with housing allocation in Guangzhou.
Investigator: Dr. T.M. Kwong
Department: School of Professional and Continuing Education
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07 Completion date: 1998.12
ALCOHOL, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CULTURES OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
To examine the factors associated with domestic violence encounters reported to the Hong Kong Police, including alcohol and gambling; to examine the relationship between these different factors and the severity of violence in domestic disputes; to analyze the informal and formal strategies used by the police in domestic violence encounters.
Investigator: Dr. K.A.J. Laidler
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
EVALUATION OF HOTLINE SERVICE IN BEIJING
To examine the quality of efficient hotline service; to develop working models for hotline service in China.
Investigators: Mrs. D.O.B. Lam (Principal)
Dr. P.S.Y. Ho
Dr. X.J. Wang
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Beijing Maple Women's Counseling Center, People's Republic of China
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
ESTIMATION OF CURED / IMMUNE FRACTIONS BASED ON THE CENSORED SURVIVAL TIME DATA
To provide a statistical method in modelling the cured fraction when the cured individuals are not identifiable.
Investigators: Dr. K.F. Lam (Principal)
Dr. P.L.H. Yu
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
PROPORTIONAL ODDS MODELS WITH RANDOM EFFECTS FOR SURVIVAL DATA
To provide a general semi-parametric estimation procedure, under a proportional odds model with random effects which acts multiplicatively on the odds ratios.
Investigator: Dr. K.F. Lam
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE METHODS AND DATA USED FOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AMONG HONG KONG, CHINA AND CANADA
To investigate whether the methods and data used for performance assessment and reporting in the public sector are influenced by social, political, cultural and technological factors.
Investigators: Dr. N.M.K. Lam (Principal)
Dr. J. Cutt
Departments: Politics and Public Administration
School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Canada
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.11
THE TRANSITION OF 1997 AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL IDENTITY AMONG HONG KONG ADOLESCENTS
To examine how Hong Kong adolescents develop their social identity as they cope with the fundamental social changes during the transition of 1997.
Investigators: Dr. S.F. Lam (Principal)
Dr. C.Y. Chiu
Dr. Y.Y. Hong
Departments: Psychology
Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.07
PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSITIONAL HONG KONG (PATH)
To investigate the psychological processes related to the transfer of Hong Kong's sovereignty to mainland China in 1997; to assess how the upcoming changes in sovereignty affects the sense of well-being of the Hong Kong people; to investigate how the Hong Kong people appraise and cope with 1997-related events over time; to explore the changes in Hong Kong people's social identity and their relationship with the people of mainland China; to investigate Hong Kong people's confidence in the future of Hong Kong and their intended action taken in response to 1997.
Investigators: Dr. S.F. Lam (Principal)
Dr. A.W.L. Chau
Dr. C.Y. Chiu
Professor D.Y.F. Ho
Dr. Y.Y. Hong
Dr. I.Y.M. Lau
Dr. B.H.C. Lee
Departments: Psychology
Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Source of funding: Private donation
Starting date: 1995.07
SOCIAL IDENTITY, NEED FOR COGNITIVE CLOSURE, AND STEREOTYPIC PERCEPTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR CIVIC EDUCATION
The understanding of the psychological factors that are at the heart of stereotypic perception is important to the development of effective and unbiased civic education programs. To examine some of the psychological factors underpinning stereotypic perception; to study how these factors affect teaching and learning of social knowledge and value in a civic education setting.
Investigators: Dr. S.F. Lam (Principal)
Dr. C.Y. Chiu
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.10
ACTION RESEARCH ON CLASSROOM OBSERVATION
To understand the factors that contribute to the under-utilization of classroom observation as a means to improve teaching quality; to identify the factors that are related to the acceptance and merits of classroom observation as a practice in staff development; to develop feasible action plans to promote classroom observation as a means to improve teaching quality; to evaluate the efficacy of the action plans in making attitudinal and behavioral changes regarding classroom observation; to disseminate the knowledge gained in this study to other schools.
Investigator: Dr. S.F. Lam
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
ENHANCEMENT OF LEARNING MOTIVATION IN THE SCHOOL
To investigate the problems related to learning motivation of secondary students and develop school-based intervention programs to address these problems.
Investigators: Dr. S.F. Lam (Principal)
Dr. C.Y. Chiu
Dr. Y.Y. Hong
Dr. I.Y.M. Lau
Departments: Psychology
Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Source of funding: Quality Education Fund
Starting date: 1999.05
CUSTOMER COMPLAINT BEHAVIOR: A CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON
This study seeks to answer two questions: (1) how do the customer complaint behaviors in collectivistic cultures differ from the customer complaint behaviors in individualistic cultures and (2) whether organizations in collectivistic cultures response differently towards customer complaints than in individual cultures. Using complaint incidents as data from two collectivistic cultures (Hong Kong and Japan) and two individualistic cultures (U.S.A. and Australia), this study compares the frequency and reasons for customer complaint, the method of complaint and post-complaint follow-up of the customers across the four countries. This study also investigates at how companies in four countries respond to customer complaints.
Investigator: Dr. S.S.K. Lam
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: RGC Fundable Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Starting date: 1998.11
INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN AND CHANGE IN HONG KONG'S PUBLIC SECTOR: AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
To track and explain the process of institutional change in Hong Kong's public sector; to assess the effects of the institutional design of the public sector and particular public organizations on policy-making and implementation in various policy areas; to document and assess the effectiveness of the public sector reform undertaken by the Hong Kong Government in the late 1980s on the performance of the government bureaucracy.
Investigators: Dr. W.F. Lam (Principal)
Professor J.P. Burns
Professor J.L. Perry
Departments: Politics and Public Administration
Indiana University, U.S.A.
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.01
THE NATURE OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
To publish a research intensive book which will be read and extensively used in comparative public administration courses in the U.S. and China. The book seeks to reveal the nature of public management in a cross cultural setting.
Investigators: Dr. Z.Y. Lan (Principal)
Professor J.P. Burns
Department: Politics and Public Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.03
A PROFILE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO PRINTED ADVERTISEMENTS
To explore the basis on which people perceive advertisements; to examine if people's perceptual basis is stable over time; to study the behavioral consequences for such perceptual judgments.
Investigators: Dr. I.Y.M. Lau (Principal)
Dr. C.Y. Chiu
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.05
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN SOCIAL WELFARE AGENCIES
To identify how the human resouce management functions are carried out in social welfare agencies; to identify how personnel information are precessed and utilized in making peronnel decisions.
Investigator: Dr. C.K. Law
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1994.07
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS FOR RESEARCHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES (IN CHINESE)
To publish a handbook in Chinese compiling the various measuring instruments used in the social sciences research in Hong Kong. Priority will be given to measuring instruments which are validated and with reported reliability.
Investigator: Dr. C.K. Law
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.01
HEALTH FINANCING IN HONG KONG
To study the alternative health financing models for Hong Kong.
Investigators: Dr. C.K. Law (Principal)
Ms A. Chan
Professor C.L.W. Chan
Mr. H.W. Chui
Mr. H.L. Fung
Mr. M.K. Ho
Ms P.Y. Ho
Dr. C.W. Lam
Mr. H.S. Ng
Dr. T.W. Wong
Mr. V. Wong
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Applied Social Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Social Work, The Hong Kong Baptist University
Community Rehabilitation Network
Hong Kong Council of Social Service
Hospital Authority
Source of funding: Hong Kong Council of Social Service
Starting date: 1996.08
A STUDY ON THE NEEDS OF EX-ADDICTS
To explore different service needs of ex-addicts after completing the treatment programmes; to identify types of support services currently available to ex-addicts; to match these support services with the needs of ex-addicts at individual and communtiy levels; to recommend additional services for helping ex-addicts reintegrate into the society; to recommend a stage model of service provision to ex-addicts aiming for facilitating their reintegration into the society.
Investigators: Dr. F.W.L. Lee (Principal)
Dr. S.W.O. Law
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Division of Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
Source of funding: Action Committee Against Narcotics, Hong Kong Government
Starting date: 1997.07 Completion date: 1999.04
EVALUATION STUDY OF YOUTH MOBILE TEAM SERVICE FOR YOUNG NIGHT DRIFTERS IN HONG KONG
To explore the profile of Young Night Drifters (YNDs); to identify the needs of the YNDs and assess their service demand; to assess how far the new service mode of YMT has achieved its objectives; to examine the mode of operation in relation to interfacing and/or attachment to mainstream children and youth services; to evaluate the effectiveness of the new srevice mode of YMT; to make recommendations on the formulation of viable performance indicators and service standards as appropriate for future service development and monitoring; to make recommendations on the formulation of long-term plan for service provision if demand for the service is established.
Investigators: Dr. F.W.L. Lee (Principal)
Dr. C.S.K. Tang
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Source of funding: Social Welfare Department, Hong Kong Government
Starting date: 1997.10
STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN SHA TIN
To identify the geographic (environmental) factors for juvenile delinquency in Sha Tin; to recommend measures for preventing juvenile delinquency in the District.
Investigator: Dr. F.W.L. Lee
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Sha Tin District Fight Crime Committee
Starting date: 1999.06
CLIENT PARTICIPATION AMONG YOUNG PROBATIONERS: MYTH OR REALITY
To gain more understanding of probation officers' perceptions of the causes of young probationers to commit crime; to gain more understanding of young probationers' perceptions of the causes of their commitment of crime; to explore probation officers' and young probationers' understanding and perceptions of "client participation" in social work context; to explore probation officers' opinions on the possibility of promoting "client participation" in probation work with young probationers; to explore young probationers' opinions on promoting "client participation" in probation service they are receiving; to recommend ways for promoting "client participation" in probation service if the feasibility is established.
Investigators: Dr. F.W.L. Lee (Principal)
Dr. C.W. Lam
Ms B.C.H. Lo
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.07
THE MAKING OF CHINESE CAPITAL, CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS NETWORKS IN HONG KONG, 1840S-1940S: AN INTERPRETATIVE ANALYSIS
To examine: (1) how and why Cantonese entrepreneurs returned from China particularly the Canton Delta, Australia, Japan and the United States; (2) the sources of capital and pattern of business for Chinese merchants in Hong Kong; (3) the economic interaction between Chinese and Western merchants in terms of business partnership and competition; (4) the rise of Chinese business elites in Hong Kong and comparison with the case in Macau; (5) the features of Chinese business in Hong Kong basing case studies of certain Chinese firms; (6) the emergence of big business corporations established by Chinese in Hong Kong; (7) the formation of business networks of Hong Kong Chinese in China and the Asia Pacific-rim and how Hong Kong served as an environment. To provide an annotated bibliography of Hong Kong historical studies which will redress the inadequacy to research guides on Hong Kong studies.
Investigator: Dr. P.T. Lee
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1996.07
EMERGENCE OF MODERN CHINESE FINANCIAL CORPORATIONS: CASE STUDY OF SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS BANK, CHINA ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. AND CHINA TRAVEL AGENCY
It is a book-length study of modern Chinese financial corporations founded by K.P. Chen such as the Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank, China Assurance Corporation Ltd. and China Travel Agency. The assessment of the above three corporations will be based on 1) the founder K.P. Chen's personal papers, which included his diaries, notes and memorandum deposited in Columbia University, New York City and 2) company archives in Shanghai Municipal Archives.
Investigator: Dr. P.T. Lee
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
CHINESE MERCHANTS IN TRANSITIONAL PERIOD: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
To promote studies of Chinese business history.
Investigator: Dr. P.T. Lee
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1998.07
NETWORKING, UNITY AND POWER: A HISTORY OF THE CHINESE GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SINCE 1900
To examine the historical development of the CGCC from the earliest establishment in 1900 to the year of 1999; to document the archives of the CGCC; to interview the members of the CGCC.
Investigators: Dr. P.T. Lee (Principal)
Dr. T.L. Lui
Dr. T.W.P. Wong
Dr. H.M. Yip
Departments: Centre of Asian Studies
History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sociology
Source of funding: RGC Fundable Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Starting date: 1998.11
LIKELIHOOD-BASED BOOTSTRAP CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
To develop efficient and accurate non-parametric confidence intervals using the bootstrap idea.
Investigators: Dr. S.M.S. Lee (Principal)
Dr. A. Young
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Starting date: 1993.06
STUDY OF SADDLEPOINT APPROXIMATE ITERATED BOOTSTRAP CONFIDENCE INTERVALS: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
To examine theoretical properties of iterated bootstrap confidence intervals through saddlepoint approximations of distribution functions, derive necessary asymptotic results for practical construction of saddlepoint approximate iterated confidence intervals, develop an automatic package to compute the interval limits without the need for Monte Carlo simulation, and investigate its performance both theoretically and empirically.
Investigator: Dr. S.M.S. Lee
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
AN ADAPTIVE MONTE CARLO APPROACH TO CONSTRUCTING BOOTSTRAP CONFIDENCE REGIONS
To investigate a simple procedure for building confidence regions, which makes use of bootstrap multivariate data in an adaptive and intuitively sound fashion.
Investigator: Dr. S.M.S. Lee
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING FOR ENHANCING ATTENTION IN NORMAL ADULTS
To evaluate the efficacy of Beta Activity Training (BAT) program for improving attention henceforth cognitive outputs of normal adults.
Investigator: Dr. T.M.C. Lee
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.11
PHOTOTHERAPY FOR SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER
To evaluate the efficacy of phototherapy for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and to identify optimal parameters of phototherapy for treating SAD.
Investigator: Dr. T.M.C. Lee
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
ATTENTION DEFICITS AFTER UNILATERAL FRONTAL- OR TEMPORAL-LOBE LOBECTOMY
To identify the differential patterns of attention deficits following unilateral frontal - or temporal-lobe lesions; to relate such behavioural data to the anatomical sites of the brain so as to provide insight into the neural mechanisms underlying attention processes.
Investigator: Dr. T.M.C. Lee
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
FAMILY THERAPY WITH BEIJING AND SHANGHAI FAMILIES
To evaluate how the psychotherapy approach and theories that are mainly originated from the West can be applied to the culture of Beijing and Shanghai; to capture the essence of family interactive patterns, beliefs and struggles in contemporary China, and to understand how they can be dealt with by therapeutic intervention in the family interviews; to identify and compare the common themes among these families during the family interviews and among the trainees during the discussion before and after the family sessions, and to comprehend the interface between the service system and the client system; to match the process of family therapy with these Chinese families and the process of training with the forty participants who had observed the family sessions, and to gain new insight for developing therapeutic approaches and future training in China; to develop a training package in family therapy for professionals working in China.
Investigators: Dr. W.Y. Lee (Principal)
Professor H.T. Lee
Professor M. Liu
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Beijing, People's Republic of China
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.08
A PILOT STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENT SOCIAL WORKER IN FIELD PRACTICE TRAINING
To find out the process of development of the student social worker as he goes through field work practice. Understanding of this process will help to raise the quality of field instruction.
Investigators: Mrs. A.Y.L. Leung (Principal)
Mrs. D.S.Y. Leung
Mr. C.K. Li
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.07 Completion date: 1999.01
A STUDY ON THE EMOTIONAL REACTION OF CHILDREN TO THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF THE FATHER
To examine the emotional reaction of children to the sudden death of the father. We are concerned about whether they are at a special risk of lasting emotional disturbance. We also aim to identify the various determinants of a 'normal' or 'pathological' recovery process. The practical aim of the study is to deepen our understanding of the special needs and problems of this target group so as to provide updated and systematic data for the development of appropriate professional services.
Investigators: Mrs. D.S.Y. Leung (Principal)
Ms R.H.Y. Kwok
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
The Hong Kong Baptist University
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1991.05
THE "PORTABILITY" OF COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME: A REVIEW ON THE PROCESS OF RESETTLING ELDERLY RECIPIENTS OF THE SCHEME IN GUANGDONG
To find out the major characteristics of the elderly people who choose to settle down in Guangdong; to understand the adjustment process of living in Guangdong; to make suggestions to improve the scheme.
Investigator: Dr. J.C.B. Leung
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Hong Kong Red Cross
Starting date: 1997.04
DEVELOPING FIELDWORK PLACEMENTS FOR SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS IN CHINA: AN ASSESSMENT
To evaluate the 11 years of experiences of the Department in arranging fieldwork placements in Guangzhou for its postgraduate students.
Investigator: Dr. J.C.B. Leung
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
HONG KONG DERIVATIVE MARKETS
To study the efficiency and micro-structure of the Hong Kong derivative markets, including but not limited to options, futures and warrants. The study will have implication on how to make the Hong Kong derivative market more efficient and orderly, which are very important for the success of the markets.
Investigator: Dr. W.K. Leung
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
REAL ESTATE INDICES AND DATABASES FOR THE HONG KONG REAL ESTATE MARKET
To provide accurate and timely real estate price indices, and set up real estate databases.
Investigator: Dr. W.K. Leung
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
THE THEORY OF ASSET PRICING AND ITS APPLICATION TO EMERGING MARKETS
(1) To measure the degree of integration of international capital markets. (2) Based on our integration measures, we will identify and quantify the factors affecting integration by using cross-sectional and cross-time investigations. (3) To investigate whether the degree of integration can explain some observed phenomena. (4) The statistical convergent theory and sampling theory will be developed for integration measures we used. (5) Most international asset pricing models are based on the integration assumption. How can we evaluate these models using real price data from the segmented international capital market? We will evaluate some popular international models by incorporating integration measures.
Investigators: Dr. W.K. Leung (Principal)
Dr. J. He
Departments: School of Business
System Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong
Source of funding: RGC Fundable Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Starting date: 1998.11
HONG KONG TRADE UNIONS BRACING FOR THE FUTURE: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS
To examine (1) trends in the growth and sectoral distribution of trade union membership; (2) union activities at the shopfloor level; (3) union activities at the community level; (4) union strategies and orientations; (5) member orientations and expectations; (6) inter-organizational dynamics.
Investigators: Mr. D.A. Levin (Principal)
Dr. S.W.K. Chiu
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1996.10
TRADE UNIONS AND PUBLIC OPINION
To determine the extent of Hong Kong community support for the more visible public role of Hong Kong trade unions.
Investigators: Mr. D.A. Levin (Principal)
Dr. S.W.K. Chiu
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
WILL RESALE TAXES LOWER THE REAL ESTATE PRICES IN HONG KONG?
To construct a theoretical model to understand how taxes in the secondary market affects the price in the primary market, and to apply the theoretical model to the real estate market in Hong Kong and evaluate the proposal of using resale taxes to lower the housing prices. A further objective is to understand possible long run effects of resale taxes on real estate prices when builders and developers adjust the supply of houses and apartments.
Investigators: Dr. H. Li (Principal)
Dr. W.C. Suen
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
TIMING OF CLEARANCE SALES AND COMPETITION
To enhance our understanding of the timing of clearance sales. It has been observed that timing of clearance sales for seasonal goods such as spring/summer clothing has become earlier in the season since 1970's, while at the same time the same markets have seen an increasing variety of goods offered.
Investigator: Dr. H. Li
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.09
AN APPROACH TO NONLINEAR AND NONSTATIONARY TIME SERIES MODELLING
1. Develop new univariate models with a random unit root driven by a changing conditional heteroscedastic noise process. Properties of the new models and modelling and forecasting strategies will be studied with a view towards applications. 2. Develop new models with a nonlinear unit root and a changing heteroscedastic noise process. Specially, we shall develop testing, estimating and model checking procedures, consider the possibility of combining the stochastic and nonlinear features, propose forecasting schemes for all the new models and illustrate their potential with real data. 3. Extension of the results on non-stationarity to multivariate models, including testing for different kinds of non-stationarity and for possible presence of co-integration among the series in the presence of multivariate conditional heteroscedasticity.
Investigators: Professor W.K. Li (Principal)
Professor H. Tong
Dr. H. Yang
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.09
POLITICS AND STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRATS IN HONG KONG
To explore (1) the extent to which Hong Kong's street-level bureaucrats enjoy relative autonomy from organisational authority; (2) the political constraints or checks on the discretionary power of street-level bureaucrats; and (3) the attitude of street-level bureaucrats toward administrative and political reforms.
Investigator: Dr. S.S.H. Lo
Department: Politics and Public Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ROUTE 3 ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN YUEN LONG
To examine the potential impacts of an important strategic link - route 3 - on the relative accessibility of Yuen Long and its future urban development.
Investigator: Dr. B.P.Y. Loo
Department: Geography and Geology
Source of funding: Lau Wong Fat Urbanization Research Fund
Starting date: 1998.05
THE GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY OF CONTAINER PORT DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG
To trace the changing political and economic functions of the container port under the British regime and forecast about its role in the light of the new economic geography of the port's hinerland and the current economic downturn, particularly those arising from the decline of regional trade after the Asian financial Crisis.
Investigators: Dr. B.P.Y. Loo (Principal)
Professor B. Hook
Departments: Geography and Geology
East Asian Studies, University of Leeds, U.K.
Source of funding: Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund
Starting date: 1999.01
HONG KONG'S LABOUR FORCE UNDER FORCES OF GLOBALIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRIES
To identify the evolving role of Hong Kong's labour force in the changing geography of global development.
Investigator: Dr. B.P.Y. Loo
Department: Geography and Geology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.04
DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA'S ECONOMIC POLICY TOWARD HONG KONG AND REACTION OF HONG KONG'S BUSINESS CIRCLE TO THE POLICY
Development of China's economic policy toward Hong Kong and reaction of Hong Kong's business circle to the policy.
Investigator: Mr. T. Maruya
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Starting date: 1989.01
PREHISTORY AND EARLY HISTORY OF HONG KONG AND SOUTH CHINA
Excavations are being carried out on various archaeological sites in Hong Kong for information on the early human occupation in this area. This study also looks at the relationship of coastal landforms and settlement patterns, the links between Neolithic, Bronze Age and early historical populations in the area, and the possibility of Austronesian origins in the south China region.
Investigator: Mr. W. Meacham
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Starting date: 1985.01
IMPACT (INTELLIGENT MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING)
Impact is a pioneering attempt to create a multi-user environment for the improvement of critical and creative thinking sensitive to the characteristics, the history and the performance of the student; it will, to that extent, be an 'intelligent' personal tutor; we expect that the development of the mature package will not only enable students to use it to their benefit, but will also serve as a research tool; in particular,we shall have produced an instrument that will allow rigorous investigation of questions which, up to now, have been the province of only idle speculation; users will be able to provide immediate feedback on the perceived usefulness of different types of learning activity; it will be possible to ascertain to what extent, and how, skills acquired in one subject area are transferable to another, and also fo find out whether certain preferences correlate with cultural background; by doing so we shall be assembling data to test the hypothesis that there are core thinking skills and to determine, if there are, what they are; these findings will of course be relevant to future authors of `critical thinking' materials.
Investigators: Professor F.C.T. Moore (Principal)
Dr. H.M. Chan
Professor L. Goldstein
Dr. D. Rossiter
Departments: Philosophy
Computer Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1991.07
EXPORT PROMOTION POLICY FOR ENHANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION
To identify the factors which make export promotion policies effective tools for technology acquisition, particularly in contrast with import substitution policies.
Investigator: Dr. J. Nakai
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.10
REAL BUSINESS CYCLES WITH ENDOGENOUS MONETARY POLICY EFFECTS
To elucidate the mechanism through which monetary policy affects the amount of production in the economy (with an emphasis on the effects of money on interest rates and further on investment).
Investigator: Dr. J. Nakai
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.11
PERSISTENCE OF PRODUCTIVITY SHOCKS: AN INVESTIGATION THROUGH TERMS-OF-TRADE
To show that persistent productivity shocks do not guarantee generation of the output fluctuations observed empirically and that other common features of business cycle models must be co-responsible for their success.
Investigator: Dr. J. Nakai
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Starting date: 1997.11
TRADE AND KNOWLEDGE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
To examine the effects of trade and industrial policies, which are adopted by developing economies in order to establish a new industry in the economy, with an emphasis on the role of knowledge.
Investigator: Dr. J. Nakai
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Starting date: 1998.05
HONG KONG'S EXPORT INDUSTRIES: AN INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY PERSPECTIVE
To describe and explain the structure and functioning of a sample of industries that are of importance to Hong Kong's export performance. The research is designed to highlight critical aspects of the international linkages present in these industrial structures.
Investigators: Dr. J. Newton (Principal)
Ms L.H. Tse
Departments: School of Business
Lingnan College
Starting date: 1996.01 Completion date: 1999.06
NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF INVERSE BAYES FORMULA AND ITS GENERALIZATION
To investigate the numerical implementation of the formulas, especially those for large number of variables, with the aim of comparing their performance to that of the Gibbs sampling and other Monte Carlo Markov Chain methods.
Investigator: Dr. K.W. Ng
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Faculty Reserve Fund
Starting date: 1996.04
CONDITIONAL SPECIFICATION OF MULTIVARIATE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
To develop our existing collaboration in this area to tackle a wider range of problems. In particular, we plan to investigate in depth the various different cases that can arise when condition of involving the whole set of variables is no longer assumed.
Investigators: Dr. K.W. Ng (Principal)
Professor A.P. Dawid
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Statistical Science, University College London, U.K.
Source of funding: UK/HK Joint Research Scheme (British Council / Hong Kong Research Grants Council)
Starting date: 1999.04
GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF, AND INTERVENTION IN, TRADE UNIONS' INTERNAL AFFAIRS: HONG KONG ON THE BRINK IN 1997
To collect information (a) on the extent to which the Hong Kong government regulates and intervenes in trade unions' internal affairs, and the impact of this on trade union organisation and activities at the point of change of the Territory's sovereign to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997; and (b) the opinions of the different parties to labour relations in Hong Kong on possible changes in the extent of government supervision after 1 July 1997. To develop an explanatory framework for textent of such government regulation of, and intervention in, the trade unions' internal affairs in Hong Kong in mid-1990s, utilising earlier work on trade union legal frameworks in the U.K., other EU countries and the U.S.A. by Professor Fosh, and thof Frenkel (1993) on Pacific Asian trade union patterns. To understand the interplay of legal, political, economic and institutional factors in times of rapid change, and of the role of trade unions as one interest group involved in maintaining the cks and balances of a democratic society.
Investigator: Dr. S.H. Ng
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1997.03
BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING AND ENTERPRISE REFORMS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THEIR DE-REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS IN THE LABOUR MARKET
To explore and if possible, identify in a cross-cultural context some of the convergent as well as contrasting features in human resource practices and labour market standards due to the imperative of business corporations in streamlining their organisations for enhanced flexibilities.
Investigators: Dr. S.H. Ng (Principal)
Professor M. Wamer
Departments: School of Business
Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Source of funding: UK/HK Joint Research Scheme (British Council / Hong Kong Research Grants Council)
Starting date: 1997.12
INTERNATIONALISATION OF CHINESE MANAGEMENT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: DIVERSITIES AND COMMONALITIES
To address on three issues: 1. How Chinese companies internationalising and investing in other host societies are adapting to the latters' culture, institutions and other aspects of their environments? In other words, how do these new transnational enterprises of Chinese capital adjust and reconcile the differences between their operations at home and in overseas business systems which they visit? 2. How such Chinese companies are managing the extended corporate networks which are liable to develop as they expand internationally and have their initial 'parochial' character diluted? 3. Are there any systematic and identifiable patters of intra-cultural diversities in management style and philosophy within the 'family' of Chinese companies which are internationalising, as fashioned by the specific Chinese home society in which they are based?
Investigators: Dr. S.H. Ng (Principal)
Professor J. Child
Dr. R. Gough
Professor L. Liu
Professor M. Warner
Departments: School of Business
Cambridge University, U.K.
Victoria University of Technology, Australia
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.09
MODE OF MARKET ENTRY OF FOREIGN FIRMS IN CHINA: WHAT ARE THE DETERMINING FACTORS?
To examine the role of host and home country factors, industry factors, as well as firm factors. Findings of this study have immediate implications for foreign firms in China. For instance, there has been a steady increase in the proportion of wholly owned operations in China. Many foreign firms are asking what the main reasons for such a trend and whether they should follow suit. This study will provide timely insight as to why a particular mode of entry is chosen.
Investigator: Dr. Y.G. Pan
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.11
DEPRESSIVE PERCEPTIONS OF OTHERS IN SOCIAL INTERACTION
To investigate the impact of depressive mood on perception of people with whom the depressed person interacts socially.
Investigator: Ms M.P. Pang
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
AN EVALUATION OF THE OPERATION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW TRIBUNAL
To help identify service gaps affecting the discharge of patients eligible to apply to the tribunal; to identify the factors which are influential in affecting the decisions reached.
Investigator: Professor V.J. Pearson
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1992.07
A STUDY OF PROSTITUTION IN HONG KONG
Prostitution is a process involving a number of different parties including not only the prostitutes but also customers, pimps, madams and organized crime. It would be beyond the ambitions and resources of this current proposal to investigate all these facets. Rather, it is intended to concentrate on the experience of individual prostitutes and the meaning that they bring to bear on their own experience. Areas covered would include: how did they first get into this kind of work; how contact with clients is made; the number they service each day; who clients are; what clients want; what do the prostitutes think of the clients; perception of clients; the scale of earnings; working conditions; the attractions of the job; forms of control; what the hazards are; what improvements could be made in their working lives. It is recognized that it would be highly desirable to interview customers as well in order to have a more complete picture of the process involved. Wherever an opportunity presents itself, this will be done although difficulties are anticipated in making initial contact and willingness of subjects to participate.
Investigator: Professor V.J. Pearson
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1992.07
FAMILY COPING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
To examine family strategies in coping with the burden of a family member with Schizophrenia and assess the impact of health and welfare services on their situation.
Investigator: Professor V.J. Pearson
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1994.07
A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SUICIDE NOTES
A complete set of suicide notes has been obtained for 1993. About 30% of those committing suicide leave a note or other message. This is the first attempt in Hong Kong to analyze what these say as a means of looking at the causes of suicide and the themes that emerge as significant to those intending to take their own lives.
Investigator: Professor V.J. Pearson
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Starting date: 1995.08
A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY INTO THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF POLICE TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
To assess police attitudes and responses towards people with Schizophrenia and to determine how similar these are in different cultures.
Investigator: Professor V.J. Pearson
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
HONG KONG ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAW
To fund research leading to a book on Hong Kong antidiscrimination law.
Investigators: Ms C.J. Petersen (Principal)
Mr. A.C. Byrnes
Departments: Law
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MEASUREMENT AND DISCLOSURE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS IN HONG KONG
To develop a model for the measurement and disclosure of knowledge-based intangible assets (intellectual capital) in the annual reports of listed companies located within the SAR.
Investigator: Mr. R.M. Petty
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.03
THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG
To write the first book on the social history of the Jewish community in Hong Kong. Special emphasis is on the relation between Jewish identities and involvement in Hong Kong society.
Investigator: Dr. C.B. Pluss
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: The Incorporated Trustees of Jewish Community of Hong Kong
Starting date: 1997.10
HONG KONG MUSLIMS
To finish an article on the evolution of the identities of the Indian, Pakistani and Chinese Muslims in Hong Kong.
Investigator: Dr. C.B. Pluss
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1999.04
THE SENSE OF PLACE: IDENTITY, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL MEMORY I N HONG KONG
To study the making of Hong Kong identity.
Investigators: Dr. N. Pun (Principal)
Dr. T.W.P. Wong
Departments: Centre of Asian Studies
Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.04
SOUTHEAST ASIAN STRATEGIC NETWORK STUDIES (SASNS)
To understand management institutions; to reserve the quality of Southeast Asian network relationships; to develop our understanding of the overseas Chinese diaspots network management; systematically research social economics within the Asian network the Chinese.
Investigator: Mr. T.R. Pyatt
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: The University of Queensland, Australia
Starting date: 1994.01
THE MANAGEMENT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA
To understand whether the rapidly increasing amount of FDI going to China is being effectively applied through the acquisitions and joint ventures which have been established; to fill the gap in our present knowledge of the ways in which foreign acquisitions and joint ventures are bieng managed in China; to provide a systematic insight into the experience of transferring Western management know-how to the Chinese context; to examine whether this expereience, and attendant difficulties, have varied according to the host country, matching of partners, and choice of sector; to provide the initial input for a database on the management of international business ventures in China which will be updated over future years and progressively extended to Brazil, Eastern Europe and other countries which are opening their economies. Such a data-base is crucial for the development of new theories to understand this important phenomenon.
Investigators: Professor S.G. Redding (Principal)
Professor J. Child
Departments: School of Business
Centre for Research on International Management, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Starting date: 1994.01
CHANGING BUSINESS SYSTEMS IN PACIFIC ASIA
To analyse the emergence of new forms of capitalism in Asia and compare these with Western equivalents
Investigators: Professor S.G. Redding (Principal)
Professor W. Dobson
Professor E. Westney
Professor R.D. Whitley
Departments: School of Business
Manchester Business School, U.K.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A
University of Toronto, Canada
Source of funding: University of Toronto, Canada
Starting date: 1994.03
THE ASIAN CEO ROLE
To understand the emergence of major indigenous business groups in ASEAN, by studying the strategic behaviour of chief executives; to outline an alternative framework for strategy to that described for Western organizations.
Investigators: Professor S.G. Redding (Principal)
Professor F. Alfonso
Departments: School of Business
Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines
Source of funding: Association of Deans of South East Asian Graduate School of Management
Canadian International Development Research Centre, Ottawa
Starting date: 1994.06
CIVIL SOCIETY AND CIVIC CULTURE
To study the process of modernization from the standpoint of how societies manage trust; more specifically the emergence of civil society as an institutional fabric to counter mistrust and enable a society to move from extensive growth to intensive growth. In particular the relevance for China of Hong Kong as an agent in sponsoring such change.
Investigator: Professor S.G. Redding
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Boston University
Starting date: 1994.09
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON PATTERNS OF ADAPTIVE LEARNING
To explore cross-cultural differences in patterns of adaptive learning; to examine the effect of personal and contextual factors on students' learning and achievement behaviour as well as their mental health.
Investigator: Professor F. Salili
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Faculty Reserve Fund
Starting date: 1995.07
STUDIES ON DRASTIC CHANGES OF CHINA AND THEIR INFLUENCES TOWARDS ASIAN COUNTRIES
To increase our understanding of the influences brought about by China's reforms on Asian countries.
Investigators: Dr. E.Y.Y. Sinn (Principal)
Professor T. Hamashita
Mr. H. Hokari
Professor W. Iijima
Ms M. Tanigaki
Dr. H.W. Wong
Professor S.L. Wong
Departments: Centre of Asian Studies
Faculty of Economics, Yokohama National University, Japan
Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Japan
Japanese Studies
Tokai University, Japan
University of Tokushima, Japan
Source of funding: Asia Centre, Japan Foundation
Starting date: 1996.02
THE HONG KONG STOCK MARKET HISTORY PROJECT
To undertake oral history interview and to collect related archives and artefacts of the Hong Kong stock market.
Investigators: Dr. E.Y.Y. Sinn (Principal)
Professor S.L. Wong
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: The Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Starting date: 1996.08
INDEX TO CO 129 (1926-1951)
To design as a follow-up study on Index to CO 129 (1842-1926).
Investigator: Dr. E.Y.Y. Sinn
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1999.04
HONG KONG MUSLIM IDENTITIES: UNITY AND DIVERSITY
To uncover the history of Muslims in Hong Kong and to show how reference to Muslims may act as a unifying force for Muslims and different ethnic origins.
Investigators: Dr. J. Sodusta (Principal)
Dr. C.B. Pluss
Departments: School of Professional and Continuing Education
Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
The Freemasons' Fund for East Asian Studies
Starting date: 1997.07
INFORMATION AND VOLATILITY IN FUTURES AND SPOT MARKETS
To investigate the role of new information in the relationship between futures and spot market volatility; to shed light on the issue of regulations in future market.
Investigator: Dr. F.M. Song
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.11
AN FMRI STUDY OF ATTENTIONAL SWITCHING
To use a relatively new brain imaging method to examine one of psychology's most fundamental problems, selective attention.
Investigators: Professor J.A. Spinks (Principal)
Professor L. Chen
Dr. L.G. Lou
Departments: Psychology
Laboratory of Cognitive Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
COGNITIVE MECHANISMS AND THEIR NEUROCOGNITIVE BASES FOR READING CHINESE
To find evidence from imaging and ERP procedures that converges with behavioral data on the reading of Chinese characters; to find the functional neuroanatomy that is the basis for various word identification events in Chinese. Tasks and stimuli will be designed to allow differentiation of the visual, phonological, and semantic components; to extend behavioral evidence to cases of bilingual reading by comparisons of Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong with Mandarin speakers of Beijing.
Investigators: Professor J.A. Spinks (Principal)
Dr. A.W.L. Chau
Mr. L.H.C. Chen
Professor H.S.R. Kao
Dr. A.S.L. Lam
Dr. H.T. Li
Dr. C. Perfetti
Departments: Psychology
Architecture
English Centre
University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Outstanding Researcher Award, Vice-Chancellor's Development Fund
Starting date: 1998.09
A STUDY OF FOREIGN BUSINESS VENTURES IN THE P.R.C.
To monitor changes, problems and developments in the efforts of foreign businessmen to penetrate the Chinese market.
Investigator: Mrs. S.E.A. Stewart
Department: School of Business
Starting date: 1983.01
DOES EXPANSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHRINK THE EARNINGS PREMIUM FOR UNIVERSITY GRADUATES?
To measure the labor market effects of the expansion of higher education by looking at the earnings premium for university graduates relative to workers with less education. The research also identifies two possible reasons why the earnings premium may shrink: (1) a crowding effect - an increase in the ratio of university graduates to other types of workers will reduce the relative wage of university graduates if workers of different education levels are imperfect substitutes in production; and (2) a quality effect - if universities are admitting or producing lower quality students, university graduates will have lower productivity than before and this will be reflected in lower wages.
Investigator: Dr. W.C. Suen
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
THE DYNAMICS OF COMPETITION IN TWO-SIDED MATCHING
To use a competitive model as a framework to analyze the observed tendency towards early contracting in situations involving two-sided matching.
Investigators: Dr. W.C. Suen (Principal)
Dr. H. Li
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.09
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS IN HONG KONG AND MAINLAND CHINA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
To further understandings between entrepreneurs on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong practically, and to examine the characteristics of Chinese entrepreneurship in different business cultures, thus to analyze social and institutional changes in the P.R.C. and Hong Kong theoretically.
Investigator: Dr. W.B. Sun
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research
Starting date: 1998.03
SCHOOL-AVOIDANT BEHAVIOUR AND ITS DETERMINANTS
To describe school-avoidant behaviours of students of the lower forms of secondary school in Hong Kong with a specific objective to identify factors which differentiate among those who cut classes, school truants and regular attenders.
Investigator: Mr. T.S.K. Tam
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
PHONOLOGICAL CODES IN READING CHINESE: EVIDENCE FROM EYE MOVEMENTS AND OTHER PARADIGMS
To use eye movements and neuroimaging to study the process underlying reading Chinese characters and sentences.
Investigators: Dr. L.H. Tan (Principal)
Professor J.A. Spinks
Departments: Department of Psychology
Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.03
CHINA'S DIPLOMAT-ELITES: A STUDY OF THE MAKING OF AMBASSADORS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
To examine a critical link in Chinese foreign policy-making - China's diplomatic elites, by undertaking a comprehensive and quantitative study of the careers of China's top 600 diplomats (including ambassadors, foreign ministers and vice-ministers) between 1949 and 1992.
Investigators: Dr. J.T.H. Tang (Principal)
Dr. P.T.Y. Cheung
Department: Politics and Public Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.07
HONG KONG AND THE WORLD TRADE SYSTEM
To provide a systematic account and generate a databank on Hong Kong's participation in the world trading system; to identify the domestic-international linkages of Hong Kong's economic/trade policies; to evaluate the impact of political transition on Hong Kong's involvement with global/regional economic regime on Hong Kong's international trade policies.
Investigator: Dr. J.T.H. Tang
Department: Politics and Public Administration
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.01
AN ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS FORMAT FRANCHISE
To develop a framework that explains both contractual and ownership arrangements in the franchise.
Investigators: Dr. Z. Tao (Principal)
Dr. T. Zhu
Departments: School of Business
Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.08
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
To provide and economic analysis of FDI in developing countries, and make policy suggestions on the issue of contract enforcement in FDI.
Investigator: Dr. Z. Tao
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.11
THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES, AND DISADVANTAGES, OF HONG KONG AS A STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR FOREIGN MULTINATIONALS' REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS
To assess the competitive strengths and weaknesses of Hong Kong against the locational prerequisites for each type of RHQ, hence enabling a predictive model to be constructed of what kinds of multinationals will in future maintain what kinds of presences here.
Investigators: Dr. E.R. Thompson (Principal)
Professor M.J. Enright
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF SERVICE INNOVATION
To explore the type and patterns of innovation in the service industries and particularly to observe the new service development process inside leading service companies.
Investigators: Dr. G.A. Tocquer (Principal)
Mr. S.K.W. Tam
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
THREE PROBLEMS IN DISCRETE-TIME NONLINEAR TIME SERIES ANALYSIS INSPIRED BY NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
To address three nonlinear time series problems which have been inspired by phenomena found in nonlinear dynamical systems albeit our framework is within a random environment. At the same time, these problems have important practical relevance in finance, economics, environmental science, ecology, forecasting and other areas. Specifically, these are (i) the identification of common structure in a collection of time series, which is inspired by the phenomenon of synchroniztion; (ii) the testing for multi-modality of a probability distribution which is inspired by the phenomenon of multiple equilibria; and (iii) testing for local unit root, which is inspired by the phenomenon of local instability.
Investigators: Professor H. Tong (Principal)
Dr. K.S. Chan
Professor W.K. Li
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Statistics, Univeristy of Iowa, U.S.A.
Source of funding: RGC Fundable Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Starting date: 1998.11
THE CHANGING FACE OF THE ALL-CHINA WOMEN'S FEDERATION IN THE ERA OF ECONOMIC REFORM
To investigate and document the changes in self-perception, nature, and functions of the ACWF and its local branches during the past ten years of economic reform in China, with a view to drawing implications for gender equality under market socialism.
Investigator: Miss I.L.K. Tong
Department: Politics and Public Administration
Starting date: 1992.09
GENDER IN THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE
To reveal and explain the nature, extent, and impact of gender differences that exist in the Hong Kong civil service, with a view to drawing implications for future gender equality policies and for the theory and practice of public administration.
Investigator: Miss I.L.K. Tong
Department: Politics and Public Administration
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.10
VILLAGE GOVERNANCE AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN CHINA
To consider the changing nature of the relationship between the village committee and township government. In particular we are interested to find out whether this is one of partnership, guidance or control. To discover why few women are elected to village committees and village representative assemblies; what kind of women get elected, and what constraints elected women village committee members face in performing their official duties and in putting forward gender issues. To look at the distribution of village surplus. In particular we seek to find out the uses to which that surplus is put, such as infrastructure, welfare ane re-investment, and who benefits.
Investigators: Miss I.L.K. Tong (Principal)
Professor R. Benewick
Departments: Politics and Public Administration
School of English American Studies, University of Sussex, U.K.
Source of funding: UK/HK Joint Research Scheme (British Council / Hong Kong Research Grants Council)
Starting date: 1998.09
ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE COMMUNITY: A STUDY OF IMPACT, RESPONSE AND SOCIAL POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN TSUEN WAN
To assess the impact that organized crime has on one community in Hong Kong. It will attempt to provide a total picture of its full range of operations and effects on the community. The goal is to develop an adequate model of organized crime and how interacts with the legitimate elements of the community. This in turn will be used to suggest adequate methods of control.
Investigators: Dr. H.H. Traver (Principal)
Dr. T.W. Lo
Departments: Sociology
Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
Source of funding: University Grants Committee
Starting date: 1989.01
AN EVALUATION OF STATISTICAL SOURCES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF CRIME AND JUSTICE IN HONG KONG
To develop a schemata for producing a comprehensive statistical series covering all aspects of the Hong Kong criminal justice system including: reported crime, crime victims, offender (arrest and conviction) and penal interventions; to examine and evaluate existing data sources; to undertake time series analysis of crime trends after establishing a reliable and comparable data set; to produce a cross agency model or best practice reporting scheme for the monitoring offenders which for the purposes of this study may be limited to monitoring young offenders; to prepare a research programme for the appropriate expansion via probability linking of the government's individual-unit offender database (ILOS) and assess the feasibility of a multi-cohort prevalence measure of crime participation; to develop a routine Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics for Hong Kong that would present data from different sources in a single easy-to-use reference book.
Investigators: Dr. H.H. Traver (Principal)
Dr. R.G. Broadhurst
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
PROBLEM BASED INTERACTIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING FOR BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
To assist students: (1) to develop active learning strategies and learning skills in undergraduate social work students; (2) to develop problem solving skills and knowledge transfer skills; (3) to obtain better understanding of the basic social work knowledge and develop a social worker identity.
Investigators: Dr. S.K.M. Tsang (Principal)
Dr. E.W.T. Chui
Dr. C.W. Lam
Mrs. D.O.B. Lam
Dr. C.K. Law
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Teaching Development Grants issued by The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong
Starting date: 1997.07
THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES
To facilitate YMCA to offer research-based social service to the community particularly the less privileged families in meeting the challenges of technological advancements in modern Hong Kong. Focus will be put on the possible impact of information technology on young people and their families, and how social service agencies like YMCA can help such families.
Investigators: Dr. S.K.M. Tsang (Principal)
Dr. E.W.T. Chui
Dr. C.K. Law
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Chinese Young Men's Christian Association
Starting date: 1997.11 Completion date: 1998.11
PARENT-ADOLESCENT CONFLICT IN CHANGING CHINESE FAMILIES: A COMPARISON STUDY OF FAMILIES IN BEIJING, GUANGZHOU AND HONG KONG
To establish culturally sensitive instruments to assess Chinese PAC; to compare empirical data on PAC amongst Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing; to devise a culturally useful model on conceptualizing and managing PAC in contemporary Chinese families; to identify useful social work intervention strategies to prevent and manage Chinese PAC.
Investigators: Dr. S.K.M. Tsang (Principal)
Dr. E.W.T. Chui
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
ENHANCING THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS IN SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
To evaluate how well the materials prepare studetns for teir placements; to strengthen profession-related communicative skills in English for their placements; to assist social work teachers and fieldwork instructors in planning and delivering the four essential social work modules in profesisonal skills more effectively.
Investigators: Dr. S.K.M. Tsang (Principal)
Dr. C.F.K. Lee
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Language Centre, The Hong Kong Baptist University
Source of funding: Teaching Development Grants issued by The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong
Starting date: 1999.01
TRAINING SOCIAL WORK COMPETENCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY - PROBLEM-BASED INTERACTIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING FOR BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
To assist students to develop active learning strategies and learning skills in tertiary education; to assist students to develop problem solving skills and knowledge transfer skills necessary for discharge of social work services; to assist students to obtain better understanding of the basic social work knowledge and develop a social work identity; to improve the curriculum design for BSW professional training based on follow up study on BSW2 students and evaluative study on BSW1 students. Particular focus will be put on how the course would optimize benefits the students in a cost-effective way.
Investigators: Dr. S.K.M. Tsang (Principal)
Dr. E.W.T. Chui
Dr. C.W. Lam
Mrs. D.O.B. Lam
Dr. C.K. Law
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Teaching Development Grants issued by The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong
Starting date: 1999.01
THE DETERMINATION OF BARRIERS TO TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
To analyze empirically and theoretically the links between trade and payment policies of countries and the relative price of capital equipment in the 1960-85 period, and to draw implications for the design of trade and payment institutions.
Investigator: Dr. C.Y. Tse
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: RGC Fundable Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Starting date: 1998.11
UNDERSTANDING CHINESE WOMEN AND THEIR CONSUMPTION DECISIONS: A LONGITUDINAL COMPARISONS OF MAGAZINE ARTICLES AND ADVERTISEMENTS FROM HONG KONG, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND TAIWAN
To understand an influential segment within the growing greater China market - Chinese women.
Investigators: Professor D.K.C. Tse (Principal)
Professor O.H.M. Yau
Departments: School of Business
Business and Management, City University of Hong Kong
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1995.12
MARKET SENTIMENTS, WINNER'S CURSE, AND BIDDING STRATEGY IN REAL ESTATE AUCTIONS
To examine the effect of prevailing market sentiments in real estate markets on the outcomes of real estate auctions in Hong Kong; to examine how the prevailing market sentiments may affect the bidding strategies of the auction winners and in turn how the stock market responds to the winners of the real estate auctions. The contribution of this study is that we can empirically test the existence of winner's curse as predicted in existing auction theory using stock market and real estate transaction data. Many investors regard the Hong Kong stock market as more speculative than other major markets around the world. The result of this study will shed some light on how the speculative activities in the real estate market may directly impact the behavior of the stock market.
Investigator: Dr. K.S. Tse
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.11
INFORMATION ASYMMETRY, TRADING VOLUME, STOCK PRICE, AND BID-ASK SPREADS AROUND EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS: A SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS APPROACH
To investigate (1) reactions of trading volume, stock price, and bid-ask spreads to earnings announcements and (2) the associations between these reactions and predisclosure information asymmetry.
Investigators: Professor S.S.L. Tung (Principal)
Professor G.J. Lobo
Departments: School of Business
Accounting, Syracuse University
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN HONG KONG
To investigate the scope and nature of information technology transfer in Hong Kong.
Investigator: Dr. J.C. Ure
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.11
DESIGN IN VIRTUAL SPACE
To explore the cognitive processes underlying design tasks in virtual environmnets, using a virtual reality system.
Investigators: Dr. A.H. Vera (Principal)
Dr. T. Kvan
Professor J.A. Spinks
Departments: Psychology
Architecture
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF DESIGNING IN VIRTUAL SPACE
To explore and identify techniques and tools for architectural design in three dimensional space using a Virtual Reality system.
Investigators: Dr. A.H. Vera (Principal)
Dr. T. Kvan
Departments: Psychology
Architecture
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF MOTION IN COGNITIVE CATEGORIZATION PROCESSES
To determine whether young children's patterns of categorization are constrained by motion information in the same way as they are in other primates.
Investigators: Dr. A.H. Vera (Principal)
Mr. B. Mak
Department: Psychology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
PUBLICATION OF THAILAND IN CLASSICAL CHINESE TEXTS
To complete and publish an important new book - Thailand in Classical Chinese Texts.
Investigators: Dr. G.P. Wade (Principal)
Mr. J.K. Chin
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: The Freemasons' Fund for East Asian Studies
Starting date: 1998.07
CHINA AND ASEAN:- THE CHANGING LINKS
To monitor and analyze materials pertaining to the diverse contemporary links between China and the states of Southeast Asia; to publish a quarterly report detailing recent events and newly-available data on China-Southeast Asian relations, and providing analytical reviews of this data; to establish an institutional focus for Southeast Asian studies in Hong Kong at the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong; to promote studies of all aspects of China-Southeast Asian relations and Hong Kong's role in these relations.
Investigators: Dr. G.P. Wade (Principal)
Dr. G.R.J. Evans
Dr. M. Giura-Longo
Dr. J.T.H. Tang
Departments: Centre of Asian Studies
Politics and Public Administration
Sociology
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.10
SCHEDULE DELAY, CONGESTION COSTS, AND BENEFIT-COST CALCULUS
To quantify both the early and late schedule delay costs of work trips in Hong Kong and compare them to the cost of congestion Schedule delay costs are a major, but neglected, component of the overall congestion externality. Also, cost-benefit analyses are seriously flawed when they fail to account for the endogenous scheduling of commuting journeys using revealed preference data. Thus, the estimated savings in schedule delay costs will form an indispensable component of the benefits from implementing congestion pricing. Further, the value of various policy instruments to combat congestion such as staggered working hours could be carefully analyzed.
Investigators: Dr. W.D. Walls (Principal)
Dr. T.D.K. Hau
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.01
INNOVATION AND COMPETITION IN HETEROGENEOUS PRODUCT MARKETS
To investigate the effects of endogenous innovation in heterogeneous product markets
Investigator: Dr. W.D. Walls
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07 Completion date: 1999.06
OPEN ACCESS AND CAPACITY BROKERING OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
To enhance our understanding of the way economic institutions affect economic outcomes.
Investigator: Dr. W.D. Walls
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: RGC Fundable Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Starting date: 1998.11
MARKET ORGANIZATION, DRIVER INCENTIVES, AND MINIBUS COMPETITION IN HONG KONG
The institutional and operational characteristics of RMBs and GMBs are used to formulate a theoretical model of minibus competition based on differing driver behavior under alternative industrial organizations.
Investigator: Dr. W.D. Walls
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Urban and Environmental Studies Trust Fund
Starting date: 1999.01 Completion date: 1999.08
A GEOGRAPHY OF EMPTY CONTAINERS: A CASE STUDY OF HONG KONG
A complete understanding of the general mechanisms and local characteristics of the storage and movement of empty freight containers found in and around the world number one container port.
Investigator: Dr. J.J. Wang
Department: Geography and Geology
Source of funding: Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund
Starting date: 1997.04 Completion date: 1998.10
A STUDY ON THE UTILIZATION OF MEDICAL SOCIAL SERVICES OF PATIENT REFERRED BY HOSPITAL ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS
To explore the utilization and referral patterns of medical social services of patients referred by accident and emergency departments.
Investigators: Dr. D.F.K. Wong (Principal)
Dr. C.K. Law
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Starting date: 1998.07
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL GROUP APPROACH IN WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES
To evaluate the effectiveness of the use of cognitive-behavioral group approach working with people with emotional disturbances; to draw up a working manual for professionals wishing to use this group approach.
Investigators: Dr. D.F.K. Wong (Principal)
Dr. S.Y.K. Sun
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Division of Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
Starting date: 1998.08
A STUDY ON PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EMPLOY ABILITY OF PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL FAILURE
To explore the various psychosocial factors affecting quality of life and employ ability of patients with end stage renal failure; to make recommendations towards improving employ ability of these patients.
Investigators: Dr. D.F.K. Wong (Principal)
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Starting date: 1998.09
MENTAL HEALTH OF IMMIGRANT AND LOCAL-BORN YOUTH IN HONG KONG: A COMPARISON
Mental health of immigrant youth is a neglected area in research in Hong Kong. Findings will certainly be useful for planning services for this group of individuals in Hong Kong.
Investigators: Dr. D.F.K. Wong (Principal)
Mrs. E.M.K. Lo
Miss P.F.L. Yan
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.06
THE NETWORK OF BUSINESS TIES - A SNAPSHOT OF THE HONG KONG SCENE IN 1996
To study how major businesses in Hong Kong are connected to each other and to political bodies through directorate, ownership, and business ties; to identify major business groups in Hong Kong; to study the structure of strategic alliances of major business in Hong Kong.
Investigator: Dr. G.Y.Y. Wong
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07 Completion date: 1998.12
THE STRUCTURE OF OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF MAJOR "SHARE CAPITAL COMPANIES" IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
To study the structure of ownership and control of major Chinese business enterprises.
Investigators: Dr. G.Y.Y. Wong (Principal)
Dr. Z.J. Lin
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.09
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND INVESTMENT POLICY: A STUDY OF PETROCHEMICAL FIRMS
Petrochemical firms invested heavily in capital expenditure and diversification during a period of declining growth after the 1973 oil shock. These investments are viewed excessive by some industry observers. This project investigates how the investment policies affect firm performance. And, whether the investments can be attributed to the governance structure of the firms. as the agency theory predicts. Specific governance characteristics investigated are insider equity ownership, outsider board membership, and CEO pay-performance sensitivity. The empirical evidence shed light on the controversy regarding to the adequacy of corporate internal control systems in accommodating the reallocation of resources in responses to an unexpected economic decline.
Investigator: Dr. K.K.P. Wong
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.11
SOCIAL WORK SKILLS LABORATORY IN ACTION: INTEGRATIVE AND REFLECTIVE LEARNING THROUGH STUDENTS' PARTICIPATION
To understand and improve on the learning process of students inexperiential based learning; to evaluate the effectiveness of this particular structure of teaching/learning and improve the core components in the skills laboratory; to polish the teaching styles and facilitation skills of the skills laboratory teachers; to develop a teaching package on the range of social work skills essential for practice.
Investigator: Ms K.P. Wong
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Action Learning Project
Starting date: 1997.09
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED
To research efforts into the area of supported employment would have theoretical as well as practical significance. It would be important to have systematic investigation into the training and working experiences of people with disabilities to substantiate our theoretical formulation on equality and empowerment of individuals with special needs in the work setting. On the other hand, it would also have practical implications on how to improve the programmes in its services delivery models and strategies.
Investigators: Ms K.P. Wong (Principal)
Ms H.S.K. Hui
Ms F.Y.S. Ip
Dr. C.K. Law
Mrs. E.M.K. Lo
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
A COMPARISON OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRES AND ITS IMPLICATION TO RE-ESTABLISHING SHANGHAI AS AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE
A comparison of international financial centres and its implication to re-establishing Shanghai as an international financial centre
Investigator: Dr. M.Y. Wong
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.01
MONEY AND BANKING IN CHINA'S TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY: INSTITUTIONS, PATTERNS, MECHANISMS AND IMPACTS
To illuminate the mechanism for monetary expansion and contraction in China by studying the arrangements and behaviour of her monetary and financial institutions, including central banking, state-owned specialized banks, foreign banks, and emerging non-bank financial institutions; to study the impact of the existing banking system on inflation, macroeconomic stability, and the performance of various sectors and regions in China's transitional economy; to study the time series properties of key macroeconomic variables including, savings, investment (residential and non-residential), money, prices, income to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the banking system in channelling funds from savings to investment; to draw policy implications for reforming China's banking and financial system to improve capital market efficiency and macroeconomic stabilization during the transition toa market-oriented economy; Hong Kong's financial system serves as an important hub for channelling funds into and out of China; Hong Kong shares both the benefits and risks of greater financial integration.
Investigators: Professor R.Y.C. Wong (Principal)
Dr. Y.F. Luk
Dr. G. Xiao
Departments: School of Business
Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1995.01
EQUITY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC HOUSING RESOURCES IN HONG KONG
To analyze the effect of the government's public housing policy on consumption patterns; to investigate the distribution of benefits to different income groups within the target population; to assess the effects of recent policy changes on the use of public housing resources.
Investigators: Professor R.Y.C. Wong (Principal)
Dr. W. Chan
Dr. A.K.F. Siu
Departments: School of Business
School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Outstanding Researcher Award, Vice-Chancellor's Development Fund
Starting date: 1998.09
AN ECONOMIC STUDY ON HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING-RELATED PRODUCER SERVICES INDUSTRY
To account for the growth of producer services industry in Hong Kong in the last two decades; to analyse the current status of Hong Kong's producer services industry by major sectors in terms of size and structure, products and services, production and output, productivity and value added, export performance, and domestic and overseas markets; to assess the contribution of producer services industry to the development of Hong Kong's services and manufacturing industries; to analyse the interrelationship between manufacturing and services industries in Hong Kong, highlighting the current state of manufacturing activities of Hong Kong firms; to identify the correlation, if any, between the growth of the producer services industry and Hong Kong firms' expanded business activities in Maniland China.
Investigator: Professor R.Y.C. Wong
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Industrial Support Fund, Industry Dept. of Hong Kong Government
Starting date: 1998.12
SOCIAL CLASSES IN REPUBLICAN CHINA
To reconstruct the system of social stratification in modern China (1911-1949) by first examining social divisions along class lines.
Investigator: Professor S.L. Wong
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1984.06
A STUDY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND YOUTH IN HONG KONG
To assess the effects of university education on the occupational aspirations and expectations of youths in Hong Kong, their employment opportunities and contributions to economic development, participation in community affairs, and social consciousne
Investigators: Professor S.L. Wong (Principal)
Mr. L.S.K. Wong
Departments: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Centre of Asian Studies
Wu Jieh Yee Research Fund
Starting date: 1984.07 Completion date: 1999.06
SOCIAL INDICATORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG
To provide systematic and comprehensive data on the social attitudes and expectations of Hong Kong inhabitants; to identify aspects of social life in Hong Kong which merit in-depth investigation; to furnish empirical inputs for the formulation and implementation of social policies in Hong Kong.
Investigators: Professor S.L. Wong (Principal)
Dr. C.H. Ng
Dr. S.M. Shen
Dr. T.W.P. Wong
Departments: Centre of Asian Studies
School of Professional and Continuing Education
Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Run Run Shaw Research and Teaching Endowment Fund
Starting date: 1988.01
EMIGRATION FROM HONG KONG - FAMILIES, NETWORKS, AND RETURNEES
Substantial numbers of the emigrants leave with the intention of returning to Hong Kong after they have obtained foreign passports as insurance policies; we wish to ascertain the scale of such return migration, the characteristics of the returnees, and the implications for the recipient countries and for Hong Kong; the proposed study should shed light on the unique circumstances facing the Hong Kong community during the transition towards 1997; but on a more general level, it should also contribute to our understanding of the new pattern of Chinese migration overseas, and the emergence of a new global order characterised by an intensified competition for skills by advanced countries and a heightened movement of people across national boundaries which challenges the geopolitical framework of the nation states.
Investigators: Professor S.L. Wong (Principal)
Dr. J.W. Salaff
Professor R. Skeldon
Departments: Centre of Asian Studies
Geography and Geology
Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1994.10
INDICATORS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: HONG KONG 1997
To build up a set of longitudinal data on the subjective and objective dimensions of social conditions and social change in Hong Kong.
Investigators: Professor S.L. Wong (Principal)
Dr. S.K. Lau
Professor M.K. Lee
Departments: Centre of Asian Studies
Applied Social Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1996.10
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA
To examine how trust is possible for Mainland Chinese entrepreneurs in this reform era with its rapid social and economic changes; to examine how cultural norms and institutional supports (i.e. financial and legal frameworks) promote trust, hence co-operation or fail to do so and the reasons for it.
Investigators: Professor S.L. Wong (Principal)
Dr. W.B. Sun
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS IN HONG KONG AND THE CHINESE MAINLAND: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
This study hopes to further understandings between entrepreneurs on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong practically, and to examine the characteristics of Chinese entrepreneurship in different business cultures, thus to analyze social and institutional changes in the PRC and Hong Kong theoretically.
Investigators: Professor S.L. Wong (Principal)
Dr. W.B. Sun
Department: Centre of Asian Studies
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
WOMEN AND EMPLOYMENT: A LIFE HISTORY PERSPECTIVE
To investigate whether and how Hong Kong women are disadvantaged in the labour market by examining their experience of paid employment in the context of their life and family history.
Investigator: Dr. T.W.P. Wong
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1994.07
THE MAKING OF HONG KONG MAN: BUILDING AN ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE
To collect and analyze, systematically and on a comprehensive scale, oral accounts of ordinary Hong Kong residents on aspects of their daily life activities and on their recollections and reflections on the Hong Kong way of life. These oral histories will provide an opportunity for us to chart the changing nature of the society, and the major problems it has confronted over the years, seen from the daily concerns and coping methods of the common folks. How the society has evolved in the post-war period, and how common people have experienced and perceived the changes, is the central concern of the study. The aim is thus not just to preserve a record of the past, but also to identify and understand those changes and forces that have helped to build the Hong Kong ethos and the Hong Kong identity.
Investigators: Dr. T.W.P. Wong (Principal)
Dr. T.L. Lui
Dr. C.H. Ng
Department: Sociology
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.11
ADJUSTED AND DISTRESSED MARRIAGES
In depth analysis of issues related to marital satisfaction and marital stress; through identifying the coping behaviours of couples who define their marriage as adjusted; examining adjustment tasks of marriages at different life stages; investigating how difficult life experiences and traumatic events in childhood or adulthood impact on marital relationships.
Investigators: Mr. Y.C. Wong (Principal)
Miss S.C. Cheung
Mrs. D.S.Y. Leung
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1991.07
CARE FOR THE FRAIL ELDERLY - TOWARDS A CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL
To explore the needs and problems encountered by the frail elderly; to study the extend to which their needs are matched by existing welfare provision; to learn about the experience and views of the service providers in client identification, assessment and service delivery for the frail elderly; to understand the service providers' opinion towards the idea and models of case management in serving the frail elderly.
Investigators: Mr. Y.C. Wong (Principal)
Professor C.L.W. Chan
Professor I. Chi
Mrs. E.M.K. Lo
Miss F. Yip
Departments: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Faculty Reserve Fund
Starting date: 1996.03
PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CHINA'S ENTERPRISE REFORM
Propose a theory of property rights and state ownership which could explain the "privatization of assets and socialization of liabilities" in China's state sector. Test, using relevant econometric methods, the proposed theory with firm-level industrial survey data collected by the State Statistical Bureau of China and other available micro and macro statistics. Apply the tested theory to the analysis and assessment of China's recent enterprise reform initiatives such as public listing of SOEs in stock exchanges in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong, establishing large state-owned holding companies, and transforming small SOEs into employee share-holding cooperatives.
Investigators: Dr. G. Xiao (Principal)
Professor J.D. Sachs
Professor W.T. Woo
Dr. G. Yu
Dr. H.Y. Zhao
Departments: School of Economics and Finance
Faculty of Law
HIID, Harvard University
UC Davis and HIID
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.08
OPTIMAL ASSET ALLOCATION UNDER CEV MODEL
To investigate the optimal investment strategy assuming that the stock price follows a constant elasticity of variance model.
Investigator: Dr. H. Yang
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.11
EXOTIC OPTIONS UNDER CEV MODEL
To develop pricing formula for some exotic options under the assumption of the stock price follows a constant elasticity of variance model.
Investigator: Dr. H. Yang
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07
INVESTMENT RISK RELATED PROBLEMS IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE
To investigate the effects of different investment risks on some actuarial problems.
Investigators: Dr. H. Yang (Principal)
Professor W.K. Li
Dr. A.H. Tsoi
Dr. K.C. Yuen
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Mathematics
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.09
MARITAL CONFLICT AND ADOLESCENT'S BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS
To examine the relationship between marital conflict and adolescent's behaviour problem; to establish the reliability, validity and local norms of measure for marital conflict and adolescent's behaviour problems; to investigate the risk mechanism that mediates marital conflict and adolescent's behaviour problem, especially conduct disorder; to study how parent-child relationship is affected by marital conflict.
Investigators: Mr. K.C. Yeung (Principal)
Dr. K.W. Boey
Department: Social Work and Social Administration
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
THE ROLE OF AFFECT IN DETERMINING CONSUMPTION BEHAVIORS
To examine the usefulness of the proposed two-dimensional affective space in describing affective feelings during consumption; to develop a battery of state-of-art affect measures to tap feelings experienced during consumption; to map out the relations between different areas of the affective space and consumption behaviors.
Investigator: Dr. M.S.M. Yik
Department: School of Business
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.08
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE DATA
A major motivation for developing methods for the statistical analysis of infectious disease data is that one can thereby gain knowledge which is useful for determining strategies for the control of the disease. Our aims are to determine the mechanism of spread, to estimate the mean durations of the latent and infectious periods, to determine the extent of variations in these durations and to determine the fraction of the community that needs to be immunized in order to prevent major epidemics. Projection and estimation of the disease population is of great importance for making sure sufficient resources are available when need arises. Statistical analysis via martingale theory is the most natural way to model the spread of the disease. It captures and reflects the stochastic nature of the underlying process. Also, methods of inference are useful especially in case traditional maximum likelihood procedure fails.
Investigators: Dr. P.S.F. Yip (Principal)
Ms Q.Z. Chen
Dr. R. Watson
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Statistics, University of Melbourne, Australia
Starting date: 1991.09
ESTIMATION AND PROJECTION OF HIV INFECTION AND AIDS CASES IN HONG KONG
Since the first AIDS case was reported in Hong Kong in 1985, there has been uncertainty about the current prevalence of HIV infections and AIDS cases (HIV/AIDS), and great concern regarding the future trends and ultimate dimensions of this epidemic. This project reviews the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong; provides estimates of the current prevalence of HIV/AIDS; examine the seasonality and trend of HIV/AIDS and forecast the number of AIDS/HIV cases in Hong Kong in the future to assist in programme and policy development.
Investigators: Dr. P.S.F. Yip (Principal)
Professor N. Becker
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Statistics, La Trobe University, Australia
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1995.07
ESTIMATING VACCINE EFFICACY IN A GENERAL EPIDEMIC MODEL
To determine vaccine efficacy in an epidemic such that the proportion to be vaccinated in the population in order to prevent the occurrence of a major epidemic can then be correclty estimated.
Investigators: Dr. P.S.F. Yip (Principal)
Ms Q.Z. Chen
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Starting date: 1997.07
INNOVATIVE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING AND ASSESSMENT
To develop a suitable statistical sampling protocol and statistical techniques to assess the quality of the environment surrounding us, and detect changes, if any, of several key factors of the environment, namely, air pollution, noise pollution, contamination in ground water and soil water, and imbalance in the ecosystem.
Investigator: Dr. P.L.H. Yu
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
RGC Fundable Projects (Block Grant Funded)
Starting date: 1995.01
BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF ORDER-STATISTICS MODELS FOR RANKING DATA
To use the Bayesian Approach and the MCMC methods to estimate the parameters of the order-statistics models for ranking data.
Investigator: Dr. P.L.H. Yu
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Faculty Reserve Fund
Starting date: 1996.04
NONPARAMETRIC TESTS BASED ON RANK CORRELATIONS FOR INCOMPLETE DATA
Nonparametric tests based on ranks form a substantial body of statistical techniques that provide alternative to the classical parametric tests. In some of the tests, the test statistics could be expressed as some functions of rank correlations such as Kendall and Spearman rank correlations. Consider a survey in which each respondent is asked to rank the political parties according to the degree of supportiveness toward the parties. The usual test statistic for testing no differences in the supportiveness is the Friedman rank-sum statistic which is just a linear function of average Spearman rank correlations. However, cases sometimes occur in which some data are incomplete. In the example above, if some respondents assign ranks to the three most supportive parties only, the data become incomplete (or partially ranked). This research aims to construct new nonparametric methods based on rank correlations to incorporate the presence of incomplete data. In addition, the performance of various rank correlations will be studied to see which one could achieve the highest efficiency.
Investigators: Dr. P.L.H. Yu (Principal)
Dr. K.F. Lam
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
RANKED SET SAMPLING TECHNIQUE AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING AND ASSESSMENT
To develop suitable ranked set sampling techniques with particular emphasis on its applicability in assessing the quality of the environment surrounding us, in detecting changes of key measurements of the environment and in identifying factors that may have impact on environmental quality. In environmental and ecological sampling situations where the exact measurement of an environmental factor of a selected unit is either difficult or expensive in terms of time, money, or labour, ranked set sampling has been found to be extremently useful in this context. To further this statistical technique so that (i) it can handle various complication that may arise in practical situations in environmental sampling; and (ii) in addition tothe problems of estimating population parameters, the technique can be used to answer other relevant questions in environmental issues.
Investigators: Dr. P.L.H. Yu (Principal)
Professor K. Lam
Professor B.K. Sinha
Departments: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, U.S.A.
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1997.10
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ANALYZING RANKING DATA AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN BUSINESS AND SOCIAL STUDIES
To develop suitable statistical methods for analyzing ranking data with particular emphasis on its applicability in business, marketing research, educational testing, psychological and sociological studies.
Investigator: Dr. P.L.H. Yu
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1998.12
TAX REFORM, PRIVATIZATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
To understand how the level and rate of growth of national income, the speed and process of privatization, and the structure of the tax system are determined simultaneously and how they affect each other in a country that is experiencing the highest growth rate in the world and is undergoing rapid changes in the structure of property rights, organizations, market, and tax and other government policies.
Investigator: Dr. C.W. Yuen
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
LABOR MOBILITY VS. MIGRATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR INCOME-CONVERGENCE, GROWTH, WELFARE, AND INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION OF DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
To provide a qualitative and quantitative comparison between labor mobility and migration in terms of (a) their effects on equalizing income differences, on growth, and on welfare across countries and across time, and (b) their interaction with the choice and implementaton of international taxation, labor mobility, migration, and other development policies with and without policy coordination among various countries.
Investigators: Dr. C.W. Yuen (Principal)
Professor A. Razin
Departments: School of Economics and Finance
Economics, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Source of funding: Hong Kong Research Grants Council
Starting date: 1996.09
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY AS SOURCES OF GROWTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR INCOME LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND DIRECTIONS FOR TAX REFORM
To better understand both theoretically and empirically the role of multinational activities in the form of direct investment (in contrast to portfolio investment), technology innovation, and the transfer to knowledge and skills in spurring output gro in less developed economies and in narrowing the income gap between rich and poor countries; to derive implications of such growth-enhancing activities for the optimal (i.e. growth-maximizing or welfare-maximizing) design of tax structures, esp. the treatment of corporate vs. personal income and of domestic-source vs. foreign-source capital incomes.
Investigator: Dr. C.W. Yuen
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1997.07 Completion date: 1998.12
CHANNELLING DOMESTIC SAVINGS INTO PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT: THE ROLES OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FINANCE AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR GROWTH AND WELFARE IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
To better understand both theoretically and empirically the implications of various sources of financing - i.e. internal finance and external (both domestic and foreign debt and equity) finance - for capital accumulation and output growth in less developed countries; to derive optimal (growth-maximizing and welfare-maximizing) tax-subsidy schemes under these various sources of finance.
Investigator: Dr. C.W. Yuen
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
TESTS OF FIT FOR THE MEAN RESIDUAL LIFE REGRESSION MODEL
To construct tests of fit for the mean residual life regression model.
Investigator: Dr. K.C. Yuen
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
PARAMETRIC SURVIVAL MODELS FOR MORTALITY TABLES
To examine some parametric survival models for describing the entire age pattern of mortality, and to propose alternatives. In addition to the general mortality tables, we deal with the two-dimensional select and ultimate mortality tables for assured lives. An intensive empirical study is carried out using Hong Kong mortality data sets.
Investigator: Dr. K.C. Yuen
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1998.07
THE EFFECTS OF INFLATION ON THE NUMBER OF FIRMS AND FIRM SIZE: THEORY AND EVIDENCE
A typical money and growth model generally incorporates an implicit assumption that the number of firms (or the set of goods available) is fixed. This project attempts to investigate the implications of relaxing this assumption in a monopolistically competitive model with endogenous markup.
Investigator: Dr. J.J. Zhang
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.02
A STRUCTURAL MODEL OF CHINESE INFLATION
To investigate the relationship between inflation and sequencing of reform and explain why China was relatively successful in maintaining macroeconomic stability in the short run.
Investigator: Dr. H.Y. Zhao
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Faculty Reserve Fund
Starting date: 1996.02
PERFORMANCE OF FOREIGN INVESTED ENTERPRISES IN CHINA: EVIDENCE FROM FIRM LEVEL DATA
To analyze the relationship between profitability / productivity and factors such as ownership structure, capital structure, and market structure using firm level data on foreign invested enterprise in China. The focus will be on performance and corporate governance. To investigate how introducing foreign investors can help restructure and improve efficiency of Chinese state owned enterprises.
Investigator: Dr. H.Y. Zhao
Department: School of Economics and Finance
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1996.07
RANDOM SYMMETRIZATION: AN ALTERNATIVE TO BOOTSTRAP
To apply the RAS approach to the various research areas such as statistical inference in multivariate distribution theory, model checks for regression and multivariate analysis, etc.
Investigators: Dr. L.X. Zhu (Principal)
Dr. K.W. Ng
Department: Statistics and Actuarial Science
Source of funding: Committee on Research and Conference Grants
Starting date: 1999.07
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