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Cantonese Children's Songs in Hong Kong
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Nov 19, 2013
A century of British colonial rule over a population of Chinese majority has resulted in a special culture of Hong Kong. While the local people have maintained a considerable amount of the traditional Chinese culture, a very...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Cantonese Children's Songs in Hong Kong
Lily Chen-Hafteck
Nov 19, 2013
A century of British colonial rule over a population of Chinese majority has resulted in a special culture of Hong Kong. While the local people have maintained a considerable amount of the traditional Chinese culture, a very...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Loss sensitive investors and positively biased analysts in Hong Kong stock market
Abstract: The Hong Kong stock market is known to be highly volatile. Professional investors have a strong demand for timely information because of the infrequent nature of Hong Kong analysts’ interim reports (Cheng et al....
Patrick Dougherty Project Continues with New Gallery Exhibitions in March
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
"Patrick Dougherty: Stick Work," a series of photographs of Dougherty's past installations, will run March 31-May 7 at Gallery Up in Rock Hill. Opening March 26, an exhibition of the works of N.C. painter Jeremiah Miller will...
Published by: Winthrop University
Winthrop Alumnus Steven Patrick Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Patrick, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, will use the $7,500 award to attend medical school at Western University of Health Sciences of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, California. He was a recipient last year of...
Published by: Winthrop University
Education for Justice-Oriented and Participatory Citizenship in a Politicized Era in Hong Kong
Shun Ng, Koon Wong
Nov 27, 2020
This chapter aims at introducing issues of citizenship education arising from the social, historical, and political context of Hong Kong before and after its handover from Britain to the People's Republic of China in 1997. It...
English as a lingua franca communication between domestic helpers and employers in Hong Kong
This paper discusses an exploratory, small-scale study that investigated the use of English as a lingua franca in domestic workplaces in Hong Kong between Filipino employees and Hong Kongese employers. Through data collected...
Forecasting Migration to the United States from Hong Kong and India
This study investigates the forecasting of migration from India and Hong Kong to the United States. To study this, quantitative design is employed so numerical data can be used. The proposed research strategy uses the...
English as a lingua franca communication between domestic helpers and employers in Hong Kong
This paper discusses an exploratory, small-scale study that investigated the use of English as a lingua franca in domestic workplaces in Hong Kong between Filipino employees and Hong Kongese employers. Through data collected...
Revealing the impacts of passive cooling techniques on building energy performance
CR Yu, HS Guo, QC Wang, RD Chang
Jun 19, 2020
Environmental concerns and growing energy costs raise the importance of sustainable development and energy conservation. The building sector accounts for a significant portion of total energy consumption. Passive cooling...
Incarnate Quested Speaking
Patrick Brown
Jun 23, 2022
Patrick Brown is an independent scholar in Honolulu, Hawaii. Before moving to Hawaii, he taught in the philosophy department and the school of law at Seattle University. Brown received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston...
Navigating Central-Local Dynamics
Wing-chung Ho
Jan 01, 2024
This paper examines the central-local relation between Beijing and Hong Kong in the final stage of the COVID-19 combat, by analyzing Hong Kong's policy responses regarding public space governance in 2022. Drawing on the combined...
Incarnate Quested Speaking
Patrick Brown
Jun 23, 2022
Patrick Brown is an independent scholar in Honolulu, Hawaii. Before moving to Hawaii, he taught in the philosophy department and the school of law at Seattle University. Brown received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston...
Newspaper representation and power relations in infrastructure projects
AHY Lee, EA Silva
Jan 25, 2017
This paper explores newspapers’ representation of different actors in infrastructure projects, and analyses the power relations between them through a case study in Hong Kong. The case in question is the highly controversial...
Analysis of the Establishment and Closure of the Ta Teh Institute in British Hong Kong during the Chinese Civil War
Chung Fun Steven Hung
Aug 25, 2016
The Ta Teh Institute was a prominent and important higher learning institute that existed in Hong Kong during the period of the Chinese Civil War, after the Second World War. The institute was founded in October, 1946 and then...
Prevalence of dementia in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
BACKGROUND: There are several existing systematic reviews of prevalence of dementia for mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but several studies have been newly reported. The aim of this study is to update prevalence data in...
A joint analysis of influenza-associated hospitalizations and mortality in Hong Kong, 1998-2013.
Influenza viruses may cause severe human infections leading to hospitalization or death. Linear regression models were fitted to population-based data on hospitalizations and deaths. Surveillance data on influenza virus activity...
Characterizing Human Collective Behaviors During COVID-19 - Hong Kong SAR, China, 2020.
WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS TOPIC?: People are likely to engage in collective behaviors online during extreme events, such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, to express awareness, take action, and work...
Tennis Player Receives One of Two Big South Conference Graduate Fellowships
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Winthrop tennis player Steven Patrick and the other recipient, Longwood University women's soccer player Olivia Colella, will receive their awards of $2,000 each on June 2 to use for their respective graduate studies. Patrick...
Published by: Winthrop University
Exhibition Designed to Inspire New Ways of Thinking Opens in Galleries
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
An opening reception for both exhibitions is scheduled for Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Rutledge and Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick galleries.
Published by: Winthrop University

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