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Title Hong Kong in China : the challenges of transition / edited by Wang Gungwu & John Wong
Published Singapore : Times Academic Press, [1999]
©1999

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Description iv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Is the "one country, two systems" formula working? / Kuan Hsin-chi -- From elite unity to disunity / Lau Siu-kai -- The Asian financial crisis and the Hong Kong economy / Liu Pak Wai -- Changing structure of Hong Kong's economy / Tsang Shu-ki -- The financial sector in the wake of the recent Asian economic crisis / Y.C. Jao -- Economic integration with the mainland / Sung Yun-wing -- Changing Hong Kong identities / Wong Siu-lun -- The split-family phenomenon / Kuah Khun Eng -- Whither Hong Kong's middle class? / Lee Ming-kwan -- A search for identity / Johannes Man-mun Chan -- Hong Kong's legal system in transition, 1997-99 / Albert H.Y. Chen
Summary "Hong Kong in China: The Challenges of Transition comprises a collection of papers evaluating the situation in Hong Kong SAR over the last two years. The handing over of Hong Kong to China presents a challenge to the legal system which is intrinsically and delicately linked to the political vision of "one country, two systems". While politicians and legalists seek to work out the model, the people of Hong Kong confront the dilemma of an identity crisis, on top of the contentious social problems presented by the immigration of Chinese mainlanders. Also, the island's economic and financial system, fundamental to Hong Kong's existence, confronts not only the problems of transition but also the Asian currency crisis which had a devastating effect on the Southeast Asian economies."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
SUBJECT Hong Kong (China) -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115358 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
Hong Kong (China) -- History -- Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010000
Hong Kong (China) -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115358
Hong Kong (China) -- Politics and government -- 1997- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005498
Hong Kong (China) -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115360
Author Wang, Gungwu.
Wong, John, 1939-
LC no. 99499767
ISBN 9812101489