Author: Hong Kong Office of the Registrar GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Hong Kong Annual Departmental Report by the Registrar General ... for the Financial Year ...
Author: Hong Kong Office of the Registrar GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Annual Departmental Report by the Registrar General
Author: Hong Kong. Registrar General's DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hong Kong (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
Annual Departmental Report by the Postmaster General
Author: Hong Kong Post Office DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Annual Departmental Report by the Director of Marine
Author: Hong Kong. Marine DeptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Poverty in the Midst of Affluence
Author: Leo F. GoodstadtPublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9888208225
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Hong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15 years, living conditions for the average family have deteriorated despite a robust economy, ample budget surpluses, and record labour productivity. Successive governments have been reluctant to invest in services for the elderly, the disabled, the long-term sick, and the poor, while education has become more elitist. The political system has helped to entrench a mistaken consensus that social spending is a threat to financial stability and economic prosperity. In this trenchant attack on government mismanagement, Leo Goodstadt traces how officials have created a ‘new poverty’ in Hong Kong and argues that their misguided policies are both a legacy of the colonial era and a deliberate choice by modern governments, and not the result of economic crises. This provocative book will be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand why poverty returned to Hong Kong in this century. The book has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new, paperback edition. ‘Leo Goodstadt has identified the New Poor as those made vulnerable through diminishing access to essential services and opportunities. The culprits are misguided policies, and the callous and uncaring decisions of those in power. This compelling critique carries weight and demands a response.’ —Christine Fang, Former Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service ‘This is a critical reflection on Hong Kong’s path of social development and a most discerning analysis of the Third World mentality espoused by the government and the business community in the area of social welfare.’ —Lui Tai-lok, Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education ‘Welfare spending was like “pouring sand into the sea to reclaim land”, thought one Chief Executive. Governments restrained social spending based on that skewed view . . . This book is meticulously researched and painfully insightful. It is a masterly chronicle of Hong Kong’s social welfare policy.’ —Anna Wu, Non-Official Member of the Executive Council, HKSAR
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
Book Description
Profits, Politics and Panics
Author: Leo GoodstadtPublisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789622098961
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Goodstadt brilliantly weaves a tapestry that resolves major puzzles about Hong Kong's growth as an international financial centre during this pivotal fifty-year period. This is a devastating expose of the consequences of the British colonial government's failure to effectively regulate banking and manage monetary policy."--David Meyer, Washington University. St. LouisLeo F. Goodstadt is adjunct professor in the School of Business Studies at Trinity Colletge, University of Dublin. He was formerly deputy editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review.
Hong Kong
Author: David Fu-Keung IpPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hong Kong (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Author: Jamaica
Author: Jamaica