In Daily Giving Service: A History of the Diocesan Girls’ School, Hong Kong, Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung and her fellow contributors present a comprehensive history of one of Hong Kong’s oldest girls’ schools. As an alumna of the school, Chan-Yeung traces the history of her alma mater from its establishment in 1860, to its development over the last 160 years until the recent decade. Having experienced stability and turbulences in Hong Kong in the twentieth century, the school has become one of the most prominent girls’ schools in the city. In several chapters written by other alumnae, various aspects of school life of different eras are reconstructed and remembered.The author and other contributors focused on the postwar era in which Hong Kong grew from a small city to a global metropolitan. The expansion of the Diocesan Girls’ School largely followed this trend. The history of the school has also long been connected with the socio-economic development of Hong Kong society, sharing its happ
Includes practical advice, up-to-date legal insight, and easy-to-use checklists.Suitable for people working behind and inside construction sites.Real examples and application in Hong Kong.This book is aimed at students taking occupational safety and health courses at the universities, Construction Industry Council and Occupational Safety and Health Council. It will also serve as a reference book for registered safetyofficers, safety managers, insurance surveyors, project managers, site agents,safety engineers and occupational safety officers as well as those involved in promoting occupational safety in the construction industry and preventingaccidents on construction worksites.
This book examines Hong Kong foodways in different periods of social development and hopes to advance anthropological inquiries by addressing issues concerning identity, migration, consumerism, globalization, and the invention of local cuisines in the context of Hong Kong as a fast-changing society in East Asia.
本書收錄文章領域具有代表性,都是當前 AI 之人文社會重要議題。相關作者也都是國內此一領域的一時之選。匯集政治、管理、金融、法律、社會、倫理、性別、心理、設計、科技與社會研究領域學者,由 AI 涉及的研究方法、理財機制、法院判決、介入式預測、社會參與、自駕車難題、倫理框架、深度偽造、人類中心情感設計、量刑系統、數據實作與資料分析等領域,提出深入淺出分析。本書旨在協助大學程度以上讀者,無論是 AI 技術人才或是人文社會領域,都能夠在 AI 新時代面對新挑戰並進而拓展視野。本書希望協助人文社會領域讀者更積極瞭解 AI 發展,掌握時代趨勢與潛在挑戰,也有助於技術人才協助創造更好的AI 與 社會。本書由專業背景及學理出發,但採親近讀者的寫作方式,相較於一般學術書籍,本書以單元式呈現,包括政策法制、社會倫理、思想哲理、技術文化面,探討AI的實務、體制到哲理面。因此,適合大眾讀者瞭解AI人文會趨勢,也適合作為專論之單元規劃使用,或是根據議題單篇做微課程的指定教材,也適合做為大學通識課程、跨領域課程的教材。
Focusing on Albert Sanguinetti from his early life to his retirement from the legal sector, including his tenures in Gibraltar, Kenya, and Hong Kong, this biography provides an in-depth view of the life of a prominent figure in the legal field in the late twentieth century. It is written from an objective, external viewpoint and paints a colourful and lively picture of Sanguinetti in a voice that could almost be his own. Using Sanguinetti’s life experiences, the biographer touches on various historical events, including the Mau Mau revolution in Kenya and the 1957 riots in Hong Kong, and details the social and political problems of the times, such as lingering colonialism, class structure issues, and human rights violations, among others. These glimpses of history through Sanguinetti’s eyes are accessible, thought-provoking, and truly representative of the man himself.Offering a well-rounded image of the eccentric subject, this book fulfils Sanguinetti’s common response to questions ab
Daoism is a peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to the publication of original research articles exploring Daoism in its social and historical contexts from the pre-modern to the contemporary period. The journal encourages innovative research based on new documents and/or fieldworks.
紙紮世界是香港的縮影,反映了這座城市的嚮往、執迷和信念。134件紙紮品.中英雙語攝影文集看見極樂世界的衣食住行、吃喝玩樂捕捉薪火燒不盡的香港人情在紙紮的花花世界裏,祭品的形態和種類五花八門:日常用品從一把傘、一籠點心到一張八達通 ;抑或是億元紙鈔、豪華別墅與配備司機的轎車等奢侈品......祭祀者總能從林林總總的設計和款式中找到最切合逝者的祭品――每件紙紮品都代表著跨越陰陽的親密牽絆。紙紮世界也是香港的縮影,反映了這個城市的嚮往、執迷和信念。紙紮一件燒、一件現,化作煙縷穿越人間與冥界,在另一個國度建構一個更豐富多彩的香港。A bilingual photo book on Hong Kong's paper offerings for the afterlife•The world of paper offerings is a microcosm of Hong Kong that reflects the city's aspirations,obsessions and desires.•Featuring 134 paper offerings with texts in both Chinese and English.•Find everything you could want for a happy afterlife, from everyday needs to extravagantluxuries.•Capturing Hong Kong's undying love and devotion.Discover the fascinating and moving world of Hong Kong’s paper offerings for the afterlife. These carepackages for lost loved ones and ancestors in the next life include everything from creature comfortsand simple everyday needs, to extravagant luxuries and curious fancies. Individually, each offering is atouching manifestation