and 1997, Hong Kong underwent a relatively large political and institutional transformation. Especially after the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the pace of political transformation process was speeded up. In my opinions, the resumption of sovereignty did help Hong Kong move towards the process of political modernization. To explain why the turning back of Hong Kong could boost the political progress in our city, we should first know what is the definition of political modernization
Definition of political parties Any political party wishes to gain control of the government, the main roles of political parties include grooming of politicians for the electoral contest and government formation, providing civic education to the public, aggregating policy preferences, articulating and representing societal interests and demands of the people from all walks of life, and developing policies platforms to persuade the voters and gain their support. As Giovanni Sartori said, he definite
Fearless Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Protesters will continue fighting for democracy How many times do the young and innocent have to be imprisoned? How can Beijing continue to deceive the people of Hong Kong with its 1 country 2 systems lie? We will keep sacrificing ourselves for our country’s democracy The re-arrest of Joseph Wong shows that we, as Hong Kong citizens, aren’t staying silent about the ongoing threat to our freedom of political expression. The Communist Party of China shouldn’t be
on the evaluation of the greatest potential and ability for a destination to accommodate tourists, for instance, the destination lifecycle and tourists’ management, without seriously interrupting the local physical-ecological, socio-demographic, political economic aspects, so as to maintain the sustainability local lifestyle. Although some scholars suggested that there is yet a consistent principle of
In Postmodernism and Consumer Society, Fredric Jameson proposes the idea of pastiche as a new component of postmodernism. Although both mimic and twitch other styles, different from parody, pastiche remains neutral, devoid of ulterior motive or satirical impulse, i.e. it is satisfied with the appropriation of previous fashions or styles, without attempt to mock or critique them. Based on the death of subject and the impossibility of parody, the notion of pastiche, however, arouses the question about
HSS2001-L01 Transitions in Hong Kong Society Individual essay Chan Ho Yin 15002997 Rethinking flexible welfare strategy in Hong Kong: a new direction for the East Asian welfare model? Since 1980, many Asian countries or cities had experienced economic growth, and there is great development of welfare system in this period of time. East Asian welfare politics focusing on the idea of Productivist(Good et al. 1998, Gough 2001) and a Confucian culture (Jones 1993) that Asian states can increase productivity
Executive-legislative disconnection Recently, there is no doubt that Executive-legislative disconnection has become serious in Hong Kong. Some council members especially people from pro-democratic camp always oppose government’s policies opinions no matter how they are. The relationship between government and council member is worse. As a result, it makes quality of governance in HKSAR decrease and affect a lot of things and citizens. I will talk about this problem by discussing the cause of the
found the said police officer and four others guilty due to misconduct and ordered dismissal from the service and his benefits especially if he will retired from the office, it will be forfeited. In the afternoon on the said date, there was some Hong Kong tourists was freed, it includes and couple which is an senior citizen, a woman with two children and a 12 year-old child and it includes a Filipino tour guide and two photographers. Also, the said bus hostage crisis was broadcasted live on several
countries from Europe and North America to the Middle East and Asia (Fenn et al, 1998). It also established that conflict in construction industry may due to other complementary conflict which related to the nature or location of the country, social, political, cultural, religion and environmental features. However, Daoud & Azzam (1999) focused the cause of conflict in the Middle East construction industry. It revealed that there are five main cause of construction conflict; there are
When two parties trade with each other, a letter of credit will be issued by a third party. Its purpose is to guarantee the payments for goods or services when the seller provides acceptable documentation. Typically, letter of credit is issued by the banks or other financial institutions. However, under certain circumstances, some reputable financial services companies might issue the letter of credit too. A letter of credit generally has three participants, which are the buyer of the goods or services