Published annually since 1989, The Other Hong Kong Report is a review of the various aspects of development in Hong Kong in the past year by scholars and experts, who are not government officials, and is intended to offer an alternative view to that portrayed in government publications.
The Other Hong Kong Report 1991 is this year's review of the territory by people who are not members of the Hong Kong government. Each chapter is written from an individual point of view, of someone who may be an academic or a professional. The purpose is not merely to inform, but also to examine with a critical lens the implications and consequences of events and develop- ments in the past year.
The twenty-five chapters in the report discuss a broad array of issues that include: constitution and administration, legal system, civil service, political parties, implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, Americans in Hong Kong, Vietnamese boat people, law and order, the state of the economy, monetary system and banking structure, trade and industry, labour and employ- ment, emigration and immigration, utilities and telecommunica- tions, education, medical and health, social welfare, housing, transportation, environment, quality of life, media, Hong Kong's economic value to China, external relations of Hong Kong, and Catholicism in Hong Kong. Compared with the reports of pre- vious years, five of the above chapters are new, namely, quality of life, Hong Kong's economic value to China, external relations of Hong Kong, Americans in Hong Kong, and Catholicism in Hong Kong.
The lengthy and acrimonious dispute with Beijing over the new airport and the unexpected breakthrough in mid-1991 have significant implications for developments during the year. The attempt by the people of Hong Kong and the government to deal with the consequences of these events and other developments in the rapidly changing society of Hong Kong in its transition to Chinese sovereignty form the basis of the discussion in various chapters of the book. The plurality of views presented here contrasts vividly with the official view given in the government publication Hong Kong 1991.
Contents
Calendar of Events in 1990-1991
Preface
Introduction ...... SUNG YUN-WING
1. Constitution and Administration ...... LO CHI-KIN
2. The Legal System ...... ROBERT C. TANG
3. The Civil Service ...... ANTHONY B. L. CHEUNG
4. Political Parties ...... LOUIE KIN-SHEUN
5. The Implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration ...... MARGARET NG
6. Americans in Hong Kong ...... JEFF MUIR
7. Vietnamese Boat People ...... JOHN TORGRIMSON
8. Law and Order ...... LO TIT-WING
9. The State of the Economy ...... LUK YIM-FAI
10. Monetary System and Banking Structure ...... Y. C. JAO
11. Trade and Industry ...... HO YIN-PING
12. Labour and Employment...... HO LOK-SANG
13. Emigration, Immigration and Fertility Decline: Demographic Integration or Disintegration? ...... RONALD SKELDON
14. Utilities and Telecommunications: Regulation of Monopolies ...... LIU PAK-WAI
15. Education ...... CHENG KAI-MING
16. Medical and Health ...... HUANG CHEN-YA
17. Social Welfare ...... NG SHUI-LAI
18. Housing ...... LAU KWOK-YU
19. Transportation ...... CHU KIM-YEE
20. The Environment ...... LINDA SIDDALL
21. The Quality of Life ...... WAN PO-SAN
22. The Media and Telecommunications ...... CHAN KAI-CHEUNG
23. Hong Kong's Economic Value to China ...... SUNG YUN-WING
24. The External Relations of Hong Kong ...... BRIAN HOOK
25. Catholicism in Hong Kong ...... LOUIS HA
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