Grouting of completely weathered granite, with special reference to the construction of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 151
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Mass Transit ◽  
Weathered Granite ◽  
Completely Weathered Granite

Terminating Architecture: Mega-Development in Hong Kong

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 277-289
Author(s):  
Li Shiqiao
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Scale Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mass Transit ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Financial Viability ◽  
Property Market ◽  
Railway Stations ◽  
Railway Systems ◽  
Physical Features

This paper examines large development projects as a function of finance in the context of Hong Kong, taking Kowloon Station as an exceptionally revealing case. Hong Kong's property market is one of the most established in Asia, and it points to the ways in which large-scale development schemes proliferate along efficient and affordable mass transit railway systems with great speed and success. At Kowloon Station, finance redefines architecture; instead of focusing on aesthetics and community, it is now promoting standardization, market visibility and semantic control. The financial viability of these developments depends entirely on these new goals; mega-developments such as Kowloon Station – and those in other parts of Asia – are successful in inventing major mass transit railway stations as terminals, in capturing commuters within spatial enclosures surrounded by barrier-like physical features, and in terminating architecture as it has long been established as a discipline. Mega-development is increasingly reinventing the contemporary Asian city.

scholarly journals Two new species of Afronurus Lestage, 1924, from Hong Kong, China (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3062 (1) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIETRICH BRAASCH ◽  
LUKE M. JACOBUS
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
New Species ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
The State ◽  
Male Adult ◽  
Two New Species

Afronurus alces, sp. nov., and A. otus, sp. nov., are described based on male adult material from Hong Kong, China. Afronurus alces, sp. nov., has penes that are extraordinarily differentiated and laterally expanded. Afronurus otus, sp. nov., has a distinctive bifurcation at the tip of each penis lobe, with sharply pointed prongs that are subequal in size. Discussion is provided about the state of systematics for the tribe Afronurini Webb & McCafferty, 2007, with special reference to the genus Afronurus Lestage, 1924.

Educational Developments and Research, with Special Reference to Hong Kong

1964 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Edmund King ◽  
Norman K. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Special Reference

Hong Kong Metro's Traction Equipment: The Drive for Efficiency

1992 ◽  
Vol 206 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
A D Moyes
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Saving ◽  
Mass Transit ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
Design Features ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Multiple Unit ◽  
Traction Equipment

This paper describes the evolution of the electric multiple unit traction equipment of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC). Traction energy efficiency is particularly important to the MTRC and has been improved by 46 per cent on the most recently supplied cars. The justification for the conversion of the existing camshaft cars to chopper control and the relative merits of different types of drives in MTRC's application are discussed. The utilization of energy, the method used to optimize coasting for energy saving, life-cycle costs and the design features of the gate turn-off thyristor chopper cars are described.

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