Embodying place and class habitus: passing practices of male-to-female cross-dressers in Hong Kong

We examined the epidemiological profiles and characteristics of suicide attempters admitted to the Accident and Emergency Department of a regional hospital in Hong Kong (Princess Margaret Hospital) in the period from January to December 1995. These consisted of 101 adolescents (16 males and 85 females) aged between 10 to 24 years. There were significantly more female attempters than males, especially in the group aged 10-19, which had a male-to-female ratio of suicide rates of 1:11. Most of the methods used were nonlethal; the attempters were not serious enough and had no real intention to die. The use of painkillers and sleeping pills was most common. The main precipitating factor was interpersonal problems, for example, relationships, spousal and parental problems, especially among teenage girls. More than 90% of the cases stayed at the hospital for further observation, the mean length of stay in the hospital being 3.3 days. The potential health cost to the hospital system was around HK$ 11.7 million. Underestimating the prevalence of attempted suicides in Hong Kong could be a serious matter.

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Seasonality of tuberculosis in intermediate endemicity setting dominated by reactivation diseases in Hong Kong

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-99651-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Leonia Hiu Wan Lau ◽

Ngai Sze Wong ◽

Chi Chiu Leung ◽

Chi Kuen Chan ◽

Alexis K. H. Lau ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Regression Models ◽

Seasonal Pattern ◽

The Elderly ◽

Linear Regression Models ◽

Recent Infection ◽

Female Ratio ◽

Clinical Presentations ◽

Intermediate Endemicity ◽

Male To Female

AbstractSummer-spring predominance of tuberculosis (TB) has been widely reported. The relative contributions of exogenous recent infection versus endogenous reactivation to such seasonality remains poorly understood. Monthly TB notifications data between 2005 and 2017 in Hong Kong involving 64,386 cases (41% aged ≥ 65; male-to-female ratio 1.74:1) were examined for the timing, amplitude, and predictability of variation of seasonality. The observed seasonal variabilities were correlated with demographics and clinical presentations, using wavelet analysis coupled with dynamic generalised linear regression models. Overall, TB notifications peaked annually in June and July. No significant annual seasonality was demonstrated for children aged ≤ 14 irrespective of gender. The strongest seasonality was detected in the elderly (≥ 65) among males, while seasonal pattern was more prominent in the middle-aged (45–64) and adults (30–44) among females. The stronger TB seasonality among older adults in Hong Kong suggested that the pattern has been contributed largely by reactivation diseases precipitated by defective immunity whereas seasonal variation of recent infection was uncommon.

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Study of the Relationship Between Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and Autistic Disorder

Journal of Child Neurology ◽

10.2310/7010.2006.00046 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 199-204 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Virginia Wong

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Tuberous Sclerosis ◽

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex ◽

Autistic Disorder ◽

Pervasive Developmental Disorders ◽

Developmental Disorders ◽

Eastern Region ◽

Behavioral Phenotypes ◽

Female Ratio ◽

Male To Female

There has been increasing awareness that there are behavioral phenotypes in tuberous sclerosis complex with neuropsychiatric symptom complex such as autistic disorder and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the neurobiologic basis of autistic disorder in tuberous sclerosis complex is still unknown. We studied two cohorts of children followed up since 1986 until 2003, one cohort with tuberous sclerosis complex and another cohort with autistic disorder, to determine the incidence of autistic disorder in tuberous sclerosis complex and the incidence of tuberous sclerosis complex in autistic disorder respectively. We established a Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Registry in 1985 at the University of Hong Kong. In 2004, 44 index cases (the male to female ratio was 0.75:1) were registered. Three had a positive family history of tuberous sclerosis complex. Thus, the total number of tuberous sclerosis complex cases was 47. We adopted the diagnostic criteria of tuberous sclerosis complex for case ascertainment. The period prevalence rate of tuberous sclerosis complex for children and adolescents aged < 20 years is 3.5 per 10,000 (on Hong Kong island, excluding the eastern region with 125,100 aged < 20 years in 2003). Of 44 cases with tuberous sclerosis complex, 7 had autistic disorder. Thus, the incidence of autistic disorder in tuberous sclerosis complex is 16%. During the 17-year period (1986—2003), we collected a database of 753 children (668 boys and 84 girls; male to female ratio 8:1) with autistic disorder and pervasive developmental disorders. For all children with autistic disorder or pervasive developmental disorders, we routinely examined for any features of tuberous sclerosis complex by looking for neurocutaneous markers such as depigmented spots, which appear in 50% of children with tuberous sclerosis complex by the age of 2 years. For those with infantile spasm or epilepsy, the clinical features of tuberous sclerosis complex were monitored regularly during follow-up. Of these, seven had tuberous sclerosis complex. Thus, the incidence of tuberous sclerosis complex in autistic disorder is 0.9%. All of these children are mentally retarded, with moderate to severe grades in an intellectual assessment conducted by a clinical psychologist. Future studies should be directed toward looking at the various behavioral phenotypes in tuberous sclerosis complex and defining these with standardized criteria to look for any real association with the underlying genetic mutation of TSC1 or TSC2 gene or even the site of tubers in the brain. ( J Child Neurol 2006;21:199—204; DOI 10.2310/7010.2006.00046).

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Ulcerative Colitis in the Chinese Population of Vancouver, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology ◽

10.1155/1994/821476 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 303-307 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hugh Chaun ◽

Hugh J Freeman

Keyword(s):

Ulcerative Colitis ◽

British Columbia ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Age At Diagnosis ◽

Chinese Patients ◽

Female Ratio ◽

Clinical Records ◽

Age Range ◽

Male To Female

The clinical records of 22 Chinese patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) seen in Vancouver, British Columbia from 1975 to 1989 were reviewed. There was a predominance of males, with a male to female ratio of 1.75:1. The age range at diagnosis was 14 to 67 years (mean 38.9). Eighteen of the 22 patients were immigrants, and one was a visitor from Hong Kong. The age at diagnosis of the three Canadian-born patients (14, 26 and 26 years old) was less than the mean age at diagnosis of the immigrant group. The immigrants had resided in Canada for a mean of 9.3 years before developing symptoms of UC. Despite the rarity of UC in Hong Kong, 59% of the Chinese patients in this series were Hong Kong immigrants. This study demonstrates that UC is not as uncommon a disease in Chinese as had been previously perceived. Adequate time is apparently necessary for exposure to environmental factors in the pathogenesis of UC. The opportunity for continued study of defined ethnic immigrant populations in North America may yield useful information related to environmental factors that may be important in the etiology and pathogenesis of UC.

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Recent dramatic increase in the male-to-female sex ratio of babies born in Hong Kong

Journal of Perinatal Medicine ◽

10.1515/jpm.2010.024 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Grace Ying Wong ◽

Wing Cheong Leung ◽

Robert Kien Howe Chin

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Sex Ratio ◽

Female Sex ◽

Male To Female

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The Networked Storyteller and Her Digital Tale: Film Festivals and Ann Hui’s 'My Way'

Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images ◽

10.3998/gs.1702 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Gina Marchetti

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Vital Role ◽

Short Film ◽

Women Filmmakers ◽

Film Festivals ◽

Before And After ◽

Online Channel ◽

Female Director ◽

Male To Female

In cooperation with China’s Youku online channel, the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society commissioned Ann Hui to make a short film, My Way, to be part of an omnibus production, Beautiful 2012. In order to be considered for this commission, Hui needed to be acknowledged at international film festivals and be a recognized auteur known in the Asian region and beyond. Without Hui’s festival credentials and the reputation of the other directors in the curated production, the collected shorts would have little appeal to other programmers and distributors. Although she has famously resisted the label of “film auteur” in the past, Ann Hui undoubtedly stands as the most celebrated female director based in Hong Kong active before and after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in 1997.Given the length of her career as well as the impressive critical and scholarly attention her work has garnered, Hui serves as an exemplary case study of how film festivals play a vital role in the career of a Hong Kong female fiction film director. In the case of My Way, the festival circuit permits a specific type of production and digital distribution that enables Hui to craft a network narrative, which places the transition of its protagonist from male to female within a broader community connected through a shared gender identity. By analyzing Ann Hui’s presence at the festivals in Venice and Hong Kong, as well as the link between her festival exposure and her Internet success, My Way offers insight into the circuitous paths women filmmakers follow in order to tell their stories on transnational screens.

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