3 Introduction to HKIAC

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moser Michael ◽  
Bao Chiann
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Recent Case ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
International Arbitration ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Arbitration Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
Regional Institution

This chapter introduces the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), one of the longest-standing and most prominent providers of dispute resolution services in the Asia-Pacific region. According to a leading arbitration journal, ‘[r]egional arbitration pretty much began with the HKIAC. No regional institution has been running for so long. Or with such success.’ It has also been recognized that the emergence of HKIAC proved that the concept of regional arbitration would work. The chapter then summarizes the history of HKIAC, describes its structure and services, provides an overview of recent case statistics, and outlines the arbitration process under the HKIAC Rules.

The New Arbitration Ordinance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-197
Author(s):  
Lee Tin Yan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Special Administrative Region ◽  
Legal Environment ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Administrative Region ◽  
The Common

Because of the unique position that Hong Kong occupies in China and its separate legal system based on the common law, it is a well-established policy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (‘‘HKSAR’’) Government to develop and enhance Hong Kong’s status as a major dispute resolution centre in the Asia Pacific region. One significant initiative in this regard is the recent introduction of a new Arbitration Ordinance to further improve the legal environment for arbitration in Hong Kong.

15 Singapore

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oo Minn Naing
Keyword(s):  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
International Arbitration ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Commercial Arbitration ◽  
International Council ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The World ◽  
Legislative Framework

Singapore is currently one of the world's leading arbitration destinations. In addition to having recently hosted the 21st Congress of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), the reputation of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and Maxwell Chambers as being among the leading arbitration-related institutions in the world is testament to the growing significance of international arbitration in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to the leading role that Singapore has played in contributing to the collective jurisprudence, expertise, activity, and interest in international arbitration. This chapter considers the provisions of the statutory regime and jurisprudence that contributed to establishing Singapore as a pro-arbitration jurisdiction. It provides selected ‘snapshots’ of the current legislative framework as well as recent judicial decisions in the Singapore courts on issues relating to international arbitration.

scholarly journals Hong Kong maritime arbitration under the Arbitration Ordinance 2011

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-375
Author(s):  
Sik Kwan Tai ◽  
Bing Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Legal Cases ◽  
Content Type

Purpose In 2011, the new Arbitration Ordinance took effect in Hong Kong. This paper aims to discuss the new features on maritime arbitration. Design/methodology/approach The relevant provisions of the Arbitration Ordinance 2011 and the legal cases are examined. Findings Hong Kong is a first class maritime arbitration centre in the Asia Pacific Region. Originality/value This paper is one of the very few general reviews of the maritime arbitration under the Arbitration Ordinance 2011.

scholarly journals Loss to Followup in HIV-Infected Patients from Asia-Pacific Region: Results from TAHOD

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jialun Zhou ◽  
Junko Tanuma ◽  
Romanee Chaiwarith ◽  
Christopher K. C. Lee ◽  
Matthew G. Law ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Viral Load ◽  
Drug Regimen ◽  
Clinic Visit ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Hiv Viral Load ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lost To Follow Up

This study examined characteristics of HIV-infected patients in the TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database who were lost to follow-up (LTFU) from treatment and care. Time from last clinic visit to 31 March 2009 was analysed to determine the interval that best classified LTFU. Patients defined as LTFU were then categorised into permanently LTFU (never returned) and temporary LTFU (re-entered later), and these groups compared. A total of 3626 patients were included (71% male). No clinic visits for 180 days was the best-performing LTFU definition (sensitivity 90.6%, specificity 92.3%). During 7697 person-years of follow-up, 1648 episodes of LFTU were recorded (21.4 per 100-person-years). Patients LFTU were younger (P=0.002), had HIV viral load ≥500 copies/mL or missing (P=0.021), had shorter history of HIV infection (P=0.048), and received no, single- or double-antiretroviral therapy, or a triple-drug regimen containing a protease inhibitor (P<0.001). 48% of patients LTFU never returned. These patients were more likely to have low or missing haemoglobin (P<0.001), missing recent HIV viral load (P<0.001), negative hepatitis C test (P=0.025), and previous temporary LTFU episodes (P<0.001). Our analyses suggest that patients not seen at a clinic for 180 days are at high risk of permanent LTFU, and should be aggressively traced.

scholarly journals APEC’S place in modern political and economic processes in Greater East Asia

2020 ◽  
pp. 337-346
Author(s):  
Dmitrij V. Mosyakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
International Security ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Issues

This article is devoted to the history of such an authoritative international organization as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation-APEC. This organization, created to address issues of economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region, has gradually turned into the main platform for political negotiations, at which key issues of international security and international relations are discussed.

Intergroup Communication: Asia/Australasia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Liu
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Intergroup Communication ◽  
The Past ◽  
Asian Immigration ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
History Of

Located in the Asia Pacific region, Asia and Australasia have established a long and close relationship over the past centuries. Asian immigrants play a key role in the development and maintenance of this relationship between the two continents. As Australia not only occupies 86% of the Australasia region but also has a long history of receiving Asian immigrants, dating back to the 18th century, research on intergroup communication between Asian immigrants and host nationals tends to be concentrated in Australia. Under the early White Australia Policy, restrictions on Asian immigrants were imposed to protect the White Australia. This reflected the values and attitudes at the time when many Australians considered Asia as a threat and defined themselves as separate from it. Since the removal of this policy in 1973, particularly in the past four decades, there has been a substantial boom of Asian immigration to Australia. They transformed Australia’s economy, society, culture, and more importantly, Australians’ attitudes toward Asia and Asians. Asian immigrants are therefore central to the study of intergroup communication in Australasia.

Brian Herbert Kay 1944–2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Michael F. Good ◽  
Scott A. Ritchie ◽  
Darryl McGinn ◽  
Richard C. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Young Researchers ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Scientific Achievements

Brian Kaywas a renowned entomologist and arbovirologistwhoworked in academia and with local and international governments to make major and lasting improvements in public health. Particular highlights were the first ever elimination of a saltmarsh mosquito in the world and elimination of dengue from many hamlets and villages in Vietnam. He is also remembered for the development of the careers of many young researchers in Australia and overseas. When thinking of Brian Kay, three things come to mind immediately. First, Brian was a great character–a man of fun and passion and always good to be around. He had a great cheeky smile. Second, Brian was deeply committed to the careers and well-being of those around him–exemplified no better than how he acted so caringly for the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) staff when he served for several years as Chairman of the QIMR Staff Association; and third, Brian was an outstanding entomologist, biologist, scientist. Here, we give a little history of his background and attempt to distil a few of Brian's many scientific achievements and paint a picture of a man who was greatly admired and loved by those who worked alongside him in various parts of the world, but predominantly in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region.

Sanitized Sex

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Kramm
Keyword(s):  
Social History ◽  
Venereal Disease ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Postwar Japan ◽  
History Of ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Spatial Formations

Sanitized Sex analyzes the development of new forms of regulation concerning prostitution, venereal disease, and intimacy during the occupation of Japan after the Second World War, focusing on the period between 1945 and 1952. It contributes to the cultural and social history of the occupation of Japan by investigating the intersections of the ordering principles of race, class, gender, and sexuality. It reveals how sex and its regulation were not marginal but key issues in the occupation politics, as well as in postwar state- and empire-building, U.S.-Japan relations, and American and Japanese self-imagery. An analysis of the “sanitization of sex” uncovers new spatial formations in the postwar period. The ways and means in which the sexual encounter between occupiers and occupied was regulated and experienced were closely linked to the disintegration of the Japanese Empire and the rise of U.S. hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region during the Cold War era. An analysis of the sanitization of sex thus sheds new light on the configuration of postwar Japan, the process of decolonization, the postcolonial formation of the Asia-Pacific region, and the particularities of postwar U.S. imperialism. More than a book about the regulation of sex between occupiers and occupied in postwar Japan, Sanitized Sex offers a reading of the intimacies of empires—defeated and victorious.

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