EYE ON CHINA

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (08) ◽  
pp. 4-15
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Science Park ◽  
Going Private ◽  
Online Sales ◽  
Education Centre ◽  
World Class ◽  
Mixed Species Flocks ◽  
China Mainland

Singapore-Based AAMG To Lead Project Management to Establish Zhuhai-Singapore Life Science Park which will offer World-Class Health & Medical Services in Southern China Boston Therapeutics’ Hong Kong Affiliate Advance Pharmaceutical’s BTI-320 Clinical Trial Reaches Mid-Point by Enrolling 30 Patients at the Chinese University of Hong Kong China Green Agriculture’s Online Sales Platform Begins Operations Mixed-species Flocks Important for Biodiversity Conservation in Tropics LICP Designs Hydrogels with Extraordinary Mechanical Properties and Good Self-recovery AstraZeneca and Ironwood Report Positive Top-Line Data from Phase III IBS-C Trial Designed to Support Linaclotide Approval in China GE to Build Wind Education Centre in China Chinese Scientists Edit Genes to Produce Artificial Sperm Capable of Creating “army of half-cloned mice” Brain ‘switch’ can Turn off Drug Addiction, Say Shanghai Scientists Mindray Medical Completes Acquisition of Wuhan Dragonbio China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. Announces Formation of Special Committee to Consider “Going Private” Proposal BioNano Genomics Announces Addition of Gene Company as China Mainland and HK/Macau Distributor Novel Imaging Technology REFI takes Clinicians closer to detecting Stage 0 Tumour Lesions

EYE ON CHINA

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (05) ◽  
pp. 4-12
Keyword(s):  
Asian American ◽  
Red Wine ◽  
Color Change ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Endangered Plants ◽  
Mitochondrial Translation ◽  
Science Park ◽  
Floral Color ◽  
World Class

Singapore-Based Asian American Medical Group and Rich Tree Holdings Break Ground on Zhuhai-Singapore Life Science Park; Advanced Diagnostic and Wellness Medical Centre Will Bring World-Class Services to Southern China in 2018. ASLAN Pharmaceuticals Opens China Office. China to Improve Basic Science Research. Chinese Scientists Edit Genes to Resist HIV in Embryos. Scientists Find How Red Wine Compound Protects Heart. Alliance for Stem Cell Technologies Established in Guangzhou. China and Germany Keen to Deepen R&D Cooperation. Study Unveils Novel Crosstalk Mechanism between Mitochondrial Translation and Cytoplasmic Translation. China's Seed Haven Protects Endangered Plants. Scientists Find that miR-155 Suppresses ErbB2-induced Malignant Transformation. Nectar and Scent Secretion Patterns Reflect Floral Color Change Rhythm in Quisqualis indica.

Corporate Governance Code Focusing on Asian Jurisdictions - China [Mainland], Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Japan - and Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Watanabe ◽  
Lucca Katharina Schlager ◽  
Yimeng Huang ◽  
Yu Tang ◽  
Taehyun Yoon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Corporate Governance Code ◽  
China Mainland

scholarly journals Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong

2015 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cuiling Xu ◽  
Ranawaka A. P. M. Perera ◽  
Yap-Hang Chan ◽  
Vicky J. Fang ◽  
Sophia Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Dietary Vitamin ◽  
Skeletal Health ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Hydroxyvitamin D ◽  
25 Hydroxyvitamin D ◽  
The Mean

Vitamin D plays an important role in skeletal health throughout life. Some studies have hypothesised that vitamin D may reduce the risk of other diseases. Our study aimed to estimate age-specific and sex-specific serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) status and to identify the determinants of serum 25(OH)D status in Hong Kong, a subtropical city in southern China. In 2009–2010, households in Hong Kong were followed up to identify acute respiratory illnesses, and sera from 2694 subjects were collected in three to four different study phases to permit measurement of 25(OH)D levels at different times of the year. A questionnaire survey on diet and lifestyle was conducted among children, with simultaneous serum collection in April and May 2010. The mean of serum 25(OH)D levels in age groups ranged from 39 to 63 nmol/l throughout the year with the mean values in all age groups in spring below 50 nmol/l. Children aged 6–17 years, and girls and women had significantly lower serum 25(OH)D levels than adults, and boys and men, respectively (allP< 0·001). We estimated that serum 25(OH)D levels in Hong Kong followed a lagged pattern relative to climatic season by 5 weeks with lowest observed levels in early spring (March). For children aged 6–17 years, reporting a suntan, having at least 1 servings of fish/week and having at least 1 serving of eggs/week were independently associated with higher serum 25(OH)D levels. Adequate sunlight exposure and increased intake of dietary vitamin D could improve vitamin D status, especially for children and females in the winter and spring.

The Population Numbers Challenge

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Chim Richard Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Warm Water ◽  
The Political ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The People ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
World Class ◽  
Metropolitan Center ◽  
Population Numbers

What is the most important challenge Hong Kong is facing? It is not the political elections in 2017. It is not the saturation of our landfills. It is not Hong Kong Television losing its bid for a license. Rather, it is the serious population challenge that could have consequences up to the end of this century if best policies are not adopted soon and sustained for a long period. Inaction would mean the gradual demise of Hong Kong as a world-class metropolitan center. The people of Hong Kong have not fully recognized the seriousness and urgency of this challenge. The best analogy is the classic scenario of “slowly boiling a frog in warm water.” The frog is not aware of the water warming up until it is too late to reverse its fate.

Surviving Economic Crises in Southeast Asia and Southern China: The History of Eu Yan Sang Business Conglomerates in Penang, Singapore and Hong Kong

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Po-Yin Chung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Economic Behavior ◽  
Confucian Ethics ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Business Networks ◽  
History Of

Prologue: Business Environment and Economic BehaviorFor more than two decades, sociologists, historians and economic geographers have produced many case studies on Chinese family businesses. A major consensus of these works suggests that ‘networking’, especially ethnic and familial, is extremely important to Chinese businesses. Various models and theories have been employed to explain this phenomenon. Notable among these explanations is the idea of Chinese entrepreneurship. According to this idea, such ethnicity-based groups as the Cantonese and the Fujianese (of the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian), are regarded to be culturally oriented towards business entrepreneurship and the cultivation of business networks. Before the outbreak of the Asian economic crisis in October 1997, many researchers believed that ‘Chinese entrepreneurship’ and the ‘business culture of networking’ contributed to the success of Chinese businesses in Asia (especially in the ‘Four Little Dragons’ of coastal Asia). For example, Confucian ethics and its emphasis on familial and ethnic networks is regarded as an asset for business expansion by Chinese international enterprises based in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. After the outbreak of the crisis, more research on the nature of Chinese entrepreneurship and the culture of networking was carried out. This research started from a different angle. The reliance on politically secured economic privileges (i.e.; nepotism), was identified as a defect of networking and thus, one of the major underlying causes of the crisis. The claim that the culture of networking contributes to business success actually offers a readily available explanation for its failure as well (see for examples Redding, 1990; Yeung, 1997; Yeung, 1998).

scholarly journals Mental health in Hong Kong: transition from hospital-based service to personalised care

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric F. C. Cheung ◽  
Linda C. W. Lam ◽  
Se-fong Hung
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Central Intelligence Agency ◽  
Infant Mortality Rate ◽  
World Health ◽  
Intelligence Agency ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Ethnic Chinese ◽  
Health Organization

Hong Kong was a UK colony before 1997 but has since been a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It is located in southern China and has an area of 1104 km2. Approximately 95% of Hong Kong's population is ethnic Chinese. Hong Kong is a developed capitalist economy, with a gross domestic product of US$301.6 billion (2009 estimate), of which about 5.5% is spent on healthcare and about 0.24% on mental health (World Health Organization, 2005). Despite the relatively low level of spending on healthcare, Hong Kong nevertheless has one of the longest life expectancies in the world (79.2 years for men; 84.8 years for women) and a very low infant mortality rate (2.93 per 1000 live births) (Central Intelligence Agency, 2010).

Media Reporting of the Emergence of the 1968 Influenza Pandemic in Hong Kong: Implications for Modern-day Situational Awareness

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. S148-S153 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Wilson ◽  
Marissa Iannarone ◽  
Chunhui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
News Media ◽  
Influenza A ◽  
English Language ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
World Health ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Health Organization

ABSTRACTObjective: We investigated local media reporting during the emergence of influenza A/Hong Kong/68 in Hong Kong to understand how indolent social awareness contributed to delays in warning of the pandemic.Methods: Daily output from 1 English-language and 4 local Chinese-language newspapers published in Hong Kong between July 1 and August 31, 1968 were manually reviewed for all references to the presence of respiratory disease or influenza in southern China and Hong Kong. Public announcements from the World Health Organization Weekly Epidemiological Record were used to approximate international awareness.Results: Influenza A/Hong Kong/68 appeared abruptly in Hong Kong and within 1 week began to affect the functioning of the health care sector as well as civil infrastructure due to worker infection and absenteeism. Substantial delays in communication between Guangzhou, China, and Hong Kong officials contributed to delays in warning globally.Conclusions: The 1968 experience emphasizes the need to use the news media in the operational setting as a critical component in warning of a pandemic. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2009;3(Suppl 2):S148–S153)

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