粤港澳合作打击有组织犯罪的新路径——以经济领域的防控策略为视角

获取垄断性经济利益是有组织犯罪的最终目的，雄厚的经济实力反过来又推动着有组织犯罪的发展。因此，粤港澳在合作打击有组织犯罪方面，应当将经济领域的防控策略作为重中之重、急中之急，从完善经济体制与管理制度、联手打击洗钱犯罪活动、对有组织犯罪实施财产刑等多方面着手，以真正取得釜底抽薪、斩草除根的效果。     

Sick building syndrome and perceived indoor environmental quality: A survey of apartment buildings in Hong Kong

The outbreak of a highly communicable disease, SARS, in Asia in 2003 has revealed the health risk of living in a high-density environment. To show the important connection between human health and environmental quality, this study surveys the prevalence of sick building syndrome (SBS) among apartment residents and their evaluation of indoor environmental quality (IEQ). Based on a sample of 748 households living in Hong Kong, two interesting findings are revealed: (1) nasal discomfort was the commonest home-related SBS symptom despite the absence of any central ventilation system in apartment buildings; (2) noise, rather than ventilation, was the major IEQ problem perceived by residents. Our statistical analysis further showed that residents with SBS symptoms were less satisfied with their IEQ than those without. That is, despite a positive evaluation of specific IEQ criteria with respect to the building residents lived in, if they reported feeling SBS related symptoms, the overall IEQ evaluation of their building could still be negative. This perception bias gives rise to a sample selection problem in measuring perceived IEQ, which has implications on housing management practices and the formulation of a healthy housing policy.     

Receive or give? Contemporary views among middle-aged and older Chinese adults on filial piety and well-being in Hong Kong

This qualitative study aimed to examine the contemporary interpretation of filial piety by middle-aged and older Chinese adults in Hong Kong, and to explore its relationship with well-being in later life through focus groups. Data analysis revealed that all participants subscribed to the traditional value of filial piety, but had willingly reduced their filial expectations of their younger generation. Importantly, well-being in later life was found to be affected by both the younger generation’s filial commitments and older parents’ continued support of their younger generation so that the latter could lead a better life.     

From Transitional to Permanent Uncertainty: Employability of Middle‐aged Workers in Hong Kong

Since the 1990s, Hong Kong has experienced increasing economic uncertainty. Middle‐aged workers, who often have little formal education and limited skills, have been the first casualties of economic restructuring. Initially, their unemployment was considered transitional. Limited government‐sponsored retraining programs were expected to improve their employability. Subsequent economic crises, however, have undercut the hopes of both workers and policy‐makers. Despite improvements in the job market since the mid‐2000s, the belief that unemployment was transitional has been replaced by a permanent state of uncertainty and consequent anxiety. Flexibility is considered the key to sustaining economic growth, and would relieve the insecurity and anxiety associated with unemployment. Policies have been modified, but they are still based on a narrowly defined concept of individual employability, which consolidates the sense of uncertainty. To address the factors contributing to the perception of permanent uncertainty among middle‐aged workers, we advocate a pragmatic approach that takes reference from the notion of flexicurity to mitigate this sense of uncertainty.     

Hong Kong: workfare in the world's freest economy

Chan CK. Hong Kong: workfare in the world's freest economy Int J Soc Welfare 2011: 20: 22–32 © 2009 The Author(s), Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. Workfare was introduced in many countries to suppress welfare dependency and reduce social security expenditures. However, workfare was launched in Hong Kong when there was only a relatively small social security budget and its citizens still strongly adhered to the ideologies of self‐reliance. It was found that workfare has performed several functions in Hong Kong. First, by forcing unemployed claimants to give up benefits, Hong Kong has been able to save on social security expenditures. Second, workfare has combined with Hong Kong's semi‐democratic polity so that extremely stigmatising welfare measures have been implemented. Third, it has pushed poor citizens into the labour market without having any protection over wages and working hours. Thus, the combination of workfare and a semi‐democratic polity has successfully suppressed Hong Kong's welfare demands and strengthened its self‐help spirit. As a result, Hong Kong's minimal social security scheme and its low tax policy have been maintained.     

院舍照顾视角下的香港养老服务

在香港,"照顾长者"已成为政府的策略性政策目标之一。社区支援服务和院舍照顾服务成为香港安老服务体系的重要支柱。如今,香港院舍照顾服务已形成了规范化、标准化和专业化的特点,拥有较为成熟的运作机制。与其他学者对香港养老服务的探讨不同,本文从院舍照顾视角出发,将院舍照顾作为一个单独的子系统进行分析,对香港院舍照顾服务的发展、运营及管理等方面进行深入分析,并提出对内地机构养老服务发展的借鉴意义。     

香港教育咨询机构对香港教育改革的影响

在香港教育改革发展的政策制定与实施中,教育咨询研究机构发挥了重要作用。体系完备,运作协调的教育研究及咨询机构以独立的姿态参与政策过程、沟通政府与民众关系、制订方案影响决策、发布研究报告影响舆论,有效发挥了现代咨询机构的功能和作用。其在参与教育改革制定与实施过程中体现出来的开放、互动、理念引导、共识凝聚、过程监督等特点值得思考和借鉴。     

房地产税的改革:香港地区经验与制度构建

香港地区和大陆地区都实行土地国有制度与土地批租制度,其房地产税制度是世界上比较完备的地区之一,它的房地产税在保有环节主要体现为物业税和差饷税。借鉴香港地区房地产税模式的相关经验,从征税范围与纳税人、计税依据与税率以及税收减免等方面来完善大陆地区的房地产税制度,以此来解决大陆地区的不具有可持续性的"土地财政"现象。     

卢国沾歌词艺术初探

香港著名词人卢国沾在歌词创作上不停地尝试多种题材,追求风格上的创新,但仍自成一派。这种不断改变和追求自我突破,正是卢国沾填词游刃有余、随意赋形,已臻化境的表现。由于卢国沾孤傲倔强的性格和坎坷的经历,以及他对情理上本真的追求,使他的词作内容上总是映现着理想与现实的矛盾、情和理的冲突。卢国沾作品主情尚理,"得意而忘象",波澜壮阔,笔力千钧,在中国诗词主含蓄蕴藉的传统外,达到了新的高度。     

香港赛马会赛事规例特征的解读

香港赛马赛事规例从幼稚走向成熟,在融浸了社会发展的特征及一般规律之后,逐步成为香港赛马重要的法制依据,具体特征有:以风险控制为中心、以追求赛事公平为灵魂、强调终点一致、严格的组织体系及权责、争议结果裁决于仲裁手段。