Parenting Stress and Perceived Family Functioning of Chinese Parents in Hong Kong: Implications for Social Work Practice

This article reports the results of a telephone survey (n = 1002) conducted in November 2008, which aimed to identify parenting stress and perceived family functioning of Chinese parents in Hong Kong; to explore the effects of the parents’ socio‐demographic characteristics (gender, family income, education and family structure) on the aforementioned stress and functioning variables; and to examine the interrelationship among these characteristics and the two variables in question. Results showed that the reported parenting stress was at average level, while the perceived family functioning was slightly below average. The results also indicated that the parenting stress of mothers, single parents, the low‐income and the less‐educated was higher than that of fathers, parents of nuclear and extended families, the high‐income and the better‐educated. Socio‐demographic characteristics except the parent’s gender had similar effects on perceived family functioning. Higher parenting stress was associated with lower family functioning, and explained a larger variance in the perceived family functioning than the socio‐demographic characteristics taken alone. The results of the study have provided empirical support regarding the interrelationships among the vulnerable groups in society, parenting stress and perceived family functioning. Implications of the study for social work practice are discussed.     

Facilitating Factors for Nonresident Parents' Financial Provisions for Children in Hong Kong

This study examines the facilitating factors for nonresident parents' financial provisions for children among the Chinese in Hong Kong. It found that financial provisions from nonresident parents are subject to economic and ideological as well as relational factors. The results call for the enhancement of active parenting of nonresident parents in a context of cooperative and supportive parental relationship, as well as for adequate employment support to poor nonresident parents. Findings of the study support the recent law reform on creating a less adversarial divorce system that is more conducive to a culture of settlement and cooperation, and on a shifted emphasis from parental rights to both rights and responsibilities of divorced parents.     

Housing policy and asset building: exploring the role of home ownership in East Asian social policy

Western societies promote home ownership in the belief that it provides a means to build up individual welfare and security, potentially offsetting the inadequacy of social security to meet needs in retirement. Some East Asian economies have long focused on advancing ‘asset building’ through housing policy. These efforts have two purposes: to use housing investment to drive economic development and to build family assets throughout life as a component of income protection for old age. These purposes work well in some countries but not as well in others. In policy terms, the common element among them is that governments promote home ownership as a component of social policy or as a complement to mainstream welfare. This article examines how home ownership fares as a form of asset-based welfare in selected East Asian countries (Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan) and considers the implications for understanding the role of institutions in development.     

保障房建设完成情况的衡量指标研究

内地公共住房没有一套完整长期持续的计划,衡量一个地区保障性住房的建设成绩是是否按质按量按时完成政府分配的保障性住房任务,即以计划建设量与开工量来衡量,该种方式在当下环境中是不科学的,建立合理的衡量指标问题日益迫切。从香港公屋的"轮候配屋制"入手,探讨衡量保障房建设情况的合理方法,得出应用平均轮候时间衡量地区保障房落实情况的结论。     

Questioning diaspora: mobility,mutation, and historiography of the Shaw Brothers film studio

This piece reviews the historical accounts of Shaw Brothers Studio, targeting its presentation as a diaspora company whose commercialism was enhanced by political pragmatism, frugality, and agility. The studio's activities were constrained by twentieth-century geopolitics, but its behavior was also shaped by its show business competitors, new technologies, and emergent popular forms. Existing historical accounts tend to overstate the studio's diasporic qualities, especially compared to other firms. This essay argues that there are limits to the diaspora model and proposes a more complex understanding of the firm. Alternative factors are considered in the company's colonial stratagems, in both its earlier and later phases, and in its dealings with Hong Kong's left-wing studios and subsequent business in Taiwan. Finally, Shaw Brothers Studio's appropriation of Japanese and other Asian talent is significant to the diaspora model of Shaw Brothers Studio.     

胡适使美业绩制约因素考察

1938—1942年,胡适奉命出任驻美大使进行战时外交。蒋介石、孔祥熙、宋子文等人对胡适的牵制和排挤,前任王正廷的遗留问题,构成了胡适使美业绩的多重制约因素。尽管如此,胡适无疑仍是一位称职合格的战时外交官,也是"学人外交官"的杰出代表。     

由伍廷芳入立法局看19世纪香港华人地位的变迁

１８８０年，华人伍廷芳入立法局打破港英政府机构由英人垄断的局面，是香港华人在英殖民统治下参与管理香港事务的开始，是华人实力增强、地位上升的重要标志。华人地位上升的根本原因是经济实力的增强，另外，具有人道主义与自由主义思想的轩尼诗港督给华人参政提供了难得的历史机遇，并在客观上成为港英转变对华统治方式的起点。同时，华人参政并不意味着华人获得管理香港事务的真正权力。     

物流职业教育质量保证体系的建构：香港的经验及借鉴

通过介绍香港物流职业教育的概况,从内部控制和外部评估两个角度介绍了职业教学质量保证主体、评价标准、评价方式的具体做法,总结出对广东物流职业教育质量保证体系建构的借鉴意义和启示：加强宏观制度建设,构建合理的科学评价指标体系,加强院校质量自控的责任心和紧迫感。     

论英国解决香港问题的非殖民化模式

香港问题的解决是英国从香港殖民撤退的过程。在此过程中,英国先后提出了"续订和延长条约"、"以主权换治权"、"争取香港最大程度的自治"等方案和模式。英国解决香港问题的模式是权衡各种方案的利益得失所采取的结果,是根据形势变化不断改变政策来满足其殖民利益最大化。     

新世纪以来中国传记文学研究回顾

进入新世纪以来,中国传记文学研究在十几年中取得新的实绩,具体体现在：传记文学理论研究取得了重大进展,传记文学理论体系初步建立;传记文学研究中国际对话格局业已形成;传记文学研究队伍壮大,新人辈出;传记研究者对当代传记现状更加关注,力图产生导向作用。