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There and Back Again: Zeitoper and the Transatlantic Search for a Uniquely American Opera in the 1920s
Problems with Wednesbury Unreasonableness in Contract Law: Lessons from Public Law
This article identifies three key problems with the English courts’ current use of Wednesbury unreasonableness to control the exercise of discretion in contract law. First, there are misconceptions about the nature of Wednesbury review in contract law. Second, the intensity with which courts should apply Wednesbury unreasonableness is unclear. Finally, the contents of Wednesbury unreasonableness have been considered vague, leading to uncertainty in its application. This article proposes solutions to each of these problems by examining the jurisprudence and discourse on Wednesbury unreasonableness in public law
RFID-enabled Management System Adoption and Use in Construction: passing through the labyrinth with an Improved Technology Acceptance Model
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Personal and Neighbourhood Indicators of Quality of Urban Life: A Case Study of Hong Kong
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The promotion of positive health behaviors of South Asian minority youth in Hong Kong: A mixed-methods study on resilience and social inclusion.
Oral Session 171: Identity, discrimination and social exclusion - presentation no. S171-OR-1
Technological choices and modern civilizing processes. Reflections on toilet practices in rural South China
Hong Kong’s Film Industry Reconstituted: Pathways to China after the Golden Age
This chapter examines the factors underpinning the vicissitudes of Hong Kong’s film industry since the 1980s.  It explores the industry’s competitive edge and discusses Hong Kong’s contributions to the growth of the Chinese film market in the context of the regional integration of the Chinese movie value chain.  The analysis is organized in four sections.  The first provides an overview of the Hong Kong film industry from a historical perspective.  The second describes the structure and the production system of Hong Kong’s film industry in its golden age of the 1980s.  The third illuminates the causes of the Hong Kong film industry’s collapse since the mid-1990s.  The final section reflects critically on the recent and future development of Hong Kong’s film industry against the backdrop of its integration with the Chinese market.  The chapter concludes with a discussion of the broader implications of this study for developing a sociological perspective on the Hong Kong economy
Epidemiological updates of venous thromboembolism in a Chinese population
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