PART I: BASIC CONCEPTS OF LAND ADMINISTRATION: Chapter 1: Principles of Land Administration by Lawrence W.C. Lai -- Chapter 2: The Nature and Life cycle of a Lot as Part of a Layout by Lawrence W.C. Lai -- Chapter 3: The Nature of Land Administration in Hong Kong – Planning and Development by...

Illegal wildlife trade is increasingly reported as intersecting with other serious crimes, a phenomenon labelled "crime convergence". However, there is limited empirical research on the extent and nature of these linkages. The present study seeks to understand what criminal activities converge...

Hong Kong SAR is facing ongoing challenges from climate change, with projections indicating that these issues will remain prevalent or even intensify in the future. In response, Hong Kong SAR has embraced a comprehensive three-pronged climate strategy-the Climate Action Plan 2050-that focuses on...

Hong Kong SAR's corporate sector vulnerabilities appear manageable but have increased in recent years. Local non-real estate firms have seen weakening profitability and lower debt-servicing capacity, reflecting pandemic scarring effects and higher funding costs driven by the hiking cycle of U.S....

Hong Kong SAR's significant demographic pressures will create fiscal challenges for the authorities. Fiscal expenditure pressures from population aging have already been rising rapidly for over a decade and are expected to increase significantly in coming years, even without factoring in the...

This article examines the regulatory approaches of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom (UK) towards cryptocurrencies, highlighting their distinct regulatory philosophies and frameworks. Hong Kong has adopted a comprehensive and proactive regulatory approach, creating a dual-licensing regime for...

Safety perception is widely considered a fundamental aspect of urban life, which significantly influences citizens' well-being and quality of life as well as having crucial impact on the nighttime economy. However, there is a scarcity of understanding of nighttime safety despite the fast-growing...

Road ratio, representing the proportion of roads in the street view, exerts varying degrees of visual influence on the mental well-being of residents. In our study, we surveyed the psychological conditions of 2,636 Hong Kong residents across four periods: before, during, and after the pandemic....

Digital assets and distributed ledger technology have developed along different paths in China and Hong Kong. China has trialled central bank digital currencies but has since introduced strict regulations on cryptocurrencies, whereas Hong Kong's approach has been more open and inclusive toward...

Hong Kong SAR's economy is on a path of gradual but uneven recovery following a protracted period of shocks. While the unemployment rate has declined to historical lows, employment loss has been sizable and domestic demand has remained weak amid tight financial conditions and property market...

Green innovation is a costly and risky process that enables firms to improve their energy efficiency and maintain sustainable growth. In this study, we investigate whether cross-listing shares in developed markets encourages firms from developing markets to engage in green innovation. By...

Purpose - This paper takes the Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect as a quasi-natural experiment and investigates the impact of capital market liberalization on the corporate debt maturity structure. It also aims to provide some policy implications for corporate debt financing and further...

Building on the dynamic capability perspective, this study investigates effective digitalization and digital transformation strategies in the tech industry by highlighting the relevance of the digital divide among developed and developing economies. Further, the study identifies the key...

Given that lands became increasingly expensive for governments to meet open space standards, there emerged a growing trend towards private sector involvement public open space provision. This collaboration has given rise to public open spaces in private developments (POSPD), characterised by...

We examine stakeholders' comment letters regarding the Hong Kong Exchange's (HKEX) 2015 Consultation Paper, which proposed mandating ESG reporting in Hong Kong. We test for significant differences in responses between stakeholder groups and whether the HKEX's decision was consistent with...

This study uses time series regression models and dynamic panel models of five-class housing to investigate the dynamics of the housing price-vacancy relationship in Hong Kong, offering insights distinct from previous cross-sectional analyses that take new housing completions as a supply proxy,...

Weisen allgemeine Antimissbrauchsvorschriften verschiedener Steuersysteme trotz unterschiedlicher Ausgestaltung mehr Ähnlichkeiten auf als es zunächst scheint? Um diese Frage zu beantworten, befasst sich die Autorin in ihrer Arbeit mit dem Recht Hongkongs, Singapurs und der Volksrepublik China...

Building on the dynamic capability perspective, this study investigates effective digitalization and digital transformation strategies in the tech industry by highlighting the relevance of the digital divide among developed and developing economies. Further, the study identifies the key...

This research aims to examine the gender-responsiveness of the current systems of health care and social protection in the Philippines and East Asia. It also aims to assess the level of health and social security systems literacy of Filipino migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Hong Kong, Japan,...

This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainability behaviors in Hong Kong focusing on five domains of the Sustainable Development Goals: health, consumption, social environment, quality of life, and institutions. Through a survey and focus groups, we found that the...

Innovation plays a crucial role in pursuing long-term economic prosperity. This paper analyses the policies of Singapore and Hong Kong conducive to innovation development and uses specific indicators to illustrate their diverse performances. We find that both cities demonstrate comparable levels...

Starting in 2008, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) began to grow a global network of central bank swap lines, announcing six in 2008–09 alone. The largest of those lines, in January 2009, was a 200 billion renminbi (RMB; USD 29.2 billion) swap line to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)....

This article considers how private international law in Asia and Hong Kong is developing and should be developed, through both theoretical and practical aspects as evidenced in both research and teaching. It considers what is entailed when speaking of the concept of an “Asian private...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) obstructed the channel, exemplifying the Guangzhou-Shenzhen- Hong Kong High-speed Railway between mainland China and Hong Kong, which has carried out a devastating blow on the short-term rental housing in Hong Kong due to decreasing crossborder visitors....