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Chong Hing Bank was founded in 1948 as a Hong Kong-based Chinese-funded bank, led by the Liao family. In 2014, it was acquired by Yuexiu Group. This book was compiled to celebrate the bank's 70th anniversary. From 1946 to 1964, Chinese-funded banks in Hong Kong entered a period of rapid development. Chong Hing Bank was born in this specific historical context. Since its establishment, the bank has gone through five stages of development: the initial development stage, the turning point adjustment stage, the restructuring and consolidation stage, the innovative development stage, and the transformation and cross-border operation stage. This book attempts to place the development of Chong Hing Bank in the historical context of the development of Chinese-funded banks in Hong Kong over the past century, especially in the macroeconomic background of the transformation and development of Hong Kong's economy and financial industry after the war. It is hoped that from the development process of Chong Hing Bank over the past 70 years, readers can understand the rise and fall of Chinese-funded banks in Hong Kong and the reasons behind it, as well as the development and evolution of Hong Kong's economy and financial industry. At the same time, it can also reflect the development trend of Chinese-funded enterprises and Chinese-funded banks in Hong Kong since the transitional period of Hong Kong’s return to the China.
- AuthorFeng Bangyan
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2018
"Not bound by the world", that is, not bound by secular affairs, is the teaching that Kang Youwei, a pioneer of the late Qing Dynasty's reform, left to his daughter. After generations of passing down, it has now been passed down to the great-grandson generation. Professor Mark Kai-kong, known as the "father of biology", has used the teaching as Mark’s family motto. Professor Mark, who is now 82 years old, returned to the Chinese University of Hong Kong to teach after obtaining a doctoral degree in the United States in 1965. He holds three US patents for using bacteria to decompose dyes and is a pioneer in environmental protection and biology in the 1980s. Professor Mark has been teaching for 30 years. On weekdays, he walks around the CUHK campus with a nicely-groomed handlebar moustache, wearing a hunting outfit and holding a whip. He has created a "Doctoral Study Formula" and successfully sent more than 130 students to study abroad for doctoral degrees, including Professor Xu Li of the University of Hong Kong. In addition, Professor Mark is also an antique collector. He has collected tens of thousands of ancient coins, bronze mirrors, jade, ceramics, calligraphy and painting, and has donated his collection to museums in China, Hong Kong and Macau in recent years. Professor Mark is also good at stock chart analysis and has predicted three major market crashes. It is rumored that he has made a lot of profits from that. This book describes Professor Mark's childhood, youth, study, teaching, stock trading, and antique collection years, with insights and bits and pieces. From Professor Mark's success story, we must be able to gain many insights.
- AuthorMark Kai-keung
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2018
This book systematically sorts out the history of naval battles in ancient China since the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, with time being the main axis and wars being the critical points. The content of the book is rich, including naval battles within China, overseas cruises and expeditions, foreign fleets invading China and China's defense of its maritime borders, and the siege of domestic and foreign pirates. The historical materials are detailed; the discussions are precise; and the book is supplemented with a large number of illustrations, vividly showing the evolution of ancient Chinese naval ships, tactics, maritime defense, and maritime strategy, as well as the establishment and development of ancient Chinese navy. It strives to restore a true panoramic picture of ancient Chinese naval battles, and can be regarded as a general history of ancient Chinese naval battles.
- AuthorLiang Erping Wang Guoping
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2022
Cities are not only a symbol of civilization, but also the most important carrier of civilization. The evolution of civilization is often reflected in the structure, function, and spatial distribution of cities. "I have spent fifty years constructing the History of Chinese Urban Civilization," said Professor Xue Fengxuan, a researcher on urban development, regional development, infrastructure, and development strategies. This book starts with prehistoric times and refers to a large number of Chinese and Western literatures to explain the development and evolution of cities in different historical stages, from the perspectives of military and political systems, economic conditions, and territorial changes. It is supplemented by about 150 charts carefully designed by the author to show the nature, function, structure, and spatial expansion and distribution of cities in different dynasties, thus restoring the development process of Chinese civilization and cities over the past 5,000 years. In the book, the author organically and systematically integrates Chinese civilization, Chinese urban development and Chinese history, while summarizing the relationship between cities and civilization at the end of the book. He also looks forward to the future development of Chinese urban civilization, allowing readers to understand the past, present, and future of the nation from text and graphics.
- AuthorVictor Sit
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2020
Advertising masters Leonie Ki and Willde Ng co-hosted the programme "Philosophy behind Everything" on Radio and Television Hong Kong (RTHK), interviewing advertising celebrities across the board. Eighteen guests had eighteen voices. Later, their voices were turned into text and then into a book, telling one wonderful story after another about creativity. Xie Hongzhong, Lou Shuang'en, Chen Youjian, Liu Xiaokang, Lun Jieying, Uncle Ray, You Yishan (Huang Bingpei), He Yuanwen, Jin Daiqiang, Wu Fenglin, Shi Yangde, Li Leshi, Deng Zhixiang, Master Le Yi, Deng Jurong, Ruan Dayong, Chen Jian, Chen Huajun... The book shares each person's highlights in the industry and shows their unique philosophy of life.
- AuthorLeonie Ki, Willde Ng
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2022
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Yesi’s Hong Kong is Yesi’s Hong Kong in Yesi's eyes. The book consists of 39 texts and 179 photos by the author, presenting his very own Hong Kong to the readers. Unlike other books on Hong Kong, Yesi's texts and photos focus on the modern and diversified nature and the uniqueness of Hong Kong as an international metropolis. In the book, he captures some typical or atypical characters and places in Hong Kong, and presents them from a unique perspective. The book includes portraits of people such as Grahame Greene, Liu Yichang, Shu Xiangcheng, Bruce Lee, Li Guowei, Li Ou Fan, Li Jiasheng, May Cheung, Leung Man-tao, Tang Dazhi, Yip Fai, Chan Bing-leung, and Li Zekai. In addition, Yesi's photography is also modern. His "urban series", "window series", "food series", "people series", and "New Territories series", express feelings and vision beyond the text can describe. In this revised edition, five new articles by Yesi are included, including "Walking in the Old Market of Yuen Long with Taiwanese Writers", "Exhibition at HKUST: Journey of Time and Space", "Urban Landscape", "Storyteller: Hysan", and "Tin Shui Wai and West New Territories Stories", which add to Yesi's emotional nuances and insights on Hong Kong people, incidents, and objects in the original book. This humorous and informative book, with its combination of text and illustrations, is sure to provide readers with a rich and colorful experience.
- AuthorYesi
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2022
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