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This book is a thematic study that explores the history, indigenous people, clans, economy and religion of Fanling from the perspectives of sociology, anthropology and history. Fanling's history can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. The migration and development of major clans such as the Pang family in Fanling Wai and the Tang family in Lung Yeuk Tau are important clues for analyzing the identity of the indigenous people. In addition, the book uses the case of the construction of the Luen Wo Hui market and the Christian community in the Shung Him Tong village to demonstrate the operation and management of Luen Wo Hui, as well as how it changed Fanling's role in the local economy and politics after its completion. The book also discusses how the non-native people living in the Shung Him Tong village coordinate the identities of Christians and Chinese people within the traditional framework of the Basel Mission. The final chapter focuses on introducing some famous cultural relics, customs, architecture, and certain individual historical events in Fanling, providing readers with more entry points to further understand this region. In the revised edition, the property rights and interests of women in the walled villages of the New Territories are also discussed. The traditional culture preserved in Fanling is a precious asset and historical imprint of Hong Kong. With the New Northeast Development Plan proposed by the Hong Kong government, how Fanling can connect with new developments while retaining its own characteristics is an issue that not only Fanling residents but also every Hong Kong citizen should think deeply about.
- AuthorChan Kwok-shing
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2019
Cameron Road, Nathan Road, Boundary Street, Gough Street, Jaffe Road... These are the streets that Hong Kong people are familiar with, but behind them lies a common point - all their names are named after the engineers who have worked in Hong Kong for nearly a hundred years since the city became a free port. According to the author's careful research, there are as many as 31 streets in Hong Kong named after engineers, not including alleys. These engineers included navigational surveyors, royal engineers, shipbuilding engineers, gas engineers, railway engineers, waterworks engineers, road engineers, and civil engineers. Urban development is closely related to engineering projects, such as leveling slopes, building roads, observatories and lighthouses, transportation networks, typhoon shelters, shipyards, water tanks, markets, slaughterhouses, hospitals, prisons, as well as cemeteries. The subsequent development and application of new building materials and technologies are milestones in the development of engineering in Hong Kong. This book is the author's second monograph on Hong Kong’s engineering history. The content is not about the personal life of engineers, nor is it about the evolution of streets, but focuses on the various engineering stories left by these engineers whose names stay with us for decades. The stories in the book are analyzed and organized by the author based on historical archives, letters, newspapers and other materials. The information is detailed, and the narrative is interspersed with discussions, making it interesting to read. The book comes with a "Street Map Named after Engineers" (2014).
- AuthorMa Koon-yiu
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2014
Hong Kong has bid farewell to the industrial era for decades. Many local studies naturally adopt the term "post-industrial society" to summarize its current situation, or to imagine its future. However, there is often no in-depth reflection on Hong Kong's own post-industrial transformation and unique situation. The purpose of this book is to elaborate on the social characteristics of Hong Kong today, to document how Hong Kong labor market transformed into one dominated by clerical work, to show the fate Hong Kong people are generally facing, and to savor Hong Kong people's reactions and feelings to these changes.
- AuthorCheung Siu-kueng
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2015
Fifty short stories make up for this collection of "Hong Kong Stories". The selected vantage points are different, including both commoners and social elite; there are writers, painters, doctors, artists, as well as vegetable farmers, foreign maids, creators, and Hong Kong drifters... They are real people from all walks of life in life, each with their own feelings and emotions, dedicated and diligent in their work and life. Their joy, sorrow, passion, ambivalence and changes in life as time goes by are not overly emphasized. The plain language can truly present the pride and dignity of commoners. In addition to text and pictures, this book is also accompanied by twenty selected video works, which are carefully produced by video reporters. They are restored for more vivid details, more three-dimensional, but still authentic. If you want to deepen your understanding of Hong Kong, if you want to avoid the "concrete jungle" and experience the city from a different angle, this book is, in a sense, fifty unique footnotes for you to see Hong Kong in a different light.
- AuthorMin Jie
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2019
This book is the sister volume of "Stories of Streets in Hong Kong’s Central District", introducing more than ten renowned streets in areas such as Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, North Point, and Shau Kei Wan. In addition to describing the naming and anecdotes of each street, this book also emphasizes the early development and later history of each street, reflecting the history of British opium and tobacco trade, tracing the footsteps of missionaries and early Chinese politicians, while documenting the transformation from rural land into horse racing tracks, as well as the development of Hong Kong's film industry, power plants, swimming pools, and temples. It lets readers have a more comprehensive understanding of the history and development of each street as well as the entire Hong Kong.
- AuthorLo Kam
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2019
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The book is about pawn shops and is divided into five parts to reveal knowledge about pawn shops, including pawn shop design, pawn pledging process, pawn shop operation and management techniques, modernization of pawn shops, and stories related to pawn shop development. Throughout the book, characteristics of Hong Kong pawn shops and the development history of individual pawn shops are inserted in various chapters. The author also quotes column articles about pawn shops on newspapers, accompanied by a number of photos related to pawn shops. At the end of the book, two separate chapters are dedicated to comics related to pawn shops published in newspapers and magazines, alongside pawn ticket stubs collected by the author himself. The book is rich in content and easy to read, and is a must-read for readers interested in understanding pawn shops in Hong Kong.
- AuthorChui Chun-pong
- PublisherJoint Publishing
- Publication Date2020
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