Vernon Bogdanor
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198293347
- eISBN:
- 9780191598821
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198293348.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, UK Politics
Despite Britain's first past the post‐electoral system, which generally produces single‐party majorities, Britain has become more politically fragmented in recent years. This makes a hung ...
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Despite Britain's first past the post‐electoral system, which generally produces single‐party majorities, Britain has become more politically fragmented in recent years. This makes a hung parliament—a parliament in which no single party has a majority—much more likely. Hung parliaments pose a dilemma for the sovereign. For, it will often not be obvious in such a situation who is the most appropriate Prime Minister; nor whether a dissolution requested by a Prime Minister should be granted—there may well be an alternative combination capable of governing within the existing legislature. These problems can be illuminated by analysis of past hung parliaments—1923–24, 1929–31, and 1974. The problems would be exacerbated with the introduction of proportional representation, for this would mean that nearly every parliament would then be a hung parliament.Less
Despite Britain's first past the post‐electoral system, which generally produces single‐party majorities, Britain has become more politically fragmented in recent years. This makes a hung parliament—a parliament in which no single party has a majority—much more likely. Hung parliaments pose a dilemma for the sovereign. For, it will often not be obvious in such a situation who is the most appropriate Prime Minister; nor whether a dissolution requested by a Prime Minister should be granted—there may well be an alternative combination capable of governing within the existing legislature. These problems can be illuminated by analysis of past hung parliaments—1923–24, 1929–31, and 1974. The problems would be exacerbated with the introduction of proportional representation, for this would mean that nearly every parliament would then be a hung parliament.
Steven Heine
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- May 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195305708
- eISBN:
- 9780199784776
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195305701.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This chapter explores the late stage of Dōgen’s career. This stage is divided into two sub-periods. The first is the early late period (1246-1248) extending from the mission to Kamakura until Dōgen’s ...
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This chapter explores the late stage of Dōgen’s career. This stage is divided into two sub-periods. The first is the early late period (1246-1248) extending from the mission to Kamakura until Dōgen’s return to Eiheiji. The phase beginning with the return from Kamakura was dynamic, marked by the composition of at least three major writings. These include jōdō and shōsan sermons collected in Eihei kōroku; the majority of the 12-Shōbōgenzō fascicles; and the Hōkyōki. Poetry (both waka and kanshi) and other short works were also composed during this period. These writings collectively express what seems to be a new attitude toward the doctrine of karmic causality in its various ramifications.Less
This chapter explores the late stage of Dōgen’s career. This stage is divided into two sub-periods. The first is the early late period (1246-1248) extending from the mission to Kamakura until Dōgen’s return to Eiheiji. The phase beginning with the return from Kamakura was dynamic, marked by the composition of at least three major writings. These include jōdō and shōsan sermons collected in Eihei kōroku; the majority of the 12-Shōbōgenzō fascicles; and the Hōkyōki. Poetry (both waka and kanshi) and other short works were also composed during this period. These writings collectively express what seems to be a new attitude toward the doctrine of karmic causality in its various ramifications.
Stanley S.K. Kwan and Nicole Kwan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099555
- eISBN:
- 9789882207530
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099555.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter chronicles Stanley Kwan's introduction to the Hang Seng Bank, a Chinese bank which was just beginning to expand in the world market. After years of being employed in jobs that were ...
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This chapter chronicles Stanley Kwan's introduction to the Hang Seng Bank, a Chinese bank which was just beginning to expand in the world market. After years of being employed in jobs that were associated with war and politics, Stanley Kwan finally ceded to his father's wish of having a son venturing in the business of banking, a business closely associated with the roots of the Kwan family. In addition to narrating Kwan's experience as a researcher and head of the research team of Hang Seng, the chapter also looks at the humble beginnings of the Hang Seng Bank which would become one of the most influential banks in Hong Kong. The Hang Seng Bank started as a typical Chinese yinhao along one of the narrow streets of Hong Kong. Starting as a gold trader, Hang Seng rose to being one of Hong Kong's most established banks. While other banks merged with international banks, Hang Seng focused on smaller businesses. From here, Hang Seng rose to being the largest Chinese-owned commercial bank, all within a span of thirty years. However, this success was met by the turmoil of 1967, plummeting business and the economy to its nadir. Despite of the turmoil, Hong Kong rebounded quickly. As the stocks rose and as the economy improved, Hang Seng went through a project that would create a massive change in the status quo of the Hong Kong economy and the Hang Seng business. In 1969, Hang Seng decided to put up the Hang Seng Index to measure the performance of the stock market for their own benefit as well as for their customer's reference. Although faced with criticism and with glitches, the Hang Seng Index thrived and became successful. It also paved Stanley Kwan's path to public service, wherein he worked with the bank and the government for eight years.Less
This chapter chronicles Stanley Kwan's introduction to the Hang Seng Bank, a Chinese bank which was just beginning to expand in the world market. After years of being employed in jobs that were associated with war and politics, Stanley Kwan finally ceded to his father's wish of having a son venturing in the business of banking, a business closely associated with the roots of the Kwan family. In addition to narrating Kwan's experience as a researcher and head of the research team of Hang Seng, the chapter also looks at the humble beginnings of the Hang Seng Bank which would become one of the most influential banks in Hong Kong. The Hang Seng Bank started as a typical Chinese yinhao along one of the narrow streets of Hong Kong. Starting as a gold trader, Hang Seng rose to being one of Hong Kong's most established banks. While other banks merged with international banks, Hang Seng focused on smaller businesses. From here, Hang Seng rose to being the largest Chinese-owned commercial bank, all within a span of thirty years. However, this success was met by the turmoil of 1967, plummeting business and the economy to its nadir. Despite of the turmoil, Hong Kong rebounded quickly. As the stocks rose and as the economy improved, Hang Seng went through a project that would create a massive change in the status quo of the Hong Kong economy and the Hang Seng business. In 1969, Hang Seng decided to put up the Hang Seng Index to measure the performance of the stock market for their own benefit as well as for their customer's reference. Although faced with criticism and with glitches, the Hang Seng Index thrived and became successful. It also paved Stanley Kwan's path to public service, wherein he worked with the bank and the government for eight years.
John Strickland
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028382
- eISBN:
- 9789882207400
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028382.003.0092
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter provides reports of administrative officers' visits to the Hang Hau (Clear Water Bay) Peninsula which is composed of Hang Hau, Ma Yau Tong, Mau Wu Tsai, Rennie's Mill, Yau Yu Wan, Tseung ...
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This chapter provides reports of administrative officers' visits to the Hang Hau (Clear Water Bay) Peninsula which is composed of Hang Hau, Ma Yau Tong, Mau Wu Tsai, Rennie's Mill, Yau Yu Wan, Tseung Kwan O, Mang Kung Uk, Pan Long Wan, Sheung Yeung, Ha Yeung, Mau Po, Tai Yuen, Sheung Sze Wan, Tai Hang Hau, Tai Wan Tau, Tai O Mun, Chiu Wo, Po Toi O, Tin Ha Wan, Tai Chik Sha, and Fu Tau Chau. It describes how the Hang Hau Peninsula is more uniformly prosperous than the Sai Kung region. It notes that it is predominantly Hakka, with the exception of the Cantonese village of Taipo Tsai, founded in 1629 and one of the older villages in the District. It adds that Rennie's Mill, the refugee settlement set up in 1949 to cope with the influx of disabled soldiers from the Nationalist Army, has subsequently attracted refugees of many kinds.Less
This chapter provides reports of administrative officers' visits to the Hang Hau (Clear Water Bay) Peninsula which is composed of Hang Hau, Ma Yau Tong, Mau Wu Tsai, Rennie's Mill, Yau Yu Wan, Tseung Kwan O, Mang Kung Uk, Pan Long Wan, Sheung Yeung, Ha Yeung, Mau Po, Tai Yuen, Sheung Sze Wan, Tai Hang Hau, Tai Wan Tau, Tai O Mun, Chiu Wo, Po Toi O, Tin Ha Wan, Tai Chik Sha, and Fu Tau Chau. It describes how the Hang Hau Peninsula is more uniformly prosperous than the Sai Kung region. It notes that it is predominantly Hakka, with the exception of the Cantonese village of Taipo Tsai, founded in 1629 and one of the older villages in the District. It adds that Rennie's Mill, the refugee settlement set up in 1949 to cope with the influx of disabled soldiers from the Nationalist Army, has subsequently attracted refugees of many kinds.
Janet Semple
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198273875
- eISBN:
- 9780191684074
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198273875.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This chapter discusses the problems in the acquisition of an appropriate site for Jeremy Bentham's proposed panopticon prison in England. In July 1796, Bentham found a potential site called Hanging ...
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This chapter discusses the problems in the acquisition of an appropriate site for Jeremy Bentham's proposed panopticon prison in England. In July 1796, Bentham found a potential site called Hanging wood, which he believed had every advantage except that it was rather far from London. But owner Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson refused to sell the land. Bentham then suggested the Tothill Fields to Charles Long in September 1796 after all hopes of acquiring Hanging Wood disappeared. All concerned government officials including Prime Minister William Pitt signified their approval. Unfortunately for Bentham, the Church authorities were not acquiescent and the Dean of Westminster Bishop Horsley was far from enthusiastic. The fifth potential site at the Salisbury estate was finally acquired in 1798, but not for Bentham's panopticon.Less
This chapter discusses the problems in the acquisition of an appropriate site for Jeremy Bentham's proposed panopticon prison in England. In July 1796, Bentham found a potential site called Hanging wood, which he believed had every advantage except that it was rather far from London. But owner Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson refused to sell the land. Bentham then suggested the Tothill Fields to Charles Long in September 1796 after all hopes of acquiring Hanging Wood disappeared. All concerned government officials including Prime Minister William Pitt signified their approval. Unfortunately for Bentham, the Church authorities were not acquiescent and the Dean of Westminster Bishop Horsley was far from enthusiastic. The fifth potential site at the Salisbury estate was finally acquired in 1798, but not for Bentham's panopticon.
Dennis Sherwood and Jon Cooper
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199559046
- eISBN:
- 9780191595028
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199559046.003.0010
- Subject:
- Physics, Crystallography
This chapter discusses the basic molecular biology of cloning a gene of interest and expressing the corresponding protein in a suitable host. It covers the principles underlying protein purification ...
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This chapter discusses the basic molecular biology of cloning a gene of interest and expressing the corresponding protein in a suitable host. It covers the principles underlying protein purification by ion exchange, gel filtration and other methods with common methods of crystal screening, and the underlying principles of crystallisation are described. It outlines the main procedures for mounting crystals for X-ray data collection.Less
This chapter discusses the basic molecular biology of cloning a gene of interest and expressing the corresponding protein in a suitable host. It covers the principles underlying protein purification by ion exchange, gel filtration and other methods with common methods of crystal screening, and the underlying principles of crystallisation are described. It outlines the main procedures for mounting crystals for X-ray data collection.
Susan Youngs
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264508
- eISBN:
- 9780191734120
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264508.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History
This chapter examines the origin of the enamelled hanging-bowls discovered in Sutton Hoo and their implications for understanding Anglo-Saxon, Irish, and British relations. It suggests that such ...
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This chapter examines the origin of the enamelled hanging-bowls discovered in Sutton Hoo and their implications for understanding Anglo-Saxon, Irish, and British relations. It suggests that such bowls were originally made in some of the most prosperous centres of British Britain from the mid-sixth century, and that the fashion for them was exported to Ireland much later than the first wave of brooches and pins of around the year 400. The chapter contends that the problem concerning the origin of the bowls can be resolved by the suggestion that it was on both sides of the northern Irish Sea littoral that Viking raiders found hanging-bowls and enamelled buckets.Less
This chapter examines the origin of the enamelled hanging-bowls discovered in Sutton Hoo and their implications for understanding Anglo-Saxon, Irish, and British relations. It suggests that such bowls were originally made in some of the most prosperous centres of British Britain from the mid-sixth century, and that the fashion for them was exported to Ireland much later than the first wave of brooches and pins of around the year 400. The chapter contends that the problem concerning the origin of the bowls can be resolved by the suggestion that it was on both sides of the northern Irish Sea littoral that Viking raiders found hanging-bowls and enamelled buckets.
Peter Derow and Robert Parker (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199253746
- eISBN:
- 9780191719745
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253746.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Prose and Writers: Classical, Early, and Medieval
This book contains detailed studies of a number of individual passages and episodes (which always turn out to have wider ramifications for the understanding of Herodotus or for the history of the ...
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This book contains detailed studies of a number of individual passages and episodes (which always turn out to have wider ramifications for the understanding of Herodotus or for the history of the archaic and classical Greek world, or both) as well as considerations of wider themes (perceptions of ethnicity and ideas of ‘tradition’, of historical space and about the origins of history). Topics included are: prophecy, oracle-selling, and resurrection, and also narrative management and the prosaics of death. The Herodotean chronology is revisited. There are also accounts on epiphany, and of why Herodotus did not mention the Hanging Gardens and why he has not been taken as seriously as he should have been by military historians. Finally, the book examines Cleisthenes and Cleomenes, Argos and Corinth, and Athens and its democracy.Less
This book contains detailed studies of a number of individual passages and episodes (which always turn out to have wider ramifications for the understanding of Herodotus or for the history of the archaic and classical Greek world, or both) as well as considerations of wider themes (perceptions of ethnicity and ideas of ‘tradition’, of historical space and about the origins of history). Topics included are: prophecy, oracle-selling, and resurrection, and also narrative management and the prosaics of death. The Herodotean chronology is revisited. There are also accounts on epiphany, and of why Herodotus did not mention the Hanging Gardens and why he has not been taken as seriously as he should have been by military historians. Finally, the book examines Cleisthenes and Cleomenes, Argos and Corinth, and Athens and its democracy.
Catherine Epstein
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199546411
- eISBN:
- 9780191701429
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546411.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter examines Greiser's Polish trial. When Greiser fled the Warthegau, his active life as a Nazi official was over. He spent the rest of his life defending his past actions to Nazi leaders ...
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This chapter examines Greiser's Polish trial. When Greiser fled the Warthegau, his active life as a Nazi official was over. He spent the rest of his life defending his past actions to Nazi leaders and, later, to a Polish court. Until the end of the Nazi regime, Greiser desperately sought to make up for his alleged desertion of Posen. But everywhere he went, he was met with disbelief, odium, or worse. Once arrested, he faced an entirely different set of problems: answering for his actions in the Warthegau. As in earlier life transitions, he tried to reinvent his persona and past. But he did this so unconvincingly that he drew only further disdain. The paunch and bravura of his heady Gauleiter days were gone. He was finally hanged in July 1946.Less
This chapter examines Greiser's Polish trial. When Greiser fled the Warthegau, his active life as a Nazi official was over. He spent the rest of his life defending his past actions to Nazi leaders and, later, to a Polish court. Until the end of the Nazi regime, Greiser desperately sought to make up for his alleged desertion of Posen. But everywhere he went, he was met with disbelief, odium, or worse. Once arrested, he faced an entirely different set of problems: answering for his actions in the Warthegau. As in earlier life transitions, he tried to reinvent his persona and past. But he did this so unconvincingly that he drew only further disdain. The paunch and bravura of his heady Gauleiter days were gone. He was finally hanged in July 1946.
Alexander Murray
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207313
- eISBN:
- 9780191677625
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207313.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History, Social History
This chapter examines what people did after discovering a suicide, focusing on the corpse or the body. Whatever was done with the body had to be done with speed. Instant burials of suicides sometimes ...
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This chapter examines what people did after discovering a suicide, focusing on the corpse or the body. Whatever was done with the body had to be done with speed. Instant burials of suicides sometimes got local officials into trouble, and hence into the records, higher up the hierarchy. Although their motive may sometimes have been subterfuge, it was more often just public health: they wanted the body buried. The discussion cites some ways in which the corpse is handled or disposed through extraction, transport, hanging and mutilation, the barrel and the river, and other forms of profane burial.Less
This chapter examines what people did after discovering a suicide, focusing on the corpse or the body. Whatever was done with the body had to be done with speed. Instant burials of suicides sometimes got local officials into trouble, and hence into the records, higher up the hierarchy. Although their motive may sometimes have been subterfuge, it was more often just public health: they wanted the body buried. The discussion cites some ways in which the corpse is handled or disposed through extraction, transport, hanging and mutilation, the barrel and the river, and other forms of profane burial.
Victor M. Uribe-Uran
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780804794633
- eISBN:
- 9780804796316
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804794633.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
Turns attention to punishments by considering encubamiento and confinement, the decline of judicial torture, and harshness against mixed-races. It shows the overall decline of the death penalty, the ...
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Turns attention to punishments by considering encubamiento and confinement, the decline of judicial torture, and harshness against mixed-races. It shows the overall decline of the death penalty, the fact that it impacted much more metropolitan than colonial subjects and whites that non-whites, while establishing also the significance of other forms of punishment in particular confinement. It confirms too the great significance of clemency.Less
Turns attention to punishments by considering encubamiento and confinement, the decline of judicial torture, and harshness against mixed-races. It shows the overall decline of the death penalty, the fact that it impacted much more metropolitan than colonial subjects and whites that non-whites, while establishing also the significance of other forms of punishment in particular confinement. It confirms too the great significance of clemency.
Klaus Hentschel
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198509530
- eISBN:
- 9780191709050
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198509530.003.0009
- Subject:
- Physics, Atomic, Laser, and Optical Physics
Visual science cultures only stabilize if routine methods of teaching Gestalt-seeing, pattern recognition, and other visual skills are taught effectively in the classroom, in laboratory sessions or ...
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Visual science cultures only stabilize if routine methods of teaching Gestalt-seeing, pattern recognition, and other visual skills are taught effectively in the classroom, in laboratory sessions or other practical courses. This chapter documents these pedagogical efforts based on a few exceptionally well documented case studies, most notably the Harvard Student Astronomical Laboratory, and classes at MIT and Wellesley College. Edward Charles Pickering's and William H. Pickering's courses at MIT as well as Sarah Whiting's courses at Wellesley permit tracing the training methods for young practitioners of spectroscopy to memorize the characteristic lines in emission spectra or the various classes of stellar spectra. Further dissemination of spectroscopic techniques and skills into high schools, Gymnasien, etc. was achieved by widely distributed wall posters or charts and simple instruments for generating spectra, such as direct-vision spectroscopes.Less
Visual science cultures only stabilize if routine methods of teaching Gestalt-seeing, pattern recognition, and other visual skills are taught effectively in the classroom, in laboratory sessions or other practical courses. This chapter documents these pedagogical efforts based on a few exceptionally well documented case studies, most notably the Harvard Student Astronomical Laboratory, and classes at MIT and Wellesley College. Edward Charles Pickering's and William H. Pickering's courses at MIT as well as Sarah Whiting's courses at Wellesley permit tracing the training methods for young practitioners of spectroscopy to memorize the characteristic lines in emission spectra or the various classes of stellar spectra. Further dissemination of spectroscopic techniques and skills into high schools, Gymnasien, etc. was achieved by widely distributed wall posters or charts and simple instruments for generating spectra, such as direct-vision spectroscopes.
Lakshmi Vijayakumar
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099425
- eISBN:
- 9789882207431
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099425.003.0009
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter provides an epidemiological profile of suicide in India. Over 100,000 people commit suicide every year in India. The suicide rate increased in 1982 by 64% from between 6 and 7 per ...
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This chapter provides an epidemiological profile of suicide in India. Over 100,000 people commit suicide every year in India. The suicide rate increased in 1982 by 64% from between 6 and 7 per 100,000 to between 10 and 11 per 100,000 in 2002. The male-female ratio is consistently low at 1.5 to 1. About 38% of suicides in India are committed by persons below 30 years of age. Poisoning, hanging, and self-immolation were the common methods used to commit suicide.Less
This chapter provides an epidemiological profile of suicide in India. Over 100,000 people commit suicide every year in India. The suicide rate increased in 1982 by 64% from between 6 and 7 per 100,000 to between 10 and 11 per 100,000 in 2002. The male-female ratio is consistently low at 1.5 to 1. About 38% of suicides in India are committed by persons below 30 years of age. Poisoning, hanging, and self-immolation were the common methods used to commit suicide.
Patricia Lim
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099906
- eISBN:
- 9789882207714
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099906.003.0026
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This chapter discusses the Chinese in the Hong Kong Cemetery, who represent a small but important minority group. The chapter categorizes them into seven distinct groups, namely: Chinese women ...
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This chapter discusses the Chinese in the Hong Kong Cemetery, who represent a small but important minority group. The chapter categorizes them into seven distinct groups, namely: Chinese women married to Europeans, Chinese women married to Chinese, civil servants, Chinese men, professionals and businessmen, oversees returnees, and the members of the early Christian-educated group and associates of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Sir Kai Ho Kai, Hung Chuen Fook, and Yeung Ku Wan are also discussed.Less
This chapter discusses the Chinese in the Hong Kong Cemetery, who represent a small but important minority group. The chapter categorizes them into seven distinct groups, namely: Chinese women married to Europeans, Chinese women married to Chinese, civil servants, Chinese men, professionals and businessmen, oversees returnees, and the members of the early Christian-educated group and associates of Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Sir Kai Ho Kai, Hung Chuen Fook, and Yeung Ku Wan are also discussed.
Stanley S.K. Kwan and Nicole Kwan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099555
- eISBN:
- 9789882207530
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099555.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter offers a glimpse into the life of Stanley Kwan. The founder of the Hang Seng Index, Stanley Kwan was not a banker in the beginning. Born to a traditional family of bankers, banking ...
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This chapter offers a glimpse into the life of Stanley Kwan. The founder of the Hang Seng Index, Stanley Kwan was not a banker in the beginning. Born to a traditional family of bankers, banking however came to Kwan in his latter life. This chapter provides a chronicle of the ancestral roots of the Kwan family, including their struggles and challenges within the British-ruled Hong Kong, and their triumphs and struggles with their first entry to the banking world through the traditional Chinese yinhao or native banks. Hailing from China, the Kwan family moved to Hong Kong at the end of the Qing dynasty and at the start of the British invasion. In Hong Kong, through an uncle who now stood as the family patriarch, the Kwans ventured into banking wherein after being successful was forced into bankruptcy—an event that forced Stanley Kwan's family, who lived under the shadows of his uncle, to venture into banking alone. While Stanley Kwan's father was initially successful in banking, he too suffered bankruptcy, forcing his son at a young age to work as an assistant in the relatively new and small bank Tin Fuk.Less
This chapter offers a glimpse into the life of Stanley Kwan. The founder of the Hang Seng Index, Stanley Kwan was not a banker in the beginning. Born to a traditional family of bankers, banking however came to Kwan in his latter life. This chapter provides a chronicle of the ancestral roots of the Kwan family, including their struggles and challenges within the British-ruled Hong Kong, and their triumphs and struggles with their first entry to the banking world through the traditional Chinese yinhao or native banks. Hailing from China, the Kwan family moved to Hong Kong at the end of the Qing dynasty and at the start of the British invasion. In Hong Kong, through an uncle who now stood as the family patriarch, the Kwans ventured into banking wherein after being successful was forced into bankruptcy—an event that forced Stanley Kwan's family, who lived under the shadows of his uncle, to venture into banking alone. While Stanley Kwan's father was initially successful in banking, he too suffered bankruptcy, forcing his son at a young age to work as an assistant in the relatively new and small bank Tin Fuk.
Stanley S.K. Kwan and Nicole Kwan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099555
- eISBN:
- 9789882207530
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099555.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter discusses China's condition after the Japanese invasion, after the civil war between the Nationalists and Communists, and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. In ...
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This chapter discusses China's condition after the Japanese invasion, after the civil war between the Nationalists and Communists, and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. In this chapter, the account of the so-called emerging New China is told and narrated through the visit of Stanley Kwan to his native homeland. Embarking on a journey back to his homeland, Kwan saw a stark contrast between the People's Republic of China and the British colony of Hong Kong. While Hong Kong's economic conditions improved after the war, the so-called New China was in stagnation, frozen in time even after the efforts to revive the economic conditions of China. While China had began to forge friendships with other countries, particularly with the U.S. who was in good relations with the government of Taiwan (the ousted China's government), China had on a few occasions struggled to fight the diminished yet still proliferating Cultural Revolution. When the Cultural Revolution was finally contained, China began to pave its path as one of the leading manufacturing places in the world. With Britain's lease about to expire and with the increasing ties of Hong Kong to mainland China, many of the businesses in Hong Kong started to return to their mainland roots. Combining the economic development of China and the China-Britain initiated talks that would return Hong Kong to its motherland, several businesses moved to China. This posed a great problem for the Hang Seng Bank. With its affiliation with the Americans and British and with its “keep China at a distance” policy, Hang Seng was caught in a tug of war; between its relations with foreigners and with its need to forge relations with the now developing China. Despite an uneasy situation between Britain and China, Hang Seng celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1983.Less
This chapter discusses China's condition after the Japanese invasion, after the civil war between the Nationalists and Communists, and after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. In this chapter, the account of the so-called emerging New China is told and narrated through the visit of Stanley Kwan to his native homeland. Embarking on a journey back to his homeland, Kwan saw a stark contrast between the People's Republic of China and the British colony of Hong Kong. While Hong Kong's economic conditions improved after the war, the so-called New China was in stagnation, frozen in time even after the efforts to revive the economic conditions of China. While China had began to forge friendships with other countries, particularly with the U.S. who was in good relations with the government of Taiwan (the ousted China's government), China had on a few occasions struggled to fight the diminished yet still proliferating Cultural Revolution. When the Cultural Revolution was finally contained, China began to pave its path as one of the leading manufacturing places in the world. With Britain's lease about to expire and with the increasing ties of Hong Kong to mainland China, many of the businesses in Hong Kong started to return to their mainland roots. Combining the economic development of China and the China-Britain initiated talks that would return Hong Kong to its motherland, several businesses moved to China. This posed a great problem for the Hang Seng Bank. With its affiliation with the Americans and British and with its “keep China at a distance” policy, Hang Seng was caught in a tug of war; between its relations with foreigners and with its need to forge relations with the now developing China. Despite an uneasy situation between Britain and China, Hang Seng celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1983.
Gary Ka-wai Cheung
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622090897
- eISBN:
- 9789882207011
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622090897.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter discusses the views and beliefs of some of the key players in the 1967 disturbances. These men were Jack Cater (personal assistant of the governor), Liang Shangyuan (former director of ...
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This chapter discusses the views and beliefs of some of the key players in the 1967 disturbances. These men were Jack Cater (personal assistant of the governor), Liang Shangyuan (former director of the Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency), Tsang Tak-sing, Tsang Yok-sing, Wu Tai-chow (the man who took part in writing history), Chak Nuen-fai (an accidental political prisoner), Wong Kin-lap (a leader of one of the unions), Liu Yat-yuen, and Chong Wai-hang. It also examines the lives of some of the people who did not belong to the leftist camp but had their careers ruined by the disturbances and whose stories were seldom told by historians. Leung Yiu-wah was a bomb-planter who remains unrepentant about the bomb attacks. Luk Kai-lau was a police constable during the 1967 riots. For him, both policemen and the general public were in a helpless situation during the riots.Less
This chapter discusses the views and beliefs of some of the key players in the 1967 disturbances. These men were Jack Cater (personal assistant of the governor), Liang Shangyuan (former director of the Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency), Tsang Tak-sing, Tsang Yok-sing, Wu Tai-chow (the man who took part in writing history), Chak Nuen-fai (an accidental political prisoner), Wong Kin-lap (a leader of one of the unions), Liu Yat-yuen, and Chong Wai-hang. It also examines the lives of some of the people who did not belong to the leftist camp but had their careers ruined by the disturbances and whose stories were seldom told by historians. Leung Yiu-wah was a bomb-planter who remains unrepentant about the bomb attacks. Luk Kai-lau was a police constable during the 1967 riots. For him, both policemen and the general public were in a helpless situation during the riots.
Patrick H. Hase
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622098992
- eISBN:
- 9789882207592
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622098992.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter starts by considering the burning of the matsheds during 3 and 14 April. The action on 15 April (Battle of Mui Shue Hang) is described. While this Battle of Mui Shue Hang was ...
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This chapter starts by considering the burning of the matsheds during 3 and 14 April. The action on 15 April (Battle of Mui Shue Hang) is described. While this Battle of Mui Shue Hang was successfully undertaken by the British troops, it was clearly only a success because of the fire-power of Fame's guns. It had been decided that the Flag-Raising Ceremony would be brought forward a day, from 17 April to 16 April, since the military action being taken, where the British had not yet formally taken the territory over, was extremely doubtful in International Law. The Battle of Lam Tsuen Gap and the Battle of Shek Tau Wai on 17 and 18 April, respectively, are summarized. A particular problem for the British troops was that the artillery failed to take part in the Battle of Lam Tsuen Gap, and, indeed, in any of the engagements of the Six-Day War, other than the shelling with shrapnel of the insurgents at the She Shan ridge at mid-day on 17 April. On 16 April, there was information that the insurgents at Castle Peak were planning an attack on Yaumatei. An unpleasant incident that took place during the fighting was the murder of Tang Cheung-hing. On 19 April, the insurgents surrendered and there were troop movements in the Western New Territories.Less
This chapter starts by considering the burning of the matsheds during 3 and 14 April. The action on 15 April (Battle of Mui Shue Hang) is described. While this Battle of Mui Shue Hang was successfully undertaken by the British troops, it was clearly only a success because of the fire-power of Fame's guns. It had been decided that the Flag-Raising Ceremony would be brought forward a day, from 17 April to 16 April, since the military action being taken, where the British had not yet formally taken the territory over, was extremely doubtful in International Law. The Battle of Lam Tsuen Gap and the Battle of Shek Tau Wai on 17 and 18 April, respectively, are summarized. A particular problem for the British troops was that the artillery failed to take part in the Battle of Lam Tsuen Gap, and, indeed, in any of the engagements of the Six-Day War, other than the shelling with shrapnel of the insurgents at the She Shan ridge at mid-day on 17 April. On 16 April, there was information that the insurgents at Castle Peak were planning an attack on Yaumatei. An unpleasant incident that took place during the fighting was the murder of Tang Cheung-hing. On 19 April, the insurgents surrendered and there were troop movements in the Western New Territories.
Patrick H. Hase
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622098992
- eISBN:
- 9789882207592
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622098992.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
James Stewart Lockhart said that with regard to the Battle of Mui Shue Hang: “It is impossible to ascertain whether there were any casualties”. It is entirely probable that the Ping Shan people and ...
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James Stewart Lockhart said that with regard to the Battle of Mui Shue Hang: “It is impossible to ascertain whether there were any casualties”. It is entirely probable that the Ping Shan people and Tang Shing-sz are correct, and that the list inscribed in the Tat Tak Kung Soh in 1938 is of the dead from the Ping Shan Brigade in the Six-Day War, the dead from the fighting with Ha Tsuen having been separately enshrined and commemorated, in a shrine that has not survived to the present day. It is also stated that the losses to the insurgents were serious, constituting an “utter rout”, and a “disastrous defeat”, with “many dead and many wounded”, which is much closer to the truth than the bland statements of “slight loss” in the British official Reports in the official collections. The chapter then reviews Sir Henry Blake's policies towards the insurgents. The takeover of Weihaiwei by the British can usefully be looked at in clarifying what Blake meant by calling for a minimal-force pacification in the New Territories, with military action being limited to bringing troops under attack to safety. It further addresses Lockhart's views of the insurgents.Less
James Stewart Lockhart said that with regard to the Battle of Mui Shue Hang: “It is impossible to ascertain whether there were any casualties”. It is entirely probable that the Ping Shan people and Tang Shing-sz are correct, and that the list inscribed in the Tat Tak Kung Soh in 1938 is of the dead from the Ping Shan Brigade in the Six-Day War, the dead from the fighting with Ha Tsuen having been separately enshrined and commemorated, in a shrine that has not survived to the present day. It is also stated that the losses to the insurgents were serious, constituting an “utter rout”, and a “disastrous defeat”, with “many dead and many wounded”, which is much closer to the truth than the bland statements of “slight loss” in the British official Reports in the official collections. The chapter then reviews Sir Henry Blake's policies towards the insurgents. The takeover of Weihaiwei by the British can usefully be looked at in clarifying what Blake meant by calling for a minimal-force pacification in the New Territories, with military action being limited to bringing troops under attack to safety. It further addresses Lockhart's views of the insurgents.
Laurie Shannon
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226924168
- eISBN:
- 9780226924182
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226924182.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies
A “hang-dog look” refers to the conscious look of guilt, or the fear and anticipation of punishment or shame, and is a deflated look often describing human defendants in courtrooms and the ordinary ...
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A “hang-dog look” refers to the conscious look of guilt, or the fear and anticipation of punishment or shame, and is a deflated look often describing human defendants in courtrooms and the ordinary canine physiognomy in relatively equal measure. The question, then, is how did the look on an animal’s face come to represent such complex social experiences as guilt and shame? Although merely an expression to represent the shamefacedness of a particularly despised or degraded fellow, the term hang-dog also refers to the historical fact of dog hanging. This chapter, then, looks at the extraordinary phenomenon of the criminal and civil trials of animal defendants. It examines these legal trials and their implications, plotting their decline against the rise of the technoscientific or experimental trials of animals. In the first, the animals are perceived as subjects of law, whereas in the second, the perception of them is disanimated; they have now become objects of science.Less
A “hang-dog look” refers to the conscious look of guilt, or the fear and anticipation of punishment or shame, and is a deflated look often describing human defendants in courtrooms and the ordinary canine physiognomy in relatively equal measure. The question, then, is how did the look on an animal’s face come to represent such complex social experiences as guilt and shame? Although merely an expression to represent the shamefacedness of a particularly despised or degraded fellow, the term hang-dog also refers to the historical fact of dog hanging. This chapter, then, looks at the extraordinary phenomenon of the criminal and civil trials of animal defendants. It examines these legal trials and their implications, plotting their decline against the rise of the technoscientific or experimental trials of animals. In the first, the animals are perceived as subjects of law, whereas in the second, the perception of them is disanimated; they have now become objects of science.
