Towards a Retrospective and Prospective Vision for Lantau Island in Hong Kong That Sustains Cultural and Social Values

Construction-related loss of habitat, degradation of existing habitat, noise pollution, and vessel activity are growing issues for Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) that occur in the shallow, near-shore, highly industrialized waters off Lantau Island, Hong Kong. We studied the occurrence of dolphins in discrete locations, fine-scale movement patterns, and dolphin behavioral activity states. Potential explanatory variables varied and included year, season, time of day, dolphin group size and behavioral activity state, proximity to construction activity, and vessel type and number. Land-based observations and theodolite tracking of dolphins and vessels were conducted from seven locations to the north of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, and marine construction activities near survey sites were identified. A total of 636 groups of dolphins were recorded, totaling 150.91 h of tracking, from 405 days of observation effort. Hurdle models were used to analyze dolphin occurrence, multivariate generalized additive models were used to analyze fine-scale movement patterns, and log-likelihood ratio and binomial z score post hoc tests were used to analyze behavioral activity states. Dolphin occurrence was lower in historically important areas near long-term, low-intensity construction activity, and dolphin swimming speed was higher in response to vessel presence. Overall, foraging and traveling were the most frequently observed behavioral activity states and resting behavior was observed off only one location that was not in proximity to construction activities. Temporal overlap in adjacent marine construction areas may displace animals for extended periods and nearby ecologically similar habitats should be identified and designated as marine protected areas to mitigate effects of such disturbance.

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Yinmingella mitriformis gen. et sp.nov., a new sporodochial hyphomycete from submerged wood in Hong Kong

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b98-176 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 76 (10) ◽

pp. 1693-1697

Author(s):

T K Goh ◽

K M Tsui ◽

K D Hyde

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Freshwater Fungi ◽

Mitosporic Fungi ◽

Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes ◽

Submerged Wood ◽

Lantau Island

Yinmingella mitriformis gen. et sp.nov. (Hyphomycetes), occurring on wood submerged in Tung Chung River on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, is described and illustrated. It is unique in producing short, true chains of holoblastic, aseptate, smooth, black, mitriform conidia from dark brown, flask-shaped conidiogenous cells on hemispherical, black stromata. Yinmingella is compared with Hemibeltrania, Hemicorynespora, Mammaria, Janetia, Sporidesmium, and Stanjehughesia.Key words: cryo-SEM, dematiaceous Hyphomycetes, freshwater fungi, mitosporic fungi, systematics.

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Land, Housing and Social Values—The Context of Hong Kong

Land and Housing Controversies in Hong Kong - Governance and Citizenship in Asia ◽

10.1007/978-981-15-5266-3_1 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Betty Yung

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Social Values

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Preparing Opium for America: Hong Kong and Cultural Consumption in the Chinese Diaspora

Journal of Chinese Overseas ◽

10.1163/179325405788639355 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 16-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elizabeth Sinn

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

New Zealand ◽

Social Values ◽

Home Country ◽

Gold Rush ◽

Chinese Diaspora ◽

Export Trade ◽

Cultural Consumption ◽

Long Distance ◽

The Government

AbstractThis article studies how emigrants' consumption, conditioned by social values and taste transplanted from the home country, affected long distance trade. As tens of thousands of Chinese went to North America, Australia and New Zealand from the time of the Gold Rush, a market for Chinese consumption goods arose, with prepared opium being a leading commodity. Chinese, both at home and abroad, consumed opium by smoking and demanded opium to be boiled in a particular way. As brands prepared in Hong Kong were widely acknowledged as the best, the export trade in Hong Kong's opium to these high-end markets became extremely lucrative. Producers elsewhere resorted to different ploys to get a Hong Kong stamp on their products. The Hong Kong government manipulated different groups of Chinese merchants inside and outside Hong Kong to maximize its revenue from the opium farm, while rival merchant groups sometimes combined to trump the government. The situation not only offers a lesson for the study of state-business relations but also undermines the popular claim that the Hong Kong government practiced laissez-fairism. On another level, the study, by highlighting the consumption of one particular commodity, draws attention to the Chinese diaspora as transnational cultural space.

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