A comparative study on the estate planning of urban and rural public housing in Hong Kong

1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wing-yee Lo
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Estate Planning

From Intervention to Privatisation: The Changing Public Housing Policy in Hong Kong

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-73
Author(s):  
Stanley C. W. Yeung ◽  
Francis K. W. Wong ◽  
Eddie C. M. Hui
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Housing Policy

scholarly journals Today in Guangzhou, Tomorrow in Hong Kong? A Comparative Study of the Language Situation in Two Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-232
Author(s):  
Barry Sautman ◽  
Xinyi Xie
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
General Public ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Sociocultural Context ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
And Migration

Many in Hong Kong voice concerns about the fate of Cantonese, including nativists (“localists”) and the general public. Guangzhou is seen as a harbinger of diminishing Cantonese in Hong Kong. News and commentaries paint a gloomy picture of Cantonese in Guangzhou. Yet rarely do we read about surveys on the range of Cantonese use and identity in Guangzhou. Neither do we see analyses on how the social context differences between Hong Kong and Guangzhou may have contributed to the two cities’ unique language situations. Our study delineates the Guangzhou and Hong Kong language situations, comparing mother tongues, ordinary languages, and language attitudes. Cantonese is unrivalled in Hong Kong and remains vital in Guangzhou. We put the two cities’ different use frequency and proficiency of Cantonese and Putonghua (“Mandarin”) in the sociocultural context of motivation and migration. We conclude that some claims of diminishing Cantonese are unsupported. We also address how likely it is that Cantonese will diminish or even be replaced in Hong Kong.

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