Migration and adaptation processes of overseas Chinese in Hong Kong 
(1987-1990)

	This project aims at studying the migration history and adjustment 
	process of a special group of Chinese in Hong Kong. These Chinese 
	were born in overseas areas, particularly Southeast-Asia, who moved 
	to Mainland China during the early 1950s, but left China for Hong
	Kong during and after the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and
	early 1970s. They have moved between places which are tremendously
	different in politites, cultural, and social settings, knowledge
	of their migrant behaviour and the interactive relationships between
	Southeast Asia, China, and Hong Kong.
	
	Dr. Chow Chun Shing

The Sino-British Joint Declaration 1997 and the Land Policy of Hong Kong
(1989-1990)

	This research involves the construction of time series on housing
	and land prices, vacancy rates, government land sales, construction
	in order to examine the impact of the Joint Declaration on the land 
	and housing markets of Hong Kong. The overall impact on the property
	development cycle will be first examined. The differential effects
	at the regional level analysis and cartographic works are important
	ingredients of this work.
	
	Dr. Li Si Ming

Urban Planning and the Changing Political and Geographical Contexts of
Hong Kong (1986-1989)

	This project examines the interactive relationship between land
	policies and urban development in the context of political, 
	economic, social, and demographic changes in Hong Kong. It focuses
	mainly on the impact of Hong Kong's political status and leasehold
	system of land ownership on the allocation and utilization of land
	resources. It argues that land policies and urban development are
	affecting each other mutually, and that land policies should be
	understood as both the effect of the past and the cause of future
	development changes in society.
	
	Dr. Chow Chun Shing

The Urban Vegetation of Hong Kong (1987-1988)

	This project surveyed the common and uncommon roadside trees of 
	Hong Kong. In an overwhelmingly artificial urbanised area, the 
	problems of species selection and growth were reviewed. In spite
	of the various abiotic and biotic problems together with the
	stresses induced by the confined urban morphology, some of the
	uncommon trees thrive successfully, performing much better than
	the common species massively planted in recent years. These uncommon 
	species include Cassia fistula, Sapium sebiferum and Syzygium
	samarangense.
	
	Mr. Yeung Ka Ming
	
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