Advanced statistical techniques are used to analyze Hong Kong output dynamics. Hong Kong, Japan and the U.S. are found to share some common long-term and short-term cyclical variations. While the Hong Kong economy is susceptible to external shocks and Granger-caused by the other two economies, local factors account for a large proportion of output growth variability and are mainly responsible f...

ASSUNTA C. H. HO, NATHAN HASSON, DAVINDER SINGH-GREWAL Rheumatology Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK, Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, Department of Rheumatology, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia A...

Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China; Department of Radiology, Shenzhen People’s Hospital, Second Clinical Medicine College of Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China; Department of Vascular, Oncologic and Interventional Radiology, Le2i UMR CNRS 6306,...

OBJECTIVE To provide a historical and epidemiological overview of the oral health of Hong Kong children. METHODS Literature published before 2014 related to the oral health of Hong Kong children, supplemented with information accessed from government-archived oral health reports, was sourced using electronic databases and hand searches. Dental caries experience, periodontal health, enamel def...

In November of 1997 an invitation was received to participate in a seminar in Hong Kong, that was concerned with solid waste management practices that are used outside their respective area. The thrust of the seminar, was to examine waste disposal techniques that are being employed throughout the world, and evaluate same for future use in the Chinese empire. Representatives from the Hong Kong a...

(Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong) (Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong) (Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong) (China Merchants Bank, Central, Hong Kong) + Corresponding author: Phone: +852 2788 9684, Fax: +852 2788 8614, E-mail: [email protected]...

BACKGROUND The rising public health concern regarding traumatic brain injury (TBI) implies a growing need for rehabilitation services for patients surviving TBI. METHODS To this end, this paper reviews the practices and research on TBI rehabilitation in Hong Kong so as to inform future developments in this area. This paper begins by introducing the general situation of TBI patients in Hong Ko...

This paper discusses a number of issues related to the circulation of Hong Kong dollars (HKD) outside Hong Kong. These include potential benefits and concerns for Hong Kong, and factors contributing to the external demand for HKD. The paper also provides empirical estimates of the likely holdings of HKD outside Hong Kong. Our estimates suggest that some 15-25% of the total outstanding stock of ...

This study aimed to compare the prevalence of frailty across three Chinese populations: Hong Kong, Taiwan-urban and Taiwan-rural. Contributing factors to disparities in frailty were also examined. Data were derived from the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOs) and Women (MsOs) (Hong Kong) Study (n = 4000) and the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging (n = 2392). Frailty was defined as an index cal...

Joseph T. Wu, Edward S. K. Ma, Cheuk Kwong Lee, Daniel K. W. Chu, Po-Lai Ho, Angela L. Shen, Andrew Ho, Ivan F. N. Hung, Steven Riley, Lai Ming Ho, Che Kit Lin, Thomas Tsang, Su-Vui Lo, Yu-Lung Lau, Gabriel M. Leung, Benjamin J. Cowling, and J. S. Malik Peiris Departments of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Microbiology, Medicine, and Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Sh...