Summer Issue, 2013

Alumni & books Diversity and Occasional Anarchy – On Deep Economic and Social Contradictions in Hong Kong Author: Professor Richard Wong 王于漸 , Professor of Economicsand Philip Wong Kennedy Wong Professor in Political Economy, HKU Publisher: Hong Kong University Press The Reorientation of Higher Education: Challenging the East-West Dichotomy Editors: Professor Bob Adamson, Professor Jon Nixon and Dr Feng Su Publishers: Comparative Education Research Centre, Faculty of Education and Springer Public con dence in the governance of the SAR government has declined, and economic and social dissatisfaction have ared. Where should Hong Kong go from here in the face of all kinds of contradictions? Professor RichardWong provides an analysis of the origins of these contradictions and shares his insights on these issues. This book presents an account of the repositioning of higher education institutions across a range of contexts in the East and theWest. It argues that global governance, institutional organisation and academic practice are complementary elements within the process of institutional repositioning. Construction Safety Author: Dr Rita Li 李綺雯 (BSc(Surv) 2006; PhD 2010) Publisher: Springer The book provides an international perspective on construction safety measures in developing and developed countries. It also contains case studies and interviews, providing practical knowledge on construction safety. 《香港核心價值論》 作者： Alex Chan 陳慶釗 (BSW 1992) 出版： 商務印書館(香港)有限公司 回歸十數載，中港矛盾，不降反升，何解？港人與 國人，思維差異，價值分歧，本質在何處？自由、 法治、廉潔 …… 香港人堅守的核心價值，為何在大 陸備受冷遇？作者是一位註冊社工、兼職大學講師 及IT從業人員，一直從事「跨學科」的普及與推廣 工作。本書嘗試從文化心理學、文化神經科學及電 腦模擬學的角度回答以上問題。 10天敢動假期系列及《異色．北韓》 作者： James Hong 項明生 (BA 1992) 出版： 萬里機構、天地圖書 Childhood, Philosophy and Open Society: Implications for Education in Confucian Heritage Cultures Author: Dr Lam Chi-ming 林志明 (BEd 2000; PhD 2011) Publisher: Springer The purpose of this book is to develop a theory and practice of education from Karl Popper’s falsi cationist philosophy for promoting an open society. Speci cally, the book is designed to develop an educational programme for achieving Popper’s ideal of fostering critical thinking in children for full participation in an open democratic society. 中南美洲，一向都是大家印象中富豪、退休人仕等 有三個月時間，數萬美元旅費，才敢奢望的終極目 的地。其實，少到只有十日大假、一萬多元港幣， 也可以挑戰中南美洲。只要你，敢! 跨越拉丁美洲 的三本深度旅遊作品，全數版稅捐贈「小母牛」， 用於國內持續扶貧項目。 《10天敢動假期: 墨西哥、古巴》﹣一本遊記散文記 載作者跨越七個城市、四大古文明、兩種社會制度； 神遊藝術文化、天文地埋、建築飲食、音樂文學、 政治民生、語言宗教的奇幻之旅。 《10天敢動假期: 秘魯》﹣好好利用寶貴的十天假期， 原來可以更上一層樓，極目遠眺地球對面。作者第一 次到訪南美秘魯探險，分享這個「南美入門旅程」。 《10天敢動假期: 巴西》﹣拉丁美洲面積最大、人 口最多的國家，也是拉丁美洲中經濟發展最快，國 內生產總值位居南美洲第一；2014世界杯、2016 奧運，雙喜臨門；這就是傳聞上帝偏心，享有太多 “世界之最”的巴西。 《異色 ． 北韓》﹣闖入神秘國度北韓，發現鮮為人 知的北韓真面目；冒險偷拍了數百張珍貴圖片，以 及深入禁地錦繡山太陽宮，記載不一樣的北韓。 Language Online – Investigating Digital Texts and Practices Authors: Professor Carmen Lee 李嘉雯 (BA 2000; MPhil 2002) , David Barton Publisher: Routledge The effects of language use in the digital world can be seen in every aspect of language study, and new ways of researching the eld are needed. In this book the authors look at language online from a variety of perspectives, providing a solid theoretical grounding, an outline of key concepts, and practical guidance on doing research. 書目簡介摘自各出版社 Excerpt from the publishers’ book description 88