published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences

published_or_final_version / Comparative Literature / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Fine Arts / Master / Master of Philosophy

The Man Mo Temple（文武廟）Compound on Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, which comprises three blocks, namely Man Mo Temple, Lit Shing Kung （列聖宮） and Kung Sor（公所）, were built in 1847 . The Temple was built mainly for the worship of Man Cheong (God of Literature, 文昌) and Mo Tai (God of Martial Arts, 武帝). It was important assembly hall where Chinese people discussed issues and resolved disputes in early colonial period. The Temple represented the traditional social organization and religious practices of the Chinese community in the past. The aim of this study examines the development of Man Mon Temple from 1840s to 1908. This thesis contains six main chapters. The first chapter is literature review of previous researches for Man Mo Temple, as well as presents the objectives and methodology of the thesis. The second chapter explores the reasons for its establishment. The third chapter describes the development of architecture of temple. The forth chapter describes and analyses the Guandi worship （關帝信仰）and Wenchang belief （文昌信仰）in Hong Kong. The fifth chapter evaluates the significance of Man Mo Temple on different periods. The temple provided religious service, also as sponsor the charitable work of the Chinese community. It analyses the change of the temple’s function in colonial period. The final chapter is a conclusion how the Man Mo Temple shift to accommodate changing needs of the colonial development. / published_or_final_version / Chinese Historical Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / abstract / Humanities / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Medicine / Master / Doctor of Medicine

by Chong Shu-chuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-66). / Abstract also in Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / 摘要 --- p.v / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.ix / Chapter / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- "Brown, Moon, and Zoloth's Decomposition" --- p.10 / Chapter 3 --- PROFILES OF HONG KONG LABOR MARKET --- p.16 / Chapter 4 --- THE SIMPLE DUMMY VARIABLE APPROACH --- p.20 / Chapter 4.1 --- Specification of Control Variables --- p.20 / Chapter 4.2 --- Empirical Results --- p.22 / Chapter 5 --- THE BLINDER-OAXACA DECOMPOSITION --- p.24 / Chapter 5.1 --- Methodology --- p.25 / Chapter 5.2 --- Specification of Control Variables --- p.28 / Chapter 5.3 --- Empirical Results --- p.29 / Chapter 6 --- "THE BROWN, MOON, AND ZOLOTH'S MODEL" --- p.33 / Chapter 6.1 --- Methodology --- p.34 / Chapter 6.2 --- General Procedure to Estimate Earnings Decomposition --- p.40 / Chapter 6.3 --- Specification of Control Variables for Multinomial Logit Model --- p.41 / Chapter 6.4 --- Specification of Control Variables for Earnings Functions --- p.41 / Chapter 6.5 --- Empirical Results --- p.42 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Multinomial Logit Model of Occupational Attainment --- p.42 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Earnings Differentials and Occupational Segregatio --- p.44 / Chapter 6.5.3 --- The Extent of Male Earnings Differentials --- p.49 / Chapter 7 --- COHORT EFFECT ON EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS --- p.51 / Chapter 7.1 --- Descriptive Statistics --- p.52 / Chapter 7.2 --- Empirical Results --- p.53 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Regression Analysis --- p.53 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition --- p.54 / Chapter 7.2.3 --- Brown et. al. Decomposition --- p.56 / Chapter 8 --- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS --- p.59 / REFERENCES --- p.63 / TABLES --- p.67

During the last ten years, the number of Hong Kong Chinese migrating to the U.S. has increased. These new immigrants, with knowledge and life experiences shaped by the urban metropolis of Hong Kong, have begun to influence different aspects of Chinese communities in U.S. cities. A study of this group of Hong Kong Chinese provides a better understanding of how they have adapted to their new environment and how they have come to recognize themselves as Hong Kong Chinese Americans. In reviewing the available literature, very few studies have dealt with the identity changes of this group of people. Hence, the focus of this research was to discuss, specifically, 1) the components that constituted Hong Kong Chinese American identity and how they have changed; and 2) to illustrate the application of practice theory and the concept of habitus to the explanation of the formation of a sense of commonality among Hong Kong Chinese Americans. Twenty-eight Hong Kong Chinese who came to the U.S. in the last twenty-five years were selected and agreed to participate in a formal interview. According to the data collected from the informants and observations made on different occasions where Chinese were present, it became obvious that Hong Kong Cantonese language is the most unique component constituting a Hong Kong Chinese identity. Although nine other cultural traits discussed were not unique markers of this identity, these traits reflected changes among Hong Kong Chinese immigrants. Some of the traits endured the drastic changes of the socioeconomic and political situation in the U.S. and surfaced as major traits for them, while some other components lost their significance after the Hong Kong Chinese moved to the U.S. Practice theory and the concept of habitus helps to illustrate the identity labeled by the Hong Kong Chinese immigrants as "Hong Kong Chinese" as rooted in a sense of commonality among themselves. Such a sense is developed from the shared experience they had in Hong Kong and in the U.S.

published_or_final_version / History / Master / Master of Arts