The performance of railway service influences the living qualities of people in Hong Kong. This dissertation is a study to discover the pedestrian friendliness of R+P Stations and Non R+P Stations with different backgrounds. MTR stations that surveyed include two R+P Stations in new generation (Kowloon Station and Tsing Yi Station), one R+P Station in old generation (Tsuen Wan Station) and one Non R+P Station (Tsim Sha Tsui Station). A roadway characteristic-based PLOS model that following point system of analyzing is developed based on the requirements of planning and design standards in Hong Kong. From the data result, pedestrian walking environment of existing MTR stations have good quality in general. Factors that influence the overall pedestrian friendliness of MTR station catchments area include the construction time of the station, development time for streets the sidewalks along and number of walkways connecting to R+P properties the station have. Advantages and disadvantages of walking environment of each station are discovered. Recommendations for building a more pedestrian friendly city of Hong Kong are given based on the data results. Recommendations include quantification of the design standards, future works to solve the existing walking problems and encouraging more R+P Stations and urban renewal projects. / published_or_final_version / Urban Planning and Design / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

Contrary to the significance that HSBC and its comprador office made on the modernisation in China at the turn of the 19th and the 20th Century, studies about the Bank’s expansion in the Beijing-Tianjin area were exceptionally limited. In this research, the importance of HSBC’s expansion to North China in the 1880s will be primarily examined by the Bank and its comprador office’s roles in the railways development in North China. During this process, Wu Jim-pah, as the first comprador of HSBC in Tianjin, offered significant aids in establishing HSBC’s collaboration with the Qing Court and the influential Bei-yang Ministry under Li Hong-zhang’s administration. This research is going to examine Wu Jim-pah’s career and personal development in late Qing Huizhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing, so as to answer a series of questions related to China’s social-economic reforms and its earliest capitalists’ formation at the turn of the centuries. Moreover, acts as the first academic study focusing on Wu Jim-pah’s participation in the early modernisation projects of late Qing China, this research put the collection and classification of historical materials in the central place. The findings of primary resources from the archives in China and overseas, namely, the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica in Taipei, the National Library of China, the Shanghai Library, the Southwest Jiao-tong University, the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences (TASS), the HSBC Group Archives, London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), as well as the Public Record Office at Kew, London, could be regarded as the most valuable part of this research. / published_or_final_version / Humanities and Social Sciences / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Real Estate and Construction / Master / Master of Science in Real Estate and Construction

published_or_final_version / abstract / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

published_or_final_version / abstract / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

Leung, Yan Cheong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-159). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter ■ --- Research Objectives --- p.3 / Chapter ■ --- Literature Review --- p.5 / Chapter ■ --- Use of Primary Sources --- p.9 / Chapter ■ --- Structure --- p.11 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Governing Objectives behind the Railway Developments --- p.13 / Chapter ■ --- Initial Motives --- p.13 / Chapter ■ --- Political Objectives and Financial Concerns as the Determinative Factors --- p.22 / Chapter ■ --- Railway Developments since the 1970s --- p.33 / Chapter ■ --- Changing Meanings of Success in Railway Development --- p.35 / Chapter ■ --- Summary of Chapter 2 --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Hong Kong-London Relations and the MTR Development (I): Bilateral Negotiation and the Decisions on the MTR --- p.37 / Chapter ■ --- Nature of London-Hong Kong Relations after the WWII --- p.37 / Chapter ■ --- The Contract Approaches --- p.40 / Chapter ■ --- The Process of Bilateral Negotiation --- p.42 / Chapter ■ --- Hong Kong Government´ةs Strategy --- p.43 / Chapter ■ --- London´ةs Strategy --- p.46 / Chapter ■ --- Summary of Chapter 3 --- p.53 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Hong Kong-London Relations and the MTR Development (II): Negotiation Breakdown and Its Impacts --- p.55 / Chapter ■ --- The Negotiation Breakdown --- p.55 / Chapter ■ --- The Adoption of Multi-contract Approach: a Contingency Plan --- p.59 / Chapter ■ --- Collaborate with London --- p.64 / Chapter ■ --- Summary of Chapter 4 --- p.68 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Colonial Governance and Major Decisions on the MTR in the 1970s --- p.70 / Chapter ■ --- The Establishment of MTRC --- p.70 / Chapter ■ --- Optimizing the Project --- p.75 / Chapter ■ --- Civil Protests and Crises Management --- p.83 / Chapter ■ --- Summary of Chapter 5 --- p.91 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- A Review on the Modernization of Kowloon-Canton Railway --- p.93 / Chapter ■ --- KCR´ةs Operational Problems before the Modernization --- p.93 / Chapter ■ --- Evolution of KCR Modernization Programme --- p.100 / Chapter ■ --- Bureaucratic and Administrative Concerns behind the Establishment of KCRC --- p.108 / Chapter ■ --- KCRC´ةs Service Provision and Corporate Strategy --- p.111 / Chapter ■ --- Summary of Chapter 6 --- p.115 / Chapter Chapter 7: --- "Railway Development, Transport Policy and the Competitions among Public transport Operators" --- p.118 / Chapter ■ --- Transformation of the Transport Industry in the 1970s --- p.118 / Chapter ■ --- The Changing Role of Railways in the Transport System --- p.121 / Chapter ■ --- Rivalries between the Railways and Other Transport Operators --- p.129 / Chapter ■ --- Summary of Chapter 7 --- p.138 / Chapter Chapter 8: --- Conclusion --- p.140 / Chapter ■ --- Hong Kong-London Relations and Decisions on Railway Developments --- p.141 / Chapter ■ --- Governing Concerns and the Railway Development --- p.144 / Chapter ■ --- Further Studies --- p.148 / Bibliography --- p.150