Kam-yee Law
Education University of Hong Kong, Social Sciences, Faculty Member
- Currently Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Education University of Hong Kong. Previous... moreCurrently Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Education University of Hong Kong. Previously Associate Professor in the Department of Asian & International Studies at the City University of Hong Kong.edit
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Museum enterprise is an integral part of modern states, using the past to construct the present, promoting nationalism and patriotic citizenship, and appealing to domestic as well as foreign visitors. Objects and images are carefully... more
Museum enterprise is an integral part of modern states, using the past to construct the present, promoting nationalism and patriotic citizenship, and appealing to domestic as well as foreign visitors. Objects and images are carefully selected to foster a sense of historical and cultural consciousness among the people. Many antiques and relics that the state preserves may be of little humanistic significance, but are intended to create national unity and legitimate the current regime against other political rivals (Hamlish, 2000; Coombes, 1988; Kaplan, ed., 1994). History museums in contemporary China are no exception (Cohen, 2009; Vickers, 2007; Carroll, 2005; Denton, 2005; Steiner, 1995). As Kelvin C. K. Cheung argues in chapter 2, after losing the civil war, Chiang Kai-Shek made the Republic of China on Taiwan the guardian of Han Chinese civilization, and founded the National Palace Museum in Taipei to display a thousand years of unbroken Chinese history. In a similar fashion, the Communists on the Mainland created a network of museums to eradicate feudalism and implement revolutionary change. The Museum of the Chinese Revolution in Tiananmen Square adhered to the red line of Maoism from the 1950s to the 1970s, and the exhibitions changed as frequently as the dominant ideology (Hung, 2005).
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In Ana Pratt (ed.), Ethnic Minorities Perceptions, Cultural Barriers and Health Inequalities
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The Departmental Reports from 1909 to 1939 are long - ignored official files of the British Hong Kong government. These reports show that the British Hong Kong government had done many works on social welfare, and can march the West in... more
The Departmental Reports from 1909 to 1939 are long - ignored official files of the British Hong Kong government. These reports show that the British Hong Kong government had done many works on social welfare, and can march the West in planned scale and actual achievments.
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Museum enterprise is an integral part of modern states, using the past to construct the present, promoting nationalism and patriotic citizenship, and appealing to domestic as well as foreign visitors. Objects and images are carefully... more
Museum enterprise is an integral part of modern states, using the past to construct the present, promoting nationalism and patriotic citizenship, and appealing to domestic as well as foreign visitors. Objects and images are carefully selected to foster a sense of historical and cultural consciousness among the people. Many antiques and relics that the state preserves may be of little humanistic significance, but are intended to create national unity and legitimate the current regime against other political rivals (Hamlish, 2000; Coombes, 1988; Kaplan, ed., 1994). History museums in contemporary China are no exception (Cohen, 2009; Vickers, 2007; Carroll, 2005; Denton, 2005; Steiner, 1995). As Kelvin C. K. Cheung argues in chapter 2, after losing the civil war, Chiang Kai-Shek made the Republic of China on Taiwan the guardian of Han Chinese civilization, and founded the National Palace Museum in Taipei to display a thousand years of unbroken Chinese history. In a similar fashion, the Communists on the Mainland created a network of museums to eradicate feudalism and implement revolutionary change. The Museum of the Chinese Revolution in Tiananmen Square adhered to the red line of Maoism from the 1950s to the 1970s, and the exhibitions changed as frequently as the dominant ideology (Hung, 2005).
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CHAPTERTWELVE The Limits of Chinese Transnationalism: The Cultural Identity of Malaysian-Chinese Students in Guangzhou Kam-Yee Law and Kim-Ming Lee [D] ifferences between cultural styles of life and communication, despite a similar... more
CHAPTERTWELVE The Limits of Chinese Transnationalism: The Cultural Identity of Malaysian-Chinese Students in Guangzhou Kam-Yee Law and Kim-Ming Lee [D] ifferences between cultural styles of life and communication, despite a similar economic base, will remain ...
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[Abstract: Hong Kong is often viewed as a Chinese immigrants' city. This article discusses three interrelated dimensions oftbe social exclusion of migrants designated as "new" Chinese immigrants in... more
[Abstract: Hong Kong is often viewed as a Chinese immigrants' city. This article discusses three interrelated dimensions oftbe social exclusion of migrants designated as "new" Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong. First, it is argued that globalisation has triggered intense economic rivalry ...
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Introduction Law and order was, no doubt, one of Macau's major social and political concerns towards and prior to her return to China. A recent survey conducted by the Macau University has shown that over 65% of the respondents think... more
Introduction Law and order was, no doubt, one of Macau's major social and political concerns towards and prior to her return to China. A recent survey conducted by the Macau University has shown that over 65% of the respondents think that the first problem that the new Chief Executive should tackle is crime and order.' Another survey indicates that 60% of Macau youth thinks that the performance of the police has been extremely bad and 80% thinks that the People's Liberation Army could be contributive to this problem.' This paper tries to explore this issue from a criminological/ sociological perspective. The paper consists of two major components. The first part attempts a documentary analysis of the public's outlook towards the recent crime and order issue in Macau. By way of doing an exhaustive discourse analysis, the research will trace the editorial view of the major Macau newspaper for the year before the election for the Chief Executive of the forthcoming M...
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This paper discusses and analyzes the cross-Strait economic policies of the KMT and the DPP in three presidential elections since 2008. The dilemma between the necessity of regional economic integration and the rise of the Taiwanese... more
This paper discusses and analyzes the cross-Strait economic policies of the KMT and the DPP in three presidential elections since 2008. The dilemma between the necessity of regional economic integration and the rise of the Taiwanese identity as a result of democratization has led to signs of convergence in terms of cross-Strait economic policies between the two parties in response to international economic environment despite their difference of emphasis and their priorities in facing the global economy. With reference to the implications for the future politics of Taiwan, this study suggested that the growing importance of economic agenda, which bridges the Blue-Green divide, is actually conducive to democratic consolidation in Taiwan. Democratic consolidation has simultaneously reinforced the concept of "stateness" in the development of the Taiwanese identity, which has, in return, challenged the spillover effect of cross-Strait economic relations.
Serious debate about the indigenization of social work has transpired recently. This article argues that by taking indigenization as an interactive and non-linear process that helps cultivate a multicultural social work practice within a... more
Serious debate about the indigenization of social work has transpired recently. This article argues that by taking indigenization as an interactive and non-linear process that helps cultivate a multicultural social work practice within a society, importing Western social work practice and indigenization are compatible. In particular, this article attempts to illustrate the compatibility by analyzing how political activists employ Western values and practice, the universal human rights discourse, and mainstreaming, to fight for the rights of Hong Kong ethnic minorities, which may consequently lead to the development of a multicultural social work practice.
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ABSTRACT In this paper, we define indigenization as a process of developing culturally relevant social work for Hong Kong ethnic minority groups. We argue that importing western values and practice can help break the institutional and... more
ABSTRACT In this paper, we define indigenization as a process of developing culturally relevant social work for Hong Kong ethnic minority groups. We argue that importing western values and practice can help break the institutional and cultural barriers, within which the predominantly Chinese-oriented social work practice is embedded, to make the Hong Kong government and social workers start concerning the needs of ethnic minorities. In this sense, importing western values and practice is complementary to indigenization. We demonstrate that the universal human rights discourse plays a significant role in developing Hong Kong’s social services with ethnic minorities. But it cannot cultivate a culturally relevant social work practice that would create an ethnically equal society because the existing institutional and cultural constraints are too strong to give space for further indigenization. Concrete efforts must be put in reforming Hong Kong’s social work education system and social integration policy in order to better serve Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities. Without a well-thought indigenization agenda, some Chinese social workers resort to importing western practice again (mainstreaming) as a strategy to create more political space for indigenization.
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Introduction When Ernest Gellner published his theory two decades ago just as the discourse on globalization was gaining thrust, he did not anticipate any diminution of either nations or nationalism. Instead, “differences between cultural... more
Introduction When Ernest Gellner published his theory two decades ago just as the discourse on globalization was gaining thrust, he did not anticipate any diminution of either nations or nationalism. Instead, “differences between cultural styles of life and communication, despite a similar economic base, will remain large enough to require separate serving, and hence distinct cultural-political units, whether or not they will be wholly sovereign” (1983:119). Yet, it is difficult to deny certain countervailing evidence to imply that during those same decades, the real and perceived effects of globalization in the Southeast Asian region may have altered the conditions that made nationalism the only form of social organization open to the modern imagination, and that made education the monopoly of the nation-state. The school is the particular institution that theorists of nationalism have long identified as central to the perpetuation of national identity and national unity. Over the ...
Serious debate about the indigenization of social work has transpired recently. This article argues that by taking indigenization as an interactive and non-linear process that helps cultivate a multicultural social work practice within a... more
Serious debate about the indigenization of social work has transpired recently. This article argues that by taking indigenization as an interactive and non-linear process that helps cultivate a multicultural social work practice within a society, importing Western social work practice and indigenization are compatible. In particular, this article attempts to illustrate the compatibility by analyzing how political activists employ Western values and practice, the universal human rights discourse, and mainstreaming, to fight for the rights of Hong Kong ethnic minorities, which may consequently lead to the development of a multicultural social work practice.
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The relations between South Korea and Russia have qualitatively improved with Moon Jae-In’s New Northern Policy. Although a Russia–South Korea– North Korea trilateral cooperation remains unclear, South Korea has institutionalised... more
The relations between South Korea and Russia have qualitatively improved with Moon Jae-In’s New Northern Policy. Although a Russia–South Korea– North Korea trilateral cooperation remains unclear, South Korea has institutionalised bilateral relationships with Russia. Both geopolitics and geo-economy play prominent roles in the ROK–Russia relations and increasing support for an economic agenda is a considerably achievable goal for both countries.
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Many states in the Asia Pacific region are not built around a single homogenous people, but rather include many large, varied, different national groups. This book explores how states in the region attempt to develop commonality and a... more
Many states in the Asia Pacific region are not built around a single homogenous people, but rather include many large, varied, different national groups. This book explores how states in the region attempt to develop commonality and a nation and the difficulties that arise. It discusses the consequences which ensue when competing narratives clash, and examines the nature of resistance to dominant narratives which arise. It considers the problems in a wide range of countries in the region including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
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Since the beginning of 2002, at the peak of the United States' anti-terrorism campaign after the September 11th attack, Singapore has been debating whether Muslim girls should be allowed to wear tudung (Muslim headscarf) at school.... more
Since the beginning of 2002, at the peak of the United States' anti-terrorism campaign after the September 11th attack, Singapore has been debating whether Muslim girls should be allowed to wear tudung (Muslim headscarf) at school. The amount of attention given to the ...
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Rising economic inequality becomes an important concern for both advanced and developing countries. Nonetheless, political and business elites around the world never question the neoliberal agenda, despite economic crises happening every... more
Rising economic inequality becomes an important concern for both advanced and developing countries. Nonetheless, political and business elites around the world never question the neoliberal agenda, despite economic crises happening every now and then. The year 2007 may mark the turning point of neoliberal globalisation. As the global financial tsunami kicked off from the burst of the subprime mortgage bubble in the United States in 2007, the global economy is facing an economic hardship never heard of since the Great Depression in the 1930s. Hong Kong as a highly open economy is also severely hurt by the financial tsunami. In every economic recession, all Hong Kong people suffer, but lower classes suffer most. This raises a serious question about whether the current social protection system adequately protects people against an increasingly risky global economic environment. By examining the social policy package adopted by the HK government in fighting against the financial tsunami, we show the lack of long-term strategies and commitments of the government in protecting HK people against globalisation risks and economic insecurity. By drawing experiences from other countries, we suggest that active labour market policies (ALMPs) may be the social policy tools the government can use to reform the social protection system.