香港经济史(英文)1课件.ppt

SOSC005;Course Instructors Dr. Agnes Ku (谷淑美) (myself) Dr. Mirana Szeto (司徒薇) Dr. Y. C. Chen (陳允中) Dr. Pun Ngai (潘毅) Dr. Ma Ngok (馬嶽); Course Content Historical Overview Culture Identity Economy Urban Development Government Politics;LECTURE (1);I. Before the 1950s: Little Sense of a HK Identity;Sense of HK Identity by the 1990s;Sense of HK Identity by the 1990s;II. History before the 1950s ;Colonial History (1842-1997);(HK Map);Britain’s trading interests a good natural harbour (Victoria Harbor) proximity to China HK as entrep?t (轉口港) -- commercial development government buildings in the Central area;Population Class Structure ;Nature of Colonial Rule;III. Changes after the 1950s: Emergence of HK Identity ; Border control against Chinese Immigration Control Bill of 1949 Waves of illegal Chinese immigration: 1950s (1949-52, 1958-62) 1967-1973 1979-80 1950s: an immigrant society with a “refugee” identity Intensified control measures against illegal immigration in 1980 thereafter Increasing “us/them” distinction ;(3) Internal changes in society Economic development (industrial take-off) UN’s embargo on trade with China in 1951 (PRC its part in Korean War) ? HK’s industrial development for export capital, skill, labor entrepreneurship (Shanghai) from the immigrants one of Asia’s 4 “Little Dragons” by the 70s; Population growth: changing proportion between local-born mainland-born Turning point in HK’s history: the mass riots in 1966 1967 Social problems (e.g. increasing population, housing livelihood issues) ;IV. The Mass Riots in 1966 1967;The 1970s;Governor MacLehose (麥理浩) {an era of community-building in the 70s};Housing before the 1960s;Governor MacLehose: ;Growth of a New Middle Class (born in mid-50s to mid-70s);