Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Museum of History, and Victoria Harbor
July 4th 2011 Happy 4th of July! Celebrating in Hong Kong was slightly different than in the United States.
Today we began lectures and discussions at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Our first lecture was on social policies and welfare capitalism in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and South Korea. These are regions that I teach the geography of, but did not know much about the society and economic factors
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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong... ... read more 
