Privatizing water supply in Hong Kong

Utilities Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-105

  Lam, Pun Lee ^a   Chan, Yue Cheong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEREGULATION; PRIVATIZATION; UTILITY SECTOR; WATER INDUSTRY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0344588907     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-1787(98)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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