Changes in social policy in Hong Kong since 1997: Old wine in new bottles?

Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics: Expanded Second Edition

Volumn 9789882208889, Issue , 2012, Pages 277-296

  Wong, Hung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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