Suchergebnisse

Introduction / Kenneth Wing-kin Law -- Aging in Singapore: issues and options / William Keng-mun Lee -- Issues in elderly research in Hong Kong: a review of 56 social science research reports / Kenneth Wing-kim Law -- The feminization-of-poverty in an aged popluation in Singapore / William Keng-mun Lee -- New patterns of poverty in Hong Kong: an assessment of current social security provisions / William Keng-mun Lee -- Gender differences in retirement planning: an exploratory study of the middle-aged residents of Hong Kong / Kenneth Wing-kim Law -- The new cultural values of female intellectuals: a comparison between Beijing and Hong Kong / Stephen Shek-lam Lau -- Does a weaking family network inevitably accompany old age? Family networks of older persons in Guangzhou and Hong Kong / Kenneth Wing-kim Law -- Family support network and community development in Hong Kong / Hong-kin Kwok -- Changing family-related values in Communist China / Stephen Shek-lam Lau -- Filial piety in Communist China: is it a myth or a reality? Stephen Shek-lam Lau.

This article examines the patterns and changes in public perceptions of domestic income inequality in Hong Kong in the past two decades and explains individual variations in these perceptions. It found that the perceived seriousness of income disparities had been persistently high, while the perceived unjustness of income disparities showed a fluctuating trend. Our findings lent partial support to the structural position thesis that the privileged groups are less likely than the underprivileged groups to consider existing income disparities to be serious and unjust. Nonetheless, the popular understanding of poverty is still biased towards 'individual' explanations, and this perhaps explains why the government is less willing to tackle the economic and political foundations of poverty in Hong Kong. (J Contemp China/GIGA)

Based on a survey of Hong Kong residents, this article explores the attitudes towards the welfare state and whether or not there are significant differences between different social classes with regard to their approval of the welfare state. The findings were then compared with those for Sweden and the USA. The study shows that Hong Kong residents strongly approve of the welfare state. The strength of their support is similar to that in Sweden and is far stronger than in the USA. In Hong Kong, the influence of social class on attitudes towards the welfare state is negligible. In some cases, the privileged classes expressed greater approval for the welfare state than the underprivileged classes. This is in striking contrast to the experiences in Sweden and the USA where the underprivileged classes are more supportive of the welfare state than are the privileged classes.