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Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong
Hong Kong studies book From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong (Chinese: 地產霸權; lit. 'real estate hegemony'[1] or "property hegemony"[2]) is a book written by Alice Poon Wai-han[3] (traditional Chinese: 潘慧嫻; simplified Chinese: 潘慧娴; Jyutping: pun1 wai6 haan4; pinyin: Pān Huìxián), a former personal assistant of Kwok Tak-seng, the late co-founder of Hong Kong–based conglomerate Sun Hung Kai Properties.[3] She also worked for another Hong Kong–based conglomerate, Kerry Properties.[4] The book was about some real estate tycoon families of the former British colony,[5] especially Li Ka-shing family, Kwok Tak-seng family, Lee Shau-kee family, Cheng Yu-tung family, Pao Yue-kong family and Kadoorie family, who controlled "property-cum-utility/public services conglomerates" of Hong Kong.[6][7]
The book was written in Richmond, British Columbia.[8] Poon resided in Steveston,[9] a neighbourhood in the city.
According to a book review, as of December 2010, in less than 6 months of publishing, the Traditional Chinese edition had been re-printed seven times to the 8th print.[10] The first Traditional Chinese edition also contained revised and updated materials that did not appear in the first English edition.[7]
After the publication of the Traditional Chinese translation, it popularised the Chinese book title 地產霸權 as a term to describe the real estate tycoons of Hong Kong, according to Hong Sir in his column in Apple Daily.[11]
The original English edition was reviewed by Canada Book Review Annual (CBRA) as a Canadian book.[8] CBRA "was founded to provide Canadians with an evaluative guide to all the English-language and Canadian-authored scholarly, reference, trade, children's, and youth books published in Canada each year."[12]
The Traditional Chinese translation was also reviewed by Guangzhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily in 2011, with title Dào dǐ shì shéi zài kòng zhì xiāng gǎng ? (lit. 'Who Controls Hong Kong?').[7][13] Since Nanfang Media Group, the publisher of Southern Metropolis Daily, is a state-owned media, the review was also interpreted by a Shenzhen-based academician, as an opinion from the central Chinese government regarding the tycoons themselves.[13] According to the book review, the Simplified Chinese edition had some chapters censored.[7]
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Editions
- Poon, Alice (December 2005). Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong (hardcover) (1st ed.). Richmond (BC). ISBN 978-0-97387600-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 潘慧嫻 [Poon, Alice] (July 2010). Written at Richmond (BC). 馬山 (ed.). dei6 caan2 baa3 kyun4 地產霸權 [Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong] (in Traditional Chinese). Translated by 顏詩敏 (1st ed.). Hong Kong: 天窗出版社 [Enrich Publishing] (Enrich Culture Group); Hong Kong Economic Journal. ISBN 978-988-19218-7-1.
- Poon, Alice (2011). Written at Richmond (BC). Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong (hardback) (2nd ed.). Singapore, Hong Kong: Enrich Professional Publishing (Enrich Culture Group). ISBN 978-981-4339-10-0.
- 潘慧娴 [Poon, Alice] (2011). Written at Richmond (BC). Dì chǎn bà quán 地产霸权 [Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong] (in Simplified Chinese) (1st ed.). Beijing: Renmin University of China Press. ISBN 978-7-30013122-1.
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See also
- Four big families of Hong Kong § Other definitions, a concept coined to some notable families of Hong Kong, but the members change from time to time
References
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