Ms. B. Ho's Hong Kong Contract Law is really a treasure for the HK students who are studying contract law.

It's tailor-made for the Hong Kong students. All topic from the books are relevant and useful in Hong Kong who are practicing contract law.

From Offer to Acceptance, from the execution of contract to the unenforceability of the contract........you will find the most useful and quick reference of the authority in her book. I did find that her book was really helpful was I was doing contract law last year.

Ms. Ho has been an experienced lecturer on Contract Law for many years in several universities in Hong Kong. You will find that her own opinion is vivid because she is a practicing lawyer in Hong Kong.

One more point, the hardcover makes itself easy to last long......you may even can keep the book in good condition in the future when you practice!

Reading Hong KOng's History makes me feel so ignorance with a place where I grow up. Unlike some popular readings about the colonial governance in there, this book proffers us a both/and perspective of the colonial history of hong kong. It also re-articulated the relations between the colonisers and the colonised. Both resistance and collaboration are mentioned in this book. Both the elites and the grassroots are analysed in this book. The sophisticated relations between the British colonisers, the Chinese compradors, trade and political middleman, original habitants in rural areas, etc are opened up in front of reader another picture about hong kong's colonial era. True, Hong KOng's History is a post-colonial reading of the colonial history. However, it has provided lot of new primary resources to evindence that have been wittingly neglected by some famous hong kong coloinal historians. Through the both/and perspective, this book gives a more precise explanation of why hong kong being one of the Asian Miracles.

Hong Kong has gone through many transformations in its political, social and economic history.It was a British Colony and it is now a part of China. This book examines, explores and provides us with an intimate portrait of some of the most influential personalities who are the movers and shakers of Hong Kong. It is seen through their eyes, as former British Subjects and now citizens of China. It is not everyday that one country changes hands to another completey different country. This book shares with us their feelings and provides us with an inside look into their personaql life. It is very vell written and deep. A must for any reader on Hong Kong.This book is not only important about the social and political transformation of Kong Kong, but it is also about people who are no different from any of us, but have just applied themselves harder and worked profusely for their personal accomplishments.

Insight's City Guides combine stunning photography with literate text and a smattering of basic travel information. The Insight Venice guide is worth adding to your bookshelf, but its practical advice is getting a bit long in the tooth and its heft makes it less than ideal as a take-along guide. - Durant Imboden, Venice for Visitors, http://govenice.miningco.co

The backcover starts thus: "Samuel Pink has a secret..." And indeed he has. He has several secrets, the most titilating of which is his belief that he is Queen Victoria's illegitimate son. In fact, Samuel has so many secrets, he doesn't even know who he is, or what he is. His own nature is a secret, in fact, a mystery to him.

Lily, a Chinese from SooChow, a foundling turned mistress by the man who found her as a baby, does not have many secrets, in fact she has none. Her life is an open book, to be speculated and gossiped upon by the righteous white Christians who feel it is their duty to save her from her sins. All her life, and indeed FOR her to stay alive, she is dependant on the milk of human kindness, on the generosity of men and women, but mostly from the lust of men.

The book tells of how these two young and dissimilar people meet, and live, and love, in a Victorian (1890's) Hong Kong that is long gone. But such is the skill of Leslie Wilson that the whole era comes alive when decribed in the rich hues and in such detail as intricate as Lily's embroidery.

Sex, in thought and in deed, is an intricate part of the hypocritical expatriate Hong Kong community. Everyone either knows, or wants to know who's doing what and with whom. Everyone is already doing it or wants to do it. Or is trying to stop it.

Lasvicious, suggestive and utterly delicious - you'll find it a satisfyingly brilliant book of many layers; at once a romance, thriller and most of all, a comment of humankind and its unkindness upon others.

I'll say this--William Marshall's jagged, chopped-up writing style certainly suits what he has chosen for the opening to this splendid whodunit: an early-morning high-speed freeway crash between a massive truck and a van containing four people and a huge load of plate glass. The resultant carnage, as the glass literally explodes, makes clue-finding tough for Inspector Harry Feiffer--and what he does finally discover about the four shredded victims in the mashed and perforated van makes no sense.

The author also runs two subplots, two added puzzles for other star members of his stable of perpetually harried detectives. O'Yee is working the phone at the squadroom, ignoring various crank callers and assorted weirdos, to try and convince a troubled ten-year-old boy to come in and surrender a loaded gun he says he found by a dead body. The child, untrusting, refuses to cooperate, and when O'Yee carefully tries to instruct him on how to re-set the gun's Safety mechanism while he's still in the phone-booth, that's when a third party attacks the boy. Meanwhile, Spencer and Auden stake out the store of an herb-seller, trying to catch a thieving Dalmatian dog. They decide to fight dog with dog, and soon recruit a German Shepherd named Petal to help capture the dishonest canine. But Petal--even when re-named Fang--proves to be a bit of a dreadful incompetent--though Auden never loses faith, and starts having long conversations with Petal. Together, they come up with a daring plan.

This is a superb Yellowthread Street novel, standing up there with the best of them. The main trickery threw me for quite a loop; I was rocked by the solution to what really went on when the two vehicles slammed into each other before dawn. Need I say that all is not as it seems. But Feiffer wrestles with the clues and contradictions, and the truth leads him to confront a dangerous foe in a confusing maze of halls and doors on the top floor of an empty mansion.

Ruins of War is a guide to what remains, and is great for that. Coast defence batteries, infantry pillboxes, air raid shelters, even the culverts used by Japanese when invading the island, are well documented. The maps are adequate but my criticism is that the authors dont cover works that dont exist any longer. A number of batteries are in that category, and we find nothing here about them. Recommended if you're interested in the fall of Hong Kong.

If you have been wondering how William Marshall can keep the Yellowthread Street series going with the Hong Kong changeover, this latest entry will answer your question in an entertaining and surprising fashion. Along the way, the author gives us his usual macabre humor, wacky characters, and far-out plot events. The Usual Gang is all here -- Harry Feiffer, Christopher O'Yee, Auden and Spencer -- all struggling with the impending loss of their lifelong jobs and for some, their only home. The actual murder plot is not that tricky to solve, but in Marshall's books, character is what matters most, and he shines in this department once again. He also has a decided knack for tying together threads of the story that you might think are widely disconnected at first. Marshall also always provides terrific details about the world of Hong Kong you probably won't find anywhere else. A satisfying novel, and a fun addition to this long-running and unusual mystery series.

This may be the missing link for those medical graduates who wish to practice in the (SAR)Hongkong. It is loaded with well made tables on the prevalence and incidence of diseases not only for Hongkong but also for some parts of Asia which may be different from the US or UK. Heart Disease may be the top killer in western countries but it is neoplastic diseases in Hongkong. It is well written that a layman may also get valuable information like avoiding infestation of Chlonorchis Sinensis from eating some popular local fish dish. Although it may not be a thoroughly comrehensive book in pathology, it contains relevant information on the most common diseases one may encounter in Hongkong. I recommend this to all medical graduates who wish to practice in the territory. a Medicine is constantly evolving and this book may need to be updated soon. Overall I give the book a thumbs up.

The superb and meticulously honest journalist Gerald Posner wrote the "Warlords of Crime" back in 1988. The project took place during a more naive era when many including myself thought the drug war might be winnable. Posner takes us on a journey to learn about the drug warlords of Chinese heritage. These ruthless outlaws carry out their nefarious activities throughout the world. They have no hesitation in either bribing or murdering their fellow human beings. Life is looked upon as an inexpensive commodity in a culture that traditionally values the collective over the individual. Most are members of criminal organizations going back hundreds of years. A warped sense of family values underpin their organizational structure. Enduring long prison sentence for the sake of the clan is regarded as a proud duty. Delayed gratification and self discipline are virtues taken for granted. Mere physical courage alone is not deemed sufficient for advancement. Superb management skills and patience are instead mandatorily required for those hoping to be promoted to the top echelons of leadership.

Posner finds that some of the police officers who have sold out to the warlords often have the best arrest records. It turns out that the warlords do everything to help their partners in law enforcement to publicly look good as possible. Even allowing some of their less esteemed comrades to be arrested is accepted as a price to be willingly paid. The risks are high and rewards mostly nonexistent for lawmen poorly paid and commonly despised. The Oriental culture often does not perceive policemen as professionals deserving of honor. On the contrary, only the so called economic losers usually apply for police training. Needless to add, many of those choosing this line of work do so for corrupt reasons. It should be added that policemen at the turn of the twentieth century in the United States were also thought to be jerks and too lazy to do anything else. Warm respect for police officers is far more prevalent in countries actively encouraging political and cultural equality of the masses. Unfortunately, just like governments in Central and South America desperately trying to evolve towards democratic stability, the Asian nations have the added burden of drug money threatening their fragile political institutions.

I have enormous respect for Gerald Posner. Nonetheless, I am compelled to confront him with an awkward and disturbing question. In this book, Posner refers to the routine torture practiced upon suspected Asian drug lawbreakers in their respective homelands. Posner does not condone such police behavior, but neither does he condemn it. One distinctly gets the impression that Posner at least subconsciously accepts this as a price that must be grudgingly accepted if we are to win the war on drugs. What does Posner believe about our current efforts to defeat the drug barons? Should we, as I strongly advocate, host the white flag of surrender? Posner thinks the legalization of drugs would likely entice some people to experiment with drugs that might otherwise continue to shun such self destructive behavior. I have no reason to disagree with Posner on this point. That is indeed what occurred when the USA ended its national prohibition of alcohol. Almost certainly this phenomenon will be repeated if we also legalize drugs. Nonetheless, do we not have larger concerns demanding our attention? Should we continue to jeopardize the civil liberties and safety of all citizens to protect the few who may be seduced into a life of low self esteem and existential wastefulness? Illicit drugs are ridiculously low in price and virtually available in most areas of the United States. Have I perhaps overlooked a more recent appraisal of the drug war by Gerald Posner? Has he thoroughly thought about this matter since 1988? If not, it's time for the author to revisit the issues surrounding the "Warlords of Crime."