Publisher's Synopsis
At the end of the twentieth century, the Hong Kong Council for Social Service launched an ambitious project to measure and assess Hong Kong's social progress from 1981 to the present day. Contributing to the project were some sixty specialists involved in various aspects of Hong Kong's social, political, and economic development. Social Development in Hong Kong: The Unfinished Agenda introduces the Social Development Index, the unique model used to measure Hong Kong's social development changes, and offers an in-depth assessment of the major findings resulting from its application. With twenty-four chapters written by local specialists, the volume reports on progress in critical sectors such as health, education, housing, transport, arts and culture, and science and technology, and also assesses Hong Kong's response to the social development needs of vulnerable population groups such as children, youth, the aged, women, and people living in low-income households. Of particular interest to development specialists in Hong Kong, mainland China, and worldwide, Social Development in Hong Kong: The Unfinished Agenda will also prove invaluable to those interested in the unique methodology used to assess social development changes over time.
