Raymond Ngan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4813789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymond Ngan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymond |
| FAMILY NAME | Ngan |
| SIGNATURE | NGAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change
What should be the roles of social protection in economic development, especially in countries experiencing rapid economic growth? Academically, what should be the useful social, political and econ
Filtered Life Satisfaction and Its Socioeconomic Determinants in Hong Kong
Age discrimination in the labour market from the perspectives of employers and older workers
This article presents the findings of a study on age discrimination against older workers in Hong Kong. The study collected survey data from 787 older workers aged 45 or above and 283 employers who were managers responsible for personnel or human resources management, or for hiring people for organizations. The focus is on revealing the influences of the organizational goals of profit-making and social responsibility on age discrimination, along …
Old Age Pension Reforms in Mainland China and Hong Kong
Both Mainland China and Hong Kong are facing a rapidly ageing population, with the peak to pay for the mounting social insurance entitlements or the non-contributory universal Old Age Allowance in 2033, when it is estimated that about 1 in 4 persons in Hong Kong would be aged 65 and above. To curb the anticipated risk in the crisis of social security payments for the aged, Mainland China has implemented major reforms in the Labour Insurance Syste…
Improving Older Adults' Functional Ability Through Service Use in a Home Care Program in Hong Kong
Objective: Despite past findings about the contribution of home care services to older users’ functional ability, the effective processes and components of the services are not transparent. Such processes appear to rely on the actual use of component services of the home care program. Method: The study gathered 116 observations during 2 years concerning 49 home care service users in Hong Kong. Results: The study shows that an older user maintaine…
Economic Crisis and Social Development in Hong Kong Since 1997
Hong Kong emerged from the Asian financial crisis with record-high levels of unemployment and budget deficit, though its currency is stable as the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar is linked to the U.S. dollar. With soaring rates of unemployment, poverty, income inequality, and salary cuts, the popularity rating of Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa is plunging to another all-time low. This paper examines the economic and social problems in Hong K…
China
China began its social security reform when the market‐oriented economy was first promoted in the late 1970s. Initiatives have been taken to replace the employer‐based labour insurance model with a largely social insurance model. However, it is a mistake to argue that China is pursuing a neo‐liberal agenda in its social initiatives. Instead, the state has played a major role in the process. Based on a developmental analysis, it is argued that the…
Opportunity and Discrimination in Employment
Older workers, especially females, have suffered higher rates of unemployment. Elderly people are also marginalized in terms of wages and employment type. In promoting equal opportunity in the workplace for older people, education against prejudices, protective legislation and empowerment of elderly people are recommended
Economic and social development in Hong Kong and Southern China
The Caring Paradox
With prolonged longevity and present inadequate provisions of community support services, the stress of caregiving is profound. An analytical framework, namely, the “paradox of community care”, is presented and its effects for caregivers and receivers are analysed at both micro and macro levels with support from empirical data among elderly Chinese in Hong Kong. The implications are directed towards shared family care and developments for “Commun…
Assisting Disabled Chinese Old People through Informal Caring Networks
It has been taken for granted that Chinese communities in Hong Kong would have an extended family or large kinship network to render such ‘care in the community.’ This exploratory study was conducted in a community based rehabilitation project. A great majority of disabled elderly people's informal caring networks were limited. Although they were physically ‘in the community’, they had limited access to timely care from their family members, frie…
China
China began its social security reform when the market‐oriented economy was first promoted in the late 1970s. Initiatives have been taken to replace the employer‐based labour insurance model with a largely social insurance model. However, it is a mistake to argue that China is pursuing a neo‐liberal agenda in its social initiatives. Instead, the state has played a major role in the process. Based on a developmental analysis, it is argued that the…
Economic and social development in Hong Kong and Southern China
Filtered Life Satisfaction and Its Socioeconomic Determinants in Hong Kong
Age discrimination in the labour market from the perspectives of employers and older workers
This article presents the findings of a study on age discrimination against older workers in Hong Kong. The study collected survey data from 787 older workers aged 45 or above and 283 employers who were managers responsible for personnel or human resources management, or for hiring people for organizations. The focus is on revealing the influences of the organizational goals of profit-making and social responsibility on age discrimination, along …
The Caring Paradox
With prolonged longevity and present inadequate provisions of community support services, the stress of caregiving is profound. An analytical framework, namely, the “paradox of community care”, is presented and its effects for caregivers and receivers are analysed at both micro and macro levels with support from empirical data among elderly Chinese in Hong Kong. The implications are directed towards shared family care and developments for “Commun…
Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change
What should be the roles of social protection in economic development, especially in countries experiencing rapid economic growth? Academically, what should be the useful social, political and econ
Economic Crisis and Social Development in Hong Kong Since 1997
Hong Kong emerged from the Asian financial crisis with record-high levels of unemployment and budget deficit, though its currency is stable as the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar is linked to the U.S. dollar. With soaring rates of unemployment, poverty, income inequality, and salary cuts, the popularity rating of Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa is plunging to another all-time low. This paper examines the economic and social problems in Hong K…
Assisting Disabled Chinese Old People through Informal Caring Networks
It has been taken for granted that Chinese communities in Hong Kong would have an extended family or large kinship network to render such ‘care in the community.’ This exploratory study was conducted in a community based rehabilitation project. A great majority of disabled elderly people's informal caring networks were limited. Although they were physically ‘in the community’, they had limited access to timely care from their family members, frie…
The Caring Paradox
With prolonged longevity and present inadequate provisions of community support services, the stress of caregiving is profound. An analytical framework, namely, the “paradox of community care”, is presented and its effects for caregivers and receivers are analysed at both micro and macro levels with support from empirical data among elderly Chinese in Hong Kong. The implications are directed towards shared family care and developments for “Commun…
Assisting Disabled Chinese Old People through Informal Caring Networks
It has been taken for granted that Chinese communities in Hong Kong would have an extended family or large kinship network to render such ‘care in the community.’ This exploratory study was conducted in a community based rehabilitation project. A great majority of disabled elderly people's informal caring networks were limited. Although they were physically ‘in the community’, they had limited access to timely care from their family members, frie…
Opportunity and Discrimination in Employment
Older workers, especially females, have suffered higher rates of unemployment. Elderly people are also marginalized in terms of wages and employment type. In promoting equal opportunity in the workplace for older people, education against prejudices, protective legislation and empowerment of elderly people are recommended
Economic and social development in Hong Kong and Southern China
China
China began its social security reform when the market‐oriented economy was first promoted in the late 1970s. Initiatives have been taken to replace the employer‐based labour insurance model with a largely social insurance model. However, it is a mistake to argue that China is pursuing a neo‐liberal agenda in its social initiatives. Instead, the state has played a major role in the process. Based on a developmental analysis, it is argued that the…
Economic Crisis and Social Development in Hong Kong Since 1997
Hong Kong emerged from the Asian financial crisis with record-high levels of unemployment and budget deficit, though its currency is stable as the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar is linked to the U.S. dollar. With soaring rates of unemployment, poverty, income inequality, and salary cuts, the popularity rating of Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa is plunging to another all-time low. This paper examines the economic and social problems in Hong K…
Improving Older Adults' Functional Ability Through Service Use in a Home Care Program in Hong Kong
Objective: Despite past findings about the contribution of home care services to older users’ functional ability, the effective processes and components of the services are not transparent. Such processes appear to rely on the actual use of component services of the home care program. Method: The study gathered 116 observations during 2 years concerning 49 home care service users in Hong Kong. Results: The study shows that an older user maintaine…
Old Age Pension Reforms in Mainland China and Hong Kong
Both Mainland China and Hong Kong are facing a rapidly ageing population, with the peak to pay for the mounting social insurance entitlements or the non-contributory universal Old Age Allowance in 2033, when it is estimated that about 1 in 4 persons in Hong Kong would be aged 65 and above. To curb the anticipated risk in the crisis of social security payments for the aged, Mainland China has implemented major reforms in the Labour Insurance Syste…
Age discrimination in the labour market from the perspectives of employers and older workers
This article presents the findings of a study on age discrimination against older workers in Hong Kong. The study collected survey data from 787 older workers aged 45 or above and 283 employers who were managers responsible for personnel or human resources management, or for hiring people for organizations. The focus is on revealing the influences of the organizational goals of profit-making and social responsibility on age discrimination, along …
Filtered Life Satisfaction and Its Socioeconomic Determinants in Hong Kong
Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change
What should be the roles of social protection in economic development, especially in countries experiencing rapid economic growth? Academically, what should be the useful social, political and econ
Political science (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · China (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)