Hang Kei Ho
Biographic Data
| ID | 941941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hang Kei Ho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hang Kei |
| FAMILY NAME | Ho |
| SIGNATURE | HO H K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9284-4301 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Illegal luxuritecture: How the super-rich in Hong Kong land grab and unlawfully expand their luxury living spaces
This article introduces the concept of ‘illegal luxuritecture’ – illegal luxury architecture – to capture the way a minority of super-rich expand their living environments without planning permissions, sometimes through land grabs of government land. Typically, illegal housing is associated with the urban poor, but it is argued that through elite capture, unauthorised building works (UBWs) have also been utilised by the super-rich. This article f…
Why has wine consumption become popular in Hong Kong? Introducing a new sociocultural paradigm of traditional, aspiring and creative drinkers
Although Hong Kong has become one of the most valuable wine trading hubs in the world since the withdrawal of the wine duty in February 2008, relatively little is known about how and why local consumers drink wine. Drawing on Bourdieu's notions of "connoisseur," "pedant," and "proletarian," this article introduces a paradigm of three drinking practices in Hong Kong: established, aspiring and creative. It further introduces the concept of "third i…
Twenty-first Century Wine Consumption Trends in East Asia: History, Luxury and Transformation
Since the early 2000s, East Asia has witnessed a significant increase in the consumption of luxury wines. Both Hong Kong and Singapore have become two of the most valuable wine trading hubs in the world, while surrounding regions such as South Korea and Japan have also experienced increases in the wine trade. In particular, mainland China has become the most important market that many wine makers and traders now focus on. Nevertheless, how East A…
Covid-19 Pandemic Management Strategies and Outcomes in East Asia and the Western World: The Scientific State, Democratic Ideology, and Social Behavior
OPINION article Front. Sociol., 26 November 2020Sec. Medical Sociology Volume 5 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.575588
Looking for big ‘fry’: The motives and methods of middle-class international property investors
Anxieties about the effects of international property investment in world cities like London have mainly focused on super-rich investors and corporate vehicles that have generated price inflation of assets and accelerated exclusion from an already expensive market. In fact, many international investors in the city’s housing market are middle-class individuals, and focusing on Hong Kong as an emblematic example of such processes, we examine their …
Christine Yano, Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific
Looking for big ‘fry’: The motives and methods of middle-class international property investors
Anxieties about the effects of international property investment in world cities like London have mainly focused on super-rich investors and corporate vehicles that have generated price inflation of assets and accelerated exclusion from an already expensive market. In fact, many international investors in the city’s housing market are middle-class individuals, and focusing on Hong Kong as an emblematic example of such processes, we examine their …
Christine Yano, Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific
Twenty-first Century Wine Consumption Trends in East Asia: History, Luxury and Transformation
Since the early 2000s, East Asia has witnessed a significant increase in the consumption of luxury wines. Both Hong Kong and Singapore have become two of the most valuable wine trading hubs in the world, while surrounding regions such as South Korea and Japan have also experienced increases in the wine trade. In particular, mainland China has become the most important market that many wine makers and traders now focus on. Nevertheless, how East A…
Covid-19 Pandemic Management Strategies and Outcomes in East Asia and the Western World: The Scientific State, Democratic Ideology, and Social Behavior
OPINION article Front. Sociol., 26 November 2020Sec. Medical Sociology Volume 5 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.575588
Christine Yano, Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek across the Pacific
Looking for big ‘fry’: The motives and methods of middle-class international property investors
Anxieties about the effects of international property investment in world cities like London have mainly focused on super-rich investors and corporate vehicles that have generated price inflation of assets and accelerated exclusion from an already expensive market. In fact, many international investors in the city’s housing market are middle-class individuals, and focusing on Hong Kong as an emblematic example of such processes, we examine their …
Covid-19 Pandemic Management Strategies and Outcomes in East Asia and the Western World: The Scientific State, Democratic Ideology, and Social Behavior
OPINION article Front. Sociol., 26 November 2020Sec. Medical Sociology Volume 5 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.575588
Why has wine consumption become popular in Hong Kong? Introducing a new sociocultural paradigm of traditional, aspiring and creative drinkers
Although Hong Kong has become one of the most valuable wine trading hubs in the world since the withdrawal of the wine duty in February 2008, relatively little is known about how and why local consumers drink wine. Drawing on Bourdieu's notions of "connoisseur," "pedant," and "proletarian," this article introduces a paradigm of three drinking practices in Hong Kong: established, aspiring and creative. It further introduces the concept of "third i…
Twenty-first Century Wine Consumption Trends in East Asia: History, Luxury and Transformation
Since the early 2000s, East Asia has witnessed a significant increase in the consumption of luxury wines. Both Hong Kong and Singapore have become two of the most valuable wine trading hubs in the world, while surrounding regions such as South Korea and Japan have also experienced increases in the wine trade. In particular, mainland China has become the most important market that many wine makers and traders now focus on. Nevertheless, how East A…
Illegal luxuritecture: How the super-rich in Hong Kong land grab and unlawfully expand their luxury living spaces
This article introduces the concept of ‘illegal luxuritecture’ – illegal luxury architecture – to capture the way a minority of super-rich expand their living environments without planning permissions, sometimes through land grabs of government land. Typically, illegal housing is associated with the urban poor, but it is argued that through elite capture, unauthorised building works (UBWs) have also been utilised by the super-rich. This article f…
Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · China (2 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Cultural capital (2 works) · East Asia (2 works)