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Author Chiu, T. N.

Title The port of Hong Kong : a survey of its development / T.N. Chiu
Published [Hong Kong] : Hong Kong University Press, [©1973]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 144 pages) : illustrations
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Contents INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE THE PHYSICAL SETTING; CHAPTER TWO FOUNDATIONS OF THE ENTREPOT TRADE; CHAPTER THREE DEVELOPMENT PRIOR TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR; CHAPTER FOUR DESTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION, 1941-6; CHAPTER FIVE RECONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION, 1946-50; CHAPTER SIX MODERNIZATION OF THE PORT, 1951-70; CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUSION AND PROSPECT; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary Hong Kong's one great physical asset is its port. Throughout the one hundred and thirty years of the Colony's history its economy has depended to an important degree on this asset. In this book Dr T. N. Chiu describes and explains the pattern of port development in Hong Kong, where he sees the present structure of port activities as the product of a long period of economic, demographic and political developments
Analysis Port of Hong Kong to 1972
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139)
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Subject Harbors -- China -- Hong Kong.
TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- Pictorial.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Economic history
Harbors
Hafen
55.40 shipping industry, ships: general.
Ports.
Hong Kong (China) -- Economic conditions
China -- Hong Kong
Hongkong
Hong kong.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 73088376
ISBN 9789882202498
9882202497