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Research Report
| Report No. |
Research Report |
Completion Date |
| RP01/07-08 |
Academic freedom and institutional autonomy of higher education in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Hong Kong
This research studies academic freedom and institutional autonomy of higher education in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Hong Kong. It covers overview of higher education systems; legal protection of academic freedom and institutional autonomy; governing structure of higher education institutions; funding arrangement of higher education; and employment relationship of higher education institutions. |
9 November 2007 |
| RP02/07-08 |
Genetically modified food labelling in the European Union and selected places
This research studies genetically modified ("GM") food labelling policy in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Denmark and France. It covers the legislation, regulatory authorities, labelling requirements, traceability requirements, co-existence of GM and non-GM crops, enforcement measures and public views. |
19 November 2007 |
| RP03/07-08 |
Social enterprise policies of the United Kingdom, Spain and Hong Kong
This research studies the social enterprise policies of the United Kingdom, Spain and Hong Kong. It focuses on the following aspects: the background against which social enterprise policies are formulated; definitions and scope of social enterprises; size and fields of activities of social enterprises; problems faced by social enterprises; and government measures to promote social enterprises. |
5 December 2007 |
| RP04/07-08 |
Minimum wage system in selected places
This research studies the minimum wage system in Australia, France, Guangdong and Shenzhen of Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore. It covers the development of the minimum wage system, coverage of the minimum wage system, minimum wage rate, process of determining the minimum wage rate (including the regulatory authorities involved, criteria and procedures), characteristics of minimum wage workers, enforcement and penalty, and empirical studies evaluating the impact of the minimum wage system. |
7 March 2008 |
| RP05/07-08 |
Human rights commissions in Northern Ireland, Australia, South Korea, and India
This research studies the operation of human rights commissions in Northern Ireland, Australia, South Korea, and India. It covers regulatory framework of human rights commissions, organisational design and operational arrangements, as well as functions and powers. |
22 April 2008 |
| RP06/07-08 |
Parliamentary monitoring mechanism on intelligence agencies in selected places
This research studies the mechanisms adopted to monitor government intelligence agencies by the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament and the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada. The mechanisms are examined in the following aspects: statutory basis, powers and functions; composition and design; administration and procedure; access to sensitive information; and restrictions on disclosure of sensitive information. |
30 May 2008 |
| RP07/07-08 |
Regulation of radio broadcasting services in selected places
This research studies the regulation of radio broadcasting services other than public service broadcasting in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. It focuses on the following aspects: the government's radio broadcasting policy; the regulatory authority of radio broadcasting services; the allocation of broadcasting spectrum; the licensing of radio broadcasting services; broadcasting licence fees; efforts to promote public access channels; and the development of digital radio broadcasting. |
5 June 2008 |
| RP08/07-08 |
Food safety mechanism and food labelling requirements in the European Union, the United Kingdom and France
This research studies the food safety mechanism and food labelling requirements in the European Union, the United Kingdom and France. It covers the policy, regulatory framework and consumer protection in relation to food safety, as well as the food labelling requirements. |
11 June 2008 |
| RP09/07-08 |
Strategies and measures in tackling domestic violence in selected places
This research studies strategies and measures in tackling domestic violence in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Boston of the United States. It covers the actions taken by the governments in tackling domestic violence from both the legal and administrative aspects, including the policies, legal framework and funding arrangement relating to domestic violence. The availability of a special task force for policy formulation as well as the immediate assistance for victims and implementation concerns are also discussed. |
16 June 2008 |
| RP10/07-08 |
Built heritage conservation policy in selected places
This research studies the built heritage conservation policy adopted in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Macao. It covers (a) socio-economic background to the implementation of the heritage conservation policy; (b) institutional arrangements and legal framework established for conservation works; (c) heritage conservation system; (d) approach adopted for heritage conservation; (e) economic and planning incentives provided to encourage heritage conservation; (f) funding mechanism; and (g) public participation in heritage conservation. |
18 July 2008 |
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