Knowledge Sector

This sector includes education at any level or for any profession, oral or written as well as through radio and television or other means of communication. It includes education by the different institutions in the regular school system at its different levels as well as adult education, literacy programmes etc. Also included are military schools and academies, prison schools etc. at their respective levels. The sector includes public as well as private education. For each level of initial education, the classes include special education for pupils with physical or mental disabilities. This sector also includes instruction primarily concerned with sport and recreational activities such as bridge or golf and education support activities (adapted from International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 4, Part 3, Section P).


Corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a self-regulating business model that helps a company be socially accountable—to itself, its stakeholders and the community. By practicing corporate social responsibility, companies are conscious of the kind of impact they have on all aspects of society including the economy, society and the environment (Chen, 2019). CSR goes beyond earning money for shareholders, it is concerned with protecting the interests of all stakeholders, such as employees, customers, suppliers and the communities in which businesses operate (McCombs School of Business, n.d.). 

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How Hong Kong’s CSR experience can enhance the success of  Belt and Road initiative

How Hong Kong’s CSR experience can enhance the success of Belt and Road initiative


Urban heating

Urban heating

Buildings, asphalt and concrete absorb solar energy, that ultimately results in the emission of long-wave radiation that heats the air in cities. Cities also use large amounts of energy and emit this energy as waste heat, adding to the urban ‘heat island effect’, causing the temperature in urban areas to be higher than surrounding rural areas  (Jean-Philippe & Hubbard, 2015). Elevated temperatures from urban ‘heat islands’ can affect a community’s environment and quality of life. While some impacts may be beneficial, such as lengthening a plant's growing season, the majority of the impacts are negative.

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Urban heating in Hong Kong

Urban heating in Hong Kong