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A study of the effect of wearing face masks in preventing COVID-19 transmission in the United States of America 戴口罩在美国预防COVID-19传播效果的研究

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-26 DOI: 10.1108/pap-08-2021-0046

Kazuyuki Suzuki, T. Hasegawa, N. Kano, Y. Okamoto

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Quality healthcare services under National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: perspectives from health policy implementers and beneficiaries 加纳国家健康保险计划下的优质保健服务:卫生政策执行者和受益者的观点

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-26 DOI: 10.1108/pap-08-2021-0047

Daniel Dramani Kipo-Sunyehzi

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Impact of an economic revitalization programme on export and employment generation: a case study of One District One Product Programme in Uttar Pradesh, India 经济振兴方案对出口和创造就业的影响:印度北方邦一区一产品方案的个案研究

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-26 DOI: 10.1108/pap-03-2021-0018

A. Tripathi, Noopur Agrawal

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引用次数: 1

The National Security Law: political and social effects on the governance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 《国家安全法》:对香港特别行政区治理的政治和社会影响

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.1108/pap-08-2021-0050

S. Lau

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引用次数: 5

Upholding parental responsibility by family mediation: revisiting the role of the law for children in divorce in Hong Kong 以家事调解维护父母的责任:检讨香港法律对离婚子女的角色

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-15 DOI: 10.1108/pap-08-2021-0045

S. Law

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Governance 治理

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.1163/9781684170937_004

Saeed Siyal, Denisha Hobbs

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Evaluation of generic competencies among secondary school leavers from the new academic structure for senior secondary education in Hong Kong 香港高中教育新学制下中学离校生的一般能力评估

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-26 DOI: 10.1108/pap-07-2020-0033

K. O. Chan, Maggie Ng, J. So, V. Chan

{"title":"Evaluation of generic competencies among secondary school leavers from the new academic structure for senior secondary education in Hong Kong","authors":"K. O. Chan, Maggie Ng, J. So, V. Chan","doi":"10.1108/pap-07-2020-0033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pap-07-2020-0033","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeA new academic structure for senior secondary and higher education was introduced to Hong Kong in 2009/2010. This paper aims to: (1) compare the cohort from the old academic structure (Cohort 2010) and the cohort from the new academic structure (Cohort 2015) on the 14 categories of generic competencies; and (2) compare these attributes among students from different divisions in a tertiary institution in Hong Kong.Design/methodology/approachSelf-Assessment of All-Round Development (SAARD) questionnaires were distributed to students who took the two-year sub-degree programmes offered by the College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2010 and 2015 on a self-administered basis. A total of 4,424 students have returned the questionnaires. Data were analyzed with t-test to compare between the two cohorts.FindingsWhen comparing Cohort 2015 with Cohort 2010, significantly higher scores were observed on five areas such as global outlook and healthy lifestyle (p<0.05). Significantly lower scores were observed on the other five areas such as problem solving, critical thinking and leadership (p<0.05). Students from all divisions unanimously showed higher perceived rating on social and national responsibility but lower perceived rating on leadership (p<0.05).Originality/ValueThe elimination of one public examination, the newly included components such as Other Learning Experiences (OLE) and the compulsory Liberal Studies were believed to contribute partially to the diverse responses of the two cohorts. The dramatic change of the curriculum has not changed the examination culture in Hong Kong which may hinder the development of generic skills among students.","PeriodicalId":34601,"journal":{"name":"Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45146351","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"法学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Editorial 编辑

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-17 DOI: 10.1108/pap-09-2021-060

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The challenges facing the next Chief Executive of Hong Kong in 2022: managing growth, conflict, change and continuity 2022年香港下任行政长官面临的挑战：管理增长、冲突、变革和连续性

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-08-10 DOI: 10.1108/pap-07-2021-0037

R. Lau

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Breaking the cycle of failure in combating corruption in Asian countries 打破亚洲国家打击腐败失败的恶性循环

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Public Administration and Policy-An Asia-Pacific Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-28 DOI: 10.1108/pap-05-2021-0034

Jon T. S. Quah

引用次数: 5