Asian Education and Development Studies: Volume 8 Issue 4

Reassessing the contents and context of governance in Asia: recognizing achievements

Good governance has been declared as the key target of most Asian governments, but it appears to be an unattainable objective. The purpose of this paper is to explore the…

Network governance and the contemporary opium problem in northern Thailand

The purpose of this paper is to explore the current approach that the Thai Government has employed to manage “wicked problems,” using the case of opium in northern Thailand, and…

Commercial or educational orientations: Taught postgraduate education governance in Hong Kong

Taught postgraduate (TPg) education is the resource for lifelong learning and continuing education in respond to the demands of a qualified workforce in the digital era. Good TPg…

Pathways to women’s empowerment in Bangladesh: Employment and microfinance as interventions

The purpose of this paper is to examine two interventions toward women’s empowerment in Bangladesh – formal employment and microfinance, and to highlight two case studies…

Public management innovations in the United Arab Emirates: rationales, trends and outcomes

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the rationales for, the trends and the impacts of innovations in the public management system of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Global skills deficiency: perspectives of skill mobility in Southeast Asian countries

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, it intends to engage in skill gain–lose debate in the contemporary global skill mobility context; and second, it looks into whether…

Floating mountain in Pearl River: a study of oyster cultivation and food heritage in Hong Kong

Oyster cultivation has a long history in Pearl River Delta area and is one of the traditional aquaculture depending strongly on the natural coastal resource because of the…

The voices of the voiceless: the Cantonese opera music community in Guangzhou, China

Since Cantonese opera was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009, the Chinese government has carried out different…

World Heritage Site as the place for education: the case of the Gango-ji Temple in Japan

The purpose of this paper is to investigate educational functions of the World Heritage Site by examining the case of cultural tourism in a Japanese Buddhist temple.

Thirty years of Doi Moi in the museum: Changing representations of development in late-socialist Vietnam

The purpose of this paper is to describe an exhibition that celebrated 30 years of reform in the Vietnamese National Museum of History, which opened in 2016. It contributes to…

Museums, heritage and the politics of pursuing indigenous rights in Taiwan

The purpose of this paper is to trace the development of indigenous heritage rights in Taiwan. It examines how this pursuit is intertwined with the global indigenous movement…

Between preservation and change: performing arts heritage development in South Korea

As intangible cultural heritage, traditional performing arts depend on transmission by individuals and collectives. The purpose of this paper is to explore how traditional…

The political predicament of the pan-democrats in Hong Kong under Chinese rule: Being victims or beneficiaries?

The purpose of this paper is to make sense of the slow and frustrating process of democratization in Hong Kong through understanding the pan-democrats’ struggle for realizing…

The review of one country two systems of Hong Kong over two decades from the perspective of social development: The challenges and prospect

The purpose of this paper is to study the development of one country two systems of Hong Kong over two decades and examine its challenges and prospect. One country two systems is…

Preventing overeducation and graduate surplus: What can West Asia learn from Singapore and Hong Kong

Most Middle Eastern countries suffer from high rates of unemployment and underemployment among university graduates. This condition is known as overeducation and it is observed in…

Managing Chineseness: Identity and Ethnic Management in Singapore