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Second Sister

By: Chan Ho-Kei

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A reclusive Hong Kong PI and hacker investigates a teenager’s mysterious death in this technological thriller by the author of The Borrowed. A schoolgirl—Siu-Man—has committed suicide, leaping from her twenty-second floor window to the pavement below. Siu-Man is an orphan and the librarian older sister who’s been raising her refuses to believe there was no foul play—nothing seemed amiss. She contacts a man known only as N.—a hacker, and an expert in cybersecurity and manipulating human behavior. But can Nga-Yee interest him sufficiently to take her case, and can she afford it if he says yes? What follows is a cat and mouse game through the city of Hong Kong and its digital underground, especially an online gossip platform, where someone has been slandering Siu-Man. The novel is also populated by a man harassing girls on mass transit; high school kids, with their competing agendas and social dramas; a Hong Kong digital company courting an American venture capitalist; and the Triads, market women and noodle shop proprietors who frequent N.’s neighborhood of Sai Wan. In the end it all comes together to tell us who caused Siu-Man’s death and why, and to ask, in a world where online and offline dialogue has increasingly forgotten about the real people on the other end, what the proper punishment is. “Readers will savor every twist and turn of Chan Ho-Kei’s tour de force. . . . Second Sister is a masterclass on the vagaries of our digital age.” —Criminal Element “[A] clever, twisty novel. . . . Fans of hacker thrillers such as Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander books will be amply rewarded.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, PW Pick “Virtually irresistible, with twisty-turny, didn't-see-that-coming manipulations guaranteed to keep readers wide awake into the wee hours. . . . For readers, the provocative mix of urgent contemporary issues and page-turning action won't disappoint.” —Shelf Awareness

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Grove Press

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080212948X

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9780802129482

The Borrowed

By: Chan Ho-Kei

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The Borrowed

By: Chan Ho-Kei

A legendary detective uncovers Hong Kong’s darkest crimes: “An ambitious narrative brilliantly executed . . . What an achievement!” (John Burdett, author of Bangkok 8). From award-winning author Chan Ho-kei, The Borrowed tells the story of Kwan Chun-dok, a detective who’s worked in Hong Kong fifty years. Across six decades of Hong Kong’s volatile history, the narrative follows Kwan through the Leftist Riot of 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict between the HK Police and ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) in 1977; the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989; the Handover in 1997; and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire, in a modern Hong Kong that increasingly resembles a police state. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultra-violent gangsters, pop singers enmeshed in the high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power, whether in London or Beijing. Tracing a broad historical arc, The Borrowed reveals just how closely everything is connected, how history repeats itself, and how we have come full circle to repeat the political upheaval and societal unrest of the past. It is a gripping, brilliantly constructed novel from a talented new voice.

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802189822

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9780802189820

Second Sister

By: Chan Ho-Kei

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The Borrowed

By: Chan Ho-Kei

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A Medical History of Hong Kong

The Development and Contributions of Outpatient Services

By: Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung

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A Medical History of Hong Kong

The Development and Contributions of Outpatient Services

By: Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung

This book focuses on a seldom discussed topic despite its immeasurable impact on the health of the citizens and public health in Hong Kong—the development of outpatient medical services and their contributions. In the early 20th century, Chinese elite organized and operated a number of Chinese Public Dispensaries in Hong Kong and Kowloon, initially to reduce the prevalence of “dump bodies” on the streets during epidemics of smallpox or plague, and to determine the cause of death of these bodies. Later other services including domiciliary deliveries by trained midwives were added. The government founded similar clinics in the New Territories. After WWII, the government took over all the Chinese Public Dispensaries and operated them as general outpatient clinics. Over the years, more general clinics and special clinics were developed. These clinics helped improve the health indices of the population to those of the Western countries by the 1970s. Endorsement Modern-day medicine increasingly emphasises patient management on an outpatient basis. We are indebted to Professor Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung for her tireless efforts in researching the history of medical outpatient services in Hong Kong. Through this book, readers will gain insights into how outpatient medicine in the past has shaped the city’s modern day healthcare system, and have a glimpse into its future development. —Professor Lau Chak-sing, Head of Department of Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong An exemplary piece of scholarship that interprets the past and illuminates our future paths. Seldom has history, so dear and near, been told with such prides and hopes, for maestros and ordinary folks. —Professor Gilberto K. K. Leung, Clinical Professor and Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning), LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

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9882372201

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9789882372207

Columnar Structures of Spheres

Fundamentals and Applications

By: Jens Winkelmann,Ho-Kei Chan

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Columnar Structures of Spheres

Fundamentals and Applications

By: Jens Winkelmann,Ho-Kei Chan

Columnar structures, many of which are helical, refer to dense cylindrical packings of particles. They are ubiquitous, for example, they exist in the contexts of botany, foams, and nanoscience. There have been in-depth investigations of columnar structures of both hard spheres (e.g., ball bearings) and soft spheres (e.g., wet foams), through computer simulations, analytic derivations, or simple experiments. This monograph serves as a comprehensive guide for scientists, engineers, or artists who would like to have a good grasp of the fundamentals and applications of such aesthetically appealing structures for their own professional interests. The book begins with an introduction to the field of packing problems, where such problems are closely related not only to the columnar structures presented in the book but also to the structures of condensed matter systems in general. It then discusses about columnar structures of spheres and overviews their classifications and applications. It reviews the models and concepts employed in the authors’ studies on columnar structures of spheres. It also details the method of sequential deposition for generating columnar structures of hard spheres computationally or experimentally. Lastly, it presents some latest findings on the columnar structures of soft spheres and on the structures obtained from the longitudinal compression of a hard-sphere chain in a cylindrical harmonic potential.

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CRC Press

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9814669490

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9789814669498

The Borrowed (13.67)

By: Chan Ho-Kei

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The Borrowed (13.67)

By: Chan Ho-Kei

Kwan Chun-dok mendapat julukan Sang Mata Surga karena caranya mengingat detail lokasi dan kemampuannya mengindentifikasi tersangka hanya dari cara berjalannya. Kwan mampu mengartikan petunjuk dan menggali sisi psikologis pelaku kejahatan hingga tingkat keberhasilannya dalam memecahkan kasus nyaris seratus persen. Bersama timnya, termasuk anak didiknya, Sonny Lok, Kwan berhasil menemukan petunjuk tak kentara yang menjadi pemicu tindak kejahatan. Buku ini terbagi atas enam bagian yang diceritakan dalam kronologi terbalik—masing-masing berisi kasus penting dalam karier Kwan dan terjadi di tengah momen penting sejarah Hong Kong: Pemberontakan Kelompok Kiri tahun 1967 ketika teror bom mengancam penduduk Hong Kong; konflik antara Polisi Hong Kong dan Komisi Independen Anti Korupsi Hong Kong tahun 1977; Pembantaian Tiananmen tahun 1989; Serah-Terima Kekuasaan tahun 1997; dan Hong Kong pada tahun 2013 saat Kwan diminta menyelesaikan kasus terakhirnya ketika dia sedang terbaring koma di rumah sakit. The Borrowed (13.67) mengungkap betapa segala hal sangat berkaitan erat dan bagaimana sejarah selalu berulang.

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Gramedia Pustaka Utama

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6020632474

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9786020632476

Book's by Chan Ho-Kei

Second Sister

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The Borrowed

The Borrowed

Second Sister

Second Sister

The Borrowed

The Borrowed

A Medical History of Hong Kong

A Medical History of Hong Kong

Columnar Structures of Spheres

Columnar Structures of Spheres

The Borrowed (13.67)

The Borrowed (13.67)

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