1. Topic 1: The Impact of Economic Development and Population Changes on Urbanization and Social Structure SUB-THEME 1 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG Chapter 2 Development of Hong Kong into an international city

2. Land Development Corporation established1988 New Territories Development Department renamed the Territory Development Department 1986 New Territories Development Department set up1973 First ‘new town’,Tsuen Wan, set up1959 First ‘satellite city’, Kwun Tong, set up1953EventYear Time Track

3. The impact of economic development and population changes on urbanization  Urbanization is a process by which the proportion of the urban population to the total population increases. Industrialization Rural-urban migration The meaning of urbanization The way urbanization developed in Hong Kong

4. The development of the new towns  A new town was to create a self-contained community. The impact of economic development and population changes on urbanization Populations of new towns in the 1990s

5. A shortage in the provision of the planned number of available jobs. Insufficiency of education, medical care, and other provisions of social and public services Heavy traffic congestion High transport costs of commuting in and out of the new towns Problems faced by the new towns The impact of economic development and population changes on urbanization The development of the new towns

6. In 1986, the New Territories Development Department was renamed the Territory Development Department ( 拓展署 ). In 1988, the Land Development Corporation ( 土地發展公司 ) was established. Urban renewal The impact of economic development and population changes on urbanization

7. The impact of economic development and population changes on social structure Changing concepts of family Extended family before 1960 Nuclear family since 1960 A nuclear family is made up of parents and children Industrialization Influx of new migrants Post-war baby boom Family planning Free and compulsory education Growth of the industrial sector Individualism Socio-economic changes Development of the New Towns Better quality accommodation

8. Low dependency ratio before the 1960s Migrant male workers dominated Hong Kong’s population. Their families remained in China. High dependency ratio during the 1960s More people settled in Hong Kong permanently. Decreasing dependency ratio since the 1960s The younger are becoming fewer. The significance More resources invested in education Greater development in medical health schemes and social security Changing concepts of family The impact of economic development and population changes on social structure

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