Ways to Urbanisation – Post–War Road Development in Hong Kong

Ho Pui-yin is a modern social and economic historian. Prior to joining the History Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, she worked as a research consultant at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. She is also Director of Lee Woo Sing Hong Kong History Resource Centre, Dean of General Education and Member of Board of Trustees of Shaw College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Visiting Professor Chaire Dupront of University Paris-Sorbonne. Her current researches are mainly on urbanisation of modern day Hong Kong. Her major works include Water for a Barren Rock, Weathering the Storm, Challenges for an Evolving City, and The Administrative History of the Hong Kong Government Agencies 1841-2002.