Day 1, probably the hottest day of this summer. In the middle of July 2007, this blog begins, finally. Although I have the idea for some time, I didn't want to do it until my MPhil offer was confirmed (in case unfortunately I did't have one it would be meaningless to do this). Now everything is alright, perhaps.
This blog is made to share my thoughts on environmental-economic issues; it is a more serious one. Both English and Chinese will be used here, though my English is just IELTS 6.5 standard! While I want to give it a little more academic 'vigour', it is not exclusively full of wordy, dry and boring passages. My ideas are in general drawn upon the Ecological Economics school. It is fundamentally different from the orthodox economics while (paradoxically?) extensively applying and refining different sets of economic analytical tools. Personally I find it both intellectually challenging and signifacnt. I hope - yes, coz no one knows the future - I can make some contributions to the academia some day.
As a member of Hong Kong and currently a student here, I think I should keep my eyes on what I see and think about this place. This city is probably a good place to study environmental policy issues given its development history, political systems and geographical characteristics as well. You may be frustrated when you look at the situations here, but at the same time it offers a piece of interesting 'materials' for one to explore, simply because it unfolded too many problems from an environmental perspective.
It is difficult to have such an opportunity to get the offer given my terribly poor past school grades. I don't know how far I can go; I am not sure if I can successfully do anything meaningful to the academic community. But, I always remind myself, it is better to regret after you did something than regret for doing nothing. So.................Alex, it's time to Go!
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