The social and legal organisation of family capital in Hong Kong
Grant Data
Project Title
The social and legal organisation of family capital in Hong Kong
Principal Investigator
Dr Jones, Carol Anne Goodwin
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Mr Lawton
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
18
Start Date
1991-04-01
Amount
0
Conference Title
The social and legal organisation of family capital in Hong Kong
Presentation Title
Keywords
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Discipline
N/A
HKU Project Code
N/A
Grant Type
Other Funding Scheme
Funding Year
1990
Status
Completed
Objectives
To examine the ways in which capital is organised within family businesses to ensure that it stays within the family. It also looks at issues such as the tradition of family business amongst the non-Chinese hongs and the use of trust laws to ensure the transfer of capital intact on an inter-generational basis. One further issue is whether this organisation of capital excludes women from inheriting capital which they might take out of the family upon marriage.