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- ↑ Butenhoff, Linda (1999). Social Movements and Political Reform in Hong Kong. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 25.
- ↑ "香港社會工作者總工會".
- ↑ Kwong, Paul (2011). Identity in Community: Towards a Theological Agenda for the Hong Kong SAR. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 18.
