港英政府应对公共危机管理的现代化开端——以19世纪末20世纪初香港鼠疫为研究对象

公共危机是现代化转型过程中的诸多因素引发的重大危机，对公众利益产生很大的负面影响，公共危机管理是现代政府的重要职能。19世纪末20世纪初香港鼠疫频发，港英政府设立专门的危机管理机构，采取积极有效的措施进行应对，开香港公共危机现代化管理之先河。

Genesis of Modernization of Hong Kong Governmental Administration on Public Crisis ---A Study on the Plague in Hong Kong at the Turn of the Century

Public crises are significant events caused by many reasons in the process of modernization in many countries and regions. As they can exert a negative influence on public well-being and benefit, their administration is an important function of the modem government. Towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, plague repeatedly broke out in Hong Kong. As a result, the Hong Kong government has set up the special crisis administrative department to tackle the epidemic problems. That was the initial stage of Hong Kong governmental administration of public crisis.