This present dissertation investigates the discursive construction of Hong Kong identity based on an analysis of 22 annual Policy Addresses of the Hong Kong governments, of which 11 were taken from the pre-transitional British Colonial Hong Kong Government during the period of 1986 to 1996 and the other 11 from the post-transitional HKSAR Government from the year 1997 to the year 2008.

A Functional Analysis of Interpersonal GM in Political Debates;

In light of Halliday\'s point of view on metaphors of mood,it aims to make an analysis of the functions of metaphors of mood in political debates,with an attempt to find out how the debaters exploit metaphors of mood to achieve their communicative functions and make their arguments more convincing.