Air pollution in Hong Kong is often so bad that it is impossible to see across Victoria Harbor due to all the haze and smog. The government did endeavor to modify the air quality but‚ sadly‚ it still deteriorates continually. Even worse‚ the Air Pollution Index recently hit a record high‚ which suggests that the air quality in Hong Kong is far lower than the international standard. It all shows that air pollution is just a growing problem and I’m writing to raise several concerns about air pollution
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CGE25101 Globalization and Business Individual Assignment (Topic 2 Sustainable development- Starbucks) Introduction In these days‚ instead of merely focusing on economic interests‚ multinational corporations (MNC) have engaged a number of sustainability initiatives in an effort to satisfy the needs of the present while preserving the ability to future generation by contributing on the three main elements: economic‚ environmental and social development. As a company becomes popular and
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The Tourism industry is an important industry in Hong Kong. Inbound and outbound tourism is the major income of Hong Kong. According to the result from the Tourism Commission‚ in 2011‚ Hong Kong received a record-high of 42 million visitors from around the world‚ a remarkable increase of 16.4% over 2010. It is also the first time that the number of arrivals surpassed the 40 million mark. The appreciation of most major currencies against Hong Kong dollar and the improving travel sentiment have fueled
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In Hong Kong education system‚ there are six types of primary and secondary schools‚ government schools‚ subsidized schools‚ Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools‚ private schools‚ private international schools and English Schools Foundation. (Education Bureau‚ 2009) . In this essay‚ I will mainly focus on the sociological and economic perspectives of Direct Subsidy schools. There are ten points in sociological and economic perspectives. Greater flexibility can be obtained for schools. (Education
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the Hong Kong Courts re Winding Up and Unfair Prejudice Petitions — Are Offshore Companies Safe? Hong Kong law contains a number of provisions designed to protect the interests of minority shareholders‚ including the “unfair prejudice” remedies under section 168A of the Companies Ordinance (the Ordinance) and the Ordinance’s “just and equitable” winding-up provisions. These protections can‚ in some cases‚ also be invoked by shareholders of non-Hong Kong companies. However‚ as the Hong Kong
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Causes of Poverty in Hong Kong The Hong Kong Government is planning to set an official poverty line in the year 2013. The threshold is expected to be set at half of the median household income. Despite Hong Kong being a socially and economically developed city‚ hidden within the crowd of seven million citizens though are people living lives of poverty. This poverty indictor might just pin-point the social groups in society that is in need of help. However‚ disregarding the poverty line‚ certain
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Hongkong Business Culture 1. Overview Hong Kong is one of the Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of China‚ and the other is Macau. Itis located on China’s south coast. It is only 1‚104 km2 large‚ but has a population of over seven million people. Therefore‚ Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.GDP‚ Languages… Hongkongwas a colony of Britainfor a long period since the middle of the 19th century. On July 1‚ 1997‚it was returned back to China and became the Special
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Introduction Due to the practical part of my studies I travelled to Hong Kong to complete a six month traineeship at a private school. Besides the food and cultural difference I noticed that the people were aware of the fact that their live was dramatically different compared to the life of the rest of Chinas population. Especially the term “One country‚ two system “points out Hong Kong´s special political situation in connection to China. The term was originally used to describe a constitutional
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Challenges Hong Kong Faced from Shanghai as an International Financial Centre 09815346D YUE Pujue (Betty) The day that Shanghai’s financial system is protected behind the thick walls of a closed account has gone away. When China’s State Council revealed the plan to develop Shanghai into a multi-functional international financial centre by 2020 in the late March 2009‚ Shanghai rapidly responded to the call by increasing its financial industry output value as a share of
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Hong Kong Disneyland’s advantages: 1. Hong Kong has advantages such as geography‚ population‚ adjacent to the largest market in the world. Within 5 hours flying time‚ covering half of the world’s population. 2. well-known brand--Magic Kingdom of Walt Disney World cultural genius lies in its culture around the world to be "United States-processing". Classical inheritance of the culture has a strong sense of self-ability‚ Disney have cultural capture world of classical culture that last forever
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