Obesity in Hong Kong Introduction The problem of obesity in Hong Kong is a significant issue that the community as a whole is trying to arouse public awareness to it. According to the statistics provided by a research done by the Hong Kong Department of Health‚ the estimated percentage of overweight and obese of the whole population in Hong Kong are 17.8% and 21.2% respectively(Hong Kong Department of Health 2009). This report will elaborate more on the reasons for obesity and the suggest preventive
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The Decolonization of Hong Kong -Under Deng Xiaoping’s Leadership In the July of the year 1997 ‚ Hong Kong has officially been reunified to People Republic China from Great Britain’s colonization. Despite the problems around Independence of Hong Kong in recent days ‚ the requisition of Hong Kong from British power was a rhetorical event in the Hong Kong’s history. During the twenty centuries and under leadership of Deng Xiaoping ‚ China had successfully transformed themselves from a weak and
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1. China Property Market Since 1998‚ the Chinese hosuing market experienced it’s first serious slump from the end of 2007‚ This was marked by great price declines over 30% in some cities‚ as well as drop in sales volume. Many industry analysts believed the market is too hot before 2008 and drove government officials to tighten regulations on home buying for cooling the market. However‚ the Chinese market seems to have practiced a turnaround much faster than expected. Due to the 5 consecutive
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Case Study Chase’s Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan Analysts: Bian Min‚ Luo Min‚ Wang Hongyu‚ Zhu Haidong Syndicated loan‚ with two or more bank lenders and a single set of legal documents‚ have gained tremendous popularity among corporations to finance their projects. This report aimed at evaluating the process by which Chase Manhattan Bank (“Chase”) syndicated the HK$3.3 billion Hong Kong Disneyland financing. To begin with‚ a detailed analysis of the first-round
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HK DISNEYLAND: CHINESE TOURISTS’ BEHAVIOR AND DISNEYLAND’S INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY1 Mainland China is been making an unprecedented economic growth in the previous three decades‚ and one of the major contributors is its tourism industry. The mainland Chinese tourists are a major force in the world tourism. Considering its proximity to mainland China‚ Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has all the benefits to gain with the increasing demand by mainland Chinese for travelling
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The IKEA store in Hong Kong is one of the franchise stores in the Asia Pacific region‚ having started business in 1975. Since then‚ IKEA has become the leader in the home furnishing industry. Source : The information in this case is extracted and adapted from the website of IKEA Hong Kong. Tasks Browse the website of IKEA Hong Kong (http://www.ikea.com/hk) and even conduct site-visit on one of its local branches to evaluate the Marketing Strategy of the firm in Hong Kong. Do not just copy
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Title Author(s) Health implications of Hong Kong abortion laws Wong‚ Stephanie Lynne Citation Issue Date URL Rights 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193849 The author retains all proprietary rights‚ (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. Health Implications of Hong Kong Abortion Laws Written by Stephanie Lynne Wong For the Degree of Master of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong in August 2013 Abstract: Abortion is a difficult
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1.1 Parody in Hong Kong Definition http://robsonhall.ca/mlj/images/Articles/33v2/reynolds.pdf Parody‚ a term derived from the Greek word”parodia”‚ has an ancient heritage. Later Greek and Roman writers used the term parody to refer to a more widespread practice of quotation‚ not necessarily humorous‚ in which both writers and speakers introduce allusions to previous texts. The “popular perception of parody and the standard dictionary definition” conceives of parody as a “specific work of humorous
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Hong Kong Protest 1. Introduction ‘International relations’ is often short for IR‚ and it has various definitions by different people. Some people define it as the diplomatic- strategic relations of states and the characteristic focus of international relation is on issues of peace and war‚ cooperation and conflict. While some scholars see it as about cross-border transactions of all economic‚ kinds‚ social and political‚ and international relation is more likely to study the operation of non-state
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debated. While some businessman welcome the scheme that likely enhance the economy in Hong Kong‚ normal citizens complain that mainland tourists handicap their daily lives and deteriorate the tension between Hong Kong and mainland. A number of economists advocate the economic strength of The Individual Visit Scheme. Tourism is of utmost importance in Hong Kong since Tourism is one of the four pillar industries in Hong Kong along with financial services‚ trading and logistics‚ and professional services
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