Hong Kong is frequently described as a place where "East meets West"‚ reflecting the culture’s mix of the territory’s Chinese roots with influences from its time as a British colony. Hong Kong balances a modernised way of life with traditional Chinese practices. Concepts like feng shui are taken very seriously‚ with expensive construction projects often hiring expert consultants‚ and are often believed to make or break a business. Other objects like Ba gua mirrors are still regularly used to deflect
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the growth of Hong Kong as a ‘global city’‚ and the forces which will determine its future growth development. Word count: 1952 words Globalisation that is happening in the world today gives rise to the context of global cities. This global city is advanced culturally‚ socially‚ politically and especially economically. Hong Kong is considered as a major city in the world. In fact‚ it is regarded as the 5th global city in the world. According to Mr. Andrew Chen of Hong Kong company incorporation
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One of the main problems that affect the livability in Hong Kong is housing problem. Hong Kong has 7.3 million people living on 1‚100 sq. km of land. There were around 6‚700 people living on every square km. However‚ the ‘right to adequate housing’ and the ‘right to affordable’ are important dimensions resting on the foundation that adequate housing is a basic human need (Leckie 1992; Bengtsson 1995) and which ensures access to a safe and affordable home with freedom from forced eviction. This is
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Chinese regained sovereignty of Hong Kong. One of the important factors of Hong Kong is its economy. Hong Kong’s economy is characterized by low taxes‚ minimum government intervention and free trade. It is one of the largest trading economies in the world‚ as well as a major service economy‚ with strong links to the mainland China‚ and other countries in Asia. Hong Kong is also responsible for intermediating forty percent of China’s external trade. Hong Kong is governed by a principle of
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How to deal with the problem of cross-border student from Mainland China in Hong Kong In Hong Kong‚ the number of cross-border student from Mainland China has increased to 17 thousand in this year. However‚ in different aspect such as language‚ culture and household they are different from Hong Kong children. According to some surveys‚ about 80 percentage of the Hong Kong kindergarten teachers point out that ‘The level of speaking Mandarin is better’ is the advantage of the Mainlander. Nevertheless
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THE PROBLEM OF POPULATION AGEING IN HONG KONG ………………………………………………………………………………..What can we do for it ? Number of Older Persons‚ 1961 to 2006 1000000 800000 600000 400000 65+ 200000 2006 2001 1996 1991 1986 1981 1976 1971 1966 0 1961 Number Year Page 1 Content Page Introduction 3 Vision‚ Mission and Definition 4 1 2 The Population Structure of Hong Kong Introduction of Population Structure in Hong Kong 1.1 Birth rate and Death rate 1.2 More about Population ageing in Hong Kong
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1. Disneyland Market Positioning and Expansion into the international Market Disneyland has pride itself to be a fantasy world‚ a place where people (regardless of age) can escape from reality (Appendix 1 shows that fantasy world is heavily weighted in the proportion of Disney movies). With this positioning statement that applies to everyone regardless of geographic location (Chinese have dreams and can fantasize as much as Americans or Europeans)‚ expansion into the international market may not
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tourism industry in Hong Kong further lost its lustre? For years‚ a huge amount of tourists from all over the world had flooded into the territory in search for Hong Kong¡¦s shoppers¡¦ and gourmets¡¦ paradise. However‚ recently‚ Hong Kong seems losing its edge in luring tourists. Hong Kong used to supply goods with cheap prices because of its simple tax system which charges low tax on almost every item except cigarette and alcohol. Because of that‚ clothes in Hong Kong are of good quality but
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Hong Kong Disneyland The Disney Company envisioned it being a great idea to introduce its resort to the huge market in China by opening up a Disneyland park in Hong Kong. The Chinese people have an interest in the American culture‚ and they want to connect with the global popular culture so in theory it sounded like a great idea. It turns out that HKD has not been the success that many predicted it would be. This is can be contributed to how well Disney was able to translate its strategic assets
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Disney to bear the risk and cost of a new theme park only by itself because competition in the theme park business in fierce and Disney cannot guarantee success. For example‚ universal studio is doing very well in the United States and competing with Disneyland in that region. If the cost for the new theme park is too large‚ Disney
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