Have you ever counted the number of membership cards are there in your wallet? For mine‚ there are at least five. Membership reward program is now becoming more and more prevalent in the Hong Kong and is controversial. It brings huge benefits to the customers since they are rewarded considerably in some way by joining the membership‚ as the companies claimed. However‚ there are two sides of the same coin. Privacy related issues‚ like the Octopus Card Company scandal in 2010‚ are generated by the programs
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recommend MTR provide one of the railway operators‚ DB with consultancy services on rail-related services (operation & maintenance) and non-fare business (station retailing and advertising)‚ which precisely caters to DB’s needs. Besides‚ the Octopus Card System should be executed through a partnership with a local organization VBB a local transport association. These recommendations will fully employ MTR’s unique strengths and effectively mitigate possible risks. The whole expansion plan is
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Irresistible drink in Hong Kong Summer!? Drink is one of the best tourist magnets‚ whether people like or not. In Hong Kong with a bit of hot days‚ drinking cold drink is the way to prevent from sunstroke. Now‚ let’s go to Prince Edward to find out the most famous drink in Hong Kong. A shopkeeper was mixing red tea with milk busily‚ and the other shopkeeper was adding black glutinous rice ball and ice to the drink. After a few minutes‚ cups of cold bubble milk tea were served to the customs
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information can cause serious troubles to people’s life and selling others’ information for commercial purposes has long been regarded as unethical behaviour in business world. With the backdrop of the recent privacy violations committed by the Octopus Card Company ‚wherein they sold the personal information of users to corporations‚ we thought it was of the utmost importance to increase awareness about the severity of the issue by providing users’ with thorough research on the issue as well as means
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Applying PR in Crisis Management - 2010 Manila hostage crisis Crisis‚ which public relations counselor James Lukaszewski once described as “unplanned visibility” can strike anyone at any time. As no sector of society is immune from this “unplanned visibility”‚ it is a need for attempting to “manage” crises. By thinking logically and responding thoughtfully and quickly in a crisis‚ like how Hong Thai Travel Service Ltd reacted to the Manila hostage crisis‚ can possibly solidify a positive reputation
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Credit Card Payment System ‚ Electronic Cash System and Smart Card based Electronic Payment System ) All the services are provided in every DiGi kiosk or DiGi Centre. Online Credit Card System- If customers want to make a payment for the postpaid plan / reload credit for the prepaid ‚ they can simply send their credit card details to the service provider involved and the credit card organization will handle this payment like any other. They can even go to the machine and make a credit card payment
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Case Study Title: Dog was killed by MTR because of refusing to suspend the service Introduction: A dog was killed on the MTR track on August 2015‚ which raised a wave of protest from different parties. The dog was found walking on the track at Sheung Shui MTR station at around 10:00am. It was trying to climb back onto the platform. As seen in the video took by the onlooker1‚ MTR staff has tried to help the dog. MTR service has suspend for 6 minutes at this moment. But the staffs are lacking of
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Question: In contrast to the underground railways in some large Western cities‚ Hong Kong’s MTR enjoys a very low crime rate. With a reference to environmental criminology‚ explain why this is the case. Hong Kong MTR is one of the busiest underground transit systems in the world with around 4 million person-time passenger per day. (MTR‚ 2010a) In 2007‚ Hong Kong MTR annual ridership was the seventh highest in the world. (MTA‚ 2010) Meanwhile‚ this is our proud that Hong Kong MTR has a low crime
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Recently‚ researchers have discovered the existence of an extremely unique type of octopus. The species‚ known as the Indo-Malayan octopus‚ has the ability to alter its shape‚ form‚ and color pattern to mimic or imitate other sea creatures in order to avoid predation (2). The discovery of the mimic octopus is noteworthy because no other type of cephalopod is known to have impersonation abilities. The octopus is also not limited to one imitation. Researchers have observed up to eight different formations
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“Hunger‚ love‚ pain‚ fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individuals instinct for self-preservation” – Albert Einstein My bare feet pounded on the frozen ground as I ran‚ my mouse in one hand and the other on my itchy grey beret. We had to keep running‚ Paltel and I. We had to cover ground before they realised we were gone. The woods were getting closer‚ closer‚ the trees extending their waiting arms to our fleeing figures‚ with their dead and leafless branches covered in thick
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