Economic aspects The so-called "Monte Carlo of the Orient‚" Macau’s economy relies heavily on gambling. Nowadays‚ the gambling industry generates over 40% of the GDP of Macau. Since the early 1960s‚ around 50% of Macau’s official revenue has been driven by gambling. The percentage remained steady until the late 1990s. In 1998‚ 44.5% of total government revenue was produced by the direct tax on gambling. Then there was a 9.1% decrease in 1999‚ probably due to internet gaming. After the handover of
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Interest Rates An interest rate is the rate at which interest is paid by borrowers for the use of money that they borrow from a lender. Specifically‚ the interest rate is a percent of principal paid a certain amount of times per period. Small companies often borrow capital from banks to buy new assets for its business‚ and in return the lender receives interest at a predetermined interest rate for deferring the use of funds and instead lending it to the borrower. Interest rates are
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that New York faces. A lot of these issues haven’t been fixed or even looked at. The mayor should be going over some of this issues and getting them fixed. Two problems that New York City faces are crime rates and financial problems. A huge problem that New York City has is the rate of crime. It has increased by a lot‚ the number of annual crimes right now is 449‚745. There have been a huge number of murders‚ rapes‚ and robberies in many neighborhoods. There has been a 400 percent increase
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Corporate rate (Hotel Equatorial Penang) Introduction Hotel Equatorial Penang is a city type hotel that are located at the south part of the Penang Island. It is a luxurious 4-star property conveniently located only 6km (3.8mi) from the center of Penang. Local places of interest include Queensbay Mall. The hotel is situated adjacent to the prestigious international 18-hole Bukit Jambul golf course which was designed by Trent jones and declared one of the most challenging golf courses in Asia. It
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Ethical Aspects of Marketing Developing a Business Plan August 4‚ 2009 Ethical Aspects of Marketing Executive Summary This report outlines the social‚ ethical and legal aspects of marketing. Environmentally Responsible Products Consumers have become more aware of the impact of both production and consumption on the wider environment in recent years. This is acutely apparent in the way products are now packaged. During recent years many companies have assisted in doing their part for the environment
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TDA 2.1 Child and Young Person Development 1.1 Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years‚ to include: physical‚ social‚ emotional‚ behavioural‚ intellectual and communicational development. Through a young person’s development‚ from birth to 19 they are expected to follow a development pattern including physical‚ social‚ environmental‚ behavioural‚ intellectual and communicational. The expected pattern is seen as the average time period it would
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Five-Year Career Development Plan MGT/431 Human Resources Management March 30‚ 2011 Five-Year Career Development Plan When‚ I first started in business I considered my success by how much money‚ I made. Recently‚ I evaluate success by ensuring happiness and a balance life-style between work‚ school‚ and family time. I found this
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HR aspect of a company: Training and Development in Marriott International Group of Hotels Waddoups (2012) notes‚ “some people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials in them” (p. 1139). All companies‚ here size does not matter as the said company could be one on the Forbes list or a private limited company with only a handful of employees‚ have a special unit to carry out their training requirements
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over 80% of agricultural produce items‚ including many cash crops such as coffeeand cotton‚ in 2010. India is also one of the world’s five largest producers of livestock and poultry meat‚ with one of the fastest growth rates‚ as of 2011. India exported about 2 billion kilograms each of wheat and rice in 2011 to Africa‚ Nepal‚ Bangladesh and other regions of the world. Aquaculture and catch fishery is amongst the fastest growing industries in India. Between 1990 and 2010‚ Indian fish capture harvest
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As the birth rates in recent years have been declined rapidly‚ the social issues that associate with older people’s social care come in quick succession. It is important to find out the way in solving these severe problems instead of ignoring. Therefore‚ this essay would analyze the approaches that different countries used and obtain the most sustainable way in order to achieve the social balance. Before comparing the elderlies’ social care approaches in different countries‚ providing the backgrounds
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