voluntary euthanasia be allowed in Hong Kong? The issue of euthanasia has been discussed for decades. Euthanasia is a medical practice to end one’s life with the purpose to alleviate pain or suffering while voluntary euthanasia is one of its categories that carried out at the request of the patient. A few years ago‚ a paralyzed patient had requested for euthanasia to end his life painlessly. This attracted wide attention among the general public in Hong Kong. People started to discuss whether euthanasia
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the foaminess of Chinea property market (both 1st and 2nd hand)‚ it shows that the risk ratios of the tier 1 cities is quite high. If you were investors and wealthy man‚ will you pour money into China property market ONLY? 2. Hong Kong Property Market In 2009‚ properites of HK bloom‚ especially for luxury properties‚ which are mainly driven by the millionaires (no‚ should be billionaires) from the mainland. The most shocking news is that the property prices continue to hit new
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1. Introduction 1.1 Background The Hong Kong airport had been removed from Kowloon City to Chek Lap Kok on 6 July 1998. The New Airport‚ which costs around HK$70.2 billion‚ consists of passenger terminal buildings‚ centralized terminal processing buildings‚ runways and taxiways‚ attached and satellite terminal concourses‚ aircraft parking positions‚ road bridges‚ aircraft maintenance facilities and support and ancillary facilities. This project was deemed critical to the public because any
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Calls are growing for a more equitable society with regard to the current debate on whether the minimum wage in Hong Kong should be raised to HK$35 a hour. Before making any conclusion‚ I’d like to make respond to one of the opposition’s view --minimum wage is crippling the businessman. This is an unreasonable and exaggerated argument as the booming rent price in Hong Kong is a wide known significant factor. While it is crystal clear that the businessmen are trying to pass the buck to their
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Introduction: Hong Kong is a densely populated metropolitan so there are a lot of housing problems especially for the urban poor. As the housing problems in Hong Kong such as the shortage of housing units are getting more acute‚ it is worth making an in-depth analysis for the sake of gaining a deeper insight of the responses of the government in housing problems. I will focus on different measures and actions taken by Hong Kong government in 21th Century. All data collected is based on library
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world has investigated the method to less rely on the fossil fuel. Hong Kong‚ being a part of the world‚ should also take the responsibility to do so. Many may wonder is Hong Kong potential enough to use more renewable energy? The answer is simple-why isn’t it? Renewable Energy in Hong Kong There are many types of renewable energy‚ hydropower‚ wind powers‚ solar energy‚ etc. However‚ developing renewable energy in Hong Kong always faces lots of problems and limitations. The factors such as capital
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Kong Zi or Confucius is a very famous man in China. In fact his ways are still being learned today. He was born at September 28 ‚ 551 B.C in Qufu‚ in a small feudal state of Lu in what is now known as Shandong Province. Confucius is an ancient Chinese politician‚ teacher and philosopher. He belonged in The Spring and Autumn Period or Period of A Hundred Schools or even some might say the Warring States period. Kong Zi’s philosophy is centered on personal and govermental morality‚ social relations
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of HKD to USD. It was a very good / effective system to help Hong Kong to remain stable under the economic turmoil when first applied in 1983. This formed a very firm ‘firewall’ to protect the stability of the Hong Kong Dollar. We also had the testimony for the effectiveness of this system while the economic crisis that happened in 1997 and 2007. Although the Hong Kong Government had shown their loyalty of pegging the Hong Kong Dollar to U.S. currency and had announced that there are no plans
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wide pool to make the world into a global society. I am particularly interested in how globalization affects teaching in primary schools in Hong Kong where the articles and references are mainly focusing on the influence to higher education. This essay is attempted to explore the relationship between globalization and primary school education in Hong Kong. The first part will discuss various definitions of globalization of different scholars views. The second part of the essay will be concentrate
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about that the Mainland China visitor affecting Hong Kong tourism industry. For evidence for the most of Mainland people accounted for traveler in Hong Kong. The evidence will be mentioned the profile of them such as states and period by Yip Hiu Yi’s individual report. Lam Chi Longs individual assignment mentioned that spending of Mainland China traveler. According this report‚ we knoew whether they can substantially raise the revenue of Hong Kong. Moreover‚ “Zero-fee" tour was a hot topic in recent
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