201KM GROUP PROJECT CASE STUDY 4 McDonalds and Hong Kong McDonalds celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 15‚ 2005 and remained true to the statement "As far as I can tell‚ the only place you can’t get a Big Mac is in outer space." (1990) The company operates as a global business through franchising. In 2004‚ the company reported to have established 30‚000 local restaurants located in 115 countries across five continents. It is the biggest fast food retailer conquering markets
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for all ages. The first resort that Disney opened was in Anaheim‚ California‚ in July 1955. The success of the first park caused disney to open its second park in Lake Buena Vista‚ Florida‚ in 1971. The continued success of these two parks in the United States caused Disney to seek out international success. Disney anticipated that there would be continued success by “bringing the original disneyland model to new territories‚ and then‚ if feasible‚ adding a specialty them park.” (5) Disney began
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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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Hong Kong Tourism development is very important in Hong Kong. It has benefitted Hong Kong’s economy and employment throughout the years. Tourism currently rates second among the four key industries in Hong Kong. It contributes to the employment of other industries like retail trade‚ food and beverage‚ accommodation and transportation. Currently‚ Hong Kong Tourism Commission‚ which is a Government department‚ plays a part in supporting the development of new attractions and events. The Hong Kong
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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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The tourism in Hong Kong Hong has a lot of tourism‚ and a lot of places t go and vist but these 10 are the most famous and favorites. * Avenue of stars Stunning views of the harbour tower above you‚ while the names of Hong Kong’s movie icons lie beneath your feet * The peak Out-of-this-world view of skyscrapers‚ the glittering harbour and the green hills of the distant New Territories * Ladies market About a klick of street-market bustle and clothing‚ accessories and souvenir bargains
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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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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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Hong Kong Cinema The Chinese art form I ’ve chosen to write about is film‚ with an emphasis on Hong Kong Cinema. I enjoy movies‚ in particular action films. Hong Kong Cinema has produced some of the best action films I have ever seen. I will discuss three Hong Kong Action genres‚ Martial Arts films‚ the Kung Fu Comedies and the Triad films. My first experience with Hong Kong Cinema came in the 1970s with Martial Arts films. Martial arts‚ emphasizes self-strengthening‚ therapeutic exercise
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The image of Hong Kong is well known as “shopper’s paradise” and “Pearl of the Orient”. Further‚ according to the International Market Research Study‚ it shows that the lack of new appeals in Hong Kong is a significant reason for it not being considered as a vacation destination. Therefore‚ it is necessary to expand the appeals of Hong Kong. Why not use our existing natural resources as tourist attractions? To maintain the competitiveness‚ Hong Kong should build up its own unique and special character
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