Liberal Studies F4 Second term—Hong Kong Today Indicators used to understand poverty in HK Income Health Education Living conditions Employment Community / family support Section 1—Poverty Disparity / discrepancy between rich and poor Gini coefficient - Range from 0 to 1 0 = income distribution is absolute equal 1 = income distribution is absolute unequal Challenges faced by poor people Employment - usually contract staff‚ low income‚ lack labour protection
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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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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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1.0 Introduction Hong Kong is one of the most important tourism destinations in the Pacific Asia region for its unique landscape and shopping convenience. According to statistics‚ a total number of 41921310 people visited Hong Kong in 2011‚ that is 16.4% more compared to 2010 (Hong Kong Tourism Board 2012).Total tourism expenditure was 263142.71 million HK dollars and shopping accounts for most of them because it is the main purpose for individual visitors (Hong Kong Tourism Board 2012). Therefore
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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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CHAPTER 2 McDonald’s in Hong Kong: Consumerism‚ Dietary Change‚ and the Rise of a Children’s Culture James L. Watson On a cold winter afternoon in 1969 my neighbor‚ Man Tsochuen‚ was happy to talk about something other than the weather. Over tea‚ Mr. Man continued the saga of his lineage ancestors who had settled in San Tin village‚ Hong Kong New Territories‚ over six centuries earlier. Local history was our regular topic of conversation that winter and the story had already filled several
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debated. While some businessman welcome the scheme that likely enhance the economy in Hong Kong‚ normal citizens complain that mainland tourists handicap their daily lives and deteriorate the tension between Hong Kong and mainland. A number of economists advocate the economic strength of The Individual Visit Scheme. Tourism is of utmost importance in Hong Kong since Tourism is one of the four pillar industries in Hong Kong along with financial services‚ trading and logistics‚ and professional services
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HK DISNEYLAND: CHINESE TOURISTS’ BEHAVIOR AND DISNEYLAND’S INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY1 Mainland China is been making an unprecedented economic growth in the previous three decades‚ and one of the major contributors is its tourism industry. The mainland Chinese tourists are a major force in the world tourism. Considering its proximity to mainland China‚ Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has all the benefits to gain with the increasing demand by mainland Chinese for travelling
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The Decolonization of Hong Kong -Under Deng Xiaoping’s Leadership In the July of the year 1997 ‚ Hong Kong has officially been reunified to People Republic China from Great Britain’s colonization. Despite the problems around Independence of Hong Kong in recent days ‚ the requisition of Hong Kong from British power was a rhetorical event in the Hong Kong’s history. During the twenty centuries and under leadership of Deng Xiaoping ‚ China had successfully transformed themselves from a weak and
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Rizal in Hong Kong 19 November 1891 In the evening Rizal arrived at Hong Kong. 26 November 1891 From Hong Kong Rizal sent to Manuel Camus in Singapore 20 copies of the Fili‚ 6of the Morga and 4 of the Noli. He gave Camus 25 percent commission for thebooks sold. 1 December 1891 He asked permission from his parents to join them in Manila in their sacrifices andat the same time‚ encouraged them to have a little endurance. He said: " I havelearned of the exile of four townmates to Jolo and of
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