candidates‚ at every level of the political system (both national and local)‚ have a tendency to dedicate significant resources to attempts to imprint their names on the public. Social media‚ signs‚ bumper stickers‚ commercial advertisements‚ and interviews are only a few of the lengths to which candidates will go to‚ all in an effort to spread their name. For instance‚ Although the U.S. presidential elections are still 14 months away‚ the early phases of the race have drawn unbelievable amounts of attention
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If I were to show you diagrams of the age structure of Hong Kong in recent years‚ you would probably be surprised that the population of Hong Kong is currently ageing at a moderate pace. According to statistics‚ when the new born babies start to become older persons‚ the population will age at a relatively fast pace in Hong Kong in the middle of next decade. An ageing population will have an impact on the labour force as the number of people in working ages will grow slower than the overall population
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the author of The Lightning Thief‚ once said‚ “Names have power.” This quote means that every name can be traced back thousands and thousands of years and the history and the meaning of the names become a part of it. With so much powerful meaning tied to the name‚ it can affect a person’s life thousands of years after the event occurred. The name can either be destructive‚ or beneficial. The story told in Romeo and Juliet is a perfect example of how names can affect a person’s life. Romeo and Juliet
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Slavery by Another Name Slavery has been known to be one of the cruelest treatments on African Americans; but there is something worse than slavery which isn’t really recognized as much. The Convict lease system was reported to be harsher than slavery. The convict lease system was a system of penal labor practiced in the Southern U.S‚ beginning with the freedom of slaves at the end of the American Civil War in 1865 but climaxing around 1880. Convict leasing peeked by regulating Black codes and
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Students are taught in most schools that slavery ended with President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. However after reading Douglas Blackmon’s Slavery by Another Name I am clearly convinced that slavery continued for many years afterward. It is shown throughout this book that slavery did not end until 1942‚ this is when the condition of what Blackmon refers to as "neoslavery" began. Neoslavery was practiced after the Emancipation Proclamation and until the beginning of World War II
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1. Introduction Hong Kong‚ with only 1100 ㎢ land‚ is regarded as the one of the most success country in global market. Although‚ to be exact‚ Hong Kong is the special administrative regions of China and isn’t independent country‚ because of the agreement ratified when Hong Kong was returned from U.K in 1998‚ Hong Kong is given high autonomy from mainland china by owning individual law system and‚ then‚ is seems as the virtually independent country in international business and economics; many international
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9/11. Post September 11‚ the world stands divided. Terrorist outfits continue to strike in the name of religion and the common man‚ not even remotely associated with these groups‚ is bearing the brunt. The world is not a safe place anymore. * The second statement: There’re two sets of people in this world - the good and the bad. No matter how strong the evil forces are‚ good always triumphs. My Name Is Khan mirrors the era we live in. Not a day goes by when you haven’t heard/read/watched news of
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culture The co-founder of Hong Leong Group Malaysia‚ YBhg Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan created the vision. Hong Leong Bank Vision is " An outstanding financial services organisation‚ highly competitive and profitable ‚where people make the difference".Now‚ the Vision is declare and protect in the company culture‚ which is steadily rooted on the company core values of Entrepreneurship‚ Quality‚ Innovation‚ Human Resource‚ Honour‚ ‚ Social Responsibility‚ Progress and Unity . Hong Leong Bank is a profit
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uses the placement of his character’s names to show the nature of their relationship and where each of them is situated in contrast to the other. In Pyramus and Thisbe‚ the word order of their names clues the readers in on how they stand with each other‚ both in the relationship and positional sense. Saepe ubi cōnstiterant hinc Thisbē Pyramus illinc (often when Thisbe had stood on one side Pyramus had stood on the other (71)) Ovid uses this placement of the names to show that when the two lovers are
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Air pollution in Hong Kong is often so bad that it is impossible to see across Victoria Harbor due to all the haze and smog. The government did endeavor to modify the air quality but‚ sadly‚ it still deteriorates continually. Even worse‚ the Air Pollution Index recently hit a record high‚ which suggests that the air quality in Hong Kong is far lower than the international standard. It all shows that air pollution is just a growing problem and I’m writing to raise several concerns about air pollution
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