experienced negative growth with a peak of -9.8% in April 2014 as shown in the graph below. Retail Sales January-April 2013-2014 (in HK$ Bn) While there seems to be a negative trend on retail sales‚ the 2 following graphs emphasize on where the decline is coming from II) Retail sales by outlets Growth of retail outlets sales: January-April 2013/14 On a January-April Year to Year comparison: Jewelry‚ watches‚ clocks saw a
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Surell‚ Harold Kenneth C. J2-A3 Education I chose this topic because now a day most of the children don’t prioritize their studies they don’t know how important the study is. And most of the children don’t go to school because of financial problem so that they don’t feel the excitement of being a student. Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which the knowledge‚ skills‚ and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching‚ training
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Recruitment and Retention for Long Term Employees By Patricia Gonzalez BUSI526 Abstract This paper describes what recruitment and retention are when relating them to employment. This paper describes some reasons why recruitment and retention are important to the employer and employee. Listed in this paper are many ways to recruit the right candidate and how that employer can retain that right candidate when they are hired. Key words: recruitment‚ retention‚ employer‚ employee
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this was his daily routine. The kids that bullied him don’t even know how it will affect the kid later on in his life. Bullying seems as if it will only affect the victim at that time‚ but it has long lasting effects that lead into adulthood. It makes their quality of life worse than the average person and they suffer mental health issues which is why bullying is an injustice. When kids are victims of bullying it takes a toll on how they live the rest of their life. In the article‚ “Victims of Bullying
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The Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution is the largest protest in Hong Kong since 1989. This protest had drawn world media attention even overshadowed every international news. The major cause of this revolution is the mutual trust between Hongkongers and Chinese government are going from bad to worse. Hongkongers has accumulated their discontent over years and it made the "White Paper" became the fuse of Umbrella Revolution. In fact‚ there are many reasons causing this protest happened‚ in a simple way
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I have worked in long term care for a number of years. There are specific challenges that Affect long term care differently than other health care delivery modes. Long term care serves a variety of cliental. It has moved away‚ in recent years‚ from the Nursing home stigma. Most long term care facilities‚ now care for much more acutely ill Patients than in the not so distant past. Long term care facilities‚ often called skilled nursing Facilities‚ are now geared towards
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another part of the body. In the 1950s‚ the American pharmacologist Earl Sutherland (1915-1974) discovered that epinephrine does not act directly on cells‚ but stimulates production of cyclic AMP‚ a second messenger that regulates cell activity. The term “Epinephrine” was chosen as the generic name in the United States because John Abel‚ who prepared extracts from the adrenal glands in 1897‚ used that name for his extracts. In 1901‚ Jokichi Takamine patented a purified adrenal extract‚ and called it
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The ‘Hong Kong Kids’ Phenomenon In recent years it is common to see Hong Kong children accompanied by their domestic helpers everywhere. Some of them just shout at their helpers asking for help in tying their shoelaces and some just open their mouths to wait for spoonfuls of food like little birds in a nest. They have reached the age with the abilities to take care of themselves but they do not do so. As this problem becomes increasingly general‚ it is important to explore its different causes so
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Hippies‚ sex‚ drugs‚ and rock and roll. These are some things that might come to mind when you think about the counterculture movement of the 1960s. But although it may seem that way‚ the 1960s was not just one giant party. It was a radical social‚ political‚ and cultural movement that changed America and much of the Western world. It consisted of students‚ anti-war protestors‚ political figures‚ social activists‚ environmentalists‚ civil rights movement leaders as well as famous musicians and was
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Long Term Care Facility Long term care facility is a place where one can access health‚ supportive services‚ personal care helping them meet the needs of the frail older people or those who have no or limited capacity and ability for self-care. The limited care may have occurred through chronic illness‚ chronic injury‚ cognitive‚ physical or even mental disability or other health-related conditions. The services offered in the long-term care facility can includes the assistance with activities of
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