poor air quality in Hong Kong and around the Pearl River Delta is not only a regional problem‚ but a global concern that could undermine Hong Kong¡¦s competitiveness. This has been reflected in the difficulties of attracting and retaining high-skilled workers and reluctance of giving birth to children by the Hong Kong citizens. Source: Department of Community Medicine‚ School of Public Health‚ University of Hong Kong The graph above shows the air quality in Hong Kong is far worse than the
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The right to privacy in Hong Kong The definition of privacy refers to one’s freedom of thought and expression‚ the right of private property and also protects their personal information. According to the article of the right to privacy (1890) written by Warren and Brandeis‚ privacy is the right to be let alone and believe it is the right inviolate of personality. Therefore‚ there are some ordinances in Hong Kong’s common law and the Hong Kong bill of right are used to protect the citizen’s right
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nowhere to dispose our waste‚ ______. You may be dubious that there is still a long way to this nightmare; however‚ according to the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department‚ the three major strategic landfills in Hong Kong will be saturated in the mid to late 2010s. In other words‚ our landfills are going to be filled up within ten years. It implies that Hong Kong indeed has an imminent waste problem associated with the sturation of the landfills. At present‚ we depend merely on landfills to
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Comparing to the near area‚like Singapore‚Hong Kong’s Gini coefficient is more higher and ranked top in the world.Even the wealth gap is not common in western societies‚however‚it is no doubt that wealth gap has threatened the Hong Kong most. With the change of economic mode in Hong Kong ‚it trend to knowledge-based economy rather than manufacturing industry so that a large number of worker are unemployed immediately‚in the other hand‚a lot of high-class people are benefited by the new mode economy
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It has been more than 15 years since the handover of HK to mainland China. People of the 2 places are supposed to be more initmate. In fact‚ we do have an increasing amount of interaction. Yet‚ the more interaction we have‚ the more conflicts we have. There have been different conflicts between us in the recent years‚ from right of abode to the purchase of milk powder for infants. One of the hot issues‚ is tourists from mainland China. With the Individual Visit Scheme‚ we are able to communicate
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serious in Hong Kong . Many people such as the elderly and the fresh graduates ‚ most of them can’t have the flats for living and some need to live in the subdivided units . Our chief executive ‚ Mr. CY Leung just announced his first policy address ‚ in the housing aspects ‚ he suggested that building more flats for the citizens . However ‚ I think it’s only a long term solutions ‚ the flats will be finished in 2018 ‚ but the housing problem is a very urgent needs for the most citizens in Hong Kong . These
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The youth unemployed should be one the groups the most in need for financial support in Hong Kong. They face keen competition and suffer from the local economic regression‚ which create difficulty to them earning a living. Young people‚ in general‚ refers to people in the age groups of 15-19 and 20-24 (Chung Kim-wah 2009). They are recognized as labor force in Hong Kong‚ but their employment opportunities are not optimistic. Those school leavers in the age of 15-24 entering the labor market have
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Is Hong Kong an ideal place? According to the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (2007-2008) Hong Kong dropped 7 places to 26 as a competitive city for investment. If it’s any consolation‚ Hong Kong remained one of the most affluent cities in the world and one of the top 5 in Asia in term of economy‚ infrastructure and freedom of speech. Yes‚ Hong Kong is undoubtedly achieved so well with flying color‚ having a stable economy‚ good job market and good accessibility to anywhere due to intra-city
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Oasis Hong Kong Airlines: The First Long Haul‚ Low Cost Airliner in Asia Team A Scott Burgoyne‚ Marvin Cook‚ Randy Collins‚ Amanda Baldwin‚ Jason Odle and Cynthia Hicks-Leeper Everest College On-line Business Policy and Strategy MAN 4764-1001 Instructor Monya Ashe February 11‚ 2012 Introduction Oasis Hong Kong Airlines was founded in February 2005 by Rev. Raymond C. Lee‚ and his wife‚ Priscilla H. Lee had they survived; this month would have marked their seven year anniversary. Unfortunately
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Making a Miracle Author(s): Robert E. Lucas‚ Jr. Source: Econometrica‚ Vol. 61‚ No. 2 (Mar.‚ 1993)‚ pp. 251-272 Published by: The Econometric Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2951551 Accessed: 21/02/2010 22:13 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you have obtained prior permission
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