A Case for Incorporating Pop Culture into Hong Kong English Curriculum Introduction: “Education is identified with schooling‚ while popular culture is identified with the world of leisure and entertainment” (Benson & Patkin‚ 2010). In recent decades‚ people both inside and outside of academy have been debating over whether popular culture should be taught in schools. The argument between what should be taught and what is not appropriate for education has never come to an end. Many people believe
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Teachers’ role in the proclamation of Inclusive Education in Hong Kong: Challenges and Inspirations Introduction Nowadays‚ when we talk about students with special education needs (SEN)‚ we are no longer focusing on how special education schools treat the SENs for their learning. We address to the issue inclusive education because the public believes every child should share the same fundamental right to learn in a ‘normal’ classroom and education should be provided to cater the wide diversity
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driven by bad news‚ their massive volatilities were transmitted back to the US market. The volatility of the Chinese market has had a significantly positive impact on other markets since 2005. The volatility interactions among the markets of China‚ Hong Kong‚ and Taiwan were more prominent than those among the Chinese‚ Western‚ and other Asian markets were. The major correction of the Chinese stock market between February and July 2007 significantly contributed to the volatility surges of other markets
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jungle. The Gorilla was called Kong and Kong was real wonderful friends with an old wise turtle named Jim. Jim was always the one who knew everything; because every time Kong had a question Jim will always have an answer. Now there is no telling how Jim came to be or how he ended up meeting Kong‚ it just happened. For a while everything was going how it was supposed to go‚ everyone was getting along and there wasn’t really any situations that came up. Jim and Kong had their everyday conversation
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Every business has stakeholders involved. A stakeholder is anyone who has a claim in some way to a company’s products‚ operations‚ markets‚ industry‚ and outcomes (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ Ferrell 31). Some stakeholders are more involved than others. Members that are needed for the company to maintain are referred to as primary stakeholders‚ whereas others are called secondary stakeholders. Primary stakeholders can be identified as employees‚ customers‚ investors‚ and shareholders and can also be governments
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International Journal on Engineering Performance-Based Fire Codes‚ Volume 10‚ Number 1‚ p.12-16‚ 2011 FIRE LOAD DENSITY SURVEY IN FOUR SHOPPING MALLS IN HONG KONG Carmen C.S. Fong and W.K. Chow Research Centre for Fire Engineering‚ Department of Building Services Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong‚ China (Received 1 December 2010; Accepted 11 January 2011) ABSTRACT Fire loads in four shopping malls with 301 retail shops in Hong Kong were surveyed and reported in this
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Stakeholders A stakeholder is a person‚ group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives and policies. There is two different types of stake holders‚ these are internal and external. Internal stakeholders are people who are on the inside of the business that already serve the organisation‚ these include staff‚ managers‚ board members etc. external stakeholders are from outside of the company but
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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 abroad and for shopping. To enhance Hong Kong as a first choice for mainland Chinese tourists‚ the Hong Kong government successfully sealed a joint venture with Walt Disney Company for the establishment of a HK Disneyland Park. However‚ the Hong Kong government also gave Ocean Park‚ its local theme park
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Social security had been developed in Hong Kong as a public commitment since the 1970s. The Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme (CSSA) is one of the social welfare programs in Hong Kong‚ which aims to provide a safety net for those who cannot financially support themselves to meet the basic needs. With the low birth rate in Hong Kong‚ the immigrants from Mainland China has formed a significant proportion Hong Kong’s total population. According to the Census and Statistics Department‚
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Stakeholders As argued by Sharma & Starik (12) a stake holder is that which is affected by the operation of an organization entirely or can affect the organization directly. The organization can be of any kind meant to realize certain goals by the society. Stake holders are tenet to the development and performance of the organization without which the organization either cease or collapse completely. As such any organization must strive to identify its stakeholders and their specific needs
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