[pic] THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG School of Accountancy ACY 3151 D– Company Law Preserve The Common Law Derivative Action in Hong Kong Presented to Professor C.K. LOW Submitted by Tony BAI Dongyi; Ashley CHEN Xi; Ri REN Xinyu; Zoe ZHOU Beinan 30 April 2010 Abstract This paper is a response to the First Phase Companies Ordinance Rewrite Consultation Paper Question 7 whether we should abolish the common law derivative action (the CDA) currently retained by sec. 168BC (4) in the amended
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Education Reform in Hong Kong: 334 System There are a number of controversies and debates on recent education reforms in Hong Kong. The most recent and debatable one is 334 Education System in 2012. In the following‚ it will first briefly look into the old and new education system. Also‚ it will explore the implications of the new education system to see the causes and consequences. By 2012‚ the 334 Education System replaced the 3223 Education System. The two systems are structurally
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Dynamic Hong Kong: from a post-colonial city to a post-metropolis Part 1. Introduction Hong Kong‚ once a British colony after the wars‚ has been well-known as a vibrant metropolitan. After 99 years of British rule‚ Hong Kong was handed over to China in 1 July 1997. After a long period of western culture instillation‚ Hongkongers remain confused about their identity in the recent 16 years of post-colonial period. This struggle in identity can be reflected from the city’s cultural‚ economic and
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THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG School of Economics and Finance FINA1001: Financial Statement Analysis Second Semester 2009-2010 Dr. Kam-Ming Wan Midterm Examination (90 minutes) April 1‚ 2010 10:40a.m.(12:10p.m. Candidates may use any self-contained‚ silent‚ battery-operated and pocket-sized calculator. The calculator should have numeral-display facilities only and should be used only for the purposes of calculation. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure
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In 2010‚ Octopus Company took “cooperation with the partners” to make use of clients’ personal data and get the commission. Although Octopus Company claimed that they had obtained agreement to persons involved‚ because Octopus card holders had agreed the “personal data policy”. However‚ as a matter of fact that lots of card holders did not read the policy‚ at an obscure spot in the right lower part of the company’s home page‚ we can find a link about "personal data policy”. It is a long document
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Comparison of CB between Argentina and Hong Kong HK main event In 1983‚ Hong Kong established her Currency Board. Hong Kong dollar (HKD) has pegged with the US dollar (USD) at a rate of USD1 to HKD7.8. The major event that assaulted Hong Kong CB was the 1997 Financial Crisis. During that crisis‚ speculator attacked HKD by short selling them. Speculators used hedge funds and attacked the Hang Seng Index (HSI) at the same time. Although the HK government already imposed penalty on “repeated borrowers”
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Should Public Exams Be Abolished In Hong Kong? Public examinations play an important role in a student‘s life‚ especially in Hong Kong. Nowadays‚ there is no other ways to promote into university in Hong Kong unless passing the examination. Students have to sit for 2 major public exams including The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination(HKCEE) and The Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination(HKALE). Should public exams be abolished in Hong Kong? This topic is a hot issue that many
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Environmental Scanning Political This factor is normally affected by the strategy or agreement of government. In Hong Kong‚ not only the local government will affect the hospitality‚ also the China government. We analyze that there are two political issue which increasing the Hong Kong inbound tourism and business between foreigner to China. They are Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CPEA) and World Trade Agreement (WTO). China government opened the market to the world and accepted the transaction
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J. Lam‚ R. Chan ( E-Learning Experiences of Hong Kong Students Abstract—The adoption of e-learning in Hong Kong has been increasing rapidly in the past decade. To understand the e-learning experiences of the students‚ the School of Professional and Continuing Education of The University of Hong Kong conducted a survey. The survey aimed to collect students’ experiences in using learning management system‚ their perceived e-learning advantages‚ barriers in e-learning and preferences in new e-learning
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welfare people supposed to have. This essay will comment on the development of social welfare in Hong Kong and discuss the factors affecting the development of social welfare. As the society develops‚ there are some new social needs in every stage of developing. Thus‚ there will be different types of social welfare to fulfill the social needs. So in this essay‚ the development of social welfare in Hong Kong is divided into 6 different phases. The phases of development are marked according to the social
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