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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Mainland Chinese in Hong Kong: Issues of Inclusion Everyone in Hong Kong should have heard of the mainland parallel-goods traders who discriminated by the local citizens. The MTR Corporation’s new policy setting limit to the weight of the luggage and the demonstration against the traders held by the local citizens are some of the evidences showing the discrimination against the mainland Chinese in Hong Kong (Lee & Lo‚ 2012). Actually‚ the mainland Chinese settling in Hong Kong faces lots of barriers
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Energy Wastage in Hong Kong Focus: household energy consumption Solar panels http://www.renewablepowernews.com/archives/1647 Did you know that people this year are consuming nearly twice as much energy as they were 30 years ago? If we continue to use energy at such high rates‚ reserves of non-renewable energy may run out really soon. In order to prevent this people must make small changes by using less energy in their daily lives. Even the smallest action can have an impact on the rest of
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HONG KONG : THE FACTS The Port Hong Kong is fortunate in having a sheltered natural harbour‚ which provides good access and a safe haven for vessels calling at the port from around the world. The port has always been a key factor in the development and prosperity of Hong Kong‚ which is strategically located on the Far East trade routes and is in the geographical centre of the now fast-developing Asia-Pacific Basin. In terms of tonnage of shipping using its facilities‚ cargo handled
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Causes of Poverty in Hong Kong The Hong Kong Government is planning to set an official poverty line in the year 2013. The threshold is expected to be set at half of the median household income. Despite Hong Kong being a socially and economically developed city‚ hidden within the crowd of seven million citizens though are people living lives of poverty. This poverty indictor might just pin-point the social groups in society that is in need of help. However‚ disregarding the poverty line‚ certain
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Essay topic: Should the Hong Kong government implement a minimum wage policy? Cho Mee Ji 2010524339 CAES 1906 - I Hong Kong is one of the world’s most prosperous and financially wealthy cities. However‚ despite the wealthy background‚ the government has serious economic concerns over the high levels of poverty and income inequality in Hong Kong (“The Situation of Poverty”‚ 2003). A study by the Hong Kong Council (2009) has reported that more than 17% of Hong Kong residents or 1.2 million people
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publication "Legal System in Hong Kong" printed in 2008 Preface The first edition of this booklet was published in 1991. Its stated aim was to help the public understand how our legal system works. It stressed the importance of the rule of law to Hong Kong’s past success and future promise and emphasised the role that an informed public could play in ensuring the continued vitality of the legal system. 2007 marked the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
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Trends in the retail industry I) Retail sales: overview For the period January-April overall retail sales have increased by 0‚7% in 2014 (from HK$172‚3m to HK$173‚ 5m): The small increase in retail sales in mainly due to the 14‚3% growth rate that occurred in January 2014. For three consecutive months retails sales have experienced negative growth with a peak of -9.8% in April 2014 as shown in the graph below. Retail
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Da Yuan Instructor: Nicholaus Meyers MUSC 100: Music Appreciation 11th November‚ 2012 The Popular Music in Hong Kong When talk about the popular music we know the 1960s was the golden age of world’s popular music‚ and also the rock and roll. Hong Kong also followed the world’s step. The Hong Kong music was full of happy and freedom atmosphere since Hong Kong economic started to fly at that time. Young people began to contact the western trend. Radio became the main channel of music. The
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(December 2004March 2008) Hong Kong Accounting Standard 27 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements* * This HKAS 27 is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005 but before 1 July 2009. HKAS 27 (Revised) issued in March 2008 is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after 1 July 2009 and supersedes this HKAS 27. 1 HKAS 27 COPYRIGHT © Copyright 2008 Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants This Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standard contains
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