Is it hard to live in Hong Kong? A psychologist said that stress is a joint result of weak knowledge base plus and in sufficient support. In a highly competitive society like Hong Kong‚ everyone must work very hard for keeping a foothold. Moreover‚ Hong Kong’s Gini Coefficient has consistently at the world’s top rank‚ which implies the city’s income gap have a great disparity‚ despite a high living standard. That is how the stress comes up and let us take a close look at the issues. First of
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The Tourism industry is an important industry in Hong Kong. Inbound and outbound tourism is the major income of Hong Kong. According to the result from the Tourism Commission‚ in 2011‚ Hong Kong received a record-high of 42 million visitors from around the world‚ a remarkable increase of 16.4% over 2010. It is also the first time that the number of arrivals surpassed the 40 million mark. The appreciation of most major currencies against Hong Kong dollar and the improving travel sentiment have fueled
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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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Disney Park (others are in Orlando‚ Anaheim‚ Tokyo‚ and Paris) Is due to open in Hong Kong in 2005 or 2006. The cost of building the park will exceed US $3 billion. However‚ Disney itself is only investing around US $314 million‚ for which it will receive a 43 per cent share in the park (Far Eastern Economic Review‚ 23 January 2003). In other words‚ it will not have a controlling interest in the new park. Hong Kong Government (Disney’s partner) is investing some HK $22.45 billion in the project
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During the nineteen eighty to nineteen ninety‚ the major segment of Hong Kong economy transform from secondary industry to tertiary industry. The society realizes that our economy is not labour-force oriented‚ but knowledge oriented. Hence‚ the government and the public would like to select or differentiate potential students to engage in university through holding a public examination. The majority of the public hold a belief that students who can get the degree of university is the new power it
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most of Hong Kong student have a better result on English rather than Chinese. It bring out a concern about is it a right decision that we to regard English as important. A focus will be placed on the importance on English‚ the demand of using English and the advice on the language policy. The parents‚ teachers and the politicians believe that English is important as the English status in the world is higher than other language. For the parents‚ they hope their son or daughter can study as the
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Editor Nursing Issues in Hong Kong Steven L. Baumann‚ RN; PhD Associate Professor‚ Hunter College of the City University of New York‚ New York Changes in nursing in Hong Kong over the past decade have had more to do with the changes in the world and the region’s economy and population than the changes instituted by the Republic of China. Hong Kong’s nearly 7 million people’s health is‚ like in other places‚ threatened by a shortage of skilled and experienced nurses. Hong Kong’s three major university-based
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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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Air pollution in Hong Kong is often so bad that it is impossible to see across Victoria Harbor due to all the haze and smog. The government did endeavor to modify the air quality but‚ sadly‚ it still deteriorates continually. Even worse‚ the Air Pollution Index recently hit a record high‚ which suggests that the air quality in Hong Kong is far lower than the international standard. It all shows that air pollution is just a growing problem and I’m writing to raise several concerns about air pollution
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Class boycott in Hong Kong Arouses International Attention A weeklong class boycott that was launched by the Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism on Monday has aroused international attention. Over six foreign press‚ including the BBC and The New York Times report the event‚ and some have paid attention to the democratic process of Hong Kong since April this year. On Monday‚ more than six foreign presses reported details of the class boycott with at least one page. The New York Times
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