Maids to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers by Nicole Constable Nicole Constable‚ in Maid to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers describes the physical and psychological lives of those domestic workers in the homes of Chinese in Hong Kong‚ their attitude towards their own lives and work‚ and the attitudes of the workers and the Chinese toward one another. Constable’s primary purpose‚ from a scholarly perspective‚ is to document the particulars of the lives of these
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In 1983‚ Hong Kong implemented Fixed-linkage System to US currency because of the reason that Hong Kong currency was very unstable. This Fixed-linkage System is a fixed exchange rate system that fixes the exchange rate of Hong Kong Dollar and United State Dollar to a ratio of 7.8: 1 Hong Kong Monetary Authority does not need to stable exchange market by controlling the supply and demand of HKD. It can be stabilized by Fixed-linkage System. In the past 15 years‚ Hong Kong interest rates and exchange
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To what extent was culture in Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century shaped by foreign cultures? Hong Kong was a city with diversified culture. Populated with an overwhelming majority of Chinese‚ Hong Kong had definitely been deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture and customs. Meanwhile‚ it had also been governed by Britain for more than a century‚ and had developed close links with the West. Yet‚ culture in Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century still mainly followed
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HTM 4105 Contemporary Tourism Issues Topic: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – KEY PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FACING HONG KONG Introduction Unquestionably‚ Hong Kong is a blessed land where possesses prosperity and most of the elements of being a world class cosmopolitan which has successfully attracted visitors over years‚ especially from the mainland by emphasising our world-class shopping‚ dining and other urban attractions (Lam‚ H.‚ 2004). Despite the flourishing scene of the tourism industry‚ the
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Hong Kong Housing Problem is not only attributed to the High Population Density Every Hong Kong citizen knows one of the grave troubles in Hong Kong is housing problem. The order of severity can be apparently reflected by many figures in recent research studies. ”Rents up 22 per cent in Hong Kong“ (2011) remarks that “the price of renting two-bedroom accommodation rose by 22% to US$2‚830 a month between 2009 and 2010“ (¶2). Subcommittee on Building Safety and Related Issues (2010) also observes
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War Two. First one is the battle of Hong Kong‚ second one is the battle of Dieppe‚ and the last one is the D-Day. These three battles were very effective and important for the war and world. The battle of Hong Kong is one of the most significant battles in World War II. This battle happened on December 8th 1941 in Hong Kong. It was the time after Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The Japanese soldiers were very confused about how to attack China‚ and Hong Kong was a
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The positive and negative influence media advertising has on teenagers in Hong Kong Nowadays‚ media advertising has become very popular in the world. Teenagers can see in news‚ in magazines‚ on posters‚ on television and even on the Internet. However‚ some false may disseminate from these media. In this essay‚ I shall look at both the advantages and disadvantages of media advertising on teenagers. On advantage of media advertising on teenagers is that they can notice some information about
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Setting Goals at Hong Kong Disneyland Based on the case study in the Business Communication Handbook‚ HK Disneyland has had its share of “growing pains.” (1) Answer the following questions in complete sentences (no bullet points) in approximately three to four sentences each: With the mighty Disney name associated with the theme park‚ would you say that the company’s goals are “ethically sound?” How do you respond to complaints from guests about disregarding “customers’ safety?” Or
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in accomplishing its mission and business strategy. The paper will demonstrate how the decisions of a company’s HR department are essential for a company’s long-term success. In other words‚ strategic planning will not be presented solely as a company’s objective‚ but a human resource imperative as demonstrated through the Euro Disney case. In the case of Euro Disney‚ strategic HR management was simply missing‚ which caused the company’s initial strategy not to be successful in Europe. While analyzing
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the Hong Kong government was a consultative government. The definition of a consultative government is that it consults people’s opinions and listens to them. The features of a consultative Government are that it establishes communication between local associations‚ asks and listen to opinion of people‚ asks for opinion and support in decisions making‚ sets up advisory bodies to collect opinions and set up departments to consult people’s opinions. To a large extent‚ I agree that the Hong Kong government
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