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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market in Hong Kong in which the largest teleport in Asia (Boulton‚ 2001). Some newspaper report had shown that Hong Kong people who own the most mobile phones in the world. According to the Telecommunications Authority announced the latest telecommunications penetration figures‚ it showed that as of October last year‚ there were 9.32 million mobile phone users in Hong Kong out of 700 million people. It means that every 100 Hong Kong people will have 133 mobile phones. It seems that Hong Kong people
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society. So through text‚ Hong Kong food literature‚ traces of different authors‚ we can have a more consummate understand on the situation of Hong Kong society. Moreover‚ Hong Kong is an international city; also it is a decolonized place of Britain. The characteristic of Hong Kong culture‚ the identity of Hong Kong citizen is always a hot topic. In the decade‚ post-modern has become a new verb to describe Hong Kong. So‚ this treatise is going to find out if Hong Kong is in post-modern period and
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permanent identity card‚ claiming that he was a permanent resident under art.24(2)(4) of the Basic Law. Article 24(2)(4) provided “Persons not of Chinese nationality who have … ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than seven years” were permanent residents. X had lived in Hong Kong since the 1960s‚ but between I 1994–97‚ had been in prison for non-immigration offences. Seven years had not elapsed since his release from prison. The lower courts held that he was not a permanent
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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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How E-tailing affect on Traditional Retail Market in Hong Kong? Products The product quality and Word-of-mouth are importance evaluation of online products. The consumers would consider both quantitative and qualitative aspects of online reviews. The consumer will also collect the comments about favorable news and unfavorable news before they are going to purchase in internet. Moreover‚ when consumers read online reviews‚ they are concern that not only to review marks but to other contextual
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Page Preface 3 Definitions of standard weekly working hours in Hong Kong and the World 3 In Hong Kong 3 In other countries and regions
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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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