Few would choose to live on the streets if there was a better place to go. But it took a court case last year‚ in which 19 street sleepers sued the government for confiscating and disposing of their personal belongings without notice‚ to turn the media and the public’s attention to the plight of Hong Kong’s most destitute. Social workers estimate there are more than 1‚000 Hongkongers who have been reduced to sleeping in cardboard boxes on pavements‚ receiving occasional lunch boxes handed out
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Should Cafe de Coral expand their business to the European market? [pic] Photo: Cafe de Coral at Uptown Plaza‚ Tai Po‚ Hong Kong Source of image: Wikipedia user - Wing1990hk Student Name: Kam Wing Chi (10430181) Background Cafe de Coral is a well-known fast food restaurant group in Hong Kong. It owns and operates fast food chains and restaurants including Cafe de Coral‚ The Spaghetti House‚ Ah Yee Leng Tong‚ etc. Cafe de Coral group
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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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to Hong Kong and the latter part covers the details in the week‚ including the issues that can be explored during it and the ways that the selected issue can be addressed. “Growing up in a challenging world” is a perfect theme for the week as it is process high relevance to Hong Kong as Hong Kong itself is already a city saturated in challenges which measures youths’ ability on different areas‚ majorly educational‚ cognitive and social. It has been agreed for some years that “Hong Kong children
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Since Hong Kong became a colony and ruled by the British Empire for 99 years before handover to China‚ the official language has been changed to English. English became the normal language in Hong Kong‚ its uses in a wide range in public infrastructure‚ including the mass media‚ the civil service and the entertainment career. A data showed that the number of people who speak a reasonable command of English rose from 6.6 percent in 1983 to around 33.7 percent in 1993(Bacon-Shone and Bolton‚ 1998)
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program? 1.1 Introduction – Ocean Park’s mission and core values Ocean Park (“OP”) is the first theme park in Hong Kong and opened in 1977. It is a non-profit making organisation that aims to provide visitors a unique guest experience combining three elements of entertainment‚ education and conservation. With its long history and distinctive image‚ it has always been regarded as Hong Kong people’s park. To maximize attendance and improve financial performance‚ OP has implemented Redevelopment Master
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The Impacts of Internet on Adolescents in Hong Kong This is a study of mass media in Hong Kong by focusing on how teenagers consume internet by researching on the usage & categories (this will give a solid introduction to this paper) and three modern problems (heavy uses of social platform‚ internet addiction‚ and online gaming addiction“) that a number of teenagers in Hong Kong seems to have or come across with‚ with reference to data and information that suggest the existent of these phenomenon
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Strengths: Honk Kong Disney Theme Park has its incredibly strong brand awareness is its powerful strength. As a child I had willingly been instructed with the brand and can even recognize the distinct calligraphy associated with the brand. It has no surprise because BusinessWeek has ranked Disney as the 8th most recognizable global brand. A recognizable brand such as Disney increases consumer trust and indicates the company’s advanced and successful marketing. Another reason for Hong Kong Disney Theme
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Subdivided units A forgotten corner in the city Hong Kong is an international metropolitan city and it ranks top in various international globalisation index tables. However‚ there are still some people living in small and simple subdivided units in Hong Kong‚ one of the most affluent and prosperous cities in the Asia-Pacific region. This reflects the housing problems and the social phenomenon of wide disparity between the poor and the rich in Hong Kong. Previously‚ the HKSAR Government announced two
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BRE499 Dissertation Title: An Analysis on Tendering Decision in Hong Kong Construction Industry: The Contractor Perspective Department: Department of Building and Real Estate Supervisor: Ms Sandy L.Y. TANG Course: BSc (Hons) in Surveying (Part-time) Submitted by: WONG Yu-fung Student ID: 05507045T Submission Date: 2nd April 2009 Declaration I declare that the completed Dissertation represents my own work‚ except where due acknowledgement is made‚ and
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