Dynamic Hong Kong: from a post-colonial city to a post-metropolis Part 1. Introduction Hong Kong‚ once a British colony after the wars‚ has been well-known as a vibrant metropolitan. After 99 years of British rule‚ Hong Kong was handed over to China in 1 July 1997. After a long period of western culture instillation‚ Hongkongers remain confused about their identity in the recent 16 years of post-colonial period. This struggle in identity can be reflected from the city’s cultural‚ economic and
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Project Proposal Of Hong Kong International Airport Department of Information Systems *** Project Proposal *** Introduction Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is the third busiest international passenger airport and operates the busiest international cargo facility in the world. It has been ranked as the busiest airport for international air cargo since 1996. In 2010‚ 50.9 million passengers used HKIA‚ and some 4.1 million tonnes of air cargo passed through Hong Kong. HKIA is connected
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Environmental Scanning Political This factor is normally affected by the strategy or agreement of government. In Hong Kong‚ not only the local government will affect the hospitality‚ also the China government. We analyze that there are two political issue which increasing the Hong Kong inbound tourism and business between foreigner to China. They are Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CPEA) and World Trade Agreement (WTO). China government opened the market to the world and accepted the transaction
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Online shopping among Hong Kong people Introduction: Online shopping is a trend in the world in recent year because of the development of rapid digital era‚ such as smart phones‚ easy checkout systems‚ secure system and so on. Online shopping become plays an important role in electronic commerce. According to UCLA Center for Communication Policy (2001)‚ online shopping has become the third most popular Internet activity‚ immediately following e-mail using/instant messaging and web browsing
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There are striking similarities if you are to put the philosophical works of Kong Qiu and the religious teaching of Jesus Christ. Kong Qiu‚ better known as Confucius‚ focused his teaching on history‚ law‚ poetry‚ and spiritual writing. The Biblical teaching of the Old Testament also provided similar structure of teaching. Like Confucius‚ these teachings included the books of Genesis and Exodus to provide history‚ Leviticus‚ Gods law which included the Ten Commandments‚ and Psalm which is focused
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Education Reform in Hong Kong: 334 System There are a number of controversies and debates on recent education reforms in Hong Kong. The most recent and debatable one is 334 Education System in 2012. In the following‚ it will first briefly look into the old and new education system. Also‚ it will explore the implications of the new education system to see the causes and consequences. By 2012‚ the 334 Education System replaced the 3223 Education System. The two systems are structurally
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QUESTION: How to address poor performance in your area of responsibility? What sort of innovation would you like to propose and implement? How do you address grievance? Poor staff performance and ’problem workers ’ are some of the trickiest things to be dealt with in the office. It ’s difficult to balance morale and productivity in the optimum way for office success‚ and as a result I often hear of managers turning a blind eye to poor staff performance‚ fearing that drawing attention to it
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International Journal of Public and Private Healthcare Management and Economics‚ 1(2)‚ 17-25‚ April-June 2011 17 The Politics of Health Finance Reform in Hong Kong Raymond K. H. Chan‚ City University of Hong Kong‚ Hong Kong ABSTRACT Since the late 1950s‚ Hong Kong’s public health services have increased. They are mainly funded by taxes‚ supplemented by minimal user fees. In the late 1980s‚ the government recognized the limitations of this financing model and subsequently proposed alternative
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welfare people supposed to have. This essay will comment on the development of social welfare in Hong Kong and discuss the factors affecting the development of social welfare. As the society develops‚ there are some new social needs in every stage of developing. Thus‚ there will be different types of social welfare to fulfill the social needs. So in this essay‚ the development of social welfare in Hong Kong is divided into 6 different phases. The phases of development are marked according to the social
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J. Lam‚ R. Chan ( E-Learning Experiences of Hong Kong Students Abstract—The adoption of e-learning in Hong Kong has been increasing rapidly in the past decade. To understand the e-learning experiences of the students‚ the School of Professional and Continuing Education of The University of Hong Kong conducted a survey. The survey aimed to collect students’ experiences in using learning management system‚ their perceived e-learning advantages‚ barriers in e-learning and preferences in new e-learning
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