Economic Conditions in Hong Kong Unemployment went from 2.5% in 1997 to over 6% in 1999 GDP fell to historic low of minus 5.1% in 1998‚ with slight improvement to 0.7% in 2nd qtr. of 1999. Property sector was dominant growth driver in Hong Kong‚ over 65% of stock market valuation and 50% of bank lending. Tourism was only 4% of economy activity in 1998 and 1999. Gov’t. hoped to diversify with a tourist attraction. $104B to territory from tourism in 1996‚ dropped to $55B in mid-1997. The Walt
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Shelton (hero in this movie) doesn’t get justice and he makes a decision to take matters into his own hands. He’s doing what he thinks is right‚ what he thinks is honorable. In short the Plea-negotiation has the benefits and demerits but there is a need to consider these demerits‚ if we want to improve the judicial justice system as if it is not addressed properly than there can happen a very dangerous situation. 1.1 THE FILM – PLOT Clyde Shelton is an upstanding family man whose wife
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Muslim needs to follow the Shariah stated by Allah where all the transactions or business must be halal and clean from prohibited element. The life insurance was containing the prohibited element such as gharar (uncertainty)‚ maisir (gambling) and riba (interest rate). Thus‚ a Muslim must switch to Shariah complaint transaction which more transparent and follow Islam guidance. The problem nowadays‚ a number of people consume the Family Takaful was lower. Thus‚ this research
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1.0 INTRODUCTION In this current era‚ businesses play the most important role in developing a country’s reputation. It is because a nation’s wealth is determined by concerning on certain aspects as one of it is the economical factor. As far as we know‚ businesses are the main sectors of a nation where it decides the economical status of a nation. Apart from that‚ banking operations are also one of the factors which contribute to the economical growth of a country. The main core business of the banking
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’the way to the source of life’ and is now used to refer to legal system in keeping with the code of behaviour called for by the Holly Qur’an (Koran). Amongst the governing principles of an Islamic banking system are: The absence of interest-based (riba) transactions; The avoidance of economic activities involving oppression (zulm) The avoidance of economic activities involving speculation (gharar); The introduction of an Islamic tax‚ zakat; The discouragement of the production of goods and
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now commonplace. What do you think are the main advantages anddisadvantages of this development? Nowadays‚ products of hi-tech like a Mp3 or DVD-players become to be parts of the humans’ life. In my opinion‚ these technologies have merits and demerits. People use these modern techniques everywhere and any time because they are portable‚ compact and may contain a lot of info compared with diskets or tape recording. For example‚ we can take Mp3 or DVD-players with us during the travelling or going
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Comment that the sonnet 130 of Shakespeare is an unconventional poem. Most of the sonnet sequences in Elizabethan England were modelled after that of Petrarch. Petrarch’s famous sonnet sequence was written as a series of love poems to an idealized and idolized mistress‚ Laura. In those sonnets Petrarch praises her beauty‚ her worth‚ and her perfection. He has used an extraordinary variety of metaphors‚ largely based on natural beauties. But in Shakespeare’s day these metaphors had already become
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still being built in today. This sculpture is called Sagrada Famila and has been under construction since the year 1882. It has been financed by many private donations and is predicted to be finished in the year 2026. Than in 1999‚ Barcelona won the RIBA Royal Gold medal for the intense quality of architecture. This is another must see tourist attraction. (Barcelona Gaudi Architecture‚
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when they want to brake it would be less likely you will be able too‚ just in time before an accident can be occur. When you make a speeding offence‚ punishments are always required‚ punishments like losing your licences‚ speeding tickets/fines and demerit points are taken off. To decrease the number of speeding accidents‚ people need to take their time and control there road rage and look out for signs that shows what speed you should be driving. Imagine that one bad decision you made that took away
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“Case Study? ------ its origin‚ aims‚ advantages & methods” History or Origin of Case Study The origin of case study method is attributed to lawyers at Harvard University. The Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration thereafter did substantial path-breaking work of introducing case-study method of teaching management education. This technique has been on the curriculum of that institution for almost seven decades. Indian Scenario The Administrative Staff College‚ Hyderabad
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