Background The Standard Chartered Marathon has been organized by Hong Kong Amateur Athletics Association for 11 years since 1997. Now it becomes a signature international sporting event in Hong Kong and was recognized as a "Brand Hong Kong Event" by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2007 was successfully held on 4 March 2007‚ attracting over 37‚000 runners to the starting line. With the generous support of the public‚ the Standard Chartered
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environment 2. The competitive Environment: remote‚ industry and operating environment 3. Macro Environment: wider environment The micro-environment denotes those elements over which the firm has control or which it can use in order to gain advantage that will better help it in its operations. These elements can be manipulated‚ or used to glean information‚ in order to provide fuller satisfaction to the company’s customers. The objective is to ensure organization survival‚ growth and profitability
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Air Transport Industry in Hong Kong Overview As one of the regional hubs for Asia‚ Hong Kong is connected with most urban centres in Asia and half of the world’s population within 5 hours of flight time. Currently‚ more than 100 airlines operate about 1‚000 flights daily‚ linking the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to about 180 destinations worldwide including 48 cities on the Chinese mainland. Handling 56.5 million passengers and 4.03 million tonnes of cargo and in 2012‚ HKIA was Asia’s
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“Strategy of the Top Six Firms” “There are two broad strategic objectives that each of these companies is engaged in: content and distribution. In terms of content‚ every firm has either developed or acquired significant content brands well known to consumers.” “Radio was the first to fall victim to their crystal-gazing; when it first made its appearance many mistakenly believed that the sale of the radio set and not advertising sales would be the main source of revenue (Schulberg‚ 1994). Later
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FMCG firms in a fix over pricing strategy | | | | Some relief is on the way for fast-moving consumer goods( FMCG) companies‚ with prices of crude oil‚ wheat‚ milk and palm oil either on the decline or stabilising. Even as flexible packaging prices — which had become a new headache for FMCG companies — may come down on the back of stable crude oil prices‚ the verdict on production costs is still unclear. While palm oil prices have crashed by almost 40 per cent‚ wheat and milk rates are
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Why firms go international? There are many reasons can promote firms go international‚ includes the domestic market saturation‚ end of PLC in domestic market‚ geographic diversification‚ to gain the economies of scale‚ stiff competition in domestic market and absence of competitors overseas etc. 1. Some firms go international in order to gain the economies of scale. As a research has pointed out that a doubling of output can reduce the production costs by up to 30 per cent. This is very obvious
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Economic Growth Economic growth is the percentage increase in real national output in a given time period or the increase in the productive potential of the economy. Countries grwo at different rates‚ this is partly due to the fact that they are at different stages of their economic cycle. The economic growth for the UK is at 0.2%. The main measure of output is gross domestic product (GDP). GDP is the total value of goods and services produced in an economy during one year. Economic growth
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waste management in Hong Kong‚ but it may not be a sustainable way to solve or relieve the garbage problem. Moreover‚ landfill also will eventually saturate. It’s an urgent problem to stakeholders. In fact‚ an annual average of more than one million tons of wastes are produced in Hong Kong. Landfill is not the only way the government can plan for waste disposal. Building an incinerator to relieve the refuse pressure is also viable. In fact‚ a lot of waste is dumped without being classified‚ recovered
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Class boycott in Hong Kong Arouses International Attention A weeklong class boycott that was launched by the Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism on Monday has aroused international attention. Over six foreign press‚ including the BBC and The New York Times report the event‚ and some have paid attention to the democratic process of Hong Kong since April this year. On Monday‚ more than six foreign presses reported details of the class boycott with at least one page. The New York Times
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immunizations for his age. Sam’s adoptive parents‚ Mary and Bill‚ have noticed some greasy/oily stools in his diaper. In addition‚ they are concerned about his wheezing (when breathing). Physical Examination Vital Signs • Age: 3 yrs.‚ 1 month • Weight: 28 lbs. (lower 10%-tile) • Height: 3 ft. 1 inch • Pulse: 115 beats/minute • Respirations: 30 breaths/minute • Blood Pressure: 95/60 (systolic/diastolic) mmHg General Appearance • Happy‚ energetic child Head and Neck • Runny nose but his ears are clear
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