the growth of Hong Kong as a ‘global city’‚ and the forces which will determine its future growth development. Word count: 1952 words Globalisation that is happening in the world today gives rise to the context of global cities. This global city is advanced culturally‚ socially‚ politically and especially economically. Hong Kong is considered as a major city in the world. In fact‚ it is regarded as the 5th global city in the world. According to Mr. Andrew Chen of Hong Kong company incorporation
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Bank of China Hong Kong ’s Initial Public Offering by Hugh Thomas Associate Professor of Finance The Chinese University of Hong Kong Draft of April 28‚ 2003 Accepted for publication in Journal of Financial Education. I am grateful to participants at the North American Case Research Institute 2002 conference in Banff‚ Canada‚ for their helpful comments and for research assistance from Wang Zhiqiang and Xu Zhi in preparing some tables. Please contact me at hugh-thomas@cuhk.edu
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ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE Chase’s Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan Group 1 AFNONIN‚ Artem 3035162144; ARDERN‚ Jeffrey 3035160914; GUPTA‚ Agrata 3035161097; KUTUZOVA‚ Ekaterina 3035162156; Disneyland - Chase Case Study Q1: How should Chase have bid in the first round competition to lead the HK$3.3 billion Disneyland financing? After being approached by Disney to raise HK$3.3 billion nonrecourse loan package on a fully underwritten basis‚ Chase had three options available
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Chinese regained sovereignty of Hong Kong. One of the important factors of Hong Kong is its economy. Hong Kong’s economy is characterized by low taxes‚ minimum government intervention and free trade. It is one of the largest trading economies in the world‚ as well as a major service economy‚ with strong links to the mainland China‚ and other countries in Asia. Hong Kong is also responsible for intermediating forty percent of China’s external trade. Hong Kong is governed by a principle of
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One of the main problems that affect the livability in Hong Kong is housing problem. Hong Kong has 7.3 million people living on 1‚100 sq. km of land. There were around 6‚700 people living on every square km. However‚ the ‘right to adequate housing’ and the ‘right to affordable’ are important dimensions resting on the foundation that adequate housing is a basic human need (Leckie 1992; Bengtsson 1995) and which ensures access to a safe and affordable home with freedom from forced eviction. This is
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-their burdens are not only their homework and extra-curricular activities‚ but also their curriculum. -according to a survey conducted by Hong Kong University ‚ about 80% students think that they need to face a lot of challenges about their examinations . -the survey also reveals that Chinese‚ English and mathematics are their main problems. They think that these are very difficult to manage. -for form 5 and 7 students‚ they need to face HKCEE and HKAL examination which can influence
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1. Disneyland Market Positioning and Expansion into the international Market Disneyland has pride itself to be a fantasy world‚ a place where people (regardless of age) can escape from reality (Appendix 1 shows that fantasy world is heavily weighted in the proportion of Disney movies). With this positioning statement that applies to everyone regardless of geographic location (Chinese have dreams and can fantasize as much as Americans or Europeans)‚ expansion into the international market may not
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Hong Kong is frequently described as a place where "East meets West"‚ reflecting the culture’s mix of the territory’s Chinese roots with influences from its time as a British colony. Hong Kong balances a modernised way of life with traditional Chinese practices. Concepts like feng shui are taken very seriously‚ with expensive construction projects often hiring expert consultants‚ and are often believed to make or break a business. Other objects like Ba gua mirrors are still regularly used to deflect
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THE PROBLEM OF POPULATION AGEING IN HONG KONG ………………………………………………………………………………..What can we do for it ? Number of Older Persons‚ 1961 to 2006 1000000 800000 600000 400000 65+ 200000 2006 2001 1996 1991 1986 1981 1976 1971 1966 0 1961 Number Year Page 1 Content Page Introduction 3 Vision‚ Mission and Definition 4 1 2 The Population Structure of Hong Kong Introduction of Population Structure in Hong Kong 1.1 Birth rate and Death rate 1.2 More about Population ageing in Hong Kong
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such a way to have greater co-operation from syndicating partners so as to reduce the resulting loan exposure by way of spreading the risk with other players • Underwriting risk – The risk that the issue may be undersubscribed leading to Chase taking up the balance loan amount. Thus Chase had to set proper price for the loan (spread) and to include more sub underwriters to share the burden in the event of under subscription • Political Risks – The risk that the Hong Kong government may back track on
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