Uncertainty Avoidance What is Uncertainty Avoidance? The Uncertainty Avoidance is one of the five intercultural dimensions developed by Hofstede. This cultural index concerned with a community’s tolerance for dubiousness and amphibology. It demonstrate to what extent a culture programs its members to feel either inconvenient or convenient in unstructured situations. This situations are new‚ unfamiliar‚ surprising‚ and different from usual. Uncertainty avoiding cultures try to reduce the opportunity
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Energy Wastage in Hong Kong Focus: household energy consumption Solar panels http://www.renewablepowernews.com/archives/1647 Did you know that people this year are consuming nearly twice as much energy as they were 30 years ago? If we continue to use energy at such high rates‚ reserves of non-renewable energy may run out really soon. In order to prevent this people must make small changes by using less energy in their daily lives. Even the smallest action can have an impact on the rest of
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Da Yuan Instructor: Nicholaus Meyers MUSC 100: Music Appreciation 11th November‚ 2012 The Popular Music in Hong Kong When talk about the popular music we know the 1960s was the golden age of world’s popular music‚ and also the rock and roll. Hong Kong also followed the world’s step. The Hong Kong music was full of happy and freedom atmosphere since Hong Kong economic started to fly at that time. Young people began to contact the western trend. Radio became the main channel of music. The
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Hong Kong‚ a special administrative region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ is located in the southern coast of China‚ surrounded by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea. It is well known of having a vast skyline and deep natural harbor‚ and is one of the world’s most densely populated areas in the world. Mainland China‚ the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland‚ is a geographic and political geopolitical field under the jurisdiction of the PRC’s terminology to describe‚
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The right to privacy in Hong Kong The definition of privacy refers to one’s freedom of thought and expression‚ the right of private property and also protects their personal information. According to the article of the right to privacy (1890) written by Warren and Brandeis‚ privacy is the right to be let alone and believe it is the right inviolate of personality. Therefore‚ there are some ordinances in Hong Kong’s common law and the Hong Kong bill of right are used to protect the citizen’s right
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this article because it explains how China uses a group of students as a scapegoat‚ similar to how Napoleon uses Snowball as a scapegoat. I thought it was interesting how Animal Farm and this article compare and contrast. This article describes how Hong Kong‚ a former British colony was returned to Chinese control in 1997 and “placed under a semi-autonomous administration” that many consider to inreality be under Beijing’s control. The author states that “Since the handover‚ China has violated all of
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Hong Kong – Jenny Bakery – Best Butter Cookies Restaurant: Jenny Bakery Cuisine: Dessert/Bakery Last visited: April 10‚ 2010 Location: 5 locations - Central‚ Hong Kong Address: Metro: Central Station Shop 126‚ #33 Queens Road Central‚ Melbourne Plaza 1st Floor‚ Central‚ Hong Kong Tel: 2524-1988 Price Range: $10-20 1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very good 5: Excellent 6: Tres Excellent!! Food: 6 (for butter cookies) Service: n/a Ambiance: n/a Overall: 5 Additional comments: * Since
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Essay topic: Should the Hong Kong government implement a minimum wage policy? Cho Mee Ji 2010524339 CAES 1906 - I Hong Kong is one of the world’s most prosperous and financially wealthy cities. However‚ despite the wealthy background‚ the government has serious economic concerns over the high levels of poverty and income inequality in Hong Kong (“The Situation of Poverty”‚ 2003). A study by the Hong Kong Council (2009) has reported that more than 17% of Hong Kong residents or 1.2 million people
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respondents are mainly the Mainland Chinese and the Hong Kong people. And there will be almost 100 respondents included. The questionnaire is designed into three main parts and distribute by internet. In Part1‚ it asks for respondent’s information and it is mainly ask those respondents who like the national of Chinese or Hong Kong more. In Part 2‚ it is about to ask people who think which is the most niceness of the Mainland Chinese or Hong Kong. In Part 3‚ it is mainly about the solving of the conflicts
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Based on Geert Hofstede’s research‚ Hong Kong is a high power distance society. I agree with this analysis. An inequality social hierarchy is instituted in Hong Kong. For example‚ salary range between Hong Kong’s upper class and lower class is wide. Minimum wage for workers is $30 per hour‚ but some upper status people can get more than $3000 per hour.1 Besides‚ the Gini Coefficient of Hong Kong is the highest in the developed countries‚ since 1981‚ the coefficient increased continually and
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