Is it harder for Hong Kong ESL speakers to understand American English than British English? Hong Kong people are using Chinese basely‚ English as a second language. English will be an official language for the Official documents or legal (Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee). Now a day‚ under the education of Hong Kong‚ students needs to be learned biliterate‚ it will be Chinese and English‚ also trilingual speak in Cantonese‚ English and Putonghua. Hong Kong as a British colony from 1841 to
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about. Wong Kar-Wai’s body of work has an immanent sense of flowing time and space that creates a blend that gives us the sense of fleeting time‚ memory and the chaos of the contemporary urban life. He is one of the most influential directors of Hong Kong with an impressionistic visual style. Mostly known for his films like‚ ChungKing Express (1994)‚ Fallen Angels (1995)‚ In the Mood for Love (2000)‚ Wong has a distinct postmodern sense of structuring and styling his films. It is a collage of the
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SWOT analysis of McDonald’s Hong Kong Strengths 1. Financial Investment: McDonald’s spends a lot of money for marketing promotion and branding. For example‚ McDonald’s will invite celebrities as the spokesman (Eason Chan) and spokeswoman (Joey Yung) for different promotion. McDonald’s launch large marketing campaigns from time to time to keep customer engaged. For example‚ the Monopoly Game in 2011. 2. Location coverage: McDonald’s restaurants locate basically every shopping mall and
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Hong Kong’s Economic and Political Environment Hong Kong’s retrocession in the summer of 1997 was an event long prepared for‚ and built up to‚ in the minds of the territory’s citizens and residents. A significant number of the educated applied for overseas passports and left for more politically and economically stable environments in which to live and work; the "Brain Drain" was a significant problem for Hong Kong from 1984. Return to Chinese rule brought a promise from China that Hong Kong
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and formal attire rental shop located in Hong Kong‚ China. Traditionally‚ gowns of this type were bought and never rented. Currently‚ there is no place like Elegance Recycled where dresses or gowns to a formal event can be rented in China. As disposable income continues to decline‚ everyone is always looking for innovative‚ reasonable and practical options to save money when it comes to spendthrift occasions. Elegance Recycled would be located in Hong Kong Island South that contains‚ “relentless
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nowhere to dispose our waste‚ ______. You may be dubious that there is still a long way to this nightmare; however‚ according to the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department‚ the three major strategic landfills in Hong Kong will be saturated in the mid to late 2010s. In other words‚ our landfills are going to be filled up within ten years. It implies that Hong Kong indeed has an imminent waste problem associated with the sturation of the landfills. At present‚ we depend merely on landfills to
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Is it hard to live in Hong Kong? A psychologist said that stress is a joint result of weak knowledge base plus and in sufficient support. In a highly competitive society like Hong Kong‚ everyone must work very hard for keeping a foothold. Moreover‚ Hong Kong’s Gini Coefficient has consistently at the world’s top rank‚ which implies the city’s income gap have a great disparity‚ despite a high living standard. That is how the stress comes up and let us take a close look at the issues. First of
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Introduction One’s identities can be various. I am a girl who is 19 years old‚ a Hong Kong people‚ a daughter‚ a university student. We have so many different identities. Some of it will change‚ some of it is stable and unchanging. So‚ before the explanation of the relationships between language and identity‚ the definition of identity have to be define first. According to Abercrombie (2000)‚ ” this is the sense of self‚ of personhood‚ of what kind of person one is. Identities always involve
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like watching films and television shows. The films and television shows are either made in Hong Kong or other countries. Those made in Hong Kong are closely related to our daily life and make us feel warm. On the other hand‚ those made in other countries obtain many special effects that make us feel exciting. Nevertheless‚ I prefer watching films and television shows that make in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong‚ TVB produce different types of television shows. For examples‚ drama and variety shows. They
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topic: the 1967 Riots Group members: Why are we doing this topic? The 1967 Riots was the 2nd large scale riot in Hong Kong History. As a Hongkonger‚ we want to know more about it. What is the importance of our research? It is generally acknowledged that after 1967‚ the colonial government became more responsive to the needs of the Hong Kong people. It is crucial for Hong Kong people to know the reason why the colonial government had these changes. In our research‚ we would like to find out
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