Mainland Chinese in Hong Kong: Issues of Inclusion Everyone in Hong Kong should have heard of the mainland parallel-goods traders who discriminated by the local citizens. The MTR Corporation’s new policy setting limit to the weight of the luggage and the demonstration against the traders held by the local citizens are some of the evidences showing the discrimination against the mainland Chinese in Hong Kong (Lee & Lo‚ 2012). Actually‚ the mainland Chinese settling in Hong Kong faces lots of barriers
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Corporate Governance in Hong Kong 1. Corporate Governance in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s position as an international economic and financial center is attributed to its exemplary corporate governance. With Hong Kong’s various authorities and regulatory bodies emphasizing on transparency and accountability for listed companies‚ Hong Kong was ranked first for corporate governance among 11 Asian countries in 2007. (Refer to Appendix 1) The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) describes corporate
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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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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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HONG KONG : THE FACTS The Port Hong Kong is fortunate in having a sheltered natural harbour‚ which provides good access and a safe haven for vessels calling at the port from around the world. The port has always been a key factor in the development and prosperity of Hong Kong‚ which is strategically located on the Far East trade routes and is in the geographical centre of the now fast-developing Asia-Pacific Basin. In terms of tonnage of shipping using its facilities‚ cargo handled
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rapid development. In Hong Kong‚ however‚ it was not until the recent years that the city ’s government‚ citizens and the media have brought more attention to the development of the city ’s cultural and arts scene and preservation of the former British colony ’s unique cultural heritage. In response to the social unrest‚ the government has begun to develop a specific strategy with regard to the arts and culture. One main focus of their strategies lies in the preservation of Hong Kong cultural heritage
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Causes of Poverty in Hong Kong The Hong Kong Government is planning to set an official poverty line in the year 2013. The threshold is expected to be set at half of the median household income. Despite Hong Kong being a socially and economically developed city‚ hidden within the crowd of seven million citizens though are people living lives of poverty. This poverty indictor might just pin-point the social groups in society that is in need of help. However‚ disregarding the poverty line‚ certain
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Hong Kong Religions The religion in Hong Kong is very diverse and obvious. The main two religions in Hong Kong are Buddhism and Taoism. But in Hong Kong you can also find another religion which is Confucianism‚ which is where ancestors’ worships and ancient animist beliefs have also been integrated into the environment. Confucianism isn’t really based as a religion‚ because it it’s a philosophy as well as a religion. The numbers of Buddhism’s and Taoist’s in Hong Kong are estimated to be around
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Challenges Hong Kong Faced from Shanghai as an International Financial Centre 09815346D YUE Pujue (Betty) The day that Shanghai’s financial system is protected behind the thick walls of a closed account has gone away. When China’s State Council revealed the plan to develop Shanghai into a multi-functional international financial centre by 2020 in the late March 2009‚ Shanghai rapidly responded to the call by increasing its financial industry output value as a share of
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HONG KONG –Still the No.1 Financial Centre in China? Hong Kong has been a major financial centre in Asia for the past decade. Starting off as a fishing village‚ Hong Kong soon developed into a trading centre and then a financial centre. After overcoming a lot of difficulties‚ such as the handing over of Hong Kong in 1997‚ the 911 incident which caused the world’s stock market to fall by a landslide‚ Hong Kong is becoming increasingly prosperous. But with Mainland China’s accelerating economic
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