Maids to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers by Nicole Constable Nicole Constable‚ in Maid to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers describes the physical and psychological lives of those domestic workers in the homes of Chinese in Hong Kong‚ their attitude towards their own lives and work‚ and the attitudes of the workers and the Chinese toward one another. Constable’s primary purpose‚ from a scholarly perspective‚ is to document the particulars of the lives of these
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To what extent was culture in Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century shaped by foreign cultures? Hong Kong was a city with diversified culture. Populated with an overwhelming majority of Chinese‚ Hong Kong had definitely been deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture and customs. Meanwhile‚ it had also been governed by Britain for more than a century‚ and had developed close links with the West. Yet‚ culture in Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century still mainly followed
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Teachers’ role in the proclamation of Inclusive Education in Hong Kong: Challenges and Inspirations Introduction Nowadays‚ when we talk about students with special education needs (SEN)‚ we are no longer focusing on how special education schools treat the SENs for their learning. We address to the issue inclusive education because the public believes every child should share the same fundamental right to learn in a ‘normal’ classroom and education should be provided to cater the wide diversity
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In 1983‚ Hong Kong implemented Fixed-linkage System to US currency because of the reason that Hong Kong currency was very unstable. This Fixed-linkage System is a fixed exchange rate system that fixes the exchange rate of Hong Kong Dollar and United State Dollar to a ratio of 7.8: 1 Hong Kong Monetary Authority does not need to stable exchange market by controlling the supply and demand of HKD. It can be stabilized by Fixed-linkage System. In the past 15 years‚ Hong Kong interest rates and exchange
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HTM 4105 Contemporary Tourism Issues Topic: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – KEY PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FACING HONG KONG Introduction Unquestionably‚ Hong Kong is a blessed land where possesses prosperity and most of the elements of being a world class cosmopolitan which has successfully attracted visitors over years‚ especially from the mainland by emphasising our world-class shopping‚ dining and other urban attractions (Lam‚ H.‚ 2004). Despite the flourishing scene of the tourism industry‚ the
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traveling in Hong Kong” in more cities in China. China people are attracted by the reputation of “Shopping Paradise” in Hong Kong and they have high consuming power‚ so more people from China will come to Hong Kong for traveling. The sales of the air tickets will increase as the turnover of airline from cities in China to Hong Kong increase. - China and Taiwan started the direct flights policy in 2009‚ and more cities in China will launch the direct airlines to Taiwan‚ so Hong Kong can’t enjoy
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the Hong Kong government was a consultative government. The definition of a consultative government is that it consults people’s opinions and listens to them. The features of a consultative Government are that it establishes communication between local associations‚ asks and listen to opinion of people‚ asks for opinion and support in decisions making‚ sets up advisory bodies to collect opinions and set up departments to consult people’s opinions. To a large extent‚ I agree that the Hong Kong government
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Page Preface 3 Definitions of standard weekly working hours in Hong Kong and the World 3 In Hong Kong 3 In other countries and regions
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Hong Kong Housing Problem is not only attributed to the High Population Density Every Hong Kong citizen knows one of the grave troubles in Hong Kong is housing problem. The order of severity can be apparently reflected by many figures in recent research studies. ”Rents up 22 per cent in Hong Kong“ (2011) remarks that “the price of renting two-bedroom accommodation rose by 22% to US$2‚830 a month between 2009 and 2010“ (¶2). Subcommittee on Building Safety and Related Issues (2010) also observes
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permanent identity card‚ claiming that he was a permanent resident under art.24(2)(4) of the Basic Law. Article 24(2)(4) provided “Persons not of Chinese nationality who have … ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than seven years” were permanent residents. X had lived in Hong Kong since the 1960s‚ but between I 1994–97‚ had been in prison for non-immigration offences. Seven years had not elapsed since his release from prison. The lower courts held that he was not a permanent
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