Learning English through Popular Culture The human desire to look attractive is universal and because of this‚ cosmetic surgery is now a multi-million dollar industry. Write a letter to the editor of the Hong Kong Express about the obsession with physical beauty. Dear Editor‚ I am writing to express my grave concern towards the obsession with physical beauty in the territory. Seeing that a deluge of advertisements and billboards concerning beauty parlors and slimming centres show up on magazines
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A Case for Incorporating Pop Culture into Hong Kong English Curriculum Introduction: “Education is identified with schooling‚ while popular culture is identified with the world of leisure and entertainment” (Benson & Patkin‚ 2010). In recent decades‚ people both inside and outside of academy have been debating over whether popular culture should be taught in schools. The argument between what should be taught and what is not appropriate for education has never come to an end. Many people believe
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worries: 1) Examination -teenagers are mainly secondary students and their ages are mainly 13-17. -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
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Political: In the next few years‚ China is saying that they are going to be investing billions of dollars into Hybrid technology. Honda is a automobile company who is well known for developing ad researching hybrid technology. They have been on the forefront of this new technology and for this reason they will be a top choice for this new hybrid technology. They will need to show the Chinese government that their technology is worth investing in. If they manage to do this‚ they will be bale to
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Hong Kong Business Law Assignment 1 1. Zoe wants to sue the retailer to claim back property damage of $22‚000. The consumer claim to sue the retailer of HK$22‚000 is a minor monetary claim. The Smalls Claims Tribunal was set up to deal with monetary claims involving amounts not exceeding HK$50‚000. It is an inferior court which provides a quick ‚ inexpensive and informal method of adjudicating disputes relating to minor monetary claim. Legal representation is not allowed. It is most feasible
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Introduction: Fast food restaurant is one of most common industry in Hong Kong. Some well-known company such as McDonald even is an international company. So what is the mode of operation under the global competition? According to the Marxism‚ the capitalist may perspective their staff in order to increase the profit. After the implementation of minimum wage‚ does the situation has improve? I’ll consider this critical problem in this essay and state about what kind of perspective they use before
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Anheuser-Busch InBev in Hong Kong Anheuser-Busch InBev is a Belgium based consumer products company that carries over 200 beer products within the global market. Along with producing beer‚ they also have operations in adventure park entertainment and packaging. Their lifelong achievement is to be the Best Beer Company in a Better World (AB InBev 2011 Annual Report). Their products are divided into three different types of brands: local‚ multi-country‚ and global brands. Six of their global
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all these together forms the fifth one. It was no.1 in entertainment companies of 2012 Mickey Mouse goes to Hong Kong Disney land was regarded as one of the main companies to stabilize the local economy. After the discussions and negotiations for almost nine months the government and the company reached a preliminary agreement for the Disneyland in Hong Kong. Major Pillars of Hong Kong economy It can be segmented as: Tourism from mainland China Tourism from Taiwan and Southeast Asia Tourism
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[pic] Associate Degree Program First Semester 2010-2011 Global and Local Cultures City Forum Class: 127-01 Course Lecturer: Stella Kao Name Student ID Ji Xi Ze 10460350 Siu Wan Chi 10453666 Hui Sin Chun 10419957 So Tsz Hing 10454157 Tsang Wan Yu 10442820 Table of Content |Introduction |
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