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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Subprime Mortgage in Hong Kong? It has already found to be very wrong for the government to loan people for "buying" a housing unit (in the US Subprime Crisis). A government is undoubtedly incompetent to run a banking business. It is highly undesirable to suggest Hong Kong government to follow the fatal suit. Ninja loan has become worldwide famous after the US Subprime Crisis‚ it stands for No Income‚ No Job‚ No Asset. But since the US government pushed to increase the homeownership ratio‚
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Calvin & Tiffunny The housing problem in Hong Kong In 28 Dec.‚2012‚ Greenview Villa began to accept Interested buyers‚ the initial enthusiastic response from the rigid demand of the property market property prices‚ has received about 600 copies of the first day of registration‚ to reflect the rigid housing demand in Hong Kong strong‚ to face a serious shortage of supply‚ high property prices high‚ and the public in buying difficult‚ apart from rising rents lead to the living environment
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we usually called SEs‚ does not have a universal definition. Generally‚ it is a business to achieve specific social objectives‚ such as creating job and training opportunities for the handicaps in our society. According to the survey conducted by Hong Kong General Chamber of Social Enterprises Limited‚ there are only a few SEs made profit under the financial support of government‚ as they claimed that the government have not provide sufficient financial support to them. However‚ can we just determine
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dishes which can literally be re-decorated into a whole new set lunch. In fact‚ food wastes account for 40% of the solid wastes in Hong Kong and a staggering amount of 3200 tons of food is disposed every day from households‚ commercial areas and food premises‚ referring to the figures of Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department. The three landfills in Hong Kong are about to be filled in10-15 years time. In view of this problem‚ three solutions are proposed including establishing recycling bins
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Landfill is a main way of waste management in Hong Kong‚ but it may not be a sustainable way to solve or relieve the garbage problem. Moreover‚ landfill also will eventually saturate. It’s an urgent problem to stakeholders. In fact‚ an annual average of more than one million tons of wastes are produced in Hong Kong. Landfill is not the only way the government can plan for waste disposal. Building an incinerator to relieve the refuse pressure is also viable. In fact‚ a lot of waste is dumped without
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Nowadays‚ Hong Kong needs to face different housing problems. The major housing problem is shortage of housing. As the rate of population growth increases‚ the pressure for housing also increases. When the housing supply falls behind population growth‚ problem arise‚ resulting in the deterioration of the residential environment. The high rate of natural population increase‚ the continued influx of migrants from China and the entry of illegal immigrants further increased the population. And the insufficient
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During the nineteen eighty to nineteen ninety‚ the major segment of Hong Kong economy transform from secondary industry to tertiary industry. The society realizes that our economy is not labour-force oriented‚ but knowledge oriented. Hence‚ the government and the public would like to select or differentiate potential students to engage in university through holding a public examination. The majority of the public hold a belief that students who can get the degree of university is the new power it
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Hong Kong’s education system has been criticized for being extremely tough and all of us have been studying in Hong Kong for years. So‚ what is your feeling about the education system in Hong Kong? In the following presentation‚ I’m going to talk about the existing education system and suggest ways to improve it. The education system in Hong Kong is failing most young people because the education isn’t a real education. But‚ what is a real education? In my view‚ education should help students
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