What are the major challenges of current health care system in Hong Kong? How should we reform the system? What should be the roles of individuals‚ market and government in funding and managing the health care system? Major challenges Increased health care financing costs due to increased demand of health care service The ageing population The bulk of inpatient care is subject to a spending cap ~ 90 % of the most expensive services - secondary and tertiary care-are delivered by the public
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market in Hong Kong in which the largest teleport in Asia (Boulton‚ 2001). Some newspaper report had shown that Hong Kong people who own the most mobile phones in the world. According to the Telecommunications Authority announced the latest telecommunications penetration figures‚ it showed that as of October last year‚ there were 9.32 million mobile phone users in Hong Kong out of 700 million people. It means that every 100 Hong Kong people will have 133 mobile phones. It seems that Hong Kong people
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Homeschooling should replace normal schooling for the betterment of students in Hong Kong. Homeschooling refers to the education of children at home‚ typically by parents or tutors‚ unlike the formal settings of schools. In many countries around the world‚ children are not legally obligated to attend school. In England‚ France‚ Canada‚ the United States and Australia‚ it is perfectly legal for parents to educate their kids at home. Homeschooling is becoming more popular every day‚ with a growth
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Codes‚ Volume 10‚ Number 1‚ p.12-16‚ 2011 FIRE LOAD DENSITY SURVEY IN FOUR SHOPPING MALLS IN HONG KONG Carmen C.S. Fong and W.K. Chow Research Centre for Fire Engineering‚ Department of Building Services Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong‚ China (Received 1 December 2010; Accepted 11 January 2011) ABSTRACT Fire loads in four shopping malls with 301 retail shops in Hong Kong were surveyed and reported in this paper. It was observed that fire loads are different under
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No city in the world is as ironic and contradictory as Hong Kong. This city has not only the 6th highest per capita GDP‚ but also the highest Gini coefficient in the world (World Bank‚ 2011). Fortunately‚ the Hong Kong government isn’t turning a blind eye towards this dilemma but are instead actively looking for a trade-off between economic performance and social welfare. One notable example is the re-establishment of the Commission on Poverty‚ it is hoped that a clearly-defined poverty line will
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Case Study Chase’s Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan Analysts: Bian Min‚ Luo Min‚ Wang Hongyu‚ Zhu Haidong Syndicated loan‚ with two or more bank lenders and a single set of legal documents‚ have gained tremendous popularity among corporations to finance their projects. This report aimed at evaluating the process by which Chase Manhattan Bank (“Chase”) syndicated the HK$3.3 billion Hong Kong Disneyland financing. To begin with‚ a detailed analysis of the first-round
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Community College CCN1005 English for Academic Studies (Business) I Project Title: Why can Samsung and Apple dominate the smartphone market in Hong Kong? Group: A15 Date of Submission: 14 Dec 2012 Student Number | Student Name | Signature | 12670196A | CHAN Lai Ying‚ Catherine | | 12665305A | TONG Yin Ting‚ Charmaine | | 12668914A | YEUNG Sing Keung‚ Shawn | | Oligopoly is a ubiquitous phenomenon in most‚ if not all‚ free market
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The intent of this paper is to discuss the stakeholder’s concerns relative to the significance of perceived performance criteria and the related performance outcomes in a construction sector environment located in Hong Kong. The key participants to this study consisted of clients‚ designers‚ consultants and contractors. Using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)‚ the research established nine performance criteria namely profitability‚ care for environmental protection‚ timeliness of project delivery
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The questionnaire about Korean Trend and its influence on Hong Kong culture We are students in the degree program of Business and Administration Management‚ De Montfort University. We are doing a survey to analyze the Korean trend and its influence on Hong Kong culture. We collect personal information voluntarily provided by the respondents‚ and the information will only be used for academic research. After this study‚ all the information obtained will be safely destroyed. 1) Your gender
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Introduction Teenagers ’ violence is one of the biggest problems facing our society in the new millennium. There are many reasons behind and many people blame that it is mostly due to the overload of violent mass media. Many researches have been done on this topic trying to answer this question. Contributing factors to the problem include violent television programs‚ movies‚ comics and online video games [Chilton: 1999]. A recent research done by four national American health organizations namely
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