Title: Analyse the problems caused by the implementation of anti-smoking legislation in Hong Kong. Identify some solutions to these problems. Paragraph 1 In recent years many countries have enacted anti-smoking legislation. For example‚ on 1 January 2007 Hong Kong extended no smoking areas to cover the inside of restaurants‚ as well as offices and some public outdoor areas (Tobacco control‚ 2007). While these laws have been largely welcomed by both health advocates and the general population‚ they
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and urban problem in Mumbai‚ India According to G.Tyler(1994)‚ the more poor people move from rural to urban area the more poverty is becoming urbanized. A lot of cities have damage because of the extreme poverty and social and environment in stead of being centers of commerce and industry. In this article I will discuss the problem of slum clearance in Mumbai‚ India. I am interested in poor people in urban area. First I will refer about population growth which is related to urban problem. Second
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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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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 for different types of leftovers in housing estates‚ supermarket chain’s effort of selling
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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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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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Ref. No.: HRM0066 Grooming Next-Generation Leaders: The Infosys Way “A true leader is one who leads by example and sacrifices more than anyone else‚ in his or her pursuit of excellence. It is our vision at Infosys‚ to create world class leaders who will be at the forefront of business and technology in today’s competitive marketplace. The Infosys’ Leadership Institute has been conceptualised to instill in our employees creativity to bring new ideas to fruition‚ make transition to new paradigms
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feminist critiques of the welfare state. They all exist to examine and develop their critiques on the individual welfare services ¡V health‚ housing‚ education‚ social security and the personal services. The aim of this paper is to examine the various feminist critiques and thus to decide which perspectives are effective in analyzing the gender inequality in Hong Kong. This paper is divided into three parts. The first part will discuss the different theoretical and strategic positions within feminism
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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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Milestones in Hong Kong and China |Year | |Development | | | | | |1993 | |Officially incorporated in Hong Kong. Received nonprofit status from Hong Kong’s Internal Revenue Department. | | | |
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