Economies of Hong Kong and the Pan-PRD Why the Heritage Foundation ranked Hong Kong as the first “free economy” in the world? Hong Kong has been ranked the freest economy in the world by the Heritage Foundation for the 19th consecutive year since the index was first published in 1995. We will see the criteria of a free economy according to the Heritage foundation. Then we will explain why and how Hong Kong is ranked as the first free economy in the world. Criteria of “free economy” according
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Typhoon effects on the Center in Hong Kong Abstract: This paper presents selected results of wind characteristics and structural responses measured from the Center (350 m high‚ 79 floors) in Hong Kong‚ during the passages of three typhoons. The field data such as wind speed‚ wind direction and acceleration responses‚ etc.‚ were continuously measured from the super-tall buildings during the typhoons. The simultaneously measured wind-induced acceleration was adopted to evaluate the dynamic characteristic
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Title and Description Title: Cyber bullying in Hong Kong – the major causes and the possible solutions Description: 1. To examine and analyze the majors causes for cyber bullying in Hong Kong. 2. Suggest ways for eliminating cyber bullying in accordance to the causes found. Descriptions of the Tool(s)/Method(s) Adopted for the Data Collection - The methods are both qualitative and quantitative. Quantitative method - sending out questionnaires 50 questionnaires consisting 10 multiple-questions
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A Role Model for Hong Kong People Jamie Wong Wan Yiu‚ the Hong Kong cyclist who was awarded a silver medal in the women’s cycling competition at the 2010 Asia Games is a heroine in my eyes. She is also a role model for Hong Kong people and all the athletes. I think her poignant and inspiring stories can leave us some uplifting messages. 26-year-old Jamie Wong was brought up in a single-parent family. Being taught by her mother‚ she is as tough-minded as her mother. In view of her interests
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Introducing "Naked Juice" to Hong Kong There is a niche market for new‚ trendy and novelty products in the food market in Hong Kong. In addition to that the imports of fruit & vegetable juices have grown 30% from 2004 to 2005 and 80% for US imports of juices. According to AC Nielsen one of the top three functional food types in Hong Kong is fruit juice with added supplements/vitamins and fermented drinks containing good bacteria. Also organic fruit juices are popular. Based on these facts
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Topic: What are the ideal body types for men and women in Hong Kong society? In what ways are these body types perpetuated through mass media‚ technology‚ and medicine? According to Bartky (1999)‚ is body modification a form of self-empowerment or self-punishment? Introduction Human body is one of the elements used to assess the attractiveness of a person. Since the aesthetics theory varies in different countries and regions due to different history and cultural background‚ the description of
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The SWOT analysis of cruise product in Hong Kong Strength: - The long history and reputation of the company is the strength‚ if you ask traveling company‚ most people in Hong Kong will say our company name‚ that can proof that we have well-known brand in Hong Kong people - Our service so good and many customers satisfy our services - We provide a lot of trip for different type customer - We are such a large company that we have significant cost advantages over most of our competitors - Good
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The Commercial Press (H.K.) Ltd.‚ which is the largest bookstore chain in Hong Kong‚ currently operates twenty-two branches in Hong Kong and Macau‚ providing a wide range of quality publications. The grand opening of the Macau branch in early 2008 marked a milestone in the development of its book-selling business. Bridging Books with Readers Supported by a comprehensive central purchasing team‚ products are selected regularly from Mainland China‚ Taiwan‚ Europe and America for readers‚ securing
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Government should consider abolish the linked exchange rate system or pegged Hong Kong dollars with China Yuen (RMB) rather than the U.S dollars. The main reason is for this is it will help the future development of Hong Kong economy. Exchange rate is how much a currency worth in terms of other currency. If currency is free floating‚ which allows the exchange rate vary against other currencies determined by the market forces of supply and demand. Some countries may use fixed/pegged exchange rate
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dangerous eating youth behaviours in Portuguese written blogs Author: Castro‚ Teresa Sofia; Osório‚ António José ProQuest document link Abstract: Purpose - Family‚ media and peer pressure seem to influence adolescent development activating the perception and internalisation of thin ideals that may trigger dieting‚ bingeing and other self-harming disorders. The proliferation of problematic online content consumed and produced by young people‚ such as in the case of pro-anorexic web sites‚ seem
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