How to define the ’middle class ’? BY LI KUI-WAI Published: Mar 15 2013 8:50 Email | Print | Share Text Size The definition of “middle class” has been debated recently in Hong Kong. One simplistic definition would be to take the median or average income and those who received the middle” level of income are the “middle class”. Such a definition is easy to understand in mathematical terms‚ but is naive and has a number of drawbacks. Firstly‚ how close the income level to the “middle” would
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How did Ancient Egyptians organise their Government and Society? The Egyptians created a hierarchical system which determined how much respect they received. The bottom began with slaves and farmers‚ it then ascended to the Pharaoh who was mostly appreciated. The Egyptians believed that the Pharaoh was a God and had power over everyone. The Pharaoh had the responsibility to create laws and keep order Making sure that Egypt wasn’t invaded by others and for keeping the other Gods pleased
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Egyptian Citizenship Becoming an Egyptian citizen If you have lived in Egypt for an extended period of time‚ or you are married to an Egyptian national‚ consider applying for Egyptian citizenship. You will no longer have to renew any visas or permits‚ nor will you have to renounce your first citizenship. Children born in Egypt or to at least one Egyptian parent automatically earn citizenship. Spouses of Egyptian nationals do not earn citizenship through marriage‚ though marriage to an Egyptian
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The History of the Greeks: Hellenic and Hellenistic The Hellenic Age and the Hellenistic Age are the two main periods in Greek history. The Hellenic Age is significantly different from the Hellenistic Age. The Hellenic period saw the rising and falling of the polis while Hellenistic period was plagued by warfare among the remaining dynasties. Despite the differences between the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods‚ the one thing that remained consistent in both periods was the Greeks’ ability to not
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alcohol‚ the reality is that they will be likely to try it before they finish secondary school college. “‘Let’s pay attention”‚said Dr. Curry‚ who is the dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. “ You may want to take a look at how you are drinking. If it escalates‚ you’re at risk‚ but you can change that now. ” I know what most young adults drink for social reasons or because they want to ‘impress’ some people they may know‚ but they don’t know any of the negative effects that
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however‚ has their own unique taste in music; one song can be loved by one but hated by another‚ it all depends on our personal taste and what we can relate to. This made me wonder‚ what does the music I listen to say about myself? Do the lyrics define who I am as a person‚ or do I simply like songs because of the beat? As I looked at my top ten playlist‚ I saw that some of my favorite songs do describe me to a certain point. The first song I examined in my playlist was “Kids” by MGMT. I have
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This story begins describing a little town ‚ in which there is a house near the railroad tracks‚ which pass every day at two o clock in the afternoon. For a long time‚ the train engineer blows his whistle‚ which attracted a woman who lived in the house to come out and greet him. During this time‚ the woman’s child is growing and also accompanies his mother to greet the engineer. The engineer becomes old and has seen many accidents and tragedies in the time he has served in the railroad‚ including
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Egypt is located in North Africa‚ bordering on the Mediterranean Sea to the north‚ Libya to the west‚ the Gaza Strip to the east‚ and Sudan to the south. Egypt’s capital city‚ Cairo‚ is located in the north of the country. Alexandria is the second largest city and the second largest metropolitan area in Egypt after Cairo by size and population. The population in Egypt is 85‚294‚388 with 85-90% being Muslim‚ most Sunnis‚ and the remainder being Christian with a small fraction being Jewish. The standard
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The Nile River greatly affected ancient Egypt’s economy‚ culture‚ and daily life. Life would not be possible without the Nile River in ancient Egypt. The Nile River greatly affected ancient Egypt’s economy. One way that the Nile River affected ancient Egypt’s economy‚ was when the Nile River floods‚ the water from the Nile River gives a rich black silt to the land. After the water from the flood goes away‚ the Egyptians could plant crops on that land. This affects the Egyptian economy by providing
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Economics and Law. -I am a member of Awake Your Power program. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT What are your 3 strengths & weaknesses? Please tell us one experience how you utilized your strengths and improve your weaknesses. What are your personal and professional goals which you want to achieve in the next 5 years? YOU AND GLOBAL CITIZEN PROGRAM How AIESEC Global Citizen programme can help you to achieve those personal and professional goal? Which challenges you can foresee to face before and during
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