Innovation of Infrastructure Work by Hong Kong: Public Civil Engineering Project Author Note Chan Pak Chuen‚ The Open University of Hong Kong (January 2011) Abstract The innovation plan of the Hong Kong government has been enforced since 1999. However‚ the existing policies attach much importance to innovation of biochemistry and information and communications technology (ICT). The needs of infrastructure innovation have long been overlooked. As a consequence‚ in terms of
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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 general accepted
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Air Pollution in Hong Kong In recent years‚ air pollution has become one of the top concerns of Hong Kong’s‚ which led to the rise of various environmentally friendly campaigns such as Action Blue Sky and Clean Air Charter brought forth by the government. However‚ it is still not uncommon to find the internationally well-known Victoria Harbour being veiled in a cloud of gloomy air with many skyscrapers barely visible at times. What is worrying is that the aforementioned measures seem to be ineffective
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Introduction The fixed-linkage system was implemented in Hong Kong since 1983. The interest rates and exchange rates of Hong Kong therefore are closely related to U.S. This report is conducted to examine the influence of U.S. and Hong Kong interest rates and exchange rates movements on Hong Kong economy‚ the stock markets and the property markets. 1.1 Hong Kong exchange rates Before the implementation of linked exchange rate system‚ the Hong Kong exchange rates were volatile. During the period 1981-1984
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China * Hong Kong Table of Contents Introduction 3 Reasons to do business in China 3 How to enter the Chinese market (through Hong Kong) 5 China’s global financial centre 6 Relationship with western countries 6 Language used in business environment 7 Hong Kong education (different between China – English) 7 International Trade: Fast Facts on Canada-China Commercial Relations 8 Hong Kong business policy/ Law 10 A successful example of starting a business in Hong Kong and moving
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Hong Kong Housing Problem is not only attributed to the High Population Density Every Hong Kong citizen knows one of the grave troubles in Hong Kong is housing problem. The order of severity can be apparently reflected by many figures in recent research studies. ”Rents up 22 per cent in Hong Kong“ (2011) remarks that “the price of renting two-bedroom accommodation rose by 22% to US$2‚830 a month between 2009 and 2010“ (¶2). Subcommittee on Building Safety and Related Issues (2010) also observes
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Hong Kong Comics: Mass Culture? Introduction When I was first given the project topics to study‚ I decided to write a research paper on local comics without a second thought. As a Hong Kong people‚ local comics have took an irreplaceable position in my memory. Reading Old Master Q (老夫子) and Ngau Zai (牛仔) in the public libraries was one of the best memories in my childhood. Hence I want to carry out a study on local comics as a remarkable genre of the local popular culture. However‚ as Ng Wing
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CANADA VS Hong Kong For many people‚ they think that the policy‚ the education‚ and all kinds of things are similar with each other. However‚ they are many minor things that they are very different from each other. I‚ Lysander‚ will talk about this in this following report. From many people’s eyes‚ they think that Hong Kong is a bad place to study for degree in college in Hong Kong‚ as many people thinks that Hong Kong is a place which sucks at everything‚ but clearly it doesn’t. In the table
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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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human activity on Hong Kong since the Neolithic and Paleolithic eras. However‚ the earliest recorded European man to travel there was a Portuguese man named Jorge Álvares who did not travel there until 1513. For many thousands of years‚ Hong Kong was subjected to the rule of the dynastic China. However‚ Britain gained the land of Hong Kong after defeating the Chinese army in the Opium Wars. Today‚ Hong Kong has a democratic government modeled very much after the British one. How did it get there
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