Towards A Sustainable Reclamation for Hong Kong Albert Cheng Ting Ning‚ JP Project Manager HKSAR Highways Department Aaron Bok Kwok Ming‚ Chief Engineer HKSAR Highways Department Daman Lee‚ Director Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited K K Yin‚ Director Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited Synopsis The call for sustainable development within the built environment has often been the lead priority amongst many of today’s governments’ agenda globally. Hong Kong is of no exception for this course
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Neglect and abuse towards children is a controversial contemporary issue in today’s society as the perceptions regarding the care and protection of children are constantly shifting. However the main purpose of the law remains “the best interests of the child”. The Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) defines family violence as “any action or threat of violence by one family member against another‚ including witnessing that action or threat‚ that causes fear or apprehension about personal safety”. The amendments
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How can we contribute towards our society in the smallest possible way? We are apes‚copycatsof west in Culture‚Fashion‚Independence‚Freedom.We as individuals need to understand our responsibility.Our youths have loved their dresses‚became party animals‚night owls have engaged live-in relationships.Teenagers can be seen flaunting in front of their comrades. But friends i would like to raise a question ain’t we trampling our freedom?Are we really behaving as human beings and not opportunist animals
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The prisoners of war were not treated in accordance with the international agreements. They were complaining about starvation and malnutrition and there were some Japanese who were claiming that the Japanese Army had tried to do their best to service the foods to the Prisoners of War while they were in the camp. What is it like to be a prisoner of war? When you are a Prisoner of War you have to do everything that you are told to do. Often times the Prisoners of War were treated poorly by their captors
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This research will study the influence of television towards children. This research purpose is to identify any related changes‚ consequences‚ and factors that will occur to children’s lifestyle as a result from the influence of the television towards them. This research will use open-ended and close-ended survey paper that will have to distribute to estimate amount of 2000 adult especially parents; this is to determine parents’ observation towards children development with television in rural and urban
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1 Is War Inevitable? The modern human mind has sought to present findings and evidence that would lead to some form of an indication or conclusion regarding the inevitability of war through the multifarious fields of science and technology; anthropology; political science; economics; psychology (both humanist and evolutionary); and cultural studies. The general perception for most people – gauged through academic surveys and Social Networking websites – is that the innate biological tuning
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I chose the biographical nonfiction book With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen B. Oates. As one may guess‚ the book is about our 16th president‚ Abraham Lincoln. I am generally interested in Abraham Lincoln anyways‚ and I have heard good things about this book‚ so I decided to read it for the extension project‚ which made me part of Oates’ intended audience. The author’s audience is those who have a general interest in Abraham Lincoln and/or want to learn more about him. I
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Public Attitudes toward Homosexuality Tom W. Smith NORC/University of Chicago September‚ 2011 Public opinion on homosexual behavior is sharply divided and rapidly changing. As Table 1A shows‚ in 2010‚ 44% believed that “sexual relations between two adults of the same sex” were “always wrong” and 41%
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The benefits of economic globalization‚ internationalization‚ and free trade have brought with them an unanticipated set of social problems (Bales‚ 1999; Estes‚ 1997‚ 1998b; Kilias‚ 1993; Lie‚ 1996; Woodi- wiss‚ 1993). Among them is what appears to be a dramatic rise worldwide in the incidence of child exploitation. Among the most virulent forms of this exploitation is child sexual exploitation [hereafter "CSE"]—including the commercial sexual exploitation of children [hereafter “CSEC”] (United Nations
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Prof. Ali Anudin Two attitudes toward money Money is a necessity for every individual in order to survive everyday living. For most people in the capitalistic world‚ money is the first thing and sometimes the only thing that measures success in life. Money can buy power‚ fame‚ time and even life. However‚ money is just the first common one‚ but not the only one. There are two attitudes or approaches in handling money. The first attitude towards money is that‚ money controls a person’s
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