Insider dealing in Hong Kong Although insider dealing has been a criminal offence under section 291 of Chapter 571‚ Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) in Hong Kong since 2003‚ the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) was initially slow to prosecute offenders‚ commencing its first criminal insider dealing prosecution only in January 2008. Factors to be considered to commence criminal proceedings In deciding whether to commence criminal proceedings against an alleged insider dealer
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Popular Nomination in Hong Kong Wong Ho Long Hang Seng Management College Author Note Informative/Argumentative essay written by S136688 Wong Ho Long as ENG2010 Assignment Number 2 for Peter James Ronald Brokenshire. Popular Nomination in Hong Kong Recently‚ the Universal Suffrage is being discussed by the Hongkongers. One of the controversial issue is the popular nomination for the election of Chief Executive. This essay demonstrates the difference and the comparison of views of two parties
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Nonverbal communication in Hong Kong Business Sirikul Pasek Js.pasek@cityu.edu MBA501 – Global Business Com. Judith Wurster Persuasive May 28th‚ 2013 Position Statement: Nonverbal communication is significant key to succeed in negotiation with Hong Kong businessmen. Introduction: Hong Kong is one of the biggest market hub for business investment in Asia. It blends between two cultures: English and Chinese. Due to its long period
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Introduction Due to the practical part of my studies I travelled to Hong Kong to complete a six month traineeship at a private school. Besides the food and cultural difference I noticed that the people were aware of the fact that their live was dramatically different compared to the life of the rest of Chinas population. Especially the term “One country‚ two system “points out Hong Kong´s special political situation in connection to China. The term was originally used to describe a constitutional
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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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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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rapid development. In Hong Kong‚ however‚ it was not until the recent years that the city ’s government‚ citizens and the media have brought more attention to the development of the city ’s cultural and arts scene and preservation of the former British colony ’s unique cultural heritage. In response to the social unrest‚ the government has begun to develop a specific strategy with regard to the arts and culture. One main focus of their strategies lies in the preservation of Hong Kong cultural heritage
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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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to bench trial that all final judgments are made by a judge. In Hong Kong‚ as it is under the common law system‚ jury trials are used in serious criminal cases and also some civil cases‚ like murder‚ manslaughter‚ rape‚ civil fraud and defamation cases etc. In addition‚ the jury is formed by a group of eligible citizens which is selected by local population. The criteria for service as a jurors are 1) she/he is a resident of Hong Kong‚ 2) is between 21-65 years old‚ 3) is of good character and sound
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Challenges Hong Kong Faced from Shanghai as an International Financial Centre 09815346D YUE Pujue (Betty) The day that Shanghai’s financial system is protected behind the thick walls of a closed account has gone away. When China’s State Council revealed the plan to develop Shanghai into a multi-functional international financial centre by 2020 in the late March 2009‚ Shanghai rapidly responded to the call by increasing its financial industry output value as a share of
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