EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Minimum Wage Ordinance Cap. 608 is an ordinance enacted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to introduce a minimum wage in Hong Kong in July 2010. The executive branch proposed a minimum wage of HK$30 (~US$3.871) per hour in November 2010‚ which the Legislative Council voted to accept after much debate in January 2011. It came into effect on 1 May 2011. Prior to this‚ there had also been a fixed minimum wage for one specific class of workers‚ foreign domestic
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The liberties of a citizen is perceived not guaranteed. After 9/11 there was a lack of privacy in the United States government that affect everyday life. While the school own the lockers and the supreme court considers us minors‚ privacy should be extended to students cellphones and lockers. The fourteenth amendment addresses all citizens the same rights and equal protection of the law including minors. The fourth amendment also states and proves the right of the people to be “The right of the people
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How would a person vividly detail a moment where they felt most victorious? What would be the best way to express that type of memory? In “The Eight-Yard run” the American novelist‚ Irwin Shaw‚ details the memory of the ex-jock‚ Darling‚ and his run during a football practice that took place 15 years ago. In his text Shaw uses hyperbole’s to describe Darling’s memory by intensifying Darling’s actions. Throughout the text Shaw shows great uses of hyperbole’s‚ For example‚ In one line Shaw describes
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MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION Managerial communication cannot exist without management. It is a major‚ fundamental component of the latter. Each evolution stage of management determined specific forms of managerial communication. Due to the fact that the manager’s attributions are varied and Managerial communication cannot complex (as administrator‚ he organizes process at an organizatorical level‚ as leader‚ makes decisions‚ as entrepreneur takes action at the right moment for
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Article 1 of the constitution covers the purpose and the organization of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Though there are ten sections in the Article and numerous subparagraphs‚ this paper will focus on the structure‚ and a few of the subparagraphs concerning its function. We will begin with the organization since this should be covered before the responsibilities are addressed; this starts in the second section‚ with how the house will be selected‚ the requirements to be selected
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In the fourteenth amendment it states no person is allowed to be denied life‚ in that case‚ should we have the right to die? In 1983‚ the supreme court ruled in favor of Nancy Cruzan‚ in the case of Nancy vs. Missouri‚ by vote of the Supreme Court 5-4. Yes‚ the Supreme Court made the right decision. My reasonings are because Nancy Cruzan died by choice.Next‚ a few days before she died nineteen doctors actually tried to reinsert the tube. Lastly‚ Missouri life support were taking away her right to
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The tenth and fourteenth amendment are both very controversial amendments that are critical to our lives. The original purpose of the tenth amendment is that any power not given to the federal government is given to the states and the people. The fourteenth amendment’s original purpose was to grant citizenship to former slaves. Now it is used to grant citizenship and equal protection regardless of your race; “all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof
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The 14th Amendment: Why it is so important The 14th amendment is very important to America and it’s people. Without the 14th amendment a lot of us would be treated very differently. How are you supposed to defend yourself when your not even considered equal to the same people just like you? That is exactly why the 14th amendment was created‚ to give the people a way to be able to everyone else. I completely believe in the 14th amendment and the reasons behind it. Think about if we didn’t have
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ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments African Americans had almost no rights‚ and not to long before the 14th and 15 amendments were passed they were slaves. Even after the African American’s were freed they still had almost no rights‚ and in the south almost nobody recognized the few rights that African Americans did have. It was not until the 14th and 15th amendments were passed that African Americans started getting basic rights that all people should have. Before the 14th and 15ty amendments
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modern economics‚ famously explained that it is possible to achieve the best economic benefit for all even when‚ and in fact because‚ individuals tend to act in their own self-interest. Smith wrote‚ "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher‚ the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner‚ but from their regard to their own self-interest." Smith’s explanation of the invisible hand showed that through the self-interested actions of dozens‚ hundreds and even thousands of people‚ without any centralized
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