Hong Kong is frequently described as a place where "East meets West"‚ reflecting the culture’s mix of the territory’s Chinese roots with influences from its time as a British colony. Hong Kong balances a modernised way of life with traditional Chinese practices. Concepts like feng shui are taken very seriously‚ with expensive construction projects often hiring expert consultants‚ and are often believed to make or break a business. Other objects like Ba gua mirrors are still regularly used to deflect
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Hong Leong Bank Conventional Islamic 1. Personal Financial Services I. Credit Cards Offering you tangible savings and everyday privileges II. Investment 1. Personal Financial Services-i I. Deposits Our deposit products are offered under the Shariah contract of Wadiah Yad Dhamanah and Mudharabah (Profit Sharing)‚ which are in accordance with the Shariah principles. Based on the Wadiah concept‚ your savings account will be entitled to Hibah (gift) at the bank’s discretion. Our Mudharabah
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Compared to the Woman Warrior‚ I believe that the situations Marji had to deal with helped her to be able to better describe just how she evolved emotionally. One of the themes that seem to be present in the class in general is one of oppression. Both Kingston and Marji had to deal with this but in two different ways. While Kingston’s was oppressed because it was a cultural norm‚ Marji was oppressed because
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11th grade 1. Your name? Name of others in your group? You may work alone or in groups of up to four students. However‚ each individual group member must submit his or her own proposal. My name is XXX‚ I’m going to work modernity project about Hong with my partner XXX. 2. Describe your project. What are you planning to do? What will you need to do it? Our topic is about “how the Western art influences the modern art in China”. Here are our steps to do with our project: 1. Searching some
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Looking back to her fifth-grade summer world‚ the narrator in Maxine Clair’s “Cherry Bomb” is reminded of the fun times she had back in the day. Clair illustrates the narrator’s playful and reminiscent attitude toward her childhood summer through colloquial diction‚ profuse imagery‚ and humorous anecdotes. The narrator in Clair’s work speaks in a very colloquial manner when she approaches the subject of her 5th grade summer. The narrator repeatedly uses em dashed descriptions (ie. “over-one-hundred-degree
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To: Don Hutton From: Leslie Nguyen K2-3: Kingston Company Preliminary Materiality Assessment a) Describe auditor’s concept of materiality? Information is material and should be disclosed if it is likely to influence the economic decision of financial statement users. Accounting numbers are not perfectly accurate because of the nature of accounting. • Estimates are used and honest mistake happen. b) Some relationship and considerations used by auditors when assessing
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The founder of Build a Bear‚ Maxine Clark‚ has researched and understands the market place and the customer needs in the retail business. Build - A- Bear unquestionably creates a value for customers and at the same time builds a strong relationship with them. By knowing her customers‚ their needs‚ and wants she has created satisfied loyal customers and has a large share of the market in the toy business. Build – A – Bear Workshop has a customer driven marketing strategy. The company targets
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In the except from Maxine Clair’s “Cherry Bomb”‚ the adult narrator relates significant memories from her fifth grade summer. Through the narration of her private box and her cherry bomb‚ Clair is able to capture the youthfulness and innocence of childhood summers.In the beginning of the first paragraph‚ emphasis is put on the immaturity and youth of the fifth grade narrator in her memories. “Life was measured in summers” is a form of generalization that a child who has yet to experience the stressfulness
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In her poem “The Sound Of Night”‚ Maxine Kumin recalls an experience outside with other people at night time when a whole other world comes out. She describes the many animals that thrive in the night and make noises that can be interpreted as threatening. The author appears scared of the unknown and what could be lurking in it’s dark depths. The title‚ “The Sound Of Night”‚ makes the reader begin to ponder what sounds they associate with night. I associate night with chirps and whistles and creaks
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Woodchucks burrow labyrinths of tunnels underground‚ and often they arise just to harass people and pillage their gardens. Also known as groundhogs‚ woodchucks are a furry four legged rodent that is celebrated nationally in February. “Woodchucks” by Maxine Kumin demonstrates a change of heart‚ when a former peace maker goes rogue on a colony of groundhogs. Many people do not like woodchucks and work to get rid of the pests‚ while others are the opposite‚ until something brings about change. This poem
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