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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internal capabilities that may help a company reach its objectives Hong Thai Travel has been a famous travel service agent for 45 years up to now with the maximum number of branches throughout Hong Kong. The major aim of this company is providing high quality and professional services to customers. Generally‚ there are different products provided by the company. A variety of products is to address a variety of different needs‚ Hong Thai Travel offers high quality innovative tours to customers which
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The Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution is the largest protest in Hong Kong since 1989. This protest had drawn world media attention even overshadowed every international news. The major cause of this revolution is the mutual trust between Hongkongers and Chinese government are going from bad to worse. Hongkongers has accumulated their discontent over years and it made the "White Paper" became the fuse of Umbrella Revolution. In fact‚ there are many reasons causing this protest happened‚ in a simple way
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In Amin Maalouf’s book “In the Name of Identity” Maalouf emphasizes that we should not judge people on one singular identity. He argues that‚ “Identity can’t be compartmentalized. You can’t divide it up into halves or thirds or any other separate segments. I haven’t got several identities: I’ve got just one‚ made up of many components in mixture that is unique to me‚ just as other people’s identity is unique to them as individuals.” The essence of Maalouf’s argument is that one should not define
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Devadasi system is not only exploitation of women‚ it is the institutionalized exploitation of women; it is the exploitation of Dalits‚ the lower class of untouchables; it is the religious sanction given to prostitution of helpless economically and socially deprived women; It is the glorification of humiliation of women. Inherent in this system is the fascistic belief that a certain section of human population‚ the lower caste‚ is meant to serve the ‘higher caste’s superior men’. Inherent in it is
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Hong Kong jewellery industry can be divided into two main categories: precious metal jewellery and imitation jewellery. In terms of production and sales volume‚ precious metal jewellery gets the lion’s share. Manufacturers in Hong Kong are specialized in creating contemporary design jewellery set with diamonds‚ precious and semi-precious stones as well as pearls. Jewellery “made in Hong Kong” is highly renowned all over the world and attains a higher standard of craftsmanship over their counterparts
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for Decision Making (2013) Instructor: David Yip Financial Analysis CEC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Stock Code: SEHK00759 / 759:HK Author: Anthony Lam City University EMBA 2013 Cohort 759 Store CEC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD. Hong Kong Stock Exchange Code: SEHK 00759 / 759:HK COMPANY History CEC International (CEC) was founded by Lam Wai Chun (the current Chairman) in 1979‚ as “Coils Electric Company”. Initially when the company was formed‚ it was a sole proprietorship
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HONG KONG –Still the No.1 Financial Centre in China? Hong Kong has been a major financial centre in Asia for the past decade. Starting off as a fishing village‚ Hong Kong soon developed into a trading centre and then a financial centre. After overcoming a lot of difficulties‚ such as the handing over of Hong Kong in 1997‚ the 911 incident which caused the world’s stock market to fall by a landslide‚ Hong Kong is becoming increasingly prosperous. But with Mainland China’s accelerating economic
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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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The Tourism industry is an important industry in Hong Kong. Inbound and outbound tourism is the major income of Hong Kong. According to the result from the Tourism Commission‚ in 2011‚ Hong Kong received a record-high of 42 million visitors from around the world‚ a remarkable increase of 16.4% over 2010. It is also the first time that the number of arrivals surpassed the 40 million mark. The appreciation of most major currencies against Hong Kong dollar and the improving travel sentiment have fueled
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