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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Social Enterprises‚ which we usually called SEs‚ does not have a universal definition. Generally‚ it is a business to achieve specific social objectives‚ such as creating job and training opportunities for the handicaps in our society. According to the survey conducted by Hong Kong General Chamber of Social Enterprises Limited‚ there are only a few SEs made profit under the financial support of government‚ as they claimed that the government have not provide sufficient financial support to them.
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Comparing to the near area‚like Singapore‚Hong Kong’s Gini coefficient is more higher and ranked top in the world.Even the wealth gap is not common in western societies‚however‚it is no doubt that wealth gap has threatened the Hong Kong most. With the change of economic mode in Hong Kong ‚it trend to knowledge-based economy rather than manufacturing industry so that a large number of worker are unemployed immediately‚in the other hand‚a lot of high-class people are benefited by the new mode economy
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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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1. Introduction Hong Kong‚ with only 1100 ㎢ land‚ is regarded as the one of the most success country in global market. Although‚ to be exact‚ Hong Kong is the special administrative regions of China and isn’t independent country‚ because of the agreement ratified when Hong Kong was returned from U.K in 1998‚ Hong Kong is given high autonomy from mainland china by owning individual law system and‚ then‚ is seems as the virtually independent country in international business and economics; many international
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Editor Nursing Issues in Hong Kong Steven L. Baumann‚ RN; PhD Associate Professor‚ Hunter College of the City University of New York‚ New York Changes in nursing in Hong Kong over the past decade have had more to do with the changes in the world and the region’s economy and population than the changes instituted by the Republic of China. Hong Kong’s nearly 7 million people’s health is‚ like in other places‚ threatened by a shortage of skilled and experienced nurses. Hong Kong’s three major university-based
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Is Hong Kong an ideal place? According to the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (2007-2008) Hong Kong dropped 7 places to 26 as a competitive city for investment. If it’s any consolation‚ Hong Kong remained one of the most affluent cities in the world and one of the top 5 in Asia in term of economy‚ infrastructure and freedom of speech. Yes‚ Hong Kong is undoubtedly achieved so well with flying color‚ having a stable economy‚ good job market and good accessibility to anywhere due to intra-city
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Air pollution in Hong Kong is often so bad that it is impossible to see across Victoria Harbor due to all the haze and smog. The government did endeavor to modify the air quality but‚ sadly‚ it still deteriorates continually. Even worse‚ the Air Pollution Index recently hit a record high‚ which suggests that the air quality in Hong Kong is far lower than the international standard. It all shows that air pollution is just a growing problem and I’m writing to raise several concerns about air pollution
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Class boycott in Hong Kong Arouses International Attention A weeklong class boycott that was launched by the Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism on Monday has aroused international attention. Over six foreign press‚ including the BBC and The New York Times report the event‚ and some have paid attention to the democratic process of Hong Kong since April this year. On Monday‚ more than six foreign presses reported details of the class boycott with at least one page. The New York Times
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Article 105 of the Basic Law states that "The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall‚ in accordance with law‚ protect the right of individuals and legal persons to the acquisition‚ use‚ disposal and inheritance of property and their right to compensation for lawful deprivation of their property." This is an expansion of Article Six in the Principles section that "The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall protect the right of private ownership of property in accordance with law." The
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