In 1983‚ Hong Kong implemented Fixed-linkage System to US currency because of the reason that Hong Kong currency was very unstable. This Fixed-linkage System is a fixed exchange rate system that fixes the exchange rate of Hong Kong Dollar and United State Dollar to a ratio of 7.8: 1 Hong Kong Monetary Authority does not need to stable exchange market by controlling the supply and demand of HKD. It can be stabilized by Fixed-linkage System. In the past 15 years‚ Hong Kong interest rates and exchange
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Maids to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers by Nicole Constable Nicole Constable‚ in Maid to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers describes the physical and psychological lives of those domestic workers in the homes of Chinese in Hong Kong‚ their attitude towards their own lives and work‚ and the attitudes of the workers and the Chinese toward one another. Constable’s primary purpose‚ from a scholarly perspective‚ is to document the particulars of the lives of these
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The questionnaire about Korean Trend and its influence on Hong Kong culture We are students in the degree program of Business and Administration Management‚ De Montfort University. We are doing a survey to analyze the Korean trend and its influence on Hong Kong culture. We collect personal information voluntarily provided by the respondents‚ and the information will only be used for academic research. After this study‚ all the information obtained will be safely destroyed. 1) Your gender
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strategy of culinary tourism development in Hong Kong and Singapore: A resource-based theory Chen-Tsang (Simon) Tsai Ph.D. Candidate‚ Division of Hospitality Management & Education‚ Department of Human Development & Family Studies‚ National Taiwan Normal University‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan. Jeou-Shyan Horng Professor and Dean‚ Graduate Institute of Tourism & Hospitality‚ JinWen University of Science and Technology‚ Taipei‚ Taiwan. ABSTRACT This study focuses on Hong Kong and Singapore‚ and aims to
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Bandag Inc. on the basis of the analysis done by Gerald Borenstein decided to expand their operations to Hong Kong. This move proved to be favourable for Borenstein until the economic downturn‚ something he had no control over. There were signs along the way of the turning economy‚ but‚ there was no possible way for Borenstein to stop or change the inevitable. Borenstein tried to continue operating as he saw best‚ but stronger competition and the loss of his contacts‚ other factors he had no control
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Community College CCN1005 English for Academic Studies (Business) I Project Title: Why can Samsung and Apple dominate the smartphone market in Hong Kong? Group: A15 Date of Submission: 14 Dec 2012 Student Number | Student Name | Signature | 12670196A | CHAN Lai Ying‚ Catherine | | 12665305A | TONG Yin Ting‚ Charmaine | | 12668914A | YEUNG Sing Keung‚ Shawn | | Oligopoly is a ubiquitous phenomenon in most‚ if not all‚ free market
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measure and define media violence‚ though many researches had been done on this. There exist variations between people‚ as what one person considers violent content‚ another may not. In addition‚ how one is affected by violent content will also vary from different people. Some experts who track violence in television programming‚ such as George Gerbner of Temple University‚ define violence as the act (or threat) of injuring or killing someone‚ independent of the method used or the surrounding context
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the Hong Kong government was a consultative government. The definition of a consultative government is that it consults people’s opinions and listens to them. The features of a consultative Government are that it establishes communication between local associations‚ asks and listen to opinion of people‚ asks for opinion and support in decisions making‚ sets up advisory bodies to collect opinions and set up departments to consult people’s opinions. To a large extent‚ I agree that the Hong Kong government
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The positive and negative influence media advertising has on teenagers in Hong Kong Nowadays‚ media advertising has become very popular in the world. Teenagers can see in news‚ in magazines‚ on posters‚ on television and even on the Internet. However‚ some false may disseminate from these media. In this essay‚ I shall look at both the advantages and disadvantages of media advertising on teenagers. On advantage of media advertising on teenagers is that they can notice some information about
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Codes‚ Volume 10‚ Number 1‚ p.12-16‚ 2011 FIRE LOAD DENSITY SURVEY IN FOUR SHOPPING MALLS IN HONG KONG Carmen C.S. Fong and W.K. Chow Research Centre for Fire Engineering‚ Department of Building Services Engineering The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong‚ China (Received 1 December 2010; Accepted 11 January 2011) ABSTRACT Fire loads in four shopping malls with 301 retail shops in Hong Kong were surveyed and reported in this paper. It was observed that fire loads are different under
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