Opened in 1977‚ Ocean Park Hong Kong is one of Hong Kong’s favourite attractions‚ featuring rides‚ exhibits and conservation facilities. Ocean Park is located on the southern side of Hong Kong Island‚ covering more than 870‚000 square metres of land. There are three attraction areas‚ which are the Lowland‚ the Headland and Tai Shue Wan. The three areas are connected by a cable car‚ outdoor escalator which is the second longest in the world and Ocean Express. Aqua City Ocean Park’s Aqua City
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In the essay “The Net Is a Waste of Time” by William Gibson‚ he talks about how he is an “avid browser of the World Wide Web.” While people find this to be odd and his wife finds it positively perverse‚ Gibson thinks differently saying “I‚ however‚ scent big changes afoot‚ possibilities that were never quite as manifest in earlier incarnations of the Net” (Gibson 691). While some people think he is wasting his time with the web‚ he believes it will be the tool of the future. Even though the internet
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Acidification in our Oceans Oceanography April 2‚ 2013 What is Ocean Acidification? “Ocean Acidification‚ is the worldwide reduction in the pH of seawater as a consequence of the absorption of large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) by the oceans.” (Britannica). Ocean acidification is largely the result of loading Earth’s atmosphere with large quantities of CO2‚ produced by vehicles and industrial and agricultural processes. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution about
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Ocean Pollution “Over 80% of marine pollution comes from land-based activities” (WWF‚ May 4‚ 2006‚ p.1). The rest comes from ocean-based activities. Different types of pollution enter the ocean each year. The major pollutants are oil‚ toxic materials‚ and debris. These materials not only pollute the ocean‚ but they also affect the marine life. Before the 1970s there were no laws to prevent and stop people from dumping pollutants into the ocean. Since the early 1970s many laws and regulations
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------------------------------------------------- Online banking From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Online banking (or Internet banking or E-banking) allows customers of a financial institution to conduct financial transactions on a secure website operated by the institution‚ which can be aretail or virtual bank‚ credit union or building society. To access a financial institution ’s online banking facility‚ a customer having personal Internet access must register with the institution for the
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BOOK REVIEW The book‚ Blue Ocean Strategy -How to create Uncontested Market Space and Make competition Irrelevant ‚ authored by W. Chan Kim and Renne Mauborgne is the best seller of its time. It is a widely accepted book for strategy professionals. The title indicates the theme of the book .This book promises to achieve the uncontested market space and make competition irrelevant by making the use of Blue ocean strategy. The book argues that companies in existence today should not try to beat
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Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant Facilitators : Yip Khai Biau (ymike27@hotmail.com) & Lieu Yoke Sun Group/Presentation Title Agilent Restricted Date ##‚ 200X Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) Introduction to BOS BOS Tools : Strategy Canvas & E.R.R.C. Awakening : As-Is Strategy Canvas Exploration : Reconstruct Market Boundaries Strategizing : To-Be Strategy Canvas Actualization : Identify actions to actualize the strategies
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Case 1.1 – Client Acceptance Question # 1: Identify 5 procedures an auditor should perform in determining whether to accept a client. Which of these five are required by the auditing standards? a. (AU 314) The auditor should obtain an understanding of the entity and its environment in the following areas: i. Client’s application of accounting policies ii. The industry‚ regulation and other factors affecting the client iii. Client’s objectives ‚ strategies‚
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Ocean Acidification and its Effects on Marine Butterflies and Coral Reefs For millions of years‚ Earth’s oceans have maintained a relatively stable acidity level. Research shows that a recent and rapid drop in surface pH that could have devastating global consequences through the unbalance the ocean’s acidity. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the early 1800s‚ fossil fuel-powered machines have created a burst of industry and machines. The consequence of this industrial revolution
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has been around for centuries. Currently there are only a few different types of hydro power used to produce energy‚ and only 2 will be covered in this research: wave/current energy & tidal energy. Although both rely on the movement of the earth’s ocean‚ they use the kinetic energy produced to manipulate the movement into an energy source. keywords: sustainable‚ renewable‚ energy‚ resources Table of contents Introduction ……………………………………………….……pg 4 Chapter
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