The Commercial Press (H.K.) Ltd.‚ which is the largest bookstore chain in Hong Kong‚ currently operates twenty-two branches in Hong Kong and Macau‚ providing a wide range of quality publications. The grand opening of the Macau branch in early 2008 marked a milestone in the development of its book-selling business. Bridging Books with Readers Supported by a comprehensive central purchasing team‚ products are selected regularly from Mainland China‚ Taiwan‚ Europe and America for readers‚ securing
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Singapore‚ a past British colony that became independent in 1960s‚ are very similar to Hong Kong in several aspects: 1. They have a shared history of colonial pasts; with British rule extending up to hundred years‚ setting the foundation of their political systems. Both Singapore and Hong Kong inherited British democracy and integrated it with the society. 2. They’re both global financial centers and used to be Asian tiger economies. With similar size of the economy‚ two cities perched at the top
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Anheuser-Busch InBev in Hong Kong Anheuser-Busch InBev is a Belgium based consumer products company that carries over 200 beer products within the global market. Along with producing beer‚ they also have operations in adventure park entertainment and packaging. Their lifelong achievement is to be the Best Beer Company in a Better World (AB InBev 2011 Annual Report). Their products are divided into three different types of brands: local‚ multi-country‚ and global brands. Six of their global
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Chinese Diplomacy British Chinese Relations Following the transfer of Hong Kong from the British effectively ended many remnants of British imperialism in China‚ and in the process ended much of Britain’s involvement/power in Asia. The turnover has also given China control over one of the world’s leading financial institutions‚ thus improving not only its economic standing but also its ability to use soft power. The opposite could be said for the effects on the United Kingdom‚ where the turnover
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Economic Conditions in Hong Kong Unemployment went from 2.5% in 1997 to over 6% in 1999 GDP fell to historic low of minus 5.1% in 1998‚ with slight improvement to 0.7% in 2nd qtr. of 1999. Property sector was dominant growth driver in Hong Kong‚ over 65% of stock market valuation and 50% of bank lending. Tourism was only 4% of economy activity in 1998 and 1999. Gov’t. hoped to diversify with a tourist attraction. $104B to territory from tourism in 1996‚ dropped to $55B in mid-1997. The Walt
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“Hong Kong Disneyland” 1. The situation The case introduces the Disney Parks that were opened outsides of the United States (Tokyo‚ Paris). It reveals the reasons why it is successful in Japan and failing in French. Then it focuses on the park which was opened in Hong Kong. Managers tried their best to avoid the mistakes they made in French and thought about culture differences as many as possible. However‚ it still produced some negative effects‚ such as The Lunar New Year Holiday Fiasco‚ during
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Typhoon effects on the Center in Hong Kong Abstract: This paper presents selected results of wind characteristics and structural responses measured from the Center (350 m high‚ 79 floors) in Hong Kong‚ during the passages of three typhoons. The field data such as wind speed‚ wind direction and acceleration responses‚ etc.‚ were continuously measured from the super-tall buildings during the typhoons. The simultaneously measured wind-induced acceleration was adopted to evaluate the dynamic characteristic
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THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG School of Economics and Finance FINA1001: Financial Statement Analysis Second Semester 2009-2010 Dr. Kam-Ming Wan Midterm Examination (90 minutes) April 1‚ 2010 10:40a.m.(12:10p.m. Candidates may use any self-contained‚ silent‚ battery-operated and pocket-sized calculator. The calculator should have numeral-display facilities only and should be used only for the purposes of calculation. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure
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between Hong Kong and mainland using concepts introduced in this course. Introduction Hong Kong‚ located at the southern coastal of China‚ fully shows the diversification of culture‚ with a mix characteristics of different backgrounds. Hong Kong is currently under the rule of the PRC as a special administrative region‚ with the practice of ‘One country‚ two system’. Hong Kong exercises capitalism under the rule of the British government and thus continues its practice after the handover. Hong Kong
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Background The Standard Chartered Marathon has been organized by Hong Kong Amateur Athletics Association for 11 years since 1997. Now it becomes a signature international sporting event in Hong Kong and was recognized as a "Brand Hong Kong Event" by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2007 was successfully held on 4 March 2007‚ attracting over 37‚000 runners to the starting line. With the generous support of the public‚ the Standard Chartered
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