Trends in the retail industry I) Retail sales: overview For the period January-April overall retail sales have increased by 0‚7% in 2014 (from HK$172‚3m to HK$173‚ 5m): The small increase in retail sales in mainly due to the 14‚3% growth rate that occurred in January 2014. For three consecutive months retails sales have experienced negative growth with a peak of -9.8% in April 2014 as shown in the graph below. Retail
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OASIS HONG KONG AIRLINES LIMITED – WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHAT SHOULD HAVE DONE TO SAVE IT FROM BANKCRUPTCY Table of Content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Company Background Liquidation Timeline Causes of Failure Impacts of Oasis’s Case What Should Have Done to Save Oasis from Bankruptcy Conclusion Company Background Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited • Long-haul budget airline • Hub at Hong Kong International Airport • Founder Mr. Raymond Lee Ms. Priscilla Lee • Started operation – Oct 26‚ 2006 Company
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nowhere to dispose our waste‚ ______. You may be dubious that there is still a long way to this nightmare; however‚ according to the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department‚ the three major strategic landfills in Hong Kong will be saturated in the mid to late 2010s. In other words‚ our landfills are going to be filled up within ten years. It implies that Hong Kong indeed has an imminent waste problem associated with the sturation of the landfills. At present‚ we depend merely on landfills to
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Is it hard to live in Hong Kong? A psychologist said that stress is a joint result of weak knowledge base plus and in sufficient support. In a highly competitive society like Hong Kong‚ everyone must work very hard for keeping a foothold. Moreover‚ Hong Kong’s Gini Coefficient has consistently at the world’s top rank‚ which implies the city’s income gap have a great disparity‚ despite a high living standard. That is how the stress comes up and let us take a close look at the issues. First of
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Denver International Airport: Uncovered When asked about your experience at the airport most would reply by saying “It is dull and boring” or “a tortuous large amount of time spent waiting”. However‚ words used to describe the Denver International Airport are much different. As you drive up to the grand entrance of the 4.8 billion dollar Denver International Airport you are hauntingly greeted by “the Mustang”. Created by Luis Jimenez from New Mexico‚ the Mustang was the first piece of
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CASE STUDY 1 : BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1) Identify some of the micro operations to be found at the airport. For each one : a) identify the transforming and transformed resources b) state which is the predominant transformed resource c) describe the output of each micro operation and say who you think its customers are MicroOperation | Transformed Process | Transforming Process | Output | Customer | Output | Baggage Handling | Bag | Baggage Handler | Reach Destination | Passenger
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VACATIONS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE Hong Kong people love spending their vacations in a different city or country and they love experiencing others cultures. In early years‚ Hong Kong people travelled around through travel agencies; nowadays‚ they plan the trip and schedule by themselves because they would like to have a more flexible and special vacation. They do not only choose the places which they have not been to‚ but sometimes they will re-visit the places that they like the most and have a relaxing
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Subprime Mortgage in Hong Kong? It has already found to be very wrong for the government to loan people for "buying" a housing unit (in the US Subprime Crisis). A government is undoubtedly incompetent to run a banking business. It is highly undesirable to suggest Hong Kong government to follow the fatal suit. Ninja loan has become worldwide famous after the US Subprime Crisis‚ it stands for No Income‚ No Job‚ No Asset. But since the US government pushed to increase the homeownership ratio‚
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Calvin & Tiffunny The housing problem in Hong Kong In 28 Dec.‚2012‚ Greenview Villa began to accept Interested buyers‚ the initial enthusiastic response from the rigid demand of the property market property prices‚ has received about 600 copies of the first day of registration‚ to reflect the rigid housing demand in Hong Kong strong‚ to face a serious shortage of supply‚ high property prices high‚ and the public in buying difficult‚ apart from rising rents lead to the living environment
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dishes which can literally be re-decorated into a whole new set lunch. In fact‚ food wastes account for 40% of the solid wastes in Hong Kong and a staggering amount of 3200 tons of food is disposed every day from households‚ commercial areas and food premises‚ referring to the figures of Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department. The three landfills in Hong Kong are about to be filled in10-15 years time. In view of this problem‚ three solutions are proposed including establishing recycling bins
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