What are the major challenges of current health care system in Hong Kong? How should we reform the system? What should be the roles of individuals‚ market and government in funding and managing the health care system? Major challenges Increased health care financing costs due to increased demand of health care service The ageing population The bulk of inpatient care is subject to a spending cap ~ 90 % of the most expensive services - secondary and tertiary care-are delivered by the public
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3.5 Graham Street: A Case Study As stated in the introduction‚ Graham Street is a character street specialized in selling fresh and affordable produce to people all over Hong Kong. One can find meat‚ vegetables‚ dried seafood and even Chinese medicine and incense there. At the age of 172‚ it is Hong Kong’s oldest wet market‚ but it might not survive for much longer because of the URA. During the process of urban renewal‚ the URA has disregarded its “people first” objective and its procedure lacks
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History 1520 World Civilizations The Renaissance Information Sheet Questions for Discussion: Describe the term Renaissance. Why was it an important event in European history? Do you believe that it was a period in which there was a rebirth of culture‚ government‚ the economy and religion? Discuss the salience of the Protestant Reformation. Do you believe that it played a significant role for the betterment of European society? What was the role of Martin Luther and did his actions
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An investigation of Occupational accidents at Vinci Park Services Hong Kong Limited BY Lam Wing Shan Kennis 02006251 Human Resources Management Option An Honours Degree Project Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfilment of the Graduation Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong April 2005 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost‚ I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor
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Guest Talk Summary on “Love Hong Kong‚ Love Ocean Park Campaign – Turn Threats into Opportunities” Speaker: Ms. Vivian LEE Position: Marketing Director – Sales & Marketing Division Name of Company: Ocean Park Corporation Date of Guest Talk: 5th February‚ 2013 The talk being delivered by Ms. Vivian LEE was indeed very rewarding for me‚ it’s as good as the one delivered by her boss‚ Dr Allan Zeman which I’ve attended not long ago. Background The Ocean Park (Park) unveiled a master
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The intent of this paper is to discuss the stakeholder’s concerns relative to the significance of perceived performance criteria and the related performance outcomes in a construction sector environment located in Hong Kong. The key participants to this study consisted of clients‚ designers‚ consultants and contractors. Using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)‚ the research established nine performance criteria namely profitability‚ care for environmental protection‚ timeliness of project delivery
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Business Review on Harvard Business Review CHINA VS THE WORLD Whose Technology Is It? by Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat‚ December 2010 In this review on the article “CHINA VS THE WORLD – Whose Technology Is It?” by Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat (Harvard Business Review‚ December 2010‚ Pages 95-103)‚ the main purpose is to critical evaluate the authors’ opinions and statements. The above-mentioned article deals with the subject of China being one of the biggest and also fastest growing
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No city in the world is as ironic and contradictory as Hong Kong. This city has not only the 6th highest per capita GDP‚ but also the highest Gini coefficient in the world (World Bank‚ 2011). Fortunately‚ the Hong Kong government isn’t turning a blind eye towards this dilemma but are instead actively looking for a trade-off between economic performance and social welfare. One notable example is the re-establishment of the Commission on Poverty‚ it is hoped that a clearly-defined poverty line will
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(2005) 539–548 Relationship between tourism and cultural heritage management: evidence from Hong Kong$ Bob McKerchera‚*‚ Pamela S. Y. Hoa‚ Hilary du Crosb b a School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong Department of Geography‚ The University of Hong Kong/School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong Received 24 November 2003; accepted 4 February 2004 Abstract This paper examines the nature
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CASE: IB-88 DATE: 01/04/10 TAOBAO VS. EBAY CHINA Ten to 15 years from now‚ I think China can be eBay ’s largest market on a global basis…. We think China has tremendous long-term potential and we want to do everything we can to maintain 1 our No. 1 position. — Meg Whitman‚ eBay CEO‚ 2004 By 2008‚ Jack Ma‚ CEO of Alibaba.com Inc.‚ was in a position to consider how to fortify Taobao’s dominant position in China’s online consumer-to-consumer (C2C) market. Ma and his company had come a long way
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