Insider dealing in Hong Kong Although insider dealing has been a criminal offence under section 291 of Chapter 571‚ Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) in Hong Kong since 2003‚ the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) was initially slow to prosecute offenders‚ commencing its first criminal insider dealing prosecution only in January 2008. Factors to be considered to commence criminal proceedings In deciding whether to commence criminal proceedings against an alleged insider dealer
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Innovation of Infrastructure Work by Hong Kong: Public Civil Engineering Project Author Note Chan Pak Chuen‚ The Open University of Hong Kong (January 2011) Abstract The innovation plan of the Hong Kong government has been enforced since 1999. However‚ the existing policies attach much importance to innovation of biochemistry and information and communications technology (ICT). The needs of infrastructure innovation have long been overlooked. As a consequence‚ in terms of
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Comparing to the near area‚like Singapore‚Hong Kong’s Gini coefficient is more higher and ranked top in the world.Even the wealth gap is not common in western societies‚however‚it is no doubt that wealth gap has threatened the Hong Kong most. With the change of economic mode in Hong Kong ‚it trend to knowledge-based economy rather than manufacturing industry so that a large number of worker are unemployed immediately‚in the other hand‚a lot of high-class people are benefited by the new mode economy
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Nowadays‚ Hong Kong needs to face different housing problems. The major housing problem is shortage of housing. As the rate of population growth increases‚ the pressure for housing also increases. When the housing supply falls behind population growth‚ problem arise‚ resulting in the deterioration of the residential environment. The high rate of natural population increase‚ the continued influx of migrants from China and the entry of illegal immigrants further increased the population. And the insufficient
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Mainland Chinese in Hong Kong: Issues of Inclusion Everyone in Hong Kong should have heard of the mainland parallel-goods traders who discriminated by the local citizens. The MTR Corporation’s new policy setting limit to the weight of the luggage and the demonstration against the traders held by the local citizens are some of the evidences showing the discrimination against the mainland Chinese in Hong Kong (Lee & Lo‚ 2012). Actually‚ the mainland Chinese settling in Hong Kong faces lots of barriers
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1. Introduction Hong Kong‚ with only 1100 ㎢ land‚ is regarded as the one of the most success country in global market. Although‚ to be exact‚ Hong Kong is the special administrative regions of China and isn’t independent country‚ because of the agreement ratified when Hong Kong was returned from U.K in 1998‚ Hong Kong is given high autonomy from mainland china by owning individual law system and‚ then‚ is seems as the virtually independent country in international business and economics; many international
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we usually called SEs‚ does not have a universal definition. Generally‚ it is a business to achieve specific social objectives‚ such as creating job and training opportunities for the handicaps in our society. According to the survey conducted by Hong Kong General Chamber of Social Enterprises Limited‚ there are only a few SEs made profit under the financial support of government‚ as they claimed that the government have not provide sufficient financial support to them. However‚ can we just determine
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for Decision Making (2013) Instructor: David Yip Financial Analysis CEC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Stock Code: SEHK00759 / 759:HK Author: Anthony Lam City University EMBA 2013 Cohort 759 Store CEC INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD. Hong Kong Stock Exchange Code: SEHK 00759 / 759:HK COMPANY History CEC International (CEC) was founded by Lam Wai Chun (the current Chairman) in 1979‚ as “Coils Electric Company”. Initially when the company was formed‚ it was a sole proprietorship
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Is Hong Kong an ideal place? According to the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (2007-2008) Hong Kong dropped 7 places to 26 as a competitive city for investment. If it’s any consolation‚ Hong Kong remained one of the most affluent cities in the world and one of the top 5 in Asia in term of economy‚ infrastructure and freedom of speech. Yes‚ Hong Kong is undoubtedly achieved so well with flying color‚ having a stable economy‚ good job market and good accessibility to anywhere due to intra-city
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Hong Kong’s education system has been criticized for being extremely tough and all of us have been studying in Hong Kong for years. So‚ what is your feeling about the education system in Hong Kong? In the following presentation‚ I’m going to talk about the existing education system and suggest ways to improve it. The education system in Hong Kong is failing most young people because the education isn’t a real education. But‚ what is a real education? In my view‚ education should help students
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