Precedent and Stare decisis in Hong Kong: The Case of Transgenders Introduction The doctrines of “precedent” and “stare decisis” have been pillars of Western Law that have withstood the test of time. They have been especially important in upholding the “Rule of Law” based on the tenets of predictability‚ expectations and stability‚ which are all important in a society based on norms and codes. Yet these legal concepts of precedent and “stare decisis” have been condemned for stifling the progress
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Title: Analyse the problems caused by the implementation of anti-smoking legislation in Hong Kong. Identify some solutions to these problems. Paragraph 1 In recent years many countries have enacted anti-smoking legislation. For example‚ on 1 January 2007 Hong Kong extended no smoking areas to cover the inside of restaurants‚ as well as offices and some public outdoor areas (Tobacco control‚ 2007). While these laws have been largely welcomed by both health advocates and the general population‚ they
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Case Study 3 Nov 2009 Bottled Water Industry 1. What are the strategy-shaping business and economic characteristics of the bottled water industry? What is the industry like? The global bottled water industry forecast is growing by 30% through 2010 to reach approximately $82 billion in revenue. Bottled water is thought to be safer than municipal tap water and an alternative choice to high calorie carbonated beverages. Focus on fitness‚ health‚ and the go-go lifestyle has made the United States’
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(HONG KONG) — Pro-Beijing parties in Hong Kong trounced the opposition as voters in the Chinese territory expressed discontent with pro-democratic parties in local elections that may predict the outcome of more important polls next year. Results from Sunday’s poll were released early Monday for individual candidates‚ but the government did not immediately provide a breakdown by political party.(See more on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.) The South China Morning Post newspaper says candidates
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Should same-sex marriage be legalized in Hong Kong? In recent years‚ more homosexual people have come out to disclose their sexual orientation. Gays and lesbians may even feel pride and have higher self-esteem instead of having shame. People in Hong Kong generally are more open-minded now. There is no legal recognition of same-sex marriage in Hong Kong. In many countries or regions‚ the legalization of same-sex marriage is already implemented. Therefore‚ some may say that same-sex marriage should
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Become the Leadership Position in Hong Kong of Their Core Busiess TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Company Background 1 Company Objective 2 ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS 2 CPM Matrix MARKETING SITUATION ANALYSIS 5 SWOT Analysis 7 BCG Growth-Share Matrix 9 Relative Market Share Position in Industry 13 CONCLUSION 15 RECOMMENDATION 16 APPENDIX 18 REFERENCE 20 INTRODUCTION COMPANY BACKGROUND PCCW Limited (PCCW or the Company)is a Hong Kong-based company which holds interests
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ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE Chase’s Strategy for Syndicating the Hong Kong Disneyland Loan Group 1 AFNONIN‚ Artem 3035162144; ARDERN‚ Jeffrey 3035160914; GUPTA‚ Agrata 3035161097; KUTUZOVA‚ Ekaterina 3035162156; Disneyland - Chase Case Study Q1: How should Chase have bid in the first round competition to lead the HK$3.3 billion Disneyland financing? After being approached by Disney to raise HK$3.3 billion nonrecourse loan package on a fully underwritten basis‚ Chase had three options available
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external business environment‚ as well as the internal strengths and weaknesses of the company. We will attempt to discover some of the significant changes and events in the external environment that have occurred in the last 5 years and have directly impacted Nike. We will describe how the company adapted and responded to these changes and what the effects of these events were. Also we will identify and describe some of Nike’s internal strengths and weaknesses. CHANGES AND EVENTS IN THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
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Introduction Nowadays‚ Hong Kong is not only a place for financial‚ real estate or logistical business activities‚ as the government provides the weight on sports events and development. The function of sports activities in HK is no longer to be an entertainment but it starts moving to a professional event. For example the successful outcome of Olympic Equestrian Events in 2008‚ therefore‚ Hong Kong people start changing their mind and believe that they are well prepared for a large international
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underwriters to share the burden in the event of under subscription • Political Risks – The risk that the Hong Kong government may back track on their promises and that they may pressure them to include local banks in the syndication • Reputational risk – In the event that they put a bid that is not fair to other participants‚ this would taint their standing in the project finance industry. • Liquidity risk – the higher the exposure to the loan‚ the higher their liquidity risk because the loan
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