Hong Kong’s Economic and Political Environment Hong Kong’s retrocession in the summer of 1997 was an event long prepared for‚ and built up to‚ in the minds of the territory’s citizens and residents. A significant number of the educated applied for overseas passports and left for more politically and economically stable environments in which to live and work; the "Brain Drain" was a significant problem for Hong Kong from 1984. Return to Chinese rule brought a promise from China that Hong Kong
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and formal attire rental shop located in Hong Kong‚ China. Traditionally‚ gowns of this type were bought and never rented. Currently‚ there is no place like Elegance Recycled where dresses or gowns to a formal event can be rented in China. As disposable income continues to decline‚ everyone is always looking for innovative‚ reasonable and practical options to save money when it comes to spendthrift occasions. Elegance Recycled would be located in Hong Kong Island South that contains‚ “relentless
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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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Introduction One’s identities can be various. I am a girl who is 19 years old‚ a Hong Kong people‚ a daughter‚ a university student. We have so many different identities. Some of it will change‚ some of it is stable and unchanging. So‚ before the explanation of the relationships between language and identity‚ the definition of identity have to be define first. According to Abercrombie (2000)‚ ” this is the sense of self‚ of personhood‚ of what kind of person one is. Identities always involve
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like watching films and television shows. The films and television shows are either made in Hong Kong or other countries. Those made in Hong Kong are closely related to our daily life and make us feel warm. On the other hand‚ those made in other countries obtain many special effects that make us feel exciting. Nevertheless‚ I prefer watching films and television shows that make in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong‚ TVB produce different types of television shows. For examples‚ drama and variety shows. They
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topic: the 1967 Riots Group members: Why are we doing this topic? The 1967 Riots was the 2nd large scale riot in Hong Kong History. As a Hongkonger‚ we want to know more about it. What is the importance of our research? It is generally acknowledged that after 1967‚ the colonial government became more responsive to the needs of the Hong Kong people. It is crucial for Hong Kong people to know the reason why the colonial government had these changes. In our research‚ we would like to find out
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above. In the past‚ Hong Kong education was closely modeled on the system that was found in the UK. Students in secondary school had to go through two major public examinations‚ which are Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) and Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKAL). In the past‚ the local education system has been very exam-orientated in order to go to university. However‚ the students nowadays can go to university after they had qualified results in Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary
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relevance to Hong Kong and the latter part covers the details in the week‚ including the issues that can be explored during it and the ways that the selected issue can be addressed. “Growing up in a challenging world” is a perfect theme for the week as it is process high relevance to Hong Kong as Hong Kong itself is already a city saturated in challenges which measures youths’ ability on different areas‚ majorly educational‚ cognitive and social. It has been agreed for some years that “Hong Kong children
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Since Hong Kong became a colony and ruled by the British Empire for 99 years before handover to China‚ the official language has been changed to English. English became the normal language in Hong Kong‚ its uses in a wide range in public infrastructure‚ including the mass media‚ the civil service and the entertainment career. A data showed that the number of people who speak a reasonable command of English rose from 6.6 percent in 1983 to around 33.7 percent in 1993(Bacon-Shone and Bolton‚ 1998)
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