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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Happiness Can we become happier? The answer is yes. Most people‚ especially those who are less educated‚ will say that happiness is simply having lots of money and luxury things or is successful at work. According to “Happier”‚ Dr. Tai Ben – Shahar – a professor of Harvard University – discusses true happiness in life and the way of making life become more meaningful. Through this piece of work‚ we realize that happiness is a combination of pleasure and meaning. According
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A General Review on the Culture of Hong Kong and Japan through the Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Theory Cultural dimensions theory‚ developed by Geert Hofstede’s‚ describes how a society’s culture affects the values of its members‚ and how these values relate to their behaviour. The theory proposed six dimensions: power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ individualism-collectivism‚ masculinity-femininity‚ long-term and short-term orientation‚ and the latest dimension‚ indulgence and self-restraint
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I disagree with this position to a large extent. Some people believe that the phenomenon in source 1 is mainly due to the generation gap between GenYs and their employers‚ as GenYs and employers are born in different generation‚ their language usage and ideas are quite different‚ eg: GenYs like to use slang and the elder people may like to keep traditional things but GenYs like to try brand new things. They may have communication problems while working or interviewing. Then‚ the GenYs may not
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kid was a totally “Kong Kid”‚ who is popular for unable to look after themselves‚ have low emotional intelligence and are vulnerable to adversity. In the incident‚ the child is ill-tempered and takes everything for granted. It is not logical that a kid to be rude and impolite to his parents‚ he definitely violated the filial promoted by Confucian. I do not think it is acceptable. Thanks to the spoiling parental education. Children in Hong Kong are going to become “Kong Kids”. They are ill-tempered
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culture at a remove: Filipina amahs discover and adapt to the Hong Kong style of family management 21st November‚ 2013 Karishma Sujan Wayne Duan Sunnie Zhang Anna Liu In this essay we discuss the cross-cultural differences in the household management of handling children between the Philippines and Hong Kong. Managing children in HK households In Hong Kong‚ Filipino maids make up 3% of the population. They are especially
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CSR Gap Analysis of the GAP Gap Inc prefaces their 2004/5 CSR report with the question: what is a company’s role in society? Their answer is that a company ‘only realizes its full potential when it embraces its role as a global citizen’. This raises two interesting points; the first is that the answer to the question ‘what is a company’s role in society?’ will be conditioned by normative assumptions about business/government relations in a firm’s country of incorporation. David Detomasi
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Newsroom Review: The Woo Group RBC Wealth Management Hong Kong USA Canada’s housing affordability improves in Q2 2014 RBC Economics TORONTO‚ August 28‚ 2014 - Canada‟s housing became more affordable in the second quarter of 2014 thanks in large part to a decline in mortgage rates‚ according to the latest Housing Trends and Affordability Report issued by RBC Economics Research. “It was more affordable to own a home in virtually all provincial and major local markets across Canada in Q2‚ and
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Hong Leong Bank Conventional Islamic 1. Personal Financial Services I. Credit Cards Offering you tangible savings and everyday privileges II. Investment 1. Personal Financial Services-i I. Deposits Our deposit products are offered under the Shariah contract of Wadiah Yad Dhamanah and Mudharabah (Profit Sharing)‚ which are in accordance with the Shariah principles. Based on the Wadiah concept‚ your savings account will be entitled to Hibah (gift) at the bank’s discretion. Our Mudharabah
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To a large extent‚ Hong Kong became a modernized society in the period of 1970 – 1997 according to the political and economic development of Hong Kong in this period. In terms of politics‚ political modernization is the transformation from traditional autocratic system to modern democratic system. The democratic system included the form of representative government‚ popular election and multi-party system and Hong Kong could mostly achieve it in the period of 1970 – 1997. First‚ there was democratic
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