Air Pollution in Hong Kong In recent years‚ air pollution has become one of the top concerns of Hong Kong’s‚ which led to the rise of various environmentally friendly campaigns such as Action Blue Sky and Clean Air Charter brought forth by the government. However‚ it is still not uncommon to find the internationally well-known Victoria Harbour being veiled in a cloud of gloomy air with many skyscrapers barely visible at times. What is worrying is that the aforementioned measures seem to be ineffective
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November‚ 2012 The Popular Music in Hong Kong When talk about the popular music we know the 1960s was the golden age of world’s popular music‚ and also the rock and roll. Hong Kong also followed the world’s step. The Hong Kong music was full of happy and freedom atmosphere since Hong Kong economic started to fly at that time. Young people began to contact the western trend. Radio became the main channel of music. The radio in English was priority‚ so did the foreign music. The Riot of Band
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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 dispose of our garbage. Therefore‚ it will be inevitable for us to face great trouble concerning
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“One artistic strength of Hong Kong cinema‚ then‚ is its use of parallels and motifs—musical‚ visual‚ or verbal—to bind together episodically plotted films.” : In Plots p 120 So far in this Chinese Cinemas class‚ I have noticed something every film we have viewed in class and every Hong Kong film I have watched outside of the lecture: the stories flow perfectly. At first the films could come off as confusing and spotty with all the kung-fu and epic stories. The Hong Kong films we have viewed so
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During the nineteen eighty to nineteen ninety‚ the major segment of Hong Kong economy transform from secondary industry to tertiary industry. The society realizes that our economy is not labour-force oriented‚ but knowledge oriented. Hence‚ the government and the public would like to select or differentiate potential students to engage in university through holding a public examination. The majority of the public hold a belief that students who can get the degree of university is the new power it
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Pros and Cons of an appreciation in Australian dollar In the recent days‚ Australian dollar has witnesses a significant appreciation and keeps strong. To put in a simple way‚ appreciation of Australian dollar‚ for our ordinary consumer‚ means we can buy more goods than before using the same amount of money. This is caused by an increase of purchase power of Australian dollar. As for choices of consumers‚ foreign goods are especially welcomed for the simple reason that they become relatively cheaper
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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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Asiasports: Hockey Night in Hong Kong Determining the Future Business Strategy of Asiasports Limited In March of 1999 the primary decision makers of Asiasports found themselves at a crossroads. “Barnes‚ Weir‚ and Gribble had to make decisions about whether the company should promote hockey outside of Hong Kong and its choice of sports properties. An implementation plan also had to be developed for the chosen strategy” (Delios 1). Although every one of their sports properties was profitable except
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Strong and Weak Dollar “A falling dollar will mean a faster U.S. recovery” written by Martin Fledstein argues in favor of the weak United States Dollar while David Malpass argues in favor of the United States Dollar being strong. Both men present valid reasons as to why they believe the United States currently should be weak or strong compared to other countries’ currencies. This ongoing debate is extremely important because it reflects the United States economy. The United States Dollar is the most
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Chinese Diplomacy British Chinese Relations Following the transfer of Hong Kong from the British effectively ended many remnants of British imperialism in China‚ and in the process ended much of Britain’s involvement/power in Asia. The turnover has also given China control over one of the world’s leading financial institutions‚ thus improving not only its economic standing but also its ability to use soft power. The opposite could be said for the effects on the United Kingdom‚ where the turnover
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