Also the overall recession happening in the economies of the world today will make the overall implementation of the policies of wage protection a lot tougher to apply for the company owners and the impact would definitely result in short- and long- Continue Reading...
Lost Identity of Hong Kong After 1997 emphasizes on the cultural shift of Hong Kong after China's take over in 1997. This paper mainly focuses on Hong Kong's lost freedom of press and expression and how the Chinese leaders turned away from their wor Continue Reading...
Hong Kong Healthcare in the Decade Ahead Improving Gender Inequality and Poverty and the Relationship to Access Hong Kong SAR is a globally recognized leader in health care provision and policy. However, looking forward over the next decade, signif Continue Reading...
Evidence of this can be seen in several industries in which Hong Kong is not longer as competitive as it once was (Edmonds, 2004). There are several reasons for the diminished international business reputation Hong Kong has experienced in recent ye Continue Reading...
Hong Kong was colonized by quite a few nations before it was returned to Chinese control. Among the colonizers were Japan in World War II and Great Britain. On July 1, 1997 sovereignty of Hong Kong was returned to China from England. Britain had gain Continue Reading...
By 1992, Britain had introduced large quantities of democratic measures in Hong Kong, in an attempt to further their independence before China became their government. However, when Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, the Chinese government abo Continue Reading...
Corruption Anti-Corruption No one is immune from the power of corruption. Of course there are orders of magnitude and people can be corrupted in little ways that do not seem to matter, but many times the people that are corrupted are the very ones Continue Reading...
Healthcare Policy Systems: Hong Kong, Australia VOUCHERS FOR THE ELDERLY Healthcare Policy Systems in Hong Kong and Australia Primary Health Care for the Elderly in Hong Kong Primary care is the starting point in the healthcare process (PCO, 2011 Continue Reading...
The country has traditionally relied on growing its workforce as a means of increasing its economic capabilities. While Hong Kong has done the same in the past, its policy has diverged at this point. Faced with an influx of labour from the PRC, Hong Continue Reading...
Leadership Hong Kong Leadership Developments in Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of the great business centers of the world. As such, its business and leadership cultures have been subject to many of the paradigm shifts and economic trends that are atten Continue Reading...
In addition, special events should reflect the totality of the target market. Southeast Asian cultures have water splashing festivals for example, which could be used as an attraction to the park. The objective of the festivals should be to drive re Continue Reading...
Competition Laws in Hong Kong Competition is a mainstay in business just as much as it is for any sports team. Businesses, in general, would probably rather that they have their industry all to themselves, but healthy competition drives the market. Continue Reading...
Confidence in Hong Kong's legal system is a direct result of its links with the rest of the world. if, in our haste to use Chinese, we change the standard and the meaning of the law, and non-Chinese speakers get pushed out of practice, then we risk Continue Reading...
For instance, a study by the Harvard Team determined that fully 11 per cent of the lowest income group (with a monthly household income below U.S.$1,282) suffered from poor health compared with just 3 per cent of the highest income group (i.e., hous Continue Reading...
Human Resources Management: How to Improve Minimum Wage Policy Management in Hong Kong The objective of this research is to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of minimum wage legislation in Hong Kong. When hike minimum wage can help lower skil Continue Reading...
Scarce Land in Hong Kong Land, capital, labour and entrepreneurship constitute the four factors of production. These are referred to as factors of production because people need them in their economic production ventures. Hong Kong, like many fast g Continue Reading...
This shift in Hong Kong's economy as a response to a more open Chinese economy has been explored in detail by economists and academics. This relationship is reciprocal and not one-sided, as China benefits from increased numbers of jobs and industr Continue Reading...
China on Hong Kong after 1997 The purpose of this work is to examine and explore the impact that China has had upon Hong Kong since 1997. Hong Kong has a population of 7,116,302 of which 96% are Chinese. Due to the political shifts on the Mainland Continue Reading...
Toy Industry in Hong Kong Hong Kong Toy Industry The world toy industry in the world is growing tremendously and hence the need by many nations to invest in the sector. Among the nations, Hong Kong has been at the lime light, especially for being t Continue Reading...
Copyright Law in Hong Kong Internationally, Hong Kong has been obligated to protect copyright pursuant to various international as well as domestic copyright conventions which apply to Hong Kong. Amongst the importance of intellectual property right Continue Reading...
Feng Shui in Hong Kong Fengshui in Hong Kong was noted in the first book on the subject ever written for a Western audience, by E.J. Eitel in 1873. Eitel was a German missionary and inspector of the Hong Kong schools and reported a number of instanc Continue Reading...
Fitness Industry in Hong Kong Hong Kong is a densely populated, coastal city in Asia, where both Eastern and Western cultures meet. In this city-state of 7 million persons, the potential for the fitness industry (fitness clubs) to find consumer dem Continue Reading...
Shopping Tourism Hong Kong A study of shopping tourism: Is Hong Kong a good place for shopping? Background to the research Issue 2 Discussion of relevant literature Proposed research Methodology and analysis Sampling Method Demographic Characte Continue Reading...
(Cattelain, 1997; paraphrased) the work of Cattelain additionally states that as of the beginning of "...July, 1997, approximately 66,000 children born to couples of which one is a Hong Kong resident and one is a mainlanders were waiting to come to Continue Reading...
All of these steps were completed in order for Disney to respect and honor local customs and keep consistent with local values. 3.3 Promotion - Definition and application to tourism operation One of the more multi-faceted of the 7 Ps, promotion en Continue Reading...
English in Teaching and Learning Math in Hong Kong With the intermingling of cultures, business, and globalization in general, it is difficult to imagine that English would not be spoken or at least understood in some form in any part of the world. Continue Reading...
Economics The situation in the European air cargo industry bears many hallmarks of a cartel, and this was the finding of the European Commission. The OECD (2002) defines a cartel as "a formal agreement among firms in an oligopolistic industry… Continue Reading...
The government made several key policy changes to provide selected firms a strong start. Two crucial policies during this period are the import-substitution industrialization (ISI) and export promotion (EP). ISI allowed government selected firms in Continue Reading...
Economics in China (Manufacture) There is a time and stage for all types of manufacturing and what may be seen to succeed in China is not likely to succeed in many other countries like the United States. Chinese economy has developed very fast and t Continue Reading...
By means of automation, specialized works that were predominantly done by men in the manufacturing industries situated in the developed nations were diminished. Conversely, non-specialized jobs mainly in the electronic parts manufacturing industries Continue Reading...
Economic Benefit of Complying to Safety and Health Regulations This paper provides a summary of the journal article titled "A Health Impact Assessment of California's Proposed Cap-and-Trade Regulations." (Maxwell, Paul, & Linda, 2012, p e 52). T Continue Reading...
Government The Japanese government has a Constitution created in 1947. It is founded on three principles, respect for fundamental human rights, sovereignty of the people, and renunciation of war. There are also three branches of the government. The Continue Reading...
disrupting America's economic system is a fundamental objective of terrorists Even as the world continues to struggle with the terrible shock from the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, one principle lesson has already become clear: di Continue Reading...
Healthcare Economics Evaluation This report is about a proposed healthcare economics investigation. Some early research has been done and will be described based on what was found and how it was found. The report will conclude with a proposed plan f Continue Reading...
Islamic Bonds: Sukuk and the World of Finance Stocks and bonds are among some of the most common ways of investing and raising capital in the financial markets today. Investors in the international arena are presented with a myriad of choices in ter Continue Reading...
Boom times on the gold coast of China" by Mike Edwards and Michael Yamashita (1997) discusses the industrial boom in the Pearl River Delta. This area of southern China, adjacent to Hong Kong, was experiencing a boom in the 1990s in manufacturing. Th Continue Reading...
SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) broke out in China in 2002, in Guangdong Province. This area is an industrialized region that lies at the heart of China's economic strategy. Cities like Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Dongguan are all major ma Continue Reading...
marketing data collected to analyze the economic performance of the Hideaway Hotel. It consists of annual and monthly economic data, a forecast of next year's performance, and an interpretation of statistical data gathered from the hotel's guests. I Continue Reading...
3. Third world countries are more likely to rely more heavily upon excise taxes on gasoline, tobacco, and alcohol because those are products that sell very well around the world. These are also products that are in a number of cases, particularly t Continue Reading...
