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    million people serves as the foundation of Hong Kong’s productivity and creativity. Located at the southeastern tip of China, Hong Kong is ideally positioned at the center of East Asia. Not only is Hong Kong a large city on the mainland, but its territory extends to include small rural islands and the Kowloon Peninsula. Once a small port city, Hong Kong is now a world-class center for business, finance, and art culture. Education is a top priority in Hong Kong. The government provides financial assistance

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    When those words are being written down, a huge protest named “Occupy Central” is taking place in Hong Kong. At this critical moment of history, what impresses us first from the name of this protest is a power of space: Hong Kong people, who is regarded as the peripheral of China, by occupying the Central (a sub-center), strive for becoming visible and hearable to the center (Beijing) to resist their doomed future: an ostensible “direct election” in 2017, or even worse political sufferings that people

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    and its Causeway Bay Bookstore went missing in January 2016. Known for gossipy titles about political scandals and other sensitive issues about the Communist Party of China, the Causeway Bay Bookstore attracts lots of mainland Chinese tourists in Hong Kong. Therefore, when the news of the bookshop’s workers has gone missing came out, the general HK public felt shocked and appalled. Pro-democracy lawmakers in HK believe that these booksellers were kidnapped and smuggled to mainland China for political

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    social and technological environment in Hong Kong. The research and analysis is then used to evaluate the market for potential in pet grooming service. “Hong Kong is such a cramped place that it is surprising to learn that we have hundreds of thousands of dogs sharing our city with us”, according to South China Morning Post (2006, p.14). Nonetheless, due to the desire for more sophisticated pet products including pet grooming services, the pet industry in Hong Kong has been flourishing despite the already

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    Reduced managerial staff by almost 1000 in order to flatten the management and empower the employees with more duties and authorities. Disney launched its most recent theme park in Hong Kong in 2005. But at this time they have done research very well from the failure of Paris Disneyland. To be succeeding in Hong Kong

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    Analysis: Yan Toh Heen

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    restaurant of the Intercontinental Hotel that is famed for its excellent panoramic view of Hong Kong and innovative Cantonese cuisine. Guests are captivated by its savory dishes, elegant jade table settings and contemporary interior design. Yan Toh Heen’s very own golden scallops with minced shrimp and fresh pear has been a signature dish since 1984.

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    Rough Draft #1 Hong Kong is a region of China that has a tumultuous past. It was colonized by the British, captured by Japan, given back to the British, and eventually losing its sovereignty to China. The people of Hong Kong are an interesting mixture of economic classes, races, religions, and opinion. Recently, they’ve been in the news due to their protests for the hope of democracy in the region. This paper is an examination of how globalization is affecting the people of Hong Kong, and how they

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    Another reason for the protest is the increasing dissatisfaction with the chief executive, Leung Chun-ying, who is very unpopular in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, unlike other politicians who are disliked by people because of his or her incapability of bringing positive changes, political theories that are either too aggressive or too conservative, or not following his or her original mind, Leung is condemned only because of his awkward position as a leader who is elected and supported by China before

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    this album, the song is made in Hong Kong, and the song 's name, "Ong Ong" is actually derived from Hong Kong. This means that the song is about Hong Kong, and a lot of locations in Hong Kong are mentioned in the lyrics as well ( "Blur - The Magic Whip: Made in Hong Kong."). All in all, we can assume that there are some connections between the issues in Hong Kong and the cute music video. Instead of heavy, sad and relatively direct presentation of the status in Hong Kong, they choose to present vague

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    “One country, two systems”, it is a unique system which is using between Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the People 's Republic of China. According to the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the United Kingdom willing to return the power of governing Hong Kong back to China if the Chinese Government agrees to let Hong Kong’s life styles, political system remain unchanged for 50 years (). Not only remain unchanged for 50 years, The Chinese also made different promises to make sure the sovereignty

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