Do you realize that Hong Kong is a sort of lost decade in the last ten years? The bound and determined pollution and social issues were rising; even the image of the greatest economic metropolis in the world is becoming negative. Contrarily, Singapore was flourishing in the past ten years and emerged in rankings of universal cities. The contradistinctions between Hong Kong and Singapore throughout the past ten years are the differences of economic, geographic and political developments. The purpose of this essay is to discuss these three main differences between Hong Kong and Singapore. To start with the hair-trigger difference between Hong Kong and Singapore is the development of the economy. Hong Kong’s economy is growing very sluggish as …show more content…
The limitation of building area leads to the protracted duration to build constructions in Hong Kong as they need to consider many factors to save the land area. Still the reputation of Singapore’s landmark is altitudinous like Marina Bay Sands resort was shot on a documentary film from the National Geographic channel. Yet, Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District plan has been forgotten in the international that the transparency of this project was not clear to the public. By virtue of circumscribed land use, it made sky-scraping housing price in order to affect Hong Kong’s economy. Thus, the limitation construction lands in Hong Kong compare with the gorgeous and famous landmarks in Singapore, it seems that Hong Kong needs more time to solve these problems and overtakes …show more content…
The policy in Hong Kong didn’t keep up with the times, it restricted the development of the economy and new technology, such as the “Aerial Photography and Videography” was introduced to Hong Kong, but there were some outdated policies confined this renovation. However, Singapore compared with Hong Kong’s policy system, there are innovation policies to improve society, like biomedical sciences, they lessen the constraints for foreign biomedical scientists to come here for investigating biomedical in order to enhance people’s health. Therefore, It shows that Hong Kong’s policy couldn’t solve the environmental problems, for example, air pollution, water pollution, landfill problems...etc., these problems may affect the whole country during the lost decade. While the Singapore’s policy is caring social stability and education which make oodles of foreigners want to immigrate here to have a better living
One of China’s best successes has in turn been one of its biggest downfalls. One of the main problems is China’s greatest success which has been its phenomenal economic growth. This is one of the main drivers of the current environmental problems that the country faces. Factories dump pollutants into the air and water. It is difficult to see the Chinese government making the significant sacrifices required to improve their environment if it means slowing down their economic growth.
Hong Kong Reading - "The Book of the Year" Through imperialism, British rule encouraged industrialization and modernization which led to visible growth in the economy as the city is described as a trade center and important in manufacturing and banking, which suggests that the industries and businesses prospered. Additionally, the fear of Chinese rule suggests that businesses operated better under British rule, which shows how imperialism improved the lives of the people of Hong Kong compared to the government before imperial rule. The way that citizens of Hong Kong left the colony before it was returned to China further highlights the different effects of British rule and Chinese rule on the people, suggesting that British rule was preferred by the citizens of Hong Kong which is why they left rather than live under Chinese rule. This implies that the colonized people considered Great Britain’s imperialist rule to be better than the government before which was Chinese. This demonstrates that imperialism improved the lives of the colonized people because it helped the economy grow and prosper.
Hong Kong has always remained a very unique city, one which is said to have ‘a Western past, an Eastern future’. Since its colonisation by the British in the 1860s, it has maintained to a very large extent its Chinese identity and its connection to its Motherland, while at the same time, has frequent contact with the Western world, politically, economically, and culturally. Hong Kong’s unique position has made the city a vibrant international metropolis that acts as a bridge between East and West. Yet after it was returned to China in 1997, this former British colony has been constantly reassessing its British past, struggling to find its new position and redefining its identity.
Over decades, in Singapore’s vigorous economic development, the city-state has been constantly evolving. Without exception, globalisation has shed its mighty impact on Chinatown which enjoys hundreds of years of history. While on the surface, unique architectures in Chinatown have been rather well preserved under the effort of the government’s 1986 conservation plan, this article goes further to perform a close inspection on how globalisation affects the social activities in Chinatown and in turn changes the Chinatown identity.
Singapore government main focus is on technology and chemical, but they are lacked in raw resources, because Singapore does not have land to this mean you cannot build a farm. Also, they have the ocean around them they cannot use it because it is salt water, this make water a very precious resource. The reason, Singapore is a top world ranking for economics, they have the government creating and helping company to grow. While, America are the ninth richest country in the world for GPD per capita, they can create demands. Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. these companies have headquarters in America, which give them the advantage over other countries for their technologies. In addition, they create jobs for people, which means people can afford things, to create demands.
China has approximately 20% of the world’s population, which is around 1.3 billion people (Morris, 2009, p. 111). Also, China has become one of the worlds biggest manufacturing countries within 30 years (Fawssett, 2009, p. 27). However, such rapid development has come at a cost, which has created various environmental problems. Coincidentally, China has 16 cities on a list of the 20 worst polluted cities in the world (Fawssett, 2009, p. 15). Therefore, this essay will explain the reasons for China’s environmental problems, then evaluate the claim that the Chinese government and people, are tackling these environmental problems. First, crop farming techniques over the last hundred years, and their consequences will be explained. Followed by, how peoples choice in food has changed over the last hundred years, and how this indirectly affects the environment. Then, how a capitalist economy is linked to agriculture, and finally what the Chinese government and people are doing to tackle these problems.
In the 90s of the century, many important events happened between China and Hong Kong. Without questioning, one of the most influential incidents happened during this period of time was Hong Kong’s reunion with China in July 1997; it transformed Hong Kong from a colonial dependent territory to a Chinese administration region. The local Hong Kong people felt disoriented of their futures because Hong Kong has been separated from China for a few decades. Many of them came to questioning their national “Chinese” identity; they tend to localize themselves as “HongKongnese” instead of the “citizen of the People’s Republic of China”. Owing to that, the local Hong Kong people have difficulties to restore their sense of
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Comparative advantage means that an industry, firm, country or individual are able to produce goods and services at a lower opportunity cost than others which are also producing the same goods and services. Also, in order to be profitable, the number in exports must be higher than the number in import. From the diagram we seen above, Singapore is seen to have a comparative advantage in some services. The services are Transport, Financial, business management, maintenance & Repair and Advertising & Market Research, etc. These export services to other countries improve the balance of payment. On the other side, Singapore is seen to have a comparative disadvantage in some services. The services are Travel, Telecommunications, Computer & Information,
By 1971, the Cultural Revolution in China had ended in failure and conditions in Hong Kong calmed,” Gloria Lannom states, yet it took a while for Hong Kong to rebuild its economic standings because of this fact.
In the past decade, there are different kinds of social issues and movements in Hong Kong. It has aroused some concerns and discussions in the aspect of cultural identity. Due to the historical and political factors, more and more Hong Kong people think that it is hard to distinguish their identities as Honkonger, Chinese or even Chinese Honkonger, which indicated the unique hybrid identity of Hong Kong people and it is intertwining processes to define who am I and what am I? In additions, due to the homogenization of space under the globalization, people have the almost same experiences and way of life in different global cities. It results in “placelessness” and drives the people more unfamiliar to their city which may easily
In this essay we look in-depth on how government strategies and economic policy play a crucial role in the success of High Performance Asian Economies (HPAEs) during 1960 to 1990 (World Bank 1993).There are eight countries within HPAEs: South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan. Its economic development has significantly rise that it was name ‘East Asia Miracle’ (World Bank, 1993).
After the field trip in Sham Shui Po, I find this place is filled with A Taste of Old Hong Kong. I feel that people show each other care and sympathy here. The neighborhood is full of passion for life. It’s like a window back into the 80s, when entrepreneurial Hongkongers worked hard to transform themselves and their city.
Janus Corporate Solutions. (2011) Introduction to Singapore’s economy. Guide me Singapore. Retrieved April 4, 2011 from http://www.guidemesingapore.com/relocation/introduction/singapores-economy
Hong Kong Museum of History (HKMH) was established by the Urban Council in July 1975. It exhibits objects related to the archaeology, history, ethnography and natural histories of Hong Kong and South China. This essay focuses on the permanent exhibition “The Hong Kong Story”. This essay covers HKMH’s emphasis on Hong Kong history, visitors, and its role in Hong Kong society.