arrives. Blue Book information editorial board and Social Science Literature Publishing House (2010) pointed out that “China's e-commerce transaction volume reached 3.85 trillion yuan in 2009”. Utilisation of e-business services was also high amongst Hong Kong people. About 98.3% of all persons had used e-business services such as Octopus Card and Automatic Teller Machine (Census and Statistics Department, 2009). One of the pitfalls for the development of e-business, however, is the concerns on consumer
colonisation of Hong Kong left many positive impacts and truly supported the development of HK and this shows in many ways when Hong Kong was under British Rule. Some of the ways the British aided Hong Kong was the economy, the transportation and even created a system of governance in HK. Without the Britain Hong Kong would not have the same democratic system of governance it has today. (LEGAL HK) Britain helped Hong Kong develop a new kind of governance and drastically aided Hong Kong develop as a
the case of Hong Kong or a city of your choice as an example. 1. Introduction Transit oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban planning where commercial and residential areas revolve around the public transportation system. It originated in the post-World War II era where urbanization took place rapidly . This is because TODs can minimize the negative impacts of rapid urbanization such as congestion and pollution by encouraging the use of public transport over private transport. In this essay
Background Case: Profitable MTR System in Hong Kong (In this research case, I want to know what the key factors of the profitable MTR system are. In another word, what conditions other cities in developing countries need in order to successfully replicate the MTR rail-property development model.) In Hong Kong, public transit serves more than 90% of daily trips, and among them 40% are from the metro system, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) (Wu, 2009). First built in late 1970s, MTR has a daily ridership
people and products. Hong Kong has developed itself into an international aviation hub the holds leading position in both passenger and cargo terms. According to the Airports Council International (), HKIA ranked as number 10 and 1 as the world’s busiest airport by passenger and cargo traffic respectively. We should, of course, be proud of having such an outstanding airport as foundation of our economic success. However, other Asian cities have caught up in challenging Hong Kong’s leadership for
Hong Kong has developed a way of improving mobility and accessibility while reducing car dependence and deferring the need for further road and parking expansions. For the TRL to become more popular to the public, its performance in terms of waiting time, travel time, transfer time,etc. must satisfy the public needs. It must also be financially sustainable, with affordable fares and still maintain high quality. In Hong Kong, the transit system provides complete coverage to all of Hong Kong. The
Hong Kong 1.3 Activities Hong Kong has many wonderful activities throughout the year. As its mixed culture of the west and east, Hong Kong holds both traditional Chinese and western festival, like the most important Chinese New Year celebration and western Christmas day. Moreover, it has been influenced by colonial rule and Chinese culture, Hong Kong has a flourishing arts scene that it not only has art festivals, orchestras, and opera performances but also has international film festivals and other
continuously deteriorating and influences the livability of society in Hong Kong. Thus, it is necessary to find some suggestions to control air pollution. Air pollution is a real public health and the environmental problem which consists of air pollutants such as carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and fine and coarse particles. According to Environmental Protection Department (2016), Hong Kong is facing with two main air pollution issues: local street-level
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coastal harbor, north to Quanzhou Meizhou Bay in Australia, south to Quanzhou Wai Tau Bay Tongan District Lianhe. Port resources, the coastline of 541 km in length, is one of the three major ports in Fujian Province. The history of the four to sixteen Hong Kong famous in the world, is also the development of the Meizhou Bay Xiao house deep water port. Quanzhou Port has four operating areas of five ports in 16 operating areas, namely: the west coast of Meizhou Bay and the south bank of the port Douou Doukou;
quality of every single drop of water goes into their body everyday? Besides the tap water is a part of life of people, the bottle water as well. According to online survey “Hong Kong people's habit of drinking water” from ESDlife: each person in Hong Kong bought a bottle of water 78 times per year on average. Hong Kong is a free and open market, there's a lot of competition between bottle water companies. Convenience store merely has been over 10 different brands of bottled water, supermarket
this harbor for both commercial and tourism purposes. Victoria Harbor, situated in Kowloon, Hong Kong had been renowned as the world’s busiest port serving as export and import hub of Hong Kong. Located in the South China Sea, Victoria Harbor provides the resting ground for the worn out sea sailors traveling across this sea. Tourists of Hong Kong can witness the most famous night view from this port where Hong Kong’s famous tall sky scrapers are lined up and lit bright along the shores of the port.
Reworded formal presentation RISK ANALYSIS We ultimately see our highest amount of risk at three separate stages. Firstly, the set-up of our base in Australia to MATCH THE HIGH SUPPLY IN AUSTRALIA WITH THE HIGH DEMAND IN CHINA. Although there is no fixed cost that can be associated with volatility associated with the fluctuating demands from china and the abundance of supply in Australia. We need to ensure that our Australian base is constantly adapting to Australian conditions. Currently demands
of this paper is trying to find out the main strategic priorities for policy makers of the chosen city: Hong Kong, China, to strong and development sustainably the economic and planning over the next 20 years. As the urban economy is a key factor of city planning, so the changing of city economy would affect the social, political and commercial life in a city. This essay would select Hong Kong as a study object to think about policy and planning for a city, which provide a practical exercise that
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. (shop owner Henry Yau, source from Hong Kong Tourism Board) Umbrella shop owner Henry Yau has lived in Sham Shui Po for more than 60 years, and has witnessed the development
large mammals, East Asian porcupine and Red Muntjac are the most abundant and widely distributed species in Hong Kong. They were recorded in over 50%of surveyed areas in 2002-06 by camera trapping (Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department). However, for one of their habitat, Tai Lam Country Park, which is located in Western of New Territories, the second largest country park in Hong Kong. In the past decade, the park has suffered from frequent hill fires and soil erosion. As using forestation
Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan are known as Asian Tigers. The highly free developed economics in these four districts gave them this title. “Asian Tigers” had longtime high growth rates, between 1960s and 1990s, the growth rates even reached 7 percent. At the same time, they began industrialization in a high speed. Now, these nations and regions are considered as advanced and high- income economies. Economic growth is used to judge the ability of an economy to produce goods and
Introduction The historical and contemporary roles of Singapore, Hong Kong and Port Louis as ports have indeed been drivers of economic and social change. For many years now these three cities and many others have thrived off the revenue generated by their ports. The growth of a port has ongoing economic and social ripple effects that change not only the shape of the city but the country as a whole . The aim of this essay is to show how the role of port cities contributes towards such changes.
the damages of tourism in a country. Environmental Damage The over-development of some areas leads to crowded tourist spots and environmental damage. There are many exotic places that can be dramatically damaged by the action of the tourist. Transport by air, road, and rail is continuously increasing in response to the rising number of tourists, the exhaust gas from the vehicle used can be cause air pollution. Consequently this serves negatively as increased pollution
Tourism in Hong Kong Introduction: TOURISM is one of the major economic pillars of Hong Kong: the most popular city destination in Asia. The Hong Kong government has spent a big sum of money to strengthen the tourism image of Hong Kong. Methodology: In this coursework, I will investigate whether tourism is indeed a major economic pillar of Hong Kong and if Hong Kong needs tourism. I will use many resources such as: books (Hong Kong Year Book), internet (mostly information and data