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Introduction Cathay Pacific is the largest airline of Hong Kong. The airline flies passenger and cargo to 200 destinations in 52 countries worldwide. Including: Los Angeles, London, France, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Beijing, Dubai, Frankfurt, Mexico City and Miami. The airline was founded on 24 September 1946 by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C. Farrell. Cathay Pacific is known for making the first ever non stop transpolar flight over the north pole. The company is the third…

Walt Disney had a dream of a place in which parents and their children could do things together and enjoy time spent with one another. His dreams were becoming more extensive the more he was thinking about this dreamland. He was imagining characters walking around talking and interacting with those who came to Disney. These thoughts were occurring to him as he was at an amusement parking sitting while his daughters were playing. Walt never wanted his amusement park to be like the typical one. He…

1997 was a milestone in Kon's career for two reasons: The release of this particular movie in cinemas and the initiation of his collaboration with Madhouse Inc, who sheltered his genius until his last birth. Prefect Blue was initially meant for a live action TV series; however, after the Kobe earthquake in 1995, the production studio suffered extensive damages resulting in a reduction of the budget, up to a point that solely allowed the shooting of an OVA. Nevertheless, while the shootings were…

Mandarin, Cantonese and Chinese at home (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). • The majority of China-born people speak English well or very well (67.1%), whilst approximately 32% do not speak English well or at all (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2011). China • Mandarin is the official language of the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan. • Chinese people from Hong Kong and the Guangdong province of the People’s Republic of China speak Cantonese. • Chinese language includes over 20…

I.Topic For my project, I will be examining the cultural issue, the depiction of women in an action film where they represent feminism. In film, there is not enough representation of female characters that are capable of being independent and strong all while not being sexualized. Most female character who are given the traits strong and independent often times are hyper sexualized because they are women which means there objects in male’s view. However, female characters are need of makeovers…

I argue investing in a communist market is like playing russian roulette with your money. Robert Arnott, a professional investor, famously saying “in investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable” would agree. Just like the chamber of a gun, a communist market will have plenty of area open for foreign investment. However, the one chamber holding a bullet represents the uncertainties involved in doing business where the government is in complete control of the market. Benjamin Franklin…

Australian director George Miller’s 2015 blockbuster, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, is an action filled, post-apocalyptic film. The Mad Max universe is a set in a stark, desert landscape filmed in Namibia, with an oil and water crisis, which forces humanity to revert back to a state of war and isolation. One of the main characters, Max is captured by the “war boys” who live in the Citadel run by tyrannical Immortan Joe, and eventually finds Furiosa and her rig. In the ‘Furiosa’ scene, he attempts to…

Martial art films today are popular, especially in the US. Audiences love the action, and skill, and the grace that all come with the genre. Martial art films seem like just another movie genre for some people. However, martial art films holds an interesting history, going all the way back to China. One can argue that the genre of martial arts films made martial arts and the appreciation of Asian culture more apparent in U.S society. American filmmakers usually casted Asian crew members because…

Introduction After years of transformation, Hong Kong has become one of the developed regions. The citizens began to pursuit a better quality of life, rather than the basic living standards. The demand for a wider scope of welfare policies grew beyond the society. The provision of social welfare has therefore become an essential element in government administration. The Hong Kong Government has offered social services to different tiers of recipients. There are existing policies aiming at…

In these movies, Lee connects with the viewer by portraying himself as a common man facing a struggle, usually the oppression of a freedom that Bruce’s character embodies. Granted average viewers have never faced a mob boss, the premise of an ordinary minority man challenging the tyrannical power of foreigners made for a popular action plot. Lee would then use his martial arts skills, wits, and training in weapons, most popularly the nunchakus, to completely devastate the opposition. His role in…