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a. The purpose of this study is to identify beliefs regarding elder abuse held by modern-day nursing students. By identifying common beliefs and clearing up misconceptions, future nurses will be able to identify and work to prevent elder abuse. b. There were several works used as background for this study. The first work, from Baker (1975), used “granny battering” as the description for elder abuse. Further research in the 1970’s era and prior indicates that there was little knowledge regarding…

and go around the Canton system which lead to him eventually getting kicked out and dying shortly after. Charles Elliot carried on William Napier's mission and took over almost immediately after his death. Elliot's main victory was the cession of Hong Kong to Britain. Lu Kun was a key player leading up the Opium Wars on the side of the Chinese, he was who William Napier encountered when he attempted to go directly into Canton to get an audience with the Chinese government. Lu Kun under the…

Similar to TTC, the Hong Kong MTR focuses on bringing various aspects of the organization to create a strong mission statement. The MTR also creates an obtainable goal on their mission statement that incorporates different aspects of the business with a focus on customer service. TTC also has a well-documented mission and vision statement that focuses on similar ideas as the Hong Kong MTR and the TTC should look up to the MTR for ideas and knowledge on…

Just before the summer 2014 approached, my family and I were all living in the city of Hong Kong. My parents had recently announced to my sister and I, that we would be leaving Hong Kong. Not just on a vacation or on a summer long trip, but to actually move and live in a whole new country. They told us that we were going to move to America, as my parents thought it was time for us to leave Hong Kong. We did get to help choose a state for us to live in, my mom and dad has given us a list of a few…

negotiating objectives. The agreement also abandoned the 1 January 2005 deadline for the negotiations and set December 2005 as the date for the 6th ministerial to be held in Hong Kong. HONG KONG, 2005 The Sixth Ministerial Conference took place in Hong Kong on December 13-18, 2005. The members of WTO adopted the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration which set out a series of agreements in the major negotiating areas and a timetable for the next and final phase of the negotiations. The outcome of…

1.Background Silence is a charity founded in 2008 that serve the hearing impaired depending on funding from general public and various foundations. The Establishment of the organisation is a result of a brilliant adolescent with hearing disability - Li Ching committed suicide because she was unemployed after graduating from university and could not gain acceptance in community, which demonstrate the discrimination towards the hearing impaired from the society. Key stakeholders of Silence…

The Chinese Cultural Revolution Grew up and educated in China, the Chinese Cultural Revolution was only briefly mentioned in my history class. The way the textbook described the Cultural Revolution, made it seems so insignificant and “normal”. Living abroad, with access to more information, I want to uncover it from the “history textbook”. First, I want to know how exactly the Cultural Revolution happened and evolved. The Cultural Revolution started in 1966 by Chairman Mao Zedong and the…

to work hard to succeed and also to realize how fortunate they are compared to Adeline. This book informs readers that to succeed in life, you need to work hard. In the newspaper Adeline's father read, “ It was announced today that 14 year old Hong Kong…

In late 1996, China’s leaders vehemently objected to Disney’s plans to distribute the movie ‘Kundun,’ Martin Scorsese’s film that told the story of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and China’s brutal occupation of that nation. Following the film’s release in 1997, China’s leaders made threatening statements concerning Disney’s future in their markets. Disney held firm on its position on the movie. “Disney’s potential business in China is infinite. But Disney has to decide whether…

Nanking was the first of the unequal treaties against the Chinese as the end result of the China’s defeats in the first Opium war. The Treaty of Nanking was signed on the 29 August 1842 to conclude the First Opium War of 1839-1842. The treaty ceded Hong Kong to the Great Britain as well as opening five treaty ports to the foreigner. China’s territories was completely being destroyed, and lost the independent status. For the western capitalist, the five treaty ports become the center of the…