Hong Kong

The Eye is a 2002 Hong Kong film directed by the Pang brothers. It follows the story of a blind Girl, Mun, who undergoes corneal transplantation surgery in order to regain eyesight and subsequently begins to see strange, shadowy figures everywhere. During her first night in hospital, she sees an old lady being taken away by one of the shadowy figures, and in the morning the nurse informs her that the old lady had died. When looking at a photograph of herself, she does not recognize her own face…

1. To me localization is an exchange of culture. By that, I mean, localization is a two way street where the cultures is influence by the something that they take-in from other cultures, but it also modify that something and make it work with their culture. For example, when KFC enters Viet Nam it introduces the Vietnamese people to the world of deep fried chicken. As good and different as the deep fried chicken the people still missed the traditional side of rice that comes with every meal. So…

Introduction: The global economy is one that is directly impacted by Earth’s biodiversity derived from its rich and varied environments. The locations of each region correlate to the resources and products that are able to be produced, distributed, and exported. Throughout history, humans have established societies and civilizations around these resources unique to their own location and trading patterns. The nation of China has been heavily influenced by their location, regional environment,…

Executive Summary In response to a request of CBI, a Hong Kong supermarket group, for preparation of a market entry report to Vietnam, research has been made with findings applied to a number of International Market Selection Analysis Models for assessment of appropriateness of the company’s choice of market and time of entry. Different analysis revealed that Vietnam is a suitable market for CBI’s purpose and now is the right time for market entry. Nonetheless, it also revealed that the move…

Data on Brussels Stock Exchange from Antwerp’s SCOB database were used to investigate if stock returns have any relationship with variables, such as size, beta, dividend yield, and risks. The sample covered periods of 1873 to 1914. Using Fama-MacBeth regression model, the study finds that average stock returns have no relationship with size, risk, and beta, but establishes weak relationship between dividend yield and stock returns. The study finds strong momentum in the sample data. The results…

Celebrities began to appear wearing BAPE clothing. A Hong-Kong fashion company saw potential in BAPE and bought the company for millions. And A Bathing Ape opened stores in Hong Kong and China. But it was inevitable that Western customers would long for BAPE clothing. So BAPE opened stores in New York and London. Today, BAPE is still both expensive and exclusive, but…

the growth of an interesting phenomenon of pregnant women running out of mainland china for delivery. Hong Kong and Saipan, a US territory are becoming the hot sites of this so called “Birth Tourism” Many went to Hong Kong, which is exempt from the one-child policy. Likewise, a Hong Kong passport differs from China mainland passport by providing additional advantages. Recently though, the Hong Kong government has drastically reduced the quota of births set for non-local women in public…

poverty problem in the country. A key reason for the importance of understanding the minimum wage is the increasing exploitation of employees’ rights in many nations. This essay will point out the drawbacks and the advantages of this policy and give Hong Kong, the United Sates and the United Kingdom as an example, which are then evaluated and proved the minimum wage should be legalized. Firstly, there are some drawbacks of this policy towards both employers and employees. The increase of the…

You have seen young people doing amazing things and have you ever wondered how they got started? Teen activism is started and, caused by different means. Some examples of causes are motivated from a parent, observation of an issue happening to someone, being directly affected by the issue. Some examples of these are Craig Kielburger, Malala Yousafzai Joshua Wong, and others One reason that teen activism is started is when a parent is involved. An example of this is Malala Yousafzi and her…

Chunking Express is unlike any other conventional film, a drama based movie. The storyline is set up in Hong Kong and represents the Hong Kong citizen and says the usual story of a city life in an unusual manner. The life includes crowds, cops, drugs, smuggling, love, passion, frustration, money, sex where every character as we see has a common phenomenon of loneliness and isolation in their life. The film starts with a voice over talks about the relations we build up every day with different…