Since the umbrella movement in Hong Kong, there are more people concerned about the police accountability in Hong Kong, according to the hand book on police accountability (2011) police accountability had dived into external and internal. Internal accountability mean the police can be internal investigate and be internal discipline within the police force, external accountability mean an external and independent body and the public can oversight the complaints process. police accountability is use
among different persons or groups of people. Hong Kong is widely recognized as a democratic place,
1.0 Introduction Singapore’s constantly improving infrastructure, skilled workforce, good employee relations, natural connectivity, favourable tax regime, political stability and strong rule of law have all contributed to the country’s competitive advantage. These factors enabled the Singapore economy to grow and develop over the past decades and have contributed to Singapore being Asia’s most competitive economy (Medtech, 2013). Singapore is well developed in its infrastructure and being in a strategic
Anglo-Chinese War, the Qing government kept extorting people to pay war reparations, and the serious corruption of the tyrannical government and heavy exploitation to the civilians resulted in the intensification of class contradictions. Unbearable from the suffering, they finally constructed the civilians uprising. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom took Jiangning in the spring of 1853. At March 29, Hong Xiuquan the leader
The relationship between democracy and economic growth has generated much controversy, research, and even bewilderment. If economic development is an expression of the level of development of societies, it will also be compatible with the level of democratic development. Democracy will become a catalyst and engine of economic and social development in society. To what extent does the economy affect the building of democracy? Is democracy a condition for economic development, or is economic development
1) In SPP v Egypt, the dispute arose out of Egypt’s termination of a tourism development project in which SPP, a Hong Kong company, was engaged. In 1974, SPP entered into agreements with Egypt to establish a joint venture (ETDC) to develop an international tourist complex at the Pyramids Oasis in Egypt. In 1978, as a result of parliamentary opposition, the government effectively cancelled the project placing ETDC in judicial trusteeship. 2) In 1978, SPP and SPP (ME) started an ICC arbitration against
economic freedom as well as other aspects is equally relevant to grow (see Doucouliagos and Ulubasoglu 2006). Heretofore, the features of political democracy, such as regulatory quality, political instability, government efficiency, rule of law and corruption, were partially or totally connected to political democracy. It is also associated with further growth. Recently, the World Bank introduced the "Doing Business" aspect of corporate issues. Specifically Djankoy et al. (2002a, 2002b, 2005), Djankoy
by effect the population density would therefore increase as the area becomes more heavily populated (and by that, the scarcity of resources occurs that then leads to uneven distribution of natural resources, which may result then in government corruption). However, one cannot completely blame migration, as it affects the population figure of Singapore, but it can qualify as localized overpopulation. In terms of the social impacts, the City Council’s ideas of building downwards (underground city)
The War on Drugs is a deeply rooted and controversial campaign for the prohibition of drugs, military aid and military intervention that has been debated for years now (Dan Balducci). The War on Drugs has been the decades of a long campaign that was launched by the Government of the United States of America in June 18, 1971, to eradicate the illicit use of drugs. It was first launched by President Richard Nixon and the Congress at that period of time. By declaring the ‘war on drugs’, Nixon, dramatically
1.1 What is Venture Capital? Venture capital is a segment of private equity industry, which focuses on early-stage, high-potential, start-up companies. The venture capital fund earns money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a new technology or business in high technology industries, such as biotechnology and IT, however with high risk. Funds are typically established as limited partnerships, which is a contract between institutional investors who become limited partners