Prospects for the U. S. economy

Speech to the Hong Kong Association of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, October 16, 2006 ; President Janet L. Yellen presented similar remarks to the California Independent Bankers 16th Annual Convention in Laguna Beach, California on October 9, 2006.Economic conditions - United States

Christian worship: unity in cultural diversity

Reviewed Book: Stauffer, S Anita. Christian worship: unity in cultural diversity. Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1996. Reviewed Book: Stauffer, S Anita. Worship and culture in dialogue: reports of international consultations: Cartigny, Switzerland, 1993; Hong Kong, 1994. Geneva: LWF, 1994

[Review of the book \u3ci\u3eThe Four Little Dragons: The Spread of Industrialization in East Asia\u3c/i\u3e]

[Excerpt] This slim and eminently readable volume presents the 1990 Edwin O. Reischauer lectures delivered by Ezra Vogel, the Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard University and a leading scholar on Asia. In the first chapter Vogel establishes the context for the experiences of the late late industrializes . Japan and the Four Little Dragons (Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan). The next three chapters are devoted to the experiences of Taiwan, Korea, and Hong Kong and Singapore, respectively. The last chapter offers an explanation for the dragons\u27 successes

Hong Kong Summer Abroad

Field Placement Experience, Summer 2019 -- Hong Kong, Hong Kong -- Partner Agencie(s): University of Hong Kong; Christian Action - Centre for Refugeeshttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/152315/1/Castro_Poster.pd

Global Field Placement in Hong Kong: Christian Action - Centre for Refugees

Field Placement Experience, Summer 2018 -- Hong Kong, Hong Kong -- Partner Agencie(s): University of Hong Kong; Chirstian Action - Centre for Refugeeshttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/145775/1/Scorpio_Poster.pd

Reflections

Postcard from Erin Dunlap, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong, Chin

Does Hong Kong Remain an Equivalent Jurisdiction for the EU Credit Rating Regime?

Credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies regulated in Hong Kong are serviceable in the European Union (EU) because Hong Kong is recognized for these purposes as an equivalent jurisdiction. The perimeter of Hong Kong’s credit rating regime has recently come under the scrutiny of the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal, which has established important boundary lines impacting on the authorization, supervision and enforcement of the credit rating industry in Hong Kong. This article analyzes the case and identifies four elements central to it, namely, the information-based, document-based and act-based perimeters of the Hong Kong regime as well as its primary regulatory objective. It is suggested that the Tribunal’s approach to these elements may represent a material departure of Hong Kong’s legal and supervisory framework from the regime in the EU that could adversely affect Hong Kong’s standing as an equivalent jurisdiction.postprin

The Closing Chapter

Postcard from Jake Olson, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong, Chin

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Postcard from Jake Olson, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at Hong Kong Baptist University in Hong Kong, Chin

Top athletes struggle to adjust away from limelight – more should be done for them

First paragraph: It’s just two weeks since the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and two months since the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. But if I was to ask if you had talked about them with a colleague or friend in the past week, the answer would probably be no. For all the headlines about Britain’s fine performance at the games – not least, if you will forgive me, the athletes from the University of Stirling – it’s all yesterday’s news. No matter how astonishing the performances, the limelight quickly moves elsewhere