Thursday, January 15
Mr Simon Galpin the Associate Director of InvestHK gave a great discussion of his organization and the economic outlook of Hong Kong. Since 1997, Hong Kong has been part of China. This is “One country -- two systems” Hong Kong has a completely capitalistic system.
Hong Kong has lost its large manufacturing sector to cheaper producers from over the border in Shenzhen province of China. Hong Kong now has 92% of its GDB in the services sector. Shenzhen was a special area that was opened to the world only since 1978. It is just 30 years since this area opened.
Many people from the Mainland come to Hong Kong for shopping. Prestige brands are very popular. Buying these things in Hong Kong insures that the products are original.
We had a free afternoon and went up the tram to The Peak. What a wonderful view! http://www.thepeak.com.hk/full/en/index.php
The great IT department at North Carolina Wesleyan College worked with me to set up a web cam call to my students on Friday.
Thank you to Greg Boykin especially. We practiced the call today and I will call the International Business class tomorrow.
2 comments:
I looked at the Peak website and you were right the views were amazing. I would have to say that the pictures are surreal. Considering that I like to travel, I bet the pictures cannot do justice to the real thing. The website is really nice and gives a wonderful 360 degree look over the city.
It would have been nice to be in on that web cam call from China. I bet that was very interesting for the International Business students. An opportunity such as that did not come along when I was taking the class.
I looked at the Peak website and you were right the views were amazing. I would have to say that the pictures are surreal. Considering that I like to travel, I bet the pictures cannot do justice to the real thing. The website is really nice and gives a wonderful 360 degree look over the city.
It would have been nice to be in on that web cam call from China. I bet that was very interesting for the International Business students. An opportunity such as that did not come along when I was taking the class.
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