Essays on Cheong

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Shanghai and Hong Kong have become important in the global financial sector. Modern banking and finance started in HK and Shanghai in 1845 and 1847 respectively when the first British bank was opened, the Oriental Banking Corporation. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a multinational Holdings was founded in 1864 with its Head office in Hong Kong. Other foreign and local banks from Britain, Europe, America and Japan were subsequently opened. The modern Commercial Bank of China was formed in 1897 with its head office in Shanghai. The first stock exchange was established in Hong Kong in 1891 ...

Founded in 2003 by Marc Tarpenning, Martin Eberhard, and Elon Musk, Tesla Motors Inc. is an automotive firm that develops Electric Vehicles (EVs). According to Holmberg (2008), as part of its global strategy for growth, Tesla sought three strategic alliances with other auto manufacturers namely: Supplier, Research and development (R&D), and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) alliances. The alliance with Lotus, a United Kingdom company would guarantee the supply of unique chassis for the EV (Cheong, Song and Hu 1-10). Panasonic Company from Japan supplied battery cells whereas Borg Warner in the United States supplied single-speed gearbox. For research and ...

The American Pit Bull Terrier, more commonly known as pit bull, has been portrayed in various media as a “vanguard for canine evil” and a “predator of the defenseless” over the past 15 years (Cohen & Richardson, 2002). All the negative publicity the pit bull has been receiving has affected political policies on pit bull ownership. According to Cohen & Richardson (2002), 75 communities in the United States prohibit ownership of pit bulls. They are also the most common breed of dogs in animal shelters across the U.S. (Tullis, 2013). Why is the pit bull being singled out as the most aggressive breed ...

Introduction

Undoubtedly, the E-forum has emerged as effective tool offering an ingenious way of engaging students beyond the classroom. Essentially, an e-forum is a platform that allows students to post their messages to discussion threads, interact and receive feedback from their instructors and colleagues, and acquire an in-depth understanding of their study subjects (Balaji and Chakrabart, 2010). That was more so the case with international students who engage in distance learning, though it was also applicable to any other student. E-forum instructional tools can address the communication impediments in face-to-face lectures, thereby, providing a forum for argumentative engagement with a collaborative discourse ( ...

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Most studies in existence focus on the causal relationship between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Alcohol. Even though there some studies that have attempted to find out whether Alcoholism is most commonly as a result of ADHD, these studies have always yielded mixed findings hence the researchers have not yet been able to categorically state that ADHD is a significant causative agent in the occurrence of Alcoholism. With in mind that the exhibition of alcoholism is normally treated by therapist as one of the major symptoms of ADHD in adulthood, the topic of causal relationship between ADHD and Alcohol become of ...