o Hong Kong and Malaysia are different in many ways.
o Hong Kong is a major city, the Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It is located in eastern Asia, on the southeast coast of China. As a city it has no capital.
o On the other hand, Malaysia is a country. Its capital city is Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia is located in Southeast Asia.
o It has 2 distinct parts: o West or Peninsular Malaysia AND o East Malaysia
Slide 3 - Physical Environment - Area and Topography o Hong Kong’s Land area is 1,104 square kilometers. In contrast, Malaysia’s total land area is almost 300 times bigger. It is the 67th largest country. Thus Malaysia has more coastline and islands than Hong Kong.
o Malaysia is well endowed with natural resources, including tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, and bauxite. In contrast, HK only has offshore sand-deposits, building blocks and stone.
o The Highest point in Malaysia is Mount Kinabalu, at over 4 kilometers high, which is more than 4 times higher than Hong Kong’s highest point, Tai Mo Shan.
Slide 4 - Physical Environment - Area and Topography o Hong Kong's terrain is hilly with steep slopes. Peninsular Malaysia is mountainous. East Malaysia is divided between coastal regions, mountains and valleys. Mount Kinabalu is in East Malaysia.
o Approximately 75% of Hong Kong land is countryside while 58% of Malaysian land is covered by forests.
o Hong Kong has 263 islands over 500 square meters, including Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island, and many other smaller islands. In contrast, Malaysia has 878 islands, five of which are larger than Lantau Island such as Langkawi and Penang Island.
Slide 5 - Physical Environment – Water Bodies o The largest water body of Hong Kong is Victoria Harbour whereas for Malaysia it is the South China Sea
o The longest river of Hong Kong is Sham Chun River whereas Rajang River is Malaysia’s longest and is more than 20 times longer.
o The Largest lake in HK is the man made Plover Cove Reservoir whereas in Malaysia it is Bera Lake which is more than 1000 times larger.
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Slide 7 - Physical Environment – Climate o Hong Kong's climate is subtropical and monsoonal, with cool dry winters and hot wet summers. In contrast, located near the equator, Malaysia has hot and humid tropical climate throughout the year.
o The average temperature of Hong Kong ranges from 16 °C in winter to 28 °C in summer, but Malaysia’s average temperature ranges from 21°C to 32°C.
A small fishing island with only 800 people living on it, measuring only 424 miles long, would you have thought that it would become a megacity with a population of 7 million plus(HK GOV) The colonisation of Hong Kong left many positive impacts and truly supported the development of HK and this shows in many ways when Hong Kong was under British Rule. Some of the ways the British aided Hong Kong was the economy, the transportation and even created a system of governance in HK. Without the Britain Hong Kong would not have the same democratic system of governance it has today. (LEGAL HK)
Geographically, Hong Kong consists of three large regions; a region that is attached to China (New territories and Kowloon), Hong Kong Island and Lantau (see figure ???). The soil is fertile, and due to its abundance of sea, the habitants of Hong Kong have always been able to richly harvest fish (Roberts, Ling, & Bradshaw, 1992). However, the West has valued Hong Kong for something else; its unique geographical location. Situated at the mouth of the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong has been interesting ever since the West discovered China’s products. Throughout history, the Pearl River Delta has been the gateway for trade with the Western world, since there is very little east of China except for Japan which was unwilling to trade for many decades. So, when the West, and especially Britain, discovered Chinese tea, silk and chinaware, their ships would set course for the Pearl River. However, China enforced strict policies regarding trade, which complicated matters for the western merchants. After the Opium War (which was discussed more in-depth in section 2.2.1) Britain finally achieved its objectives; they could establish free trade ports and abolished many trade restrictions. Moreover, they colonized Hong Kong, making it an imperial outpost for economic exchanges (Roberts, Ling, & Bradshaw, 1992).
Hong Kong has built economic strength from an impoverished economic infrastructure, since the 1950's, at the same time as Venezuela's economic health has declined despite its relatively strong economic structure. Figure 1 shows that in 1950, Hong Kong's income per person was approximately half of Venezuela. During that period, Hong Kong came under tremendous economic and social pressure due to an arrival of immigrants from China and a lack of natural resources to support growth. In the interim, Venezuela was resource-rich and had a relatively stable population. Comparisons in the 1990s showed Venezuela's income per person was much lower than 1950 in real terms while Hong Kong's was noticeably greater http://www.hku.hk/hkcer/articles/v57/walker
Hong Kong has always remained a very unique city, one which is said to have ‘a Western past, an Eastern future’. Since its colonisation by the British in the 1860s, it has maintained to a very large extent its Chinese identity and its connection to its Motherland, while at the same time, has frequent contact with the Western world, politically, economically, and culturally. Hong Kong’s unique position has made the city a vibrant international metropolis that acts as a bridge between East and West. Yet after it was returned to China in 1997, this former British colony has been constantly reassessing its British past, struggling to find its new position and redefining its identity.
China, located in East Asia, is the third largest country by area and the largest
My country is Laos. It is a small, poor country in Southeast Asia. The population is about five million. It is 91,400 square miles and the officail language is Lao but french and english is only spoken for buisness purposes mainly. The currency is Kip.
In Malaysia, the industrial estates are scattered across of 13 states and federal territory- Kuala Lumpur. Home to small medium industry activities to large and heavy industry as well as specialised industry form Halal industry related to food processing to biotechnology and high technology industry.
Malaysia is located in the south-eastern Asia, bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam. Due to its locations, it has been colonised since the late 18th centuries by many countries. Since 1965, Malaysia has had one of the best economic records in Asia, with GDP average of 6.5% growth for almost 50 years. The economical development especially boosted during 1981 and 2003 under the governance of Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad. Malaysia succeeded in diversifying its economy from dependence on exports of raw materials to expansion in manufacturing, services, and tourism. Also, the current Prime Minister continues to pursue pro-business policies .
...om the perspective of a multicultural city, it does not. To be a world-class city it needs to establish itself as a strong multicultural city that is respectful of all its citizens, regardless of gender, colour, class and age (Sung, 2013). Hong Kong needs to re-assure the world that it will treat tourists and immigrants with respect and that their safety and well being will be taken into consideration. With the increasing worldwide competition to be the “best” city, it is vital that the Hong Kong government and citizens understand the importance of having collaborative workgroups. Hong Kong needs to come to terms with the fact that promoting multiculturalism will not necessarily make them lose ground with their cultural identity (Sung, 2013). If Hong Kong wants to be recognized on a global platform it needs to expand the definition of being a Hongkonger (Sung, 2013
Malaysia was once a colonized land and known as Malaya back then. Malaysia is one of the Commonwealth countries, which means Malaysia was one of the British colonies.
During the time when major developments reshaped and evolved the city, Hong Kong has mainly been under the rule of China and Great Britain, with a short period of occupation by Japan during the Second World War.
Malaysia biggest problem is the environmental pollution. Although people already know how harmful these things are but they still go on. The three main pollution that happen in Malaysia are air pollution, water pollution and land pollution. Mostly pollution effect by the air conditional that release CFC’s gasses, rubbish that been thrown to the rival and open burning. All of this pollution will be link to all kind of diseases, sickness, bacteria and virus. For an example lung cancer that will happen to people cause by breathing the polluted air that been create by Malaysian themselves.
The South China Sea is located in Southeast Asia. It is surrounded by the countries of China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines. The Sea covers a 1.4 million square mile area and it “encompasses several hundred small islands, reefs, and atolls that are almost all uninhabited and uninhabitable” (Bader, 2014).
The country that we chose to operate our business is China. From 1949 until present, it is categorized as People's Republic of China. It is a sovereign state in East Asia. China is recognized as the most populous nation in the world. According to research, the population of China in 2014 was estimated at 1.39 billion. In 2014, China had been listed as the world's second largest economy by the nominal total GDP and also second highest purchasing power parity. China is Malaysia's fourth largest trading partners among all the countries.
Mainland-Island Malaysia, an insular region, is considered a part of the Southeast Asia's realm. It is categorized as mainland-island Malaysia because one portion of its territory lies on a continent, and another portion is an island. Recent tragic news comes out from mainland Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur International Airport announced on March 8, 2014 that flight MH370 disappeared with 239 people on board. It was traveling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China. The causes of the lost jetliner and authorities delaying on informing on the missing plane, created a chaos among relatives of the 239 people that had disappeared.