... Province 1 January 2004 - Shantou (ÉÇÍ), Chaozhou ( ±ÖÃ"), Meizhou (aÖÃ"), Zhaoqing ( Ç), Yunfu (' ¸á),Qingyuan(Çå ¶) Source of Information: Ministry of Public Security (7 August 2003) and News (31 December 2003) The reason for launching individual visit scheme The main reason for launching the Individual Visit Scheme was to boost the economy of Hong Kong. The outbreak of the SARS ... Mainland tourist arrivals will help to ease the high unemployment rate in the territory. In the past, up to 90% of tourist spending has gone to shopping, dining and hotel services. These la...

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... general economic thought was that these phases of the business cycle were normal. The must just be accepted and not messed with. During the Great Depression production of goods and services fell by 30 percent. This led to a new view of these economic cycles. Ever since the Great Depression the length of the expansions have increased and the severity of the ... market for a car to buy sooner but will doubtfully pull any new customers. The problem with this scenario is that the car sales that would have been spread out through December, January, and February have now taken place in a shor...

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... terrorist attacks. Production is centered on the ability to anticipate consumer demand. When a shock like September 11 occurs, consumer behavior changes radically. For example, the demand for travel and related services falls, while the demand for security rises. It takes time for both the government and the private sector to adapt to these changes, although an impressive array of government monetary ... . Just as our great Nation is at war with Terrorism today. The countries last recession began in July 1990 and lasted until March 1991. It was not officially declared until December 1992...

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... as the people who did not want to work for their food. If there had only been a few of these "deserving poor," then charity services would have taken care of them; but the numbers were too large. In December of 1929, 3 million people were unemployed; by 1932, 8 million people were out of work. Many people who had jobs took care of the ... ...

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