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Today, Hong Kong is an international financial centre.

The study of Economics, not only improves your understanding of our economy

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but also prepares you for studying university courses in Business, Politics and Law!

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Aims

To know basic economic theories e.g. Supply & Demand, Economic Growth

and Trade Theory To understand economic issues in HK

e.g., Inflation, Wealth Gap, Linked exchange rate

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Microeconomics1. Scarcity & Competition

LV Bags, Benz, Diamond Ability to pay

Bus SeatFirst-come First-served

University PlaceExam result

Topics

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2. Demand, Supply and Price

- Why does the price of vegetable fall??- Because the news of poisonous

vegetable orA good harvest of vegetable?

- Supply-Demand diagram is powerful!

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3. Ownership: Listed Company

4. Integration (takeover) /

- Cathay Pacific Airways took over Dragonair

- Neway + California Red

5. Equity:

Gini Coefficient ()

Why is there a wide gap between the rich and poor in HK??

Is it fair to give every adult $6000??

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Macroeconomics--- Policy Making1. GDP

Which country is the richest one? How to measure the economic growth?

2. Inflation and Unemployment

Use AS-AD model to explain.

If you were the government, how to solve these problems?

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3. Government tax revenue and public expenditure

Types of Tax in HK; should we

introduce sales tax?

4. Money and Banking

Functions of Bank,

Monetary Policy (QE1;QE2

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5. International trade 6. Exchange rate systems

Appreciation of RMB Linked Exchange Rate

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Elective 2: Trade Theory & Economic Growth

Trade Theory

Globalization ()

Factors affecting economic growth.

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HKDSE Economics

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Paper 1MC Questions

Paper 2Short and Structured Questions

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No SBA for you!!!

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Prospect of Studying Economics

-Bank Economists-Stock Analysts-Investment Adviser-Economics Teacher -Nobel Prize Winner!!!!!!!(US$1 million)

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Those were the days, they were Economics students!

Jeremy Lin..

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For any enquiries, please contact

Mr. Cheung Chi Hing

Thank you!

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