Geography final UT Flashcards
(20 cards)
Which industries have large area as a location factor
Heavy industries
Which industries have being close to raw materials as the location factor
**raw material-oriented industries
**
(i.e.)
heavy and bulky raw materials
perishable raw materials
Which industries have easy access to investors as the location factor
capital-inventive industries
Name all manufacturing industries
Light industry
heavy industry
labour-intentive industry
capital-intensive industry
low-tech industry
high-tech industry
Name the process of maufacturing
Input
process
output
Name four sectors of manufacturing
primary industry
secondary industry
tertiary industry
quaternary industry
What classifies an economic activity as maufacturing
By adding value to the produce
Name ways how all manufacturing industries are affected by government policy
Financial subsidies:
low tax rates
subsidies
transport and telecommunications infrastructure
Manufacturing industry was very important to Hong Kong’s economy in the 1950s( True / False ) ?
true
25% of GDP ( gross domestic product )
Which industry was the primary employment structure of Hong Kong?
Manufacturing industry ( 45.6% )
Name the primary manufacturing product of the manufacturing industry ( name 2 )
Garments ( 43 % )
Textiles ( 9.5 % )
Why did the manufacturing industry flourish in Hong Kong?
influx of capital and talents
industrialists - capital and management skills
cheap labour
migrants from mainland
Deep natural harbour and free port policy
Name 4 old urban areas where flatted factories were common
Kwun Tong
Quarry Bay
Tsuen Wan
San Po Kong
Name 4 new towns
Tuen Mun
Fanling
Yuen Long
Sha Tin
Tai Po
Which policy did the provisional government of the ZDR adopt?
The policy of favouring development of clean, high tech and profitable industries
Why did factories move from old urban areas to new towns
( north )
Because in general, factories in these industrial estates were larger
Why did industrialists relocate production/ factories from ZDR again in the 2000s?
unfavourable government policy in the ZDR
Lower industrial land rent
lower electricity tariff
lower water charges
lower average monthly wages ( labour costs )
Why did the manufacturing industry of Hong Kong start declining in the 1980s
Also considered push factors:
Higher wages
higher land rents
stricter pollution controls
List 4 pull factors of ZDR
lower labour costs
lower land rent
looser pollution controls
close to hk
industrialists were familiar with ZDR
Why did manufacturing keep their headquarters in Hong Kong while they conducted manufacturing elsewhere?
HK has/had
well developed transport network
high education levels ( lots of high quality managers & accountants )
good legal and financial systems
