Idoms

I’ve been taken for a ride by my colleagues. I smelled a rat. I lost a lot of money. I must tighten my belt. In order to turn over a new leaf, I changed to a new company. I’ve put my foot in it. I’ve let the cat of the bag. Without choice, I resigned the job. I’m in two minds about it, finding a new job or buying Mark Six. I’ve got butterflies in my stomach. At last, I bought Mark Six and won. Oh! I’m over the moon.

Idiom story

He was always down in the mouth. He always gave his friends the cold shoulder. But these years he had changed. He became an early bird and full of beans. He got on like a house on fire with the others.

Negotiation

Dear Mr Brown,

Thank you for your interest in our new model-AT-400.

Concerning the quantity, our minimum order is 5000 computers which priced at $8000. If you order more than 6000 computers, we can offer 5% discount.

Normally, the transport cost is paid by the customers. In this case it will add another 5%.

The manual is available in all European and Asian languages. The exclusivity will be possible only if you agree to order 100,000 units each year for the next three years.

You will get 12 months guarantee. The Good will be delivered about 30 days after a firm order by ship.


For first time, you have to pay 50%pre-payment, then 25% on delivery, 25% 30 days after delivery and also they need a bank guarantee. The terms of payment for future orders you can be more flexible.

Best wishes,
Flora

Computer Price Negotiation

Dear Sir / Madam

I am the representative of a large chain of computer store. We sell computers directly to the public.

We are interested in your new computer model, the AT 500. We would like to buy 4,000 computers as a first order. We expect we could have a special discount for such big order.

May we know whether this price includes the shipping cost or not? Does this new model have a Cantonese version? We would like to have an exclusive agreement in your market.

If would be grateful if you can offer us a 12 months guarantee. Could you please delivery the 4,000 computers as soon as possible?

In terms of payment, we are prepared to pay 30% pre-payment, 30% on delivery and 40% on 3 months after your delivery.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards

Joyce Lee

Representative

Being Direct and Brief

Thank for Your Help

Dear Mr. Brown,

Thanks for your help at the conference in London on the future of the airline industry.

Your UK sales team is wonderful. There are plans to bring some UK staff to Dubai at the end of the year to see how we run the Dubai office. I am looking forward to seeing you.

Best wishes,
Mary

Re market developments

Dear Mr Brown,

Thank you for your information about the market changes in the Baltic States. I’ve forward your email to our representative in Estonia, Krista Kilvert.

Would you be interested in giving a presentation on the whole political and economic background in the region?

Confirmation of meeting

Dear Mr. Brown,

Confirmation of Meeting

We agreed on phone to meet at 2:00pm on 4 January at the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.

After that, I would like to invite you to have a dinner at the restaurant of Shereton Hotel.

Best wishes,
Mary

Confirmation of meeting

Dear Mr. Brown,

Confirmation of Meeting

We agreed on phone to meet at 2:00pm on 4 January at the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.

After that, I would like to invite you to have a dinner at the restaurant of Shereton Hotel.

Best wishes,
Mary

Hong Kong Tourist report

To: Hong Kong Tourism Board

Report of Hong Kong Tourism

Hong Kong is an attractive tourist place, which attracts millions of tourists from different areas. However, there are many aspects need to be improved:

Hong Kong is high populated areas, which gives rise to high traffic congestion and crowded environment. Luckily, Hong Kong has good infrastructure which smooth out the seriousness of traffic congestion.

According to authorized statistics, the indoor air conditioned temperature in public is the lowest in the world. So that, Hong Kong government advertise the temperature should be kept at 25 degree.

Furthermore, tourists complaints are on increasing trend due to corruption between shops and tourist agents, for example, cash rebates. In the meantime, the blacklists of those shops are distributed to tourists when arrived at Hong Kong.

On the other hand, Hong Kong still stands high position in tourist centre due to the following:

1. Many famous branded shops can be founded in HK, such as Central and Tsimshatsui.
2. Various kinds of dishes from different country, we can find Thai, Japanese, Italian, French, Indian cuisines in Hong Kong, especially delicious Chinese food.
3. Wide variety of products in terms of price, class, country and design etc.
4. No sales tax is levied in Hong Kong.
5. Safe place
6. Night life with sophisticated place, such as Lan Kwai Fong with long service hours till mid-night.
7. No foreign exchange restriction

I would like to recommend the following measure to reinforce our strengths:
1. Set up more tourist centre on each MTR and railway station
2. Build up more tourist spots.
3. Plan more interesting route to countryside and hiking

Thanks a lot

Sandy, Flora

Report of tourism on the island of Bozburun

Report of tourism on the island of Bozburun

The island of Bozburun is beautiful and peaceful but it seems that there are only sun and sand holidays. To be honest, the tourists seem do not spend much.

It seems large amount of investment could be a benefit to the developing of tourism on the island. Due to the poor quality construction, I wonder if we can improve the basic infra-structures. I think it would be a good idea to protect the unspoilt areas from being destroyed.

Actually, there can be a lot of solutions. Perhaps we could improve product, such as handmade souvenirs, honey moon package, company barbecue gathering. At the same time, we could develop cultural tourism. I think we can improve customer service by providing professional training about hospitality. By doing those, it might attract tourists from overseas.

Jessica and Flora