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Title: How does air quality of Mong Kok affect people quality of life?
Name: Leung Wai Fung
Class: 5K
Group: E
Supervisor: Mr Leung

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Chapter Page no.
Introduction………………………………………………..2
Research objective………………………………………3
Literature Review………………………………………..4
Research Method………………………………………..5
Research result &Data Analysis……………………6
Conclusion……………………………………………………7
Limitation …………………………………………………...8
Suggestion…………………………………………………...9
Reflection……………………………………………………..10
Reference/Biography…………………………………….11
Appendices……………………………………………………12

Introduction
Mong Kok is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District, on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. It has a lot of shops and restaurants, with many conveyances pass through there. Also, it has high population density, therefore, I hereby investigate how does air quality of Mong Kok affect people quality of life.
Research Objective
-To investigate how does air quality of Mong Kok affect people quality of life.
- To evaluate the influences air pollution on residents’ health who are living in Mong Kok.
- To propose solutions to contend with negative influences on residents who are living in Mong Kok.
Literature Review
Mong Kok is a place that have high population density. However, there are some potential risks in Mong Kok that harming the people who are living there. I will make analysis of the following article. According to what Green peace’s project director said,”Mong Kok has serious air pollution, there have a lot of people and vehicles pass through and the suspensory particles always stay at high level in that district.”(1) I agree what he claimed, I has seen a medical report ,saying that these particles would worsen the cardiovascular diseases and lung diseases. This will seriously affects resident’s living there health, thereby, making their quality of life lower.

(1) “http://www.greenpeace.org/hk/press/releases/air-pollution/2008/10/2539769/”

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