Is it harder for Hong Kong ESL speakers to understand American English than British English? Hong Kong people are using Chinese basely‚ English as a second language. English will be an official language for the Official documents or legal (Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee). Now a day‚ under the education of Hong Kong‚ students needs to be learned biliterate‚ it will be Chinese and English‚ also trilingual speak in Cantonese‚ English and Putonghua. Hong Kong as a British colony from 1841 to
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like watching films and television shows. The films and television shows are either made in Hong Kong or other countries. Those made in Hong Kong are closely related to our daily life and make us feel warm. On the other hand‚ those made in other countries obtain many special effects that make us feel exciting. Nevertheless‚ I prefer watching films and television shows that make in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong‚ TVB produce different types of television shows. For examples‚ drama and variety shows. They
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topic: the 1967 Riots Group members: Why are we doing this topic? The 1967 Riots was the 2nd large scale riot in Hong Kong History. As a Hongkonger‚ we want to know more about it. What is the importance of our research? It is generally acknowledged that after 1967‚ the colonial government became more responsive to the needs of the Hong Kong people. It is crucial for Hong Kong people to know the reason why the colonial government had these changes. In our research‚ we would like to find out
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Schoedsack created a film that would change cinema forever. The image of Kong a top the Empire State Building is one of the most iconic images in the history of film and popular culture. Kong remains one of the greatest giant movie monsters of all time even making himself an American icon. When people think of the empire state building they can instantly relate to King Kong. One of the most significant changes in the 2005 remake of King Kong is the amount of character development. Peter Jackson who directed
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relevance to Hong Kong and the latter part covers the details in the week‚ including the issues that can be explored during it and the ways that the selected issue can be addressed. “Growing up in a challenging world” is a perfect theme for the week as it is process high relevance to Hong Kong as Hong Kong itself is already a city saturated in challenges which measures youths’ ability on different areas‚ majorly educational‚ cognitive and social. It has been agreed for some years that “Hong Kong children
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Since Hong Kong became a colony and ruled by the British Empire for 99 years before handover to China‚ the official language has been changed to English. English became the normal language in Hong Kong‚ its uses in a wide range in public infrastructure‚ including the mass media‚ the civil service and the entertainment career. A data showed that the number of people who speak a reasonable command of English rose from 6.6 percent in 1983 to around 33.7 percent in 1993(Bacon-Shone and Bolton‚ 1998)
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The youth unemployed should be one the groups the most in need for financial support in Hong Kong. They face keen competition and suffer from the local economic regression‚ which create difficulty to them earning a living. Young people‚ in general‚ refers to people in the age groups of 15-19 and 20-24 (Chung Kim-wah 2009). They are recognized as labor force in Hong Kong‚ but their employment opportunities are not optimistic. Those school leavers in the age of 15-24 entering the labor market have
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BRE499 Dissertation Title: An Analysis on Tendering Decision in Hong Kong Construction Industry: The Contractor Perspective Department: Department of Building and Real Estate Supervisor: Ms Sandy L.Y. TANG Course: BSc (Hons) in Surveying (Part-time) Submitted by: WONG Yu-fung Student ID: 05507045T Submission Date: 2nd April 2009 Declaration I declare that the completed Dissertation represents my own work‚ except where due acknowledgement is made‚ and
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Overcoming the Obstacles 12 Recommendations 12 Conclusion 13 Company Background Modern Education Group Limited (“MEG”) is one of the leading brands providing chained educational services in Hong Kong’s private education sector provides and the only company listed on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange in tuition industry since 2011. Express Education was the first operating company established offering private tuition services. MEG provides not only its initiative business in primary
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Introduction One’s identities can be various. I am a girl who is 19 years old‚ a Hong Kong people‚ a daughter‚ a university student. We have so many different identities. Some of it will change‚ some of it is stable and unchanging. So‚ before the explanation of the relationships between language and identity‚ the definition of identity have to be define first. According to Abercrombie (2000)‚ ” this is the sense of self‚ of personhood‚ of what kind of person one is. Identities always involve
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