When talking about the most popular culture in Hong Kong‚ the first things that come up to my mind are the tea restaurants. Unlike those Cantonese teahouses‚ which can also be found in Guangdong‚ tea restaurants are pretty unique in Hong Kong. In the election of ‘things that best represent Hong Kong’ held on the Internet by RTHK in 2004‚ ‘Tea restaurant’ got the champion with 1930 votes. Meanwhile‚ ‘Pineapple bun with butter’ and ‘Coffee with tea’‚ typical food and drink provided in tea restaurants
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Surviving “We are so busy making a living that we forgot to make a life.” This statement is one of the best descriptions of Hong Kong dwellers. There are multitudinous researches have stated that Hong Kong is one of the fastest pace of living‚ one of the cities having the most expensive land price in the world‚ one of the most stressful city…etc. I believe these “one of the” can explain why Hong Kong people are so unhappy. In the following paragraph‚ I would like to discuss the contradiction
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Tucker and Dale Vs Evil What’s so scary about a stereotypical hillbilly? Is it the penchant for wearing flannel? The ridiculous teeth? Their banjos? None of it seems terrifying on paper‚ but an entire horror subgenre and classic films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Deliverance have been formed around these ridiculous characters. But what if the yokels aren’t the violent animals that they seem to be‚ but rather misunderstood simple folk that get caught up in a series of horrific
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L’Anse aux Meadows is an archaeological site on the Great Northern Peninsula in Newfoundland‚ Canada that has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. UNESCO‚ the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organization‚ designates World Heritage Sites in order to “…encourage the identification‚ protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity.” The L’Anse aux Meadows archaeological site is truly of outstanding
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Crouching Tiger‚ Hidden Dragon is a multi award winning martial arts film. The film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors. This movie was made on a $17 million budget and was a huge international success‚ grossing $213.5 million and is a very worthy candidate for inclusion in the film festival. Characterisation: The movie opens with the return of Li Mu Bai from the Green Mountain where he reunites with his friend‚ Yu Shu Lien‚ a female warrior. Both
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Robert Frost’s love of nature is expressed in the setting of his poem "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening." His elaborate description of the woody setting brings vivid images to the reader’s mind. Frost explains the setting so descriptively that the reader feels he is in the woods also<br><br>The setting is a very important tool Frost uses in writing this poem. The setting is obviously in the woods‚ but these are not just any old woods. Something caught the speaker’s eyes in these woods making
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Abstract Writing words is a media‚ a trace reflecting the psychic life and the reproduction by memory of the author; things in the world would affect psychic life. Besides‚ food is a basic need in our living‚ the change of the eating way‚ eating environment‚ cooking methods being a trace of the society. So through text‚ Hong Kong food literature‚ traces of different authors‚ we can have a more consummate understand on the situation of Hong Kong society. Moreover‚ Hong Kong is an international
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Historically‚ hawker stalls were pack of the life style of some Hong Kong people who used to live in the crowded and poorer areas‚ such as the housing estates. In Modern Hong Kong‚ these hawkers are getting fewer and fewer in number because the government has tightened up illegal hawkering. This is due to hygiene and environmental control in preventing diseases such as cholera and diarrhea. Where there are food hawkering‚ there is going to be plenty of rubbish and this is lead to attracting mice
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1.0 Executive Summary We are preparing to open a popcorn specialty shop in Hong Kong‚ the Pop Popcorn Shop. Hong Kong is a famous international tourism city and it successfully received more than 42 million tourists in the past year. Hong Kong has its unique culture and the Hong Kong film culture is one of the most remarkable one. Therefore‚ our Pop Popcorn Shop will closely integrated with the Hong Kong film culture‚ and create a well-known local brand image‚ which can attractive to local residents
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Effects of Overpopulation Do you know how many people are in Hong Kong? According to Wikipedia‚ nowadays‚ there are almost 7.1 million people in Hong Kong‚ "with an overall density of some 6‚300 people per square kilometre."[1] Therefore‚ Hong Kong is "already one of the most densely populated cities on earth."[2] Large population comes up with overpopulation. Moreover‚ overpopulation brings a number of problems which affect Hong Kong socially‚ environmentally and economically. In the social problem
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