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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As everyone knows‚ the 1950s is a decade when America is possessed by the glorious period of religion‚ especially the Christianity. Basically‚ the principle and concept of Christianity are focused on the love of human life‚ particularly love and relationship between male and female. Thus‚ in the intense period of glorious religion‚ the homosexuality is a prohibition which cannot be expressed through the eyes of the world not only because of the abnormality in the society‚ but in the religious beliefs
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The origins of Christianity can be originated in Judaism and for that reason it is no surprise that both religions have many beliefs in common. During the earliest beginnings‚ Christianity was a part of Judaism‚ but currently they are two distinct communities. However‚ they are bound together by their belief in one God and to worship any other is to deny Him. The separation between both religions did not happen fast or easy. The entire division took some hundred years and the very complex separation
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Monica‚ was a great influence in his life. She brought him up as a Christian‚ but he gave up his religion when he went to school at Carthage. There he became adept in rhetoric. In his Confessions he repents of his wild youth in Carthage‚ during which time he fathered an illegitimate son. At some time in his youth he became a convert to Manichaeism. After 376 he went to Rome‚ where he taught rhetoric with success; in 384‚ at the urging of the Manichaeans‚ he went to Milan to teach. His years at
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I decided to do my religious study on Catholicism because I am a protestant Christian‚ and our religions are generally grouped together under the banner of “Christianity” even though our beliefs and traditions vary. I wanted to learn more about the beliefs of Catholicism so that I could better understand the differences between it and Protestantism. As it turned out‚ this semester my Catholic extended family invited my family and I to mass while we were visiting them in Michigan one weekend‚ so we
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Zika virus Zika is probably the most talked about virus of 2015-2016. After all‚ it was being spread during the Olympics in Rio‚ Brazil. Zika is carried by mosquitos. It is called the Aedes mosquito. Zika can cause fever‚ it can give you a rash‚ Joint pain and red eyes which can last for days. Zika can’t just infect you by touching you‚ it has to go through your immune system. The immune system is your body’s defense system against viruses. The immune system is not easy for viruses to get
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How Disease is Spread by Vectors In medical science or biology‚ a vector refers to an agent (microbes‚ animals or person) that does not cause disease by itself but helps in transmitting the pathogens that cause disease from one host to another. In this sense‚ the host could be humans‚ animals or plants. These vectors have contributed to the epidemic of so many diseases. Different diseases are transmitted by different vectors but some ailments share common vectors. For instance female anopheles
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honest‚ trustworthy‚ and sincere. When he was 40 years old he was in a meditative retreat and he received his first prophecy from god from the angel Gabriel. After Muhammad got his prophecy he told his wife‚ he said that either he’s crazy or a prophet. He said that he was chosen by Allah to be a messenger. Muhammad decided to tell everyone about his prophecy‚ but everyone rejected his call to worship only one god because they were all idol worshippers. These Muslims suffered bitter persecution
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Christianity is one of the most dominant religions of today’s world. The central tenet behind this monotheistic religion stem from the life‚ teachings‚ and death of Jesus. However‚ the development of Christianity in the Roman world was filled with carnage and brutality. It consisted of Christian mobs massacring rival followers; emperor’s calling meetings of all the bishops of the empire; violent destruction of pagan temples‚ and so on. So how did Christianity survive as a religion‚ when many others
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Muscular Christianity is the concept that participating in vigorous sports/exercises builds character. I have to say that I 100% believe in this concept and think that it really does reign true. I do believe that participating in sports builds character‚ whether it is a recreational sport‚ or if it is in a league for a title‚ playing a sport is going to help people build character. People have always said that winning proves who is the best‚ but losing builds character and I do feel that this is
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