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on leisure facilities‚ service and activities are suitable and enough for elderly in Hong Kong? Introduction A small-scale city of China‚ Hong Kong‚ there is estimated 7‚008‚900 people by the end of Year 2008. And more than 13% of it will be the elderly. In view of the older population growing up at full pelt in Hong Kong‚ and for quickly promoting educational and economic capability‚ the demands of elderly leisure facilities and services increase every year. Nowadays the leisure topic
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THE AMERICAN LEISURE CLASS Thorstein Veblen During the earlier stages of economic development‚ consumption of goods without stint‚ especially consumption of the better grades of goods – ideally all consumption in excess of the subsistence minimum – pertains normally to the leisure class. This restriction tends to disappear‚ at least formally‚ after the later peaceable stage has been reached with private ownership of goods and an industrial system based on wage labour or on the petty household
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A leisure education program will best suit the group goals and reinforce the AA 12 step program this mental health facility incorporates into their philosophy. The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12 Step program “is concerned solely with the personal recovery and continued sobriety of individual alcoholics who turn to the Fellowship for help” (What is AA‚ 2016). From this philosophy‚ leisure education sessions with a CTRS will play a very important role in personal recovery and sobriety. “Recreational
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Examine the different definitions of leisure and the purposes it has served throughout history to come up with your own definition of leisure and define the purposes you think it should for individuals and/or societies. How does your view relate to what Russell presents about leisure in his text “In Praise of Idleness”? In the rest of your essay‚ discuss to what extent Russell’s ideas about work and leisure are still valid in the contemporary society. Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher‚
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The Theory of Leisure Class‚ Veblen talks about “conspicuous consumption”. This means to buy objects or services‚
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Veblen theses in “The Theory of the Leisure Class” (henceforth‚ referred to as TLC). Furthermore‚ this paper will discuss wether leisure class being too conservative and hinder the development of the society. To begin with‚ in order to identify TLC‚ it is essential to define what Veblen means of “leisure class” in the book. As Veblen said in TCL‚ “The leisure class as a whole comprises the noble and the priestly classes‚ together with much of their retinue.” Leisure classes can be defined by occupations
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According to Benjamin Franklin‚ ‘’ Leisure is the time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain‚ the lazy man never. ‘’ Scientists prove by given statistics that in America‚ people who do an activity‚ leisure and sports‚ everyday is 96.2%‚ and they spend an average of 5.18 hours per day. Leisure‚ or free time‚ is time spent away from obligations and work. Leisure‚ nowadays‚ becomes very actual and trendy‚ with gender equalities and with the modern world of today‚ it becomes
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services of internet 2. Viruses may attack the system when we use internet 3. Internet is making people lazy and inactive 4. If we sit in front of computers for a long time it may affect our sight 5. Children are wasting valuable time on chatting and gaming online Essay: Use and abuse of leisure Leisure means the time when one is free from one’s routine
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Relationship between Leisure and Self-Identity Leisure plays an important role in identity formation. According to Haggard & Williams(1992)‚ we can construct contexts that provide us with information that believe and confirm who we are‚ and provide others with information that will agree them to understand us more accurately through leisure participation. But how the detail this process takes will be needed more descriptions and studies. Some researchers‚ like Shaw‚ Caldwell‚ Kivel and Kleiber
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