Month: March 2015

Late office leaver – A potential threat to company and staff alik

Ever since the policy “Work harder, gain more” was launched in our company, there has been a dominant trend that our staff leave the office late at night. The policy was meant to offer an incentive for people to work more diligently,.........

 Leaving the office very late

Recently, it is frequent to see that our colleagues are leaving the office very late. Some of them stay until midnight or even overnight. This is not a phenomenon we wish to see because it will definitely bring many negative effects to them personally and to our compan.........

How can we become a better company

Recently, our company has been awarded a prize for one of the 100 most successful enterprises in Hong Kong. This is a delightful encouragement to the company. Since it was established, we have been striving for excellence and efficiency. That is why our company ca.........

No more overtime for worker

While our company is taking off and earning more profits, some potential problems have taken root within.

One significant problem is that many workers work around the clock and leave the office very late. When the working time officially finishes at 5pm, nobody is ready .........

The over-consumption and the food waste problems in Hong Kong are overwhelming. Here over 3,000 tonnes of food waste is produced on a daily basis. Over 1 million tonnes is generated in a single year. Compared with our South Korean and Taiwanese counterparts, we, Hong Kong citizens produce 20-30% mor.........

The corrido

The sketch was drawn when I first joined the school. It pictures the school corridor at a particular recess, with flows of people surging through, teachers and students inclusive. Through depicted as a particular scene, it gives the general idea on how a regular school day is like. I’ve .........

Good morninrincipal, teachers and fellow schoolmates

Here we are, finally.Who would have thought, 6 years ago, that I would be giving a speech to all of you as the president of the Studentsnion.At least, not m.That’s for sure. When I was preparing for this speech, I wondered what message .........

Good morning principal, teachers and fellow schoolmates

Time files.My fellow schoolmates here are about to graduate.As the saying goes, Time and tide wait for no ma. In no wawill timhalt for younoeven the richest and most powerful person in the world.One, however wealthy hiscan’t wind b.........

Greetings everyone, I’m Chris Wong, the President of the Students’ Union. It is my great honour to speak to the graduates of 2014 today.

Time flies so fast. We went from F.1 to F.6 ithe blink of an ey.I was listening to the radio while I was preparing for this speech, and a song’s lyrics struck m.........

Dear Editor

I am writing texpresmy opinions towards the oligopoly acts of the big supermarkets. Nowadays, it is common for the local small shops to be expelled from the current market due to the duopoly of PARKnSHOP and Wellcome. A lack of competition is resulted, which then arouses lots of conce.........

Dear Editor

In the past few years, to cater for the tourists’ needs, it was discovered that a number of small shops were replaced by the big supermarkets. It is not difficult to spot the chain supermarket at the road side. While most of the people think that it is good for the city to become modern.........

Hong Kong seems to have entered a season for ageing population. There has been a growing concern about the ways to cope with this intractable problem. In fact, the elderly, especially the retirees are in dire need of help.

Ageing population may provoke lots of problems. Take my grandfather as the ex.........

By judging the topic, I guess most of you will know the topic of today’s entry: Poetry. Personally, I think poetry is the most beautiful text-type. It’s like painting a picture with words. As a big fan of literature, poetry is my favourite among all the text-types.

So if you’ve been following my blo.........

Overworking does harm one’s healt

According to the international Labour organization, the maximum working hours per worker should be 40 hours per weeks, which means each employee works approximately 8 hours a day. However, it was discovered that many staff in our company are leaving late. This phen.........

Pursuing s dream is an uphill battle. In the process, it is never the matters of luck and aptitude, but the passion that leads you to bite the bullet and leap over the hurdles. For me, the seed of my dream is growing stronger and stronger day by day with no pause.

Why I joined the talent contes

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While farmers toil under the scorching sun to grow grains for us to eat and use their energy to herd animals, we dump their produce into our landfill as edible waste in ample amounts. As a metropolis, there are citizens in need of the food dumped and it is a shame on us. They are living in hunger, f.........

Waste less, More Blessing

The over-consumption and the food waste problems in Hong Kong are overwhelming. Here, over 3000 tonnes of food waste is produced on a daily basis. Over 1 million tonnes is generated in a single year. Compared with our South Korean and Taiwanese counterparts, we, citizens p.........

Adjudicators, haiperso, ladies and gentlemen

Today’s motion is that “Country parshould be turned into sites for housing in Hong Kong”.As the opening speaker of thopposition sid, we are against today’s motion.There are three reasons, “SEE” to support our arguments.

The first “S” stands for .........

Good morning ladies and gentlemen

Today’s motion is that country parks should be turned into sites for housing in Hong Kong.That is, to use the land of country parfor residential purposes; in other wordstremove country parks in order to build residentiaarea.We are against the motion as we a.........

Why I joined the talent contes

Many probably know me as ‘The Angel of Voice’ after I’ve won the recent talent contest, but only few have heard of why I joined the competition in the first place. The truth is that I was persuaded by my good friend to participate in the contest with her so as to keep .........

Why I joined the talent contes

I would give the same answer to anyone who asks me this question. It was all planned in my destiny. I have had a natural beautiful voice since my childhood. I enrolled in the choir team in my primary school and became the chairperson because the teacher was impressed b.........

It is clear that the problem of the ageing population in Hong Kong is more serious nowadays and actions should be taken as soon as possible to alleviate the problem.

Many elderly people are left at home with nothing to do after their retirement and may feel that their lives are worthless.A couple o.........

Good morning teachers and fellow schoolmates

It’s my pleasure to have the opportunity to have a few last words with all of you who are going to leave the school and embark on your separate paths soon.Indeed I share the happiness of each of you, and I most certainly also share your antipathy toward.........

Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing to express my concerns about the safety of private school bus service. I have a child who takes private school buses to school every day and I could observe that the school bus service operators do not follow proper safety procedures when dealing with young children.

Fir.........

Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing to express my concerns about the safety issues of private school buses. According to the statistics, the number of school bus accidents in the first 7 months of 201hadoublthaothe same perioi2011. A number ochildren got hurt every time.However, a lot of these in.........

I feel like I have gone through the most dreadful time in my life today and I hope I will never come to it again!  I must jot it down in case I forget what I’ve experienced today.

I’m directing a play called ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’.  Childish!  Right?  I chose this title simply because we had a .........

Dear Diary

I have made one of the biggest mistakes in my life! Remember the play “Julius Caesar” ve been reading in drama class It was about how Brutus betrayed his good friend Julius Caesar for the good of the country.Recently, I have also betrayed my best friend, Jessie, not for the good of a.........

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen

Listening to the affirmative side’s argument just now, I’m appalled to see how narrow-minded and superficial our opponents think. Today’s motion is concerned with the promulgation of a social policy. A social policy is aimed at doing its citizens good. I believe .........

Good morning ladies and gentlemen

Our opponents claimed that country parks should be turned into sites for housing in Hong Kong because country parks occupy a vast area with only few people while Hong Kong is lacking residential land supply. However, may our opponents take a deeper look at the whol.........

Good morning ladies and gentleme

Today our opponent claims that there are a large number of country parks in Hong Kong. It is estimated that about three-quarters of Hong Kong is covered by the countryside. As we have got a vast countryside, our opponent simply thinks that it will be a waste of the .........