{"id":1998,"date":"2015-03-04T01:57:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T01:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/1998"},"modified":"2015-05-24T07:13:32","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T07:13:32","slug":"teenagers-heaven-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/1998","title":{"rendered":"Teenagers\u2019 heaven- Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Some lament the fact that <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">Hong Kong <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">seems<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> now <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">being <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">in chaos<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> recently with lots of protests for different issues on the streets<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">. Some teenagers <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">even <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">think that Hong Kong is a hard place to live, <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">due to<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> the problems, for instance, the widening wealth gap<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">,<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> the increasing competition <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">for<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> the university places and the <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">incompetence<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> of the government. The phenomen<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">a<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> escalate the<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">ir<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> disgruntlement toward<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">s<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> our city. In fact, Hong Kong <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">ha<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">s got lots of wonders for the teenagers<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> to appreciate and <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">here are some examples. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">First of all, the 12-year free primary and secondary education is one of the most amazing wonders that all civilians from the world want to enjoy. Education is essential <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">to<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> equipping a person. Without knowledge, no future is promised. In fact, many places in the world like Dubai and Indonesia, do not provide free education, and not all children<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> there<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> can receive education. Hong Kong is definitely one of the few places where free and high quality education<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> is provided<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">. How can\u2019t we be grateful for this? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">Hong Kong is also one of the most prosperous international cities, so we, teenagers, can gain lots of different opportunities in our career, after finish<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">ing<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> studying. Hong Kong is a very good stepping stone, which enables teenagers to develop themselves in diverse directions. After graduation, you may join a transnational company, which is attracted by Hong Kong\u2019s brilliant business environment. So in fact, the starting line of Hong Kong\u2019s teenagers is <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">much more favourable<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> when compared with the counterparts worldwide. Think about it, can <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">the <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">mainland students <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">lacking the global exposure <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">join an international company, and further develop themselves as global workers with outstanding performances as eas<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">ily<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> as Hong Kong teens? Hardly the case! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">Apart from education and opportunities, Hong Kong\u2019s special political status is also a treasure we should <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">cherish<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">. Hong Kong is a special administrated city, which is not <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">heavily <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">bounde<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">d<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> by the rul<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">es<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> of China. This provides lots of freedom to teenagers in Hong Kong to fulfill their dreams, express their views and concerns and they are able to pave their way towards <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">future<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> success in a relatively easier and faster way. Hong Kong is a heaven full of blessing<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">s<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">, where dreams c<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">an<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> come true. Teens chase dreams, don\u2019t they?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">Hong Kong is a special place where many teenagers are actually blessed with lots of wonders, providing many <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">precious<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> opportunities for teenagers to equip themselves and discover the new, <\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">challenging<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\"> world. How can we not love it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Some lament the fact tha<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">Hong Kon<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">seem<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">no<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">bein<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">in chao<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">recently with lots of protests for different issues on the street<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">. Some teenager<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">eve<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">think that Hong Kong is a hard place to live<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">due t<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">the problems, for instance, the widening wealth ga<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">the increasing competitio<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">fo<\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\">the university places and th.........<\/span><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/1998\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","classlevel-others","schoolyear-36"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2275,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions\/2275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}