{"id":573,"date":"2010-09-22T14:56:21","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T14:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/573"},"modified":"2015-05-24T06:52:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T06:52:23","slug":"should-hong-kong-hold-the-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/573","title":{"rendered":"Should Hong Kong hold the Asian Games?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou from November 12 to November 27, 2010.&nbsp; Some people suggested that Hong Kong should hold the Asian Games.&nbsp; I definitely agree.&nbsp; There are some reasons that support my stance.<br \/>Firstly, Hong Kong held the East Asian Games at the beginning of this year. The event was a success.&nbsp; Our school also held many activities to encourage us to do sports.&nbsp; At that time, not only our school but Hong Kong had a festive atmosphere.&nbsp; Hongkongers were willing to do more sport and they learnt the importance of sports from the Games.<br \/>Secondly, the sports facilities are getting improved in Hong Kong.&nbsp; A sports centre was built for the East Asian Games.&nbsp; If the Asian Games is held in Hong Kong, the facilities will be improved more.&nbsp; It can also motivate the citizens more.&nbsp; They will do more sports if the facilities are better.<br \/>Thirdly, holding the Asian Games can stimulate the economy in Hong Kong.&nbsp; The Asian Games is a famous sports event, and it attracts many spectators from the world.&nbsp; These sports fans may also go shopping so it boosts the Hong Kong tourism.<br \/>Lastly, the purpose of holding the Asian Games is to encourage people to do more sports.&nbsp; Hong Kong is an international city and people work like bees.&nbsp; They are often very tired and neglect the importance of sports.&nbsp; They may become overweight and get sick easily.&nbsp; I think the Asian Games draws attention to the importance of sports so that the people in Hong Kong can be health-conscious.<br \/>Considering the benefits of Asian Games to our city, we should hold this international event.<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Some people suggested that Hong Kong should hold the Asian Games. I definitely agree. There are some reasons that support my stance.Firstly, Hong Kong held the East Asian Games at the beginning of this year. The ev.........<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/573\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":21,"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-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","schoolyear-9"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2772,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/2772"}],"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=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}