“A detective’s story”

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I enjoy my life as a detective. Sometimes it’s scary and sometimes it’s exhausting, but it never dull. Take that day we discovered the body on the Seventh Street for instance.Let me first introduce my name, I am Charlie Ho. Last month, on the 1st April, I received a call about a dead body discovered .........Read More

Pulling down of school building for redevelopment

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Dear EditorI am a student of Hong Kong Secondary School which is located in To Kwa Wan. My school building is going to be pulled down as part of the redevelopment of the area and my school will be relocated to a new school building in the district. The purpose of the redevelopment is to provide bet.........Read More

Proposal for a Furniture Shop in The Big

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1IntroductioI would like to propose a furniture shop in The Big. The shop would offer a kaleidoscopic collection of unique and splendid furniture at reasonable prices. Selling furniture could indeed be a lucrative business.

2Details of the Furniture Sho2.1Antique FurniturThe shop would retail anti.........

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One of the Lucky Ones

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Book Title: One of the Lucky OneAuthor: Lucy ChinPublisher: Chinese Baptist PresNumber of Pages: 29~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ContentThis is a dramatized autobiography of Superwoman, Lucy Ching Man-Fai. It tells about how she overcomes all the difficulties an.........

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Title: Oliver Twist

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Title: Oliver TwisAuthor: Charles DickenPublisher: Person Education Limite

ContentThis book talks about a poor little boy called Oliver Twist, who was an orphan. His mother died when he was born and so he lived in an orphan workhouse. The counselors there were very unkind and treated them badly. .........

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Mainland Mothers Giving Birth in Hong Kong

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Dear EditorLast month, many doctors in the public hospitals complained to the Hospital Authority about the unbearable workplace caused by the influx of mainland mothers giving birth in Hong Kong. The Secretary of the Food and Health Bureau, Dr. York Chow, has proposed that the public hospitals shou.........Read More

Mainland mothers giving birth in Hong Kong

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Topic: The government recently announced that there will be a ban on mainland mothers who are not married to HK men to be treated in the public hospitals. Write a letter to the editor showing your concern and discussing both the good and bad points of this newly-established measure. Suggest some alt.........

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Letter to the Editor on Light Pollution

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Dear EditorI am writing about the worsening problem of light pollution in Hong Kong.As Hong Kong is called the ‘Pearl of the Orient’, lights at night are always an essential element to the city. They symbolize how prosperous the city is. They can really help boost the economy of the cit.........

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Letter to the Editor on Illegally Downloading Music

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Topic: Write a letter to the editor suggesting ways to stop students from illegally downloading music.Dear EditorI am writing to express my concerns about downloading music illegally.In the past few years, computers have become much cheaper than before and more people are able to get access to the .........Read More

Letter to the Editor on Deliveries in Public Hospitals

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Topic: You have read a news article about an increasing number of deliveries at public hospitals. Write a letter to the editor showing your concern and giving details of the recent situation of public obstetrics services. Suggest what could be done to ensure the welfare of Hong Kong mothers and say .........

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Hooked on Online Games

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Topic: Playing online video games is very popular among youngsters. Why are the teens hooked and what are the negative consequences? What should be done about the addiction? Write a letter to the editor telling your views. Sign your letter ‘May Tse’.Dear EditorMay I make use of your column to discus.........Read More

Drug- and drink-driving

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Dear EditorI am writing to express my opinion about the problem of dangerous driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in Hong Kong, and also suggest some measures to tackle this thorny problem.The serious car accidents involving drug-taking drivers or drunk drivers are always capturing the h.........Read More

Drug- and drunk-driving

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Dear EditorI am writing to express my opinions on the dangers of driving when under the influence of alcohol or drugs.It is alarming that dangerous driving is on the rise in Hong Kong. Even more worrying is that an increasing number of drivers are adopting a very casual attitude towards driving whi.........Read More

Double Schooling

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Topic: Your younger cousin, Peter, is only 4 years old. However, your auntie sends him to two kindergartens every day. Write a letter to your auntie showing your concern and persuade her to stop sending Peter to 2 kindergartens. Try to give examples and suggest ways to let Peter learn more without a.........

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Demolition of School Building for redevelopment

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Dear EditoI am writing to express my views towards the government plan of pulling down my school as part of the redevelopment program in Ho Man Tin. As this project affects not only my school, but the whole area, I understand that I should not selfishly insist on preserving my school’s buildi.........

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Being an Intern Reporter

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We are told to read newspapers every day – ranging from the English newspaper for improving our language proficiency, Chinese ones for social awareness, and the countless others for unknown reasons. These make the reading list seemingly inexhaustible. We do complain about journalists writing s.........Read More

A Writer Dream

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A writer is a person who produces literary content, including but not limited to stories, poetry, music and other literary art, advertising, procedures and books.Young Post meets Paula Chan, who is a writer.

RequirementYou need to be good at one language since you have to write books. You should be .........

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Are Academic Results More Important Than Health?

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Topic: Write a letter to the editor showing your concern about the news “Parents rate results over children’s health” and express your view towards this issue.

Dear EditorI am writing regarding the local parenting styles. According to a news report, over 85% of parents put academic results and perform.........

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A Presentation on Employment Traps

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Hi everyone.My presentation is about common employment frauds. I hope this presentation can protect you from these common traps in your summer job.Of course, there are people who adopt an alphabet soup of tactics to cheat job seekers’ money. But these tactics do have a common scenario – .........Read More

Admirable behaviour to model on

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Write a letter to the Editor telling what is learnt from the earthquake in Japan and suggest what we can do to emulate such good behaviour. Sign your letter ‘Chris Wong’.

Dear Sir/MadamThe recent earthquake in Japan was a disaster, yet we can learn a lot from it.It was indeed a surprise for many peop.........

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Career – Wedding Planner

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A dream wedding? The brightest moment? A wedding planner helps to plan weddings. Young Post meets Sharon Tsang, who works as a wedding planner in her own company.

RequirementYou need to be familiar with different culture as your clients might come from different countries.

You should have high EQ. Yo.........

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Write an article profiling a career of your choice

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The energetic students liven up the covered playground after school. Some of them are playing ball games while some of them chatting with each other. In this clamour of youth, a graceful and elegant lady sitting in front of me smiles at me kindly. She is Sheila Ng, a Chinese teacher at Xing Tan Seco.........

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Profiling a career of your choice

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MixologA bartender or mixologist is responsible for set-up, mixing of drinks, service and clean-up of bar area. Filling drink orders either taken directly from patrons at the bar or through waiters who place drink orders for room customers is the main task of a bartender.Young Pose meets Winson Lau.........

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A Wonderful Day With Eason

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Have you ever imagined that you can be one of the friends of your favorite singer? Not only having a friendly relationship, but also spending a whole day with him or her? Thanks to winning in a competition in a music magazine, I got a prize which was spending a Saturday with Eason Chan. Don’t .........

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A Personal Letter on Winning a Debate

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Dear PatIt's been a while since the last time we talked. I MISS the days we were on the same debating team.Last week, Annie, May, Jason and I represented our school in the inter-school debating competition against Happy Secondary School. The motion was ‘That Hong Kong is failing to take care .........Read More

A Personal Letter on Winning a Debate

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Dear Pat

Hi! How’s your new school? Do you get used to the chilly winter in California? You’re so lucky to be able to study in the USA. As I understand it, the workload there is so much lighter than that in Hong Kong! I need to do homework until midnight nearly every day

I can’t wait to tell yo.........

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A Meaningful Work Experience

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Have you even done any summer job? I took part in a three-week “Summer Work Experience’ scheme last summer. The work was so hard at the beginning that I didn’t want to continue but in the end I learnt many things and my attitude changed.

I found a part-time job as a salesperson in a toy shop in Tsim Sh.........

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