go to Hong Kong,” economist Milton Friedman is credited with saying. Yet to idealize the city today as a free market paradise, thriving in its 15th year after the British handover to China, is 45 to sorely oversimplify, if not misconstrue, the darkening forces at work here. It’s to miss the tensions and tectonic shifts beneath the glitzy financial center that Hong Kong shows to the world. In the city underneath, one finds asylum 50 seekers and prostitutes; gangsters with their incongruent bouffants; thousands of Indonesian housemaids who flock to Victoria Park on their precious Sundays off; and those barely scratching out an existence, people crammed into 55 partitioned apartment blocks of “cage houses” the size of refrigerator boxes. While Hong Kong’s per capita gross domestic product ranks tenth in the world, its Gini coefficient, an index that measures the gap between rich and poor, is 60 also among the highest.
refrigerator boxes ‘Too many meals at local greasy spoons, or tea houses, can bring pressure on diners’ waistlines,’ says dietician Kim Kam, citing the example of two popular meals: fried rice and braised pork ribs with salad sauce. Usually a plate of fried rice contains excessive calories reaching 905, mainly due to its high fat content (35 grams or more) with about 280mg of cholesterol. That is exactly half of the recommended daily intake of fat and all the cholesterol. To lead a healthy life, each meal should not carry more than 800 calories. In the meantime, the pork ribs contains even more fat, providing 60 percent of an ordinary man’s daily energy requirements. ‘The above-mentioned meals for dinner every day can add a kilogram to a man, and 1.8 kg to a woman’s eight within 5 days,’ Kam says.
Using the information in paragraph 3, complete the following table. The first one has been done for you as an example. (4 marks) Item Content 905 calories A plate of fried rice __________________ fat __________________ cholesterol Total recommended fat intake per day __________________ fat Total recommended calorie per meal __________________ calories
35 grams of fat 280 mg of cholesterol 70 grams of fat 800 calories
Read paragraph 5 and 6 of the article and then fill in each blank with ONE word only which best completes the grammatically correct sentence, keeping the meaning of the original text. (6 marks)
The younger generation in Japan find (a) _______________ in job hunting than before; hence, they are (b) _______________ to choose alternative jobs which are less competitive. A host of high school graduates, like Yamanaka, appreciate the lifestyle of freeters and feel (c) _______________ to opt out of the mainstream jobs. Yamanaka thinks her work loyalty only exists between the (d) _______________ company and herself. Once her work is over, so (e) _______________ her loyalty to that company. However, to traditional Confucians and the older generation, their career (f) _______________ are to work hard for their companies and to respect their lifelong jobs. difficulties forced glad// good present// current is goals// traditions New Warnings on Hong Kong Beauty Treatments [1] Complaints about invasive beauty treatments, [7] Lam said she felt numbness on both sides of her including plastic surgery, cosmetic injections and nose and upper lip during the treatment. The laser therapy jumped 40 percent in the first 10 months numbness was still there a week later. Lam, later was of this year over the same period last year, Hong diagnosed by a different physician, with damaged Kong's Consumer Council said on Thursday, neurilemma. She lost 50 to 70 percent sensation on November 15. There were 141 complaints over the the sides of her nose and cheeks. It took months for first 10 months of 2012, compared to 103 during the her to recover. corresponding period last year. [8] The council suggested consumers think twice before [2] The leading cause of complaints is that customers undergoing such invasive beauty treatments as BOTOX didn't get the results they thought they'd paid for. injections to reduce wrinkles, evaluating carefully the Some were left disfigured with scars that will last a safety and risks of the treatment. They should evaluate lifetime, redness of the skin, burning sensations and in the credentials of practitioners. some complaints, medical complications. [9] The Consumer Council also called on the government [3] One of the complaints came from Miss Chow, to specify guidelines and policies with a view to who paid HK$380,000 for salon beauty treatments. regulating beauty services and procedures, in order to Three days before her wedding, the salon safeguard the interests and safety of consumers. recommended skin whitening injections costing HK$4,500. After that, her cheeks turned red and [10] King Wing-keung, president of the Hong Kong swollen. She complained her face felt hot and painful. Association of Cosmetic Surgery, told China Daily that people should find registered physicians, rather than [4] Though she was then referred by the beauty salon beauticians, to carry out invasive beauty treatments in to an associated clinic for medical consultation and order to reduce risks. Customers ought to be advised of was prescribed some medications for her face, the potential risks before receiving treatment, he added. problems still persisted two days later. [11] Four working groups under a steering committee [5] The council said some of the consumers have been set up to review the regulatory regime for complained about being lobbied by companies to sign private healthcare facilities in the wake of the death of a up for expensive treatments of which they knew little beauty salon client, who underwent an intravascular or nothing about the risks and effects. They were not infusion at a beauty salon. The groups have been formed told whether the staff members were well qualified to and working since early November. administer the injections or procedures. [12] One group will differentiate between medical [6] In another case, Miss Lam paid for a hyaluronic procedures and practices, and beauty services. It will acid injection treatment to raise the bridge of her address the health risk posed when beauty salons nose. On the day of treatment, the doctor suggested improperly perform medical procedures under the cover she buy additional injections to reshape her nose and of providing "medical beauty services". face. She paid HK$12,000 for three additional doses. Using the information in paragraph 2, fill in each of the following blanks with ONE word. (3 marks)
The recent complaints have come from clients who were _______________________ skin irritations and allergies like _______________________, burning sensations and even lifelong injury on the skin such as scars and _______________________. suffering // having; red; disfigurement
Complete the summary of the passage by using one word to fill in each blank. The words may or may not come from the original passage. Make sure your answers are grammatically correct, paying attention to tenses, plurals, etc. (8 marks)
Concerns about the _________________________ between medical practices and beauty
services have been aroused along with the _________________________ of a client who had an intravascular infusion at a beauty salon. From the statistics of the Consumer Council, there were _________________________ more cases of complaints this year than last year. To reduce risks and _________________________ the interests of customers, both the customers themselves and the _________________________ should take up the responsibility. For the former, they ought to _________________________ before undergoing invasive beauty treatments and _________________________ to have the treatments done by non-registered personnel. For the latter, guidelines should be specified ____________ ____________ ____________ regulate “medical beauty services.”
