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Acknowledgement

CCC Kei Wan Primary School (Aldrich Bay)

39 Oi Shun Road, Shau Kei Wan,

Hong Kong

Phone: 2915-4140

Fax: 2539-0988

E-mail: [email protected]

Chief Editor’s Notes

I’m so glad that I have the chance to work as the

Chief Editor of Keiwanian Post this year. Being a chief editor is not easy. I have to face a lot of problems when we are designing the post: What subjects will we

publish How do we distribute the work and how do we write and edit the articles...? Fortunately, Miss Chan, Miss Lan and Miss Tse help us a lot. Therefore, we can manage and overcome all the problems.

Through the meetings of the English Club, I have im-proved my writing skills and built up many vocabularies and I have become more creative. I feel more confident when I am chairing a meeting. It is true that I have learnt the importance of co-operation and team spirit in the English Club.

In conclusion, to be a member of English Club is a good way to improve English.

It is a profound and unforgettable experience in my school life.

Hope you will all love the post.

Yuki Wong, Chief Editor

Note from the Editor

Hello, everyone! I am Annie

Wong. I am from class 5D. I am delighted to be the Editor of the Keiwanian Post this year (2007-2008).

I think being an Editor is challenging. There are many procedures and steps in learning how to write an article. First, I need to think of a topic and then write my article. Then I need to edit my article and other team mem-bers’ articles. But during the process I learnt to be friendly and patient to the others. I would like to thank Ms Lan, Ms Chan, Ms Tse and Yuki Wong. They all help me a lot! I hope you enjoy reading our newspaper!

Annie Wong, Editor

A word from the Principal

As a Chinese living in Hong Kong, there are

many cultural elements surrounding us. Among them the traditional culture is significantly a treasure. Dear Keiwanians, I encourage you to discover and investi-gate more on these treasures. In this issue I believe you shall get rich knowledge in it.

Ms Lau, Principal

Headline:

The History of Chinese Characters 1

Music 2

Culture 3

Festivals Around the World 4-5

Sports 6-7

Special Features 8-9

Reviews 10

Food 11

The Big Debate 12-13

Poetry Corner 14

Photo Gallery 15

Principal’s Note 16

Acknowledgement 16

Inside this issue:

By Yuki Wong, 6D


The History of Chinese Characters

July 2008

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during the Shang and Chou Dynasty (1200 -

1100 B.C.). People engraved characters on

bronze vessels. They were mainly used for

recording the enfeoffments text.

Large-seal script evolved from oracle-bone

script and bronze script. It became the for-

mal word and was used in the Chou Dynasty

(800 B.C.).

Small-seal script came from the large seal

script and was re-made by Li Shu in Qin

Dynasty (200 B.C.). This script was origi-

nally found on bamboo scrolls, but you can

still find this beautiful Chinese calligraphy

on silk writings and landscape paintings.

Clerical script is the modern Chinese writ-

ing system. It was used in the Han Dynasty

(200 B.C.). Its flowing script was fast and

efficient for writing. This writing system was

much easier to be used with pens, brushes

and paper, which is part of the reason why it

was adapted as the main Chinese calligraphy

method.

Since the fourth century, the standard script

was used. The famous Chinese calligrapher,

Wang Xi Zhi, liked to write in the standard

script. It’s the regular and popular script of

today.

Running script is a cursive style for fast writ-

ing. It has been used since Eastern Han

Dynasty. It is also my favorite Chinese writ-

ing system because its strokes are springy and

beautiful. Now I am learning it in a callig-

raphy school at Fortress Hill.

Cursive script is a shorthand style used for

personal expression. It has been used since

Western Han Dynasty. I think it is a quite

special writing style because its strokes are

artistic and cursive. It is not easy to distin-

guish the script.

Below is a sample timeline of the devel-

opment of Chinese characters and callig-

raphy. You will figure out that the Chi-

nese characters are very interesting when

you try to learn more about it.

The Chinese characters are one of the

oldest and the most widely used writing

system in the world. It is used by about

one fourth of the total population on

earth. It is also our country’s culture. We

should retain it forever. Hope you all

enjoy reading and writing Chinese char-

acters when you finish reading my pas-

sage.

Chinese characters have a

long history. Being a Chinese, how

much do you know about it? Read the

following passage to find out more!

Chinese characters were started in

Shang Dynasty (1500 - 1100 B.C.).

People engraved symbols or pictures

on the shells of turtles to express their

views of how they felt. It was called

‘oracle-bone script’. They were mainly

used for divination and keeping re-

cords of events that happened in the

Shang Dynasty.

Another ancient Chinese character is

called the ‘bronze script’. It was used

Oracle-bone script (horse)

15th - 11th centuries B.C.E.

Bronze script (horse)

12th - 11th centuries B.C.E.

Large-seal script (horse)

c. 8th century B.C.E.

Small-seal script (horse)

2nd century B.C.E.

Standard script (horse)

since c. 4th century B.C.E.

Running script (horse)


Cursive script (horse)


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Music

The symphony orchestra in our

school, CCC Kei Wan Primary School (Aldrich Bay) is quite famous. It started in 1985 and is the first music team in our school. There are more than 60 people in this orchestra. Mr Fung is the conduc-tor. Since 1990, we have done many performances . We have won prizes in many competitions.

Ho Wing Yuk is the bandmaster. He is 11 years old. He is in 6D. He has al-ready passed the grade 8 in the violin exam and grade 7 in piano exam. He is the bandmaster in string band too.

Kwok Yi Wing is our cello’s band-master. She is also 11 years old and she is in 6D too. She has already passed the grade 6 in the cello exam. She is also the bandmaster of the string band.

Wong Tsing Sum is the other band-master. She is 12 years old. She is in 6D. She has already passed grade 7 in the trumpet exam.

These bandmasters are of great re-sponsibility. We all like them to be our

School Orchestra By Kylie Shek, 6D

bandmasters.

I am a member of the orchestra too. I play the violin. I have played the violin for about 1 year. I wish I can enter the orchestra in the secondary school.

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He wrote his first symphony when he was eight and his first opera, La Fin-taSemplice four years later.

When he was thirteen, Mozart was appointed to work for the Royal members, but he earned very little money. Later he was given a post as an organist and wrote wonderful church music, including the famous "Coronation Mass". After he got mar-ried, he was employed as a minor court composer to the Emperor. Mo-zart once said that he was paid too much for what he did, too little for what he could do".

Mozart wrote over 600 works, which

demonstrated his ability to write

quickly, yet with effectiveness, skill

and emotion.

What

were you doing when you were four? Still playing with your toys? Mozart was al-ready writing his

own music!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the best classical composers and great-est musical geniuses of all times. He was born on 27th January 1756 in the town of Salzburg, Austria. By the age of three, Mozart was playing the piano like a professional. He composed sim-ple songs at four and even put on a concert when he was just six.

As a child Mozart toured Europe for three years with his dad and his sister. They were both talented musicians.

Mozart By Harmony Yeh, 6C

His operas and symphonies were of

great successes, especially "The Magic

Flute", his last opera, and symphony

no. 39, 40 and 41.

His style of composition was greatly influenced by Joseph Haydn, the Father of Symphony. His final work, Requiem, was not yet completed when he died on December 5, 1791. He was buried in the churchyard of St. Mark in Vienna.

I think Mozart is an extremely crea-tive person. His compositions are of great influence to music after his time, including modern music. I like him because his music is of great emotional depth. The last opera of his, 'Magic Flute', is my favorite piece. The songs in that opera are very special. I would recommend all of you to listen to the Requiem by Mozart. Although it was the last composition of Mozart, it was still of high quality among the works of him.

Vol 3, Issue 3 Photo Gallery

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Editing the articles: Yuki Wong (Chief Editor, 6D), Kylie Shek (6D), Michelle Poon (6D), Hannah Kan (5C), Susan Lee (5D), Wing Ki (5D), Hoi Ying (5D)

Group photo: (front left to right) Susan Lee, Hannah Kan, Hoi Ying, Wing Ki and Michelle Poon

(back left to right) Ms Tse, Kelly Wong,, Annie Wong,, Kylie Shek, Yuki Wong,, Harmony Yeh, Ms Chan and Ms Lan

Advertising for cookies: Susan Lee (5D), Yuki Wong (6D), Annie Wong (5D), Harmony Yeh (6C), Hannah Kan (5C), Kelly Wong (6C)

Tea Party: English group members with Ms Chan and Ms Lan and our guest s (front

left: Miss To, Ms Lau (principal), Ms Chan, Miss Chan, Miss Tai)

Making a newspaper: Hannah Kan (5C), Susan Lee (5D),

Michelle Poon (6D), Harmony Yeh (6C), Kelly Wong (6C)

First English Club Meeting: Kelly Wong (6C),

Harmony Yeh(6C),Yuki Wong (6D)

Searching the web: Hoi Ying (5D), Annie Wong (5D), WingKi (5D)

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Poetry Corner

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Saying goodbye to my dearest

school

Without sadness, without tears

All the feelings kept in my mind

Without say, without lie

All the appreciation deep in my heart

Because of you

With happiness, with joy

Show on my face

With confidence, with success

Show in my achievement

Because of you

No more stress, no more worry

Look forward to our future

Without anxiety, without hurry

Look forward to our challenges

Because of you

Goodbye my dearest school

My precious memories

Goodbye my unforgettable school

My happy school life

Goodbye

Yuki Wong, 6D

Farewell

Over the past six years,

we had laughs and tears.

We went to school together,

and comforted each other.

Teachers taught us to care,

and they told us to share.

They granted us knowledge to learn.

Let us remember what we’ve learnt.

Teachers were very friendly,

but students sometimes were

naughty.

Each day we spent at school was so

memorable,

but leaving the school makes me feel

sorrow.

Now it’s time to say goodbye,

yet saying this makesmecry.

In our new schools, we will behave,

and we will learn to be brave.

Michelle Poon, 6D

Dear School, I want to tell you…...

I love staying with you,

because I am under your spell.

You give me friends and happiness,

You’re the best, I can tell.

Now I am going to leave,

I am growing bigger and taller.

I’m afraid I can’t see you anymore

or hear your happy laughter.

Time waits for no one,

I can do nothing but cry.

But I know this is just a step

and my tears will soon dry.

I will miss you a lot

but I know this is right.

It is time for me to stand

and follow the path of light.

Kelly Wong, 6C

Farewell to our dear school

Soon I’ll go

And I can’t say no

I know I’m fortunate

To be one in here

Thanks for the teachers who taught us gently

Thanks for the classmates who helped me generously

I really love them

Our memories are sweeter than jam

At night I see the stars twinkling

In my mind I can see my friends smiling

Farewell, my dear teachers and friends

Our good times never ends!

Harmony Yeh, 6C

Sichuan Earthquake

The day was bad.

Many people were dead.

Children lost their mum and dad.

And I was very sad.

Victims’ homes disappeared.

Although we are far away

I can still hear

their sorrow is clear.

No matter how old or young,

We should help them all.

No matter rich or poor,

children need our support.

They were frightened

as the newspaper written.

We should care them often

so that their lives will be brightened.

The disaster was terrible.

The casualty was unbelievable.

But nothing is impossible

We should try to do our best to help.

Leung Wing Kei, 5D

Vol 3, Issue 3 Culture

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The Great Wall of China

People often say :The man who has not climbed The Great Wall is not a true man. Therefore every visitor must climb the wall when he comes to China. Don’t forget to climb this famous construc-tion when you visit Beijing!

Have you visited The Great Wall of

China before? If not, let me tell you something about this world’s longest human-made struc-ture.

The Great Wall of China is one of the seven wonders of the world. It is more than 2,000 years old and over 6,352km long. So it takes hundreds of years to build it. It is from Shanghai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west.

The Great Wall was built with stones, wood, grass and earth. It was built to protect the cities and stopped the attacks from the other invaders. So there are many watch towers at regular distance. The watch towers are used to store weap-ons and send smoke signals. The steps of the wall are very steep and tall.

By Suen Hoi Ying, 5D

when it is almost dry. When it is all dry, bake it in high

temperature. The next step is glazing. The reason for

glazing is for decoration and protection. After that, bake

them in high temperature again.

People invented pottery more than 8,000 years ago.

Maybe it is the oldest artwork of human.

There are many kinds of pottery in the world.

The oldest pottery is earthenware. It becomes

dry under the sun so it is not as hard as the

pottery nowadays. Another kind of pottery is

the stoneware. It’s made of clay and many

other materials. Porcelain is a kind of pottery

too. It is made of some kaolinite. It needs to

be baked at temperature about 1,300 to

1,500 . It is hotter than any temperature

needed baking other potteries.

If you want to know more about pottery, you

can check the following website:

http://www.howtomakepottery.com

http://www.answers.com/topic/pottery

What do you know

about pottery? I think the pat-

terns of the pottery are beau-

tiful and the designs are

very creative.

Maybe you don’t know

what a pottery is. Pot-

tery is something that

is made of a clay

body. You can use it to

cook as a cooking ware, store

things and a container, hold

food or water as a dish. The

most basic tool for making pot-

tery is our hands. Sometimes we

use a pottery’s wheel or turnta-

ble to help us.

First, we use some wet clay and

our hands to make the shape of

the pottery. Then, let the pottery

dry. We can make some patterns

and a handle on the pottery

Pottery By Kelly Wong, 6C

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Festivals Around the World

Chinese New Year New Year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The fifteenth day of the New Year is called the "Lantern Festival”, which is cele-brated at night with lantern displays. On this day, children will carry lan-terns in the parade.

Chinese New Year was on 18th of February this year. We can do many things on these days such as travelling, shopping, getting red packets, visiting temples, watching Chinese New Year Night Parade, cleaning the flat, going to the flower markets, preparing the New Year candy tray, watching "lion dances", watching firework show, visiting friends and relatives, eating New

Year food like "New Year Cakes,” “Turnip Cakes,” “Deep-fried Dumplings," and have the New Year's Eve dinner.

Children get red packets, wear new clothes and eat sweets, so they like the festival very much. Adults can visit friends and relatives, so they love the Chinese New Year as well.

This festival is my favourite be-cause I can get red packets and wear brand new beautiful clothes.

According to an-cient Chinese legend,

there was a monstrous beast called Nian that

hunted and ate humans. It lived in the mountainside and

could infiltrate houses silently. The Chinese were scared of this mon-ster. The people later learnt that Nian was sensitive to loud noises and the colour red, so they scared it away with loud explosions, fire crack-ers and red colour paper.

"GuoNian" actually means “Passing of the old Nian." These customs led to the first New Year celebration. Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the

By Susan Lee, 5D

Western Festivals By Michelle Poon, 6D

There are many different

western festivals in Hong Kong. For example, Christmas, Hallow-een and Easter. Do you know all these festivals? Let me introduce them one by one to you.

Christmas is the most popular festival among the other festivals. It is on 25

th of December every

year. During Christmas, people decorate their homes with Christ-mas trees, lights and candles. It is also a time for carols, cakes, gifts and family gatherings too. People all over the world send gifts and cards to one another. But don’t forget that Christmas is also for celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Every Christmas, I deco-rate the Christmas tree; I also put socks on the door handle. At night, I go out to eat with my fam-ily. We eat turkey, spaghetti and desserts, and they are very deli-

cious.

Another well-known western festival is Easter. Easter is the spring festival. During Easter, children will eat chocolate eggs and some will wear the bunny costume. Some people will go to the church to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. At Easter there are two traditional Easter egg games, the Easter Egg Hunt and the Easter Egg Roll. On Easter morning the children of the community are invited to find the eggs that are hidden in public places. Sometimes there are prizes, such as candy for children who find the most eggs. The objective of Easter Egg Roll is to see who can roll an egg the furtherest or can make roll without breaking it; usually down a grassy hillside or slope. These games are very fun.

Halloween is celebrated on 31st

of October. The term ‘Halloween’ is shortened from “All-hallow-eve”, which is the night before the mass of all saints (with hallows meaning saints). During Halloween, people visit “haunted houses” and go to cos-tume parties. The main event for children is “trick-or-treating”. Children

dress up in their costumes and ask for candy. They knock on the neighborhood’s door and yell “trick-or-treat”, after which they will be given a lot of sweets. Halloween used to be a scary festival, but nowadays it has become a popular festival for children. A few years ago, I dressed up as a witch and went trick-or-treating with my brothers and cousins. It was very exciting and we were given many sweets.

My favorite festival is Christmas, because I like singing carols and getting presents. I can also have a long holiday to spend with my fam-ily. Although most of the people in Hong Kong are Chinese, they like western festivals very much be-cause the culture of Hong Kong is a mix of East and West. In fact, some people celebrate western festivals more than Chinese festivals. In my family, we celebrate both Chinese and western festivals.

Vol 3, Issue 3 The Big Debate

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Written by: Harmony Yeh (6C), Kylie Shek (6D), Michelle Poon (6D),

Hannah Kan (5C), Suen Hoi Ying (5D)

We support that students should be al-

lowed to use mobile phones in school. When we are in danger and we cannot handle it by ourselves, we can call our parents for help im-mediately. It’s the safest way to handle dan-gerous situation.

When we forget to bring something, we can call our parents to bring them to school for us. Of course we should bring our things by our-selves and shouldn’t depend on our parents. In case we are careless to leave our homework at home, we can always ask for help from parents.

Besides, if the teachers would like to keep us at school for a project or anything else, we can use our mobile phones to report to our parents. It’s quicker to contact our parents than lining up and using the school phone at the general office.

In the school, there are many activities. Usu-ally, we would like to take photos of those spe-cial moments to remind us of them in the fu-ture. Nowadays we can use our mobile phones to take photos too.

Moreover, we have lots of homework and projects to do. Sometimes we may need to find some information. It takes a lot of time to go to the computer room and surf the Net there. Most of the mobile phones can be used to surf information from the Net. This is very convenient.

We believe that all of you have copied your handbooks for many times. Do you think that it’s a problematic job? We think so. We can use a mobile phone to save a copy. Taking a picture or even keying in words is faster than handwriting.

In recess, we should do something to relax ourselves. But what is a more convenient way for us to relax? We can use it as an MP3 to listen to music or even play games with it!

Besides, if we have already got into the school but we have forgotten to do something that we must do at home, we can ask our parents for help.

If we want to say something important to our teachers but we can’t find them, we can call or send messages to them as well. Mobile phone is a necessary appliance for us. It’s easy to carry. We need it very much espe-cially in the school. Do you think so?

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The Big Debate

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phone users. Once a mobile phone exploded and

the owner was injured. Additionally, we must

learn that using mobile phones can damage our

health because they produce harmful radiation

while we are using them. So that, those students

using mobile phones maybe in danger.

Finally, students who use mobile phones at

schools may disturb the teachers if they forget to

switch off their mobile phones ring function. It

can also affect both their own or the other stu-

dents’ study when they use the mobile phones to

play games or send messages during the lessons.

In conclusion, we believe that those students who

do not bring mobile phones to school may con-

centrate on their lessons better, they will become

healthier because they contact less radiation ray

and the most important point is that temptation

of committing a crime may decrease. Therefore

our group disagrees to the students bringing mo-

bile phones to school.

Written by: Yuki Wong (6D), Kelly Wong (6C),

Annie Wong (5D), Leung Wing Kei (5D), Susan Lee (5D)

We oppose that the students should be

allowed to bring and use their mobile phones in

school because using mobile phones at school can

cause many inconveniences and problems.

Firstly, buying mobile phones for the children

gives more pressure on their parents because a

mobile phone is very expensive and it is easy to be

lost when the users are primary school students.

We think that if students have urgent need to in-

form their parents immediately, they can use the

telephone at the school office.

Secondly, from the recent newspaper reports,

some bad students used their mobile phones to

take some indecent pictures of the girls. Some lazy

students used their mobile phones secretly to

search answers through the internet when they

were doing tests and examinations, and some

greedy students stole the modern and beautiful

mobile phones from other students. Therefore

using mobile phones in school can result in in-

creasing chances of students committing crimes.

Thirdly, sometimes it is a danger to the mobile

Vol 3, Issue 3 Festivals Around the World

Hong Kong began celebrating Mother's Day in the 1950s, when western culture began to affect Hong Kong people's lifestyle.

I think Mother's Day is the best chance for us to thank our mothers for taking care of us. When Mother's Day comes, I make paper flowers with beautiful hand-craft papers for her, or buy some practical things for her. We can celebrateMother's Day by eating out with our mothers, or even give them a kiss!

Do you think Mother's Day is a holiday in-

vented to sell greeting cards? Not so.

The earliest Mother's Day celebrations were the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honour of Rhea, the Mother of the gods. During the seventeenth century, England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday" on the fourth Sunday of Lent in honour of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ. On that day, servants and children returned home with gifts, flowers, and special Mothering Day cakes for their mothers.

In the United States, Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe as a day dedicated to peace. In 1907, Ann Jarvis began a campaign to establish a na-tional Mother's Day on the anniversary of her mother's death. In 1914, the president officially claimed Mother's Day as a national holiday to be held on the second Sun-day of May each year.

Shops in Hong Kong sell presents to celebrate Mother's Day. Children send e-cards to their mothers. People in

Mother’s Day By Harmony Yeh, 6C

Father’s Day By Kelly Wong, 6C

Father’s Day is

on the third Sunday of June. The first Father’s Day was on 19th

June, 1910, in Spokane, Wash-ington. It is a day for sons and daughters to honor their father

and celebrate fatherhood.

The day was created by a woman called Sonora Smart Dodd. After her mother died, Sonora wanted to let her father know how special he was to her. Her father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father’s Day celebration in June. In 1926, a National Father’s Day Committee was formed in New York City. Fa-ther’s Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon set up a forever national custom of Father’s Day to be held on the third Sunday of June.

In Hong Kong, the grown-ups usually buy something special such as watches as gifts for their father. The children usually make a card. Although some of the children cannot draw very well, their father is still happy.

Today I found a very good poem about Dad that I’d like to share with you!

What Makes A Dad

God took the strength of a mountain,

The majesty of a tree,

The warmth of a summer sun,

The calm of a quiet sea,

The generous soul of nature,

The comforting arm of night,

The wisdom of the ages,

The power of the eagle’s flight,

The joy of a morning in spring,

The faith of a mustard seed,

The patience of eternity,

The depth of a family need,

Then God combined these qualities,

When there was nothing more to add,

He knew His masterpiece was complete,

And so, He called it … Dad.

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Sports

Badminton By Leung Wing Kei, 5D

Badminton is an Olym-

pic sport we can play indoors or outdoors. It can be played with the racquet and the shuttlecock. You play this sport in a rectan-gular court with a net in the middle. Players can get points when they hit the shuttlecock over the net with their racquet while the other player cannot hit back the ball.

Compared with other ball games, badminton is easily affected by wind. It is because the weight of the shuttlecock is lighter than the nor-mal ball. So, badminton competi-tions are usually held indoors.

It is easy and quick to learn bad-minton. This sport is usually played by two or four people. Now, people usually play badminton for fitness and for fun. However, at a compe-tition level, players should have good skills of their body.

Badminton has a long history. It was played in ancient Egypt and Greece. In the early west, badmin-ton came from a game called bat-tledore and shuttlecock. In the game, the players needed to keep the shuttlecock in the air with small rackets. In 1860s, badminton is an

upper-class sport in England. In 1934, an international badmin-ton association called the Bad-minton World Federation was established. It aims to govern the sport worldwide.

To win a badminton competi-tion, both players should have a good mode and planning. In doubles players’ competition, usually one is liable for raid and one is liable for keep.

All in all, badminton is an inter-national sport which is easy to learn but difficult to play at an advance level. We can enjoy this sport everywhere with just two racquets and a shuttlecock. Practice makes perfect. We can practise hard to get a better skill for winning in competitions.

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Table Tennis wards the opposite side.

Each hit of the ball must

pass over the net and

bounce on the other side of

the table.

At

recess,

we can see many

students playing ta-

ble tennis in the cov-

Which kind of sports do

you like best? My favourite

sport is table tennis. The ori-

gin of table tennis is from

England. Some upper-class

people loved to play this

game after dinner. Now it is

also one of the most popular

games in the East Asia.

Table tennis is a sport for two

or four players. This game is

played on a table which is

divided by a net. Play-

ers use a wooden

paddle covered with

rubber on one or

two sides to hit a

small, light ball to-

By Suen Hoi Ying, 5D

ered playground happily.

Although some students do

not know how to play table

tennis, they still watch

their friends and try to

learn from them.

Table tennis becomes

more and more popu-

lar in Hong Kong

since our Hong Kong

representatives

have won the silver

medal in the Ath-

ens Olympic. Are

you interested in playing

table tennis? Try it and you

will find fun in it.

Vol 3, Issue 3 Food

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nese life just like

other Chinese

food. Tea makes me feel re-

fresh and it fills me with en-

ergy. I love to drink Chinese

Green Tea because it tastes

good. It is also one of the most

popular types of tea in China.

The Chinese Green Tea was

the first to be discovered and

since its discovery the tea leaf

has been widely consumed.

There are many varieties of

tea. They are categorized un-

der the four tea categories,

green, white, black and oo-

long.

Famous Chinese Dishes By Hannah Kan, 5C

I love to eat famous Chi-

nese dishes from China like

Soup and Beijing Duck be-

cause they are delicious.

Chinese soups have long been

part of the Chinese culture.

The Chinese make their soup

with chicken, meat or vegeta-

ble stock. Although, Chinese

soups are healthy, they are

not too pleasant in appear-

ance. Chinese soups are very

tasty and light in both texture

and flavor. Now some of the

soups are filling enough to be

a meal all by themselves. I

love soups very much. They

are one of my favourite Chi-

nese cuisines. They are also

very yummy!

I like tea too. Chinese Tea is a

popular beverage in China. It

is also part of the Chinese

history and culture. Tea is one

of the essential beverages for

the Chinese people. Drinking

tea is an integral part of Chi-

Shek’s Recipes By Kylie Shek, 6D

I am going to show you how to make a watermelon jelly! I learned it from my mother. It is very delicious and I hope I can share it with you!

Ingredients:

bite-sized chunks watermelon

(seeds removed)

lemon juice

liquid fruit pectin

sugar

Steps:

First, you need to blend the water-melon pieces in a blender for approx. 1 minute on medium speed.

Then put it in a large kettle and mix the melon, sugar, and lemon juice to-gether

After that, bring it to boil. Next, you can stir in some liquid fruit pectin and boil the mixture for fifteen minutes, keep stirring.

Finally, skim off the foam, and pour the mixture into jars.

Ingredients:

Corn

Bean powder

Salt

Eggs

Steps:

Cut the kernels from the corn cob

Put all the ingredients in a bowl

Stir the ingredients together

Heat the wok and add oil

Fry the patties until they turn brown

Place the corn patties on a dish and serve

We would like to thank to Mrs Shek (Wong Mei Lin) for providing us with this wonderful recipe!

We would like to thank

Mrs Shek (Wong Mei

Lin) for providing us

with this wonderful recipe!

Keiwanian Post


Book Reviews

Stone Soup was very delicious and the old

woman wanted the soup stone from

him.

I learned from the story that lying

to others is not good because peo-

My favourite book is

“Stone Soup”. The main characters

are a young man and an old woman.

The young man was very hungry

because he had no money. He

walked all day and came to a small

cottage. He saw an old woman and

asked her for some food. The old

lady said she had nothing for him.

The young man took out a soup

stone from his pocket. He showed

her how to make the soup with the

stone. First he asked the lady to take

out a pot. Then he asked her to get

some onions, a carrot and a chicken.

They cooked all the ingredients in

the pot. When the soup was ready, it

smelt good and tasted good. Then

the old woman tasted the soup. It

By Susan Lee, 5D

ple will eventually not believe in

what you say. For example the

young man in the story could

have told the old lady the truth

instead of lying to her. I think if

he had been honest with the old

lady perhaps she would have

shared her food with him any-

way. I also learned how to make

stone soup too.

My favourite character is the old

woman because she is kind and

generous for sharing her food

with the young man. I’d like to

recommend this book to

my schoolmates because I

like the tricks the young

man plays on the old lady.

He is very clever. The story

is very interesting too.

Page 10

I’d like to recommend this

book to you. The name of this book is

called “Halloween Horrors”, by Gina

D.B. Clemen. I think this book is

quite exciting and the language con-

text is suitable for primary students.

The author does a good job of mak-

ing the reader curious and wanting to

know more. When I was reading the

book I felt excited and scared at the

same time but I always felt like I was

part of the book.

The main characters in the story are

Kelly, Megan, Susan, Nick and Bill.

My favourite character is Kelly. I

admire her courage and bravery

against the witch.

The story is about five children pre-

paring for a Halloween party. They

Halloween Horrors By Leung Wing Kei, 5D

found a suitable place to hold the

party which was in the Witch Mu-

seum. On that day, a lot of people

wore queer clothing. But Kelly wore a

costume that resembled one of

the dead witches. This resur-

rected the witch’s soul into

Kelly’s body. Will the children

be able to escape their fate? Can

Kelly save them from the witch?

Read the book to find out.

My favourite part of the story is

when the children were fighting

along God. It really made me

feel as though I’m part of

the story! I learned

from the story that

friends are impor-

tant and we need to

work together if we

want to get things

done quickly. I also learned that true

friends will always be there to help us

in time of trouble!

Vol 3, Issue 3 Sports

Page 7

Volleyball By Hannah Kan, 5C

I love volleyball. Volleyball is

an Olympic team sport in which

there are two teams of six active

players.

In 1895,William G. Morgan, an

instructor at the Young Men’s

Christian Association (YMCA) de-

cided to blend elements of basket-

ball, baseball, tennis and handball

to create a game for his classes of

businessmen which would de-

mand less physical contact than

basketball. He created the game of

Volleyball (at that time it was called mi-

gnonette).

Morgan borrowed the net from tennis

and raised it 2.43 m for men and 2.24 m

for women above the floor, just above

the average men’s head. During a

demonstration game , someone re-

marked to Morgan that the players

seemed to be volleying the ball back

and forth over the net, and perhaps

‘Volleyball’ would be a more descriptive

name for the sport.

ketball is a very exciting

game, because all players

have to work very well

together as a team to

score.

Houston Rockets is one of

the best known basketball

teams in the NBA League.

It is based in Houston, which is also the site of

the Space Centre of USA. This may explain the

team’s name, “Rockets”. There are many good

basketball players from different countries in

the team. One of them is Yao Ming, who

comes from China. He has been in the team for

five years now. He is considered to be one of

the best players in his team. With his help, the

Houston Rockets has won a lot of games over

the past few years. He is also one of the im-

portant members of the Chinese National

Basketball team. Hopefully, he may help the

Chinese Basketball team win the 2008 Olym-

pics Games in Beijing.

Among all the basketball stars, I like Yao Ming

best because I think his basketball skills is

better than anyone in the basketball team and

he seems to be very friendly too.

The famous basketball teams in the

world are located in the USA (United States of

America). They play in a league called NBA

(National Basketball Association), which is very

popular among people in different countries. In

Hong Kong, many people like to watch the NBA

games on TV.

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in

the world. Basketball is a team sport. When

playing basketball, you bounce the ball on the

ground in a continuous motion - this is drib-

bling. Once you stop the motion and hold onto

the ball, your dribble has ended. At this point,

you must pass the ball to your teammate or

shoot the ball. Points are scored by shooting the

ball into the defending team’s basket; the team

with more points at the end of the game wins.

I haven’t watched any

basketball games but I

sometimes see part of

the basketball games

in the news or in sports

channels. I often play

basketball with my two

younger brothers in

the park. I think bas-

Basketball By Michelle Poon, 6D

Keiwanian Post


Special Features

Page 8

Less Is More

Pollution is something

that does a lot of damages. We

must help save the earth. But

how?

Arctic ice is melting as the

temperature is rising. The tem-

perature is rising because of

global warming. If nothing is

done for global warming, all the

polar animals will become ex-

tinct. Isn’t it terrible? I think it is.

Water is very important in our

daily life. We need water for

drinking, watering the plants

and taking a bath. If we do not

clean up the water, we will be ill

and die. Animals will die too.

Ocean mammals like dolphins

and whales are also harmed in

ocean. The loud noise damages

the mammals’ hearing and

makes them lose their way.

Going to school or going to

work by taxi or cars expels smoke

from the vehicles. Factories will

emit a lot of smoke too. When

the smoke is sent out, the air will

be rough and this is air pollu-

tion. Air pollution is caused by

smoke emission from vehicles,

factories and hill fires.

Many plants and animals may

lose their homes in the forests

and jungles. Aren’t you afraid

there will be no more orangutans

and polar bears in the future? I

am afraid so. A lot of rain

forests have disap-

peared because peo-

ple build some

buildings in

the rain for-

ests and

cut the

wood

for making

desks and

chairs. So what is

the result? The result

is many species of wildlife

will lose the habitat. Don’t

you think the animals are

poor? I think so. They are

dying out because we cause

pollution. How poor they

are! We use a lot of things

that are made from wood

in our life. But have you ever

thought about the consequence

if we don’t stop cutting down the

trees? The forests will disappear!

I am not trying to scare you, I am

just telling the truth.

I feel terribly disappointed

about the pollution created by

people. Why can’t people invent

green fuel instead of using pe-

troleum? It is because some peo-

ple think there is a lot of petro-

leum in the world and they don’t

care about the air pollution until

a few years ago. It is not too late

to help the world now.

What can we do for helping the

earth? We can recycle rubbish in

different bins. We must turn off

the lights, televisions and air-

conditioners when we are not

using them. Don’t use too many

plastic bags either. Also don’t

waste water and remember to

turn taps off. School is an

important place to let

the children and their

parents know the im-

portance of helping the world. I

think it is a good idea for schools

to raise the children’s awareness

that pollution is now a big prob-

lem through classroom teaching.

Schools may also hold some talks

and competitions, and to use the

website to promote environmen-

tally friendliness. We may plant

some trees beside the roads.

Writers may write more books

about the ways to help the world.

TV programmes can raise peo-

ples’ awareness of pollution too.

If we can follow the ways above, I

am sure the earth will be better

soon.

The earth is sick. Do you know

what the meaning of ‘less is more’

is? Let’s think about it.

By Annie Wong, 5D

Vol 3, Issue 3 Special Features

Page 9

Do you agree that we

should preserve the heritage? I agree. We can learn more about history if we do. We can learn more about life from the old people too!

I think we should preserve King Yin Lane because it is a traditional and rare building which was built by Chinese. There are many old china in

thatbuilding such as porcelain cups, small tables and chairs… etc. We can learn the way that people lived in the past if we visit this old building. I guess the family who had lived in the house liked porcelain very much because there are many beautiful antiques. Also it was a residence where people used to live.

Another place that I think we must preserve is the Government Central College. It was a famous school where Dr. Sun Yat Sen studied. In 1862, the school was located at Gough Street. Dr. Frederick Stewart was the first Headmaster of the school. He supervised all schools until March 1879 when the govern-ment established the Department of Education. I think it is a hard job to supervise all schools because there

are so many schools in Hong Kong. You must supervise all the schools by yourself. What a busy and diffi-cult job! On 26th April 1884, there was a ceremony to cele-brate the school’s move to Aberdeen

Street.Sun Yat Sen attended the ceremony. In 1889, the Government Central School was renamed as Victoria College. The school changed its name to Queen College in 1894. When the Japanese invaded Hong Kong, the school

closed and became an Army Headquarter. After World War II, the school opened on Kennedy Road. Now the school locates on Causeway Road, opposite the Victoria

Park.

Tai O is another special place that we should preserve. People lived in shacks built above the water in Tai O. There are some pink dolphins in Tai O. If Tai O becomes a modern tour-ists spot, the pink dolphins will swim away and there would be no more pink dolphins in Hong Kong. It is horrible, isn’t it? Do you think Tai O should be modernized or remain the

way it is, so that we still have some pretty pink dolphins? I want Tai O to remain a village with some lovely pink dolphins. If we do not protect pink dol-phins, we cannot see them any-more in the near future. Maybe our next generation will know the pink dolphins through pho-tos only if we do not protect them.

We must preserve the heritage to tell the history of Hong Kong! We can learn more about life from the old people and their habits. I have been to Tai O two years ago. I felt really relaxed there. The most excit-ing thing is watching the cute pink dolphins. I had a great time. I learnt about how life is from the people who once lived in shacks. It is really interesting and marvelous! Please help preserve the heritage!

Preserving Our Heritage By Annie Wong, 5D

King Yin Lan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Yin_Lane

Tai O, Fishing Village

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_O

Queen’s College, 1903http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_College,_Hong_Kong

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