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(A) Transportation is concerned (1) taking people from one place to (2) Transportation in Hong Kong is easy and there are various modes of (3) to

(4) choose

to

one's reach destination (5) it may be.

The easiest and most convenient way is to take a taxi.

though by

ות

Taxi (6) (7) high by international standard, are quite (8) the means of the average wage earners.

4 (9) expensive alternative is to take. d.

mini-bus which usually (10) no more than $1 per trip.

But the mini-bus has one drawback in at its operation is (11) in most, of the buster areas. To get to those places, one should take the MTR (12) One great advantage of taking the MTR

Recreation

(A). The

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importance of recreation

planning

The increasing importance. .of recreation in the life of urban residents because of the following reasons:

(a) for relaxation from the great

tension of work.

(b) for leisure due to decreasing number of working hours per week and more paid, holidays. (c) rising standard of living. (d) increased mobility enables

people to travel more freely. ii. The need for resource planning, management and conservation because of the following reasons: (a) to resolve landuse conflicts

-recreation landuse leads to landuse conflicts because it has Spatial needs and occupies large area.

- it is great where urban space is limited and keen competition. people

resources.

different

have

perception of recreational

recreation Tanduse encroaches upon existing rural landuses.

(b) the important. role of

the

government to resolve

the

following problems:

- problem of land availability.

problem of cost.

Since recreation landuse has

is that the journey is completely (13) from road congestion and is therefore (14) as time is very reliable as

concerned.

On the Hong Kong side, the __(15) of the Eastern Corridor has solved the longstanding traffic problem for (16) between Eastern District and Central. With the opening of the Island Line, the transportation on Hong Kong Island has (17) been enhanced.

The (18) cross-harbour tunnel to De built will (19) up Kwun Tong and Eastern District speeding (20) the development on both sides of the Lyemunt

Pass.

(8) Whatever the Future (1) for us, the English language is bound to be a must for every student intent (2) furthering his (3) for quite some time. Besides, most jobs require 3 good (4) of spoken and (5) English. It is a widely used language in trade, (7) as the (6) and technology as arts. It is certainly right (8)

(9) in its nation to take language and make a point of learning But living in this global it well. village as we all are, there is a clear (10) for us to learn a foreign (11) as well in (12) to (13) with the rest And English being the of the world. Lingua (14) of our age comes in as the

3

Own

Tow rent-paying ability but relatively large space demand. Only the government can afford the provision of recreation facilities in the urban area e.g. Chater Gardens in Central District.

-problem of location.

The government can ensure more even distribution accessibility of recreation facilities.

(c) to conserve" Scarce recreational*

resources

increasing

recreational

Beed

for facilities because OF rapid urban Population growth, dense population and congestion,

ncrease to income,

the environmental impact of Some recreation activities. negative impact has increased with the growth of urban population. This includes destruction of vegetation by

1 fires, soil compactión, erosion, water pollution, land pollution and hotse pollution.

the government can conserve scarte recreational resources by planning; management and warning, Contral zoning, legislation and education of citagans.

(B) Urban parks

i. Distribution

in the urban areastago

in unused open spaceš.

in planned sites.

in derelict sites.

- more urban parks in New Kowloon

and Kowloon

Island.

than ilong

larger parks in new towns.

11. Characteristics

Kang

- smaller because of land shortage-

and high land value.

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(15) convenient (16) of communication with our neighbours of a different linguistic group. So students, if you (17) English, it's time to (18) it up to better equip (19) for the new challenges of tomorrow. Begin now, it's better (20) than never.

are weak

(C) This year (1) the end of a major. chapter in the development of the Hony Kong Outward (2) School and the (3)

of

in with (4)

a

new

one

leadership.

а

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So, even (18) the joint

·期星

limit them to not more than 30% of our

(19) activities. These programmes have generally been with the object of team building and (20) highly successful.

(D) Every year, when the (1) of the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination are announced, public opinion, (2) usual, condemns Hong Kong's education system, claiming (3)

examinations Joint

bringing immeasureable harm to young people. If

(5) student committed (4) for failed in the examinations, the attack would be (6) more vehement, with thousands of accusing fingers pointing

are

swimming? examination system (19) its flaws, we

have to (20) with it.

Answers

(A)

1. with

2. another

(8)

1. holds 2. on

3. transport

3. studies

4. from

4. command

5. wherever

5. written

6. fares

6. science

7. well

7. means.

8. beyond 9. less

10. charges

11. prohibited

12. instead

13. free 14. far

15. opening

16. commuters

17, further

18. second

We

19. link 20. up

(C)

John Roberts, is retiring and (5)

He (6) on the Outward Hong Kong. Bound Trust for eleven years, including ten (7) Chairman of the Executive

(7) the Education Department. His work and influence over (8)

cannot (8) that the criticisms. is the years (9) a major contribution to

unjustified as there is still (9) for the overall strength and quality of the School. His generous contribution and improvement but we must ask (10) there. is ៧ better (11) to the joint quiet counsel will be greatly (10)

However, he

leave

examination system. (12) far, no one (11) can

the

has (13) devised a flawless or fairer satisfaction of knowing that the school is in good (12) programmatically and system to replace (14) . financially. In (13) place, the Trust is fortunate to have Danny white as our new (14)

Growth at the school has been

(15) steady as further reports Besides, a major trend has been the corporate interest and growth (16)

(17) contract programmes.

much so

it necessary

that

have We

(18)

26 main urban parks..

for relaxation and exercise.

to

not intended for barbecue, camping or cycling.

iii. Importance.

- recreational children.

facilities. for

near people's places of work or homes. -

::

planted with green plant leg. morning, walks.

serve as lungs', among a

forest of built up area.

(C) Country parks

i. Distribution ·

(15)

One cannot condema the joint

examination system for a few have killed unsuccessful candidates

Many more people have done that because of love. More still have (16) killed in traffic mishaps or while swimming. Would it be possible' to have a law forbidding men and women to (17) in love, or banning cars or

environmental resources. maintaining

ecological

1. sees 2. Bound

3. beginning 4. change

5. leaving

6. served

7, as

8. Committee

9. made

10. missed

11. with

12. condition

13, his

14. Chairman

15. indicate/show/

illustrate

16. in 17. So

12% felt/found

19. total

20. proved

and

aesthetic values of countryside.

wildlife - enable

protection, nature ecological research and studies.

iv. Planning and management strategies

(a) planning

outside the main urban areas, in areas of less landuse conflict. scenic hil} areas in the New Territories because they are unsuited for urban; industrial 2 and agricultural uses, less land competition and can be larger in size. e.g. Sai Kung,

plan the rational use of resources to benefit society as a whole.

Chef recreation needs of socio-economic

take future growth into atcount.

(b) management strategies

8. for

9. pride

10. need

11. language

12. order

13. communicate

14. franca

15. most

15. tool

17. in 18. brush

19. yourself 20. late

(D)

1. results

2. as

3. that

4. suicide

5. having

6. much 7. at

B. Say

9. room

10. if/whether

11. alternative 12. So

13. yet

14. it.

15. themselves.

:16," been

17. fall

18. though

19. has

20. bear

landuse zoning.

are near to entrance of parks, more accessible and are for heavy visitor use.

recreational zones

-wilderness zones, only (some)

camping facilities are

provided.

-conservation

zones,

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facilities are provided.

- nature trails for nature

studies.

(c) against hill fires

closure.

danger warning.

overuse and trampling. environment pollution.

- education.

Country Farks

Аге

Year ! (hatterasi cosignation

1402

377

327

1211

4

225

131%

wooded catchment areas and around! reservoirs.

7

7 230

Range

&

4 554

Lan Tsuen

1378

9

125

-16 out of 21 country parks in the

New Territories.

IC

5640

2 200

350

13

1440

11. Characteristics

14

520

- much larger in scale than urban

parks.

15

2 880

16

615

ICG

cover 40% and above of the total

10

620

15

20

270

area.

21

210

managed by the Country Parks Authority (since 1976). improved the transport, inkages between the urban areas and country parks to make these outdoor recreational outlets more accessible.

a

of outdoor!

variety great recreational facilities

barbeque, calping, dature

ii. fportance

.g.

urban

Outlets for important residents who cannot have these cutlets in the urban areas. e.g. kite flying.

beauty of nature can be found. conservation of environment and

Collection of date

Jal Mo Shan

Shing Mun,

Kam

Shen lon

Y

Pok

Fu Lam

19

Tsui

18 Plover Love

(Ex)

15

Kung

Clear Water Bay

5 km

15 Majur bulit-up areas

Spatial distribution of country parks, nature reserve and major urban parks in Hong Kong

Example: The telephone directory of a man.

The whole directory is called the FILE

Name

Address

• Larga urban park

. Vletaria Park

M. Morse Park)

Nature reserve at

R3 Country parks.

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Au Ka Man

2073, BLOCK 17 Hong Kong Estate.

Telephone!

7967544

Record

But Chi Wah Flat D 16/F,

Ming Tak Mansion, KLN.

54-7611.

Record

Inpist of data into

the processing system

Data

storage

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File

suitable

media

Field

Field

Field

Field

Field

Field

Record

Record

Data Processing means the clerical activity of recording and handling of data which are manipulated to form information.

Data are a collection of facts represented in the form of letters, numbers, picture or words.

Information is the processed data organized in a meaningful way that can be interpreted by human being.

Processing of dats

e.g. sorting, calculation,

analysing

Output of Information

(reports and charts)

Remark:

Data

Data Processing

The relationship between the 3 terms

The need for data processing

1. It is a record of human activities.

2. It keep records for the transactions.

information

3. The information after processing can be use for analysis and "good

for future planning.

Examples of data processing

1. The handling of member data in, the management of club membership.

2. The circulation of books in a library.

3. The payroll system of a factory.

4. The mark processing in a school.

5. The telephone directory.

Data processing cycle:

The flow diagram to show the relationship between the stages in data processing.

The hierachy of data: the ranking of data.

Data may be classified into different type according to their appearance.

Field.

Record:

Field field

Record

File

Field Field

Record

Field

Field is an item of data which may be any character, number or even

A collection of records is known as

The 'manipulation of data and the production of information after figure. Fields may be collected to form record. The fields in processing can be concluded with a set of sequence known as the data; every record are the same,'

file. processing cycle.

t. The file is the telephone directory. Each entry in the file composed of details of a friend. The data for each friend are made up of NAME ADDRESS and TELEPHONE. Therefore it contains 3 fields which is the record of a friends. All the records combined together to form the file of directory.

2. Data processing systems are gradually changed to electronic data

processing by the following reasons:

(a) The development of computer nowadays are fast.

(b) Electronic computer manipulates data at a high speed. (c) The manipulative steps in data processing cycle are done automatically in computers by softwares known as programs.

|3. Criteria for computerization:

Computerization is not always profitable. It should be analyzed by system analyst to see if it is necessary to install computer systems..

(a) The amount of data must be large.

(b) The cost of computer system and related equipment is within

the budget.

(c). The cost related to computerization is less than manual or

mechanical data processing.

(d) The personnel involved should be trained to accept the

change.

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