News Quiz...do you know?
Test your memory and see what you remember from previous news reports. Each question is related to a news story published in the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, August 22, 2001
1. Three thousand overweight schoolchildren will be helped to shed their kilograms in a government drive to uuuuuuuu.
A tackle childhood obesity
B promote a healthy lifestyle
C encourage the public to exercise
D promote healthy eating habits
2. TVB is investigating claims that uuuuuuuu on its new quiz show.
A one of the players cheated
B the host had given out tips
C two players knew about the questions
D four players conspired to oust opponents so they could share the cash prize
3. A European prisoner jailed for fraud had his sentence cut by the Court of Appeal, partly because he had difficulty uuuuuuuu.
A breathing
B walking
C adapting to Hong Kong's food and culture
D in speaking Cantonese
4. Efforts to attract more uuuuuuuu tourists to Hong Kong could fail unless action was taken to stop them being discriminated against and cheated, a travel operator has warned.
A mainland
B Taiwanese
C Indian
D European
5. Cathay Pacific has accused the pilots' union of using a code involving phone calls about uuuuuuuu to stage a campaign that led to 163 pilots calling in sick on one day.
A tennis
B surfing
C golf
D hockey
6. Mainland tourists gave Hong Kong low marks for uuuuuuuu as debate began over whether the SAR needs to change attitudes to visitors from China.
A cleanliness
B friendliness
C efficiency
D honesty
Answers - 1A, 2D, 3C, 4A, 5C, 6B
Graphic: SPQUIZGLO