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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

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