Lion

World news in brief - August 28, 2012

28 Aug 2012

Ex-boyfriend arrested in body parts case

4:53AM

16 May 2012

As a child, Paul Chan Lai-cheung grew up surrounded by Chinese art. His father, Bun, laboured daily at a small paper shop in Central. On the side, Bun would make and sell Big Head Buddhas: papier-...

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Roar of the lion

30 Jan 2012

To make the Lunar New Year celebration complete, you must have a lion dance. It is common to see it being performed in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and on the mainland.Yet is the traditional and...

6:17AM

The Lion Dance

27 Jan 2012

In the past, the lion dance was a form of martial art. To inflict maximum pain on the enemy, the lion head was hard and heavy. But the nature of the dance changed over the years to become a...

6:08AM

From roar beginnings

15 Jan 2012

Not being indigenous to China, lions were probably introduced along with Buddhism from West Asia via the Silk Road - as gifts to Chinese emperors to help secure trading rights. The first records...

5:27AM

Whose lion is it anyway?

15 Jan 2012

On the first day of the year, more than 1,111 lions and 88 dragons - operated by more than 2,000 performers ranging from elderly men to young girls - collectively strutted their way from Central...

5:27AM

Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

Updated 7:12AM

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by Wilbur Smith
Macmillan
HK$224

6:13AM

Africa, continent of light and bounty

Many people call Africa the 'dark continent'. Although I am not from Africa, and have never been there, I think this is doing an injustice to Africa.

2:40AM

Sea lion trainer says attack was a 'one-off'

The Ocean Park trainer who was injured by a sea lion on Thursday said the attack was an unavoidable one-off.

The 33-year-old assistant supervisor of marine mammals, surnamed Chan,...

6:57PM

Hiker's body found on Lion Rock Hill

A 26-year-old hiker has been found dead on Lion Rock Hill two days after he was reported missing. Police last night confirmed that a body spotted by the Government Flying Service yesterday...

4:07AM

How the law helped China progress

All developed countries in the world have effective birth control policies. Conversely, those with loose birth controls are often developing countries.

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Context

Paper 1a

What type of writing is this? Match the following texts with the items in the list of different types of writing.

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