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SCMP Reporter

Reading comprehension
Answer the following questions:
1 How many fuses does Tan Bingyan fit in one day?
a. 20, 000
b. 800
c. 1,000
d. 80, 000 
2 Why were there few children on the streets of village, despite it being school holidays?
a. they were working in fireworks factories
b. they were studying
c. they were at Starbucks
d. the children didn't come home for the holidays 
3 What is the annual average number of deaths caused by fireworks on the mainland?
a. 445
b. 9,349
c. 800
d. 6,000
4 Why does Yuting not want the fireworks factories to be closed immediately?
a. She really likes fireworks.
b. She wants to make enough money to complete her education.
c. She thinks people should be more educated about fireworks and that will take time.
d. She thinks everyone will be out of work
5 How much does Yuting's family pay in tuition fees each year?
a. 30 yuan
b. at least 80,000 yuan
c. at least 30,000 yuan
d. 45 fen
Think about
1 Do fireworks have a place in a modern society? 
2 How have the illegal fireworks factories improved life for the locals? 
3 Hong Kong spends a fortune on fireworks each year. How could this money be better spent?
Follow up
1 Find out how much Hong Kong spends on fireworks each year. Compare that to the daily pay the children in the story receive. Write a letter to the editor on your findings and suggest how the situation could be improved. 
2 Debate: Fireworks are part of Chinese culture and should be preserved and celebrated as such. 
3 Write an essay drawing comparisons to the rise of capitalism on the mainland and the use of child labour with Europe's industrial revolution.



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