Wai Lun Ng (Alan) | Senior Design Studio | Project #3

Infographic Design

Wai Lun Ng (Alan) | Senior Design Studio | Project #3

Project Statement

Client: Community Business

Community Business is a unique membership based non-profit organisation whose mission is to lead, inspire and support businesses to improve their positive impact on people and communities. Community Business provides training, facilitation and advice to some of the world’s leading companies in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its major areas of focus include: CSR strategy, community investment, diversity and inclusion and work-life balance. Founded in 2003 and based in Hong Kong, Community Business currently works with a number of organisations, small, medium and large, committed to CSR.

For more information, visit www.communitybusiness.org

Target Audience: Middle class people who are from United States and United Kingdom.

Problem: There are many foreigners want to work in Hong Kong, but there are some negative facts about work-life that they should consider about.

Solution: Create an infographic poster that shows the facts of work-life in Hong Kong and the data by using illustrations.

Tone: Interesting and funny

Wai Lun Ng (Alan) | Senior Design Studio | Project #3

Inspiration

Wai Lun Ng (Alan) | Senior Design Studio | Project #3

Sketches

Wai Lun Ng (Alan) | Senior Design Studio | Project #3

First Comp

WORK LIFE FACTS

AS A RESULT

HONG KONG

2012

4 9 .6

1,0 2 7

1 8%

hours

The average working week is 49.6 hours

Based on a survey of

people work 10 to 20 hours overtime per week

employees in Hong Kong 6%1/3

$3.6 US

people an extra 20 hours or more per month

people did not mind to work overtimework without extra pay

Many employers just pay

minium hourly rate

6 2 .4%people do not get paid for overtime

8 2 . 5%people said they suffered stress

people take sick leave in order to recover from working long hours

Most Hong Kong people tend to stay in low energy

4 5 .6%

2 7%

people feel exhaustion resulting from their jobs

4 6 .4%people report poor diet because of their jobs

$

SHOULD YOU WORK IN

HONG KONG?........................................

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Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is situated on China's south coast and, enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is known for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour. With a land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) and a popula-tion of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world

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4 9 .6

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6 2 .4%people an extra 20 hours

or more per monthpeople do not get paid

for overtime

people did not mind to work overtimework without extra pay

However, housing is the most expensive thing in Hong Kong, and depending on your needs, you can expect a high percentage of your salary to be spent on a small but perfectly formed apart-ment. The tiny, older Chinese-style apartments will always be more reasonably priced, but may not afford you the space you'd like

Many Hong Kong people need to work so hard for balancing their expense

The Legislative Council voted to accept

It affects most medium class people monthly salary to be

$1 0 0 0 USThe cost for a one bedroom can be around

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minium hourly rate in 2011

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8 2 . 5%people suffered stress

4 5 .6%people feel exhaustion resulting from their jobs

4 6 .4%people report poor diet

because of their jobs

2 7%people take sick leave in

order to recover from working long hours

And this is the energy bar of most Hong Kong people

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