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The Wah Yan TimesVolume No. 2 Published by Wah Yan College, Kowloon Frida

By Junior Reporters: imothy Wat,James Lo and imothy ung3W

Guess which Wah Yanteacher was born in the Phil-ippines and moved to Dubaior secondary school?

Yes, it is Ms de Leon andshe joined our Wah Yanamily in September o 2009.Actually, her ull name is

Ms de Leon Jacynth PatriciaGeronimo. My name is toolong and dicult or peopleto pronounce. So my riendsusually call me Patricia as thisword is the easiest to read andremember, Ms de Leon said.

Her secondary school inDubai is called St. Mary'sCatholic High School, whichis a girls school. One o her

unorgettable memories insecondary school is thatwhenever her schoolmatessaw the boys in anotherschool, they would all scream.In the Philippines, I used togo to a co-educational school.However, Dubai is one othe seven Emirates in theUnited Arab Emirates (UAE)

which are Muslim states, sothere is only either boys orgirls schools. It was quite aweird thing to see the girlsscreaming or boys in anotherschool, she laughed.

Another remarkablememory is the 9/11 incident.As the school was multiracialand multidenominational,there were both Christians

and Muslims. When theylearned the news about theplane crash, some Muslimstudents were kind o happy.Tis made Ms de Leon eela little bit strange, because itwas unbelievable or people toeel delighted when there was

ies. When she rst arrivedin Hong Kong, she was solucky that she could live in theuniversity hall, so she did not

need to worry about accoma-dation. Communication wastotally not a problem as HongKong people spoke English.Besides, the girls in the hallwere all very riendly andnice, said Ms de Leon.

alking about her rstimpression o Hong Kong, Msde Leon said she liked Hong

Kong a lot because o the widevariety o oods, and she lovedeating very much. Anotherreason is that transportationhere is extremely convenient.In Manila, each amily needsa private car to travel and thatis absolutely time-consuming,she said.

Ms de Leon said Wah Yanboys are un to be with as we

have a good sense o humor.You guys are really like gisor me in general. Its an honoror me to meet and teach youguys, said Ms de Leon.

o most Wahyanites, Cari-tas Bazaar is not a strangename. And speaking o it,you might think o the BigHammer. It is a und-raisingactivity that has been put intopractice or a long time. It is aschool tradition.

Yet, a great deal o back-ground inormation aboutthe Big Hammer remainsunknown. For example, whendid it begin?

In search o the answers tothese questions, we lookedin the school yearbook, TeShield.

Te rst recorded appear-ance o the Big Hammerin Te Shieldwas in 1978.According to Father Naylor,however, the Big Hammeralready existed in 1971. Wepressed harder to nd theorigins o the Big Hammerand were told by Mr Chow,teacher advisor or the CaritasBazaar Organizing Commit-tee, that the history o the Big

Hammer could be traced backto as early as the 1960s.

Te Big Hammer is stillconstructed every year outsidethe school hall.

Te structure visible thereis the aluminum working sta-tion, which can be completed,under the guidance o MrCheng Hong Kan, who advisesthe Caritas Bazaar Organiz-ing Committee, within threehours. But the working stationwas not used until 2007 as asupport or the iron rame, owhich the Big Hammer wasoriginally solely composed,said Barton Wong o 7B, whois the ormer chairperson and

Principal Dr. John an plays the Big HammPhoto:Jeremy Lam 5S

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Hammer easier to play.In the game, a player tries to

send a rocket-shaped objectas high as possible with a lever

and a hammer. It costs twentydollars or three hits. Since allthe unds raised in the CaritasBazaar are counted collec-tively, it is Wongs surmisethat the Big Hammer alonebrings the Catholic charitableinstitution a thousand dollarsor thereabouts, which is not asmall amount compared withother game stalls.

Troughout the historyo the Big Hammer, recalledFather Naylor, ew managedto burst the balloon at the topo the 21-oot structure withthe rocket. Still, Mr NormanSo, the ormer Principal, was arare exception.

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A Special Lady at Wah YanBy Senior Reporters, Eric Yiu4S, andJefrey Fong4K


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OPINION PAGEA Hazy Sentence By Senior Reporter, Cosmos Chan 4K

roy Anthony Davis, 42,was put to death in Georgia

through lethal injection at 10:53 pm, our hours later thanscheduled, on September 21,2011. At 8 pm that night, theU.S. Supreme Court decided toreview his petition but nallyrejected his stay o execution.

Davis was convicted omurdering a police ocer,Mark Macphail, in Georgia onAugust 19, 1989.

He was sentenced to deaththough no murder weapon wasdiscovered in the trail in 1991.During the trail, 34 witnessestestied or the prosecution.Seven o them claimed to seehim shooting Macphail andtwo others testied that Davishad conessed the murder tothem. Tey later recanted.

Being on death row or 22years, Davis was executed amida massive outcry. Davis and hisdeenders seized support romthe public, celebrities and hu-

man right groups around theworld. Execution dates were

scheduled time and again July 2007, September 2008, andOctober 2008.

In the August 2010 decision,the conviction was upheld.Subsequent appeals were allrejected. Te execution datewas nally set on September21, 2011. More than 630,000people including ormerpresident Jimmy Carter signed

petitions urging the GeorgiaState Board o Pardons andParoles to grant clemency. Still,the court reused to reconsiderits decision.

Tere was widespreadcondemnation and blisteringcriticism o the decision androy Davis had become a sym-bol o death penalty and racial

discrimination in the justicesystem worldwide.Im vehemently against

capital punishment. Misap-plications o justice can have

catastrophic and irreversibleconsequences.

Te police didnt nd a gunor DNA evidence determin-ing Davis as the murderer.Coupled with shaky witnesstestimony, how could the courtsay that he was guilty?

Tere are too many suspi-cious points to ever put thisman to death. elling him hecouldnt prove his innocencewas one o the most dangerous

statements ever made, and thisreally appalled me. An inno-cent man may have just beenkilled while the true murdereris still on the street.

Te US should never evermake such a terrible blunder.Davis spent more than 20 yearsin prison beore his execution.o declare somebody guilty in

such a way indeed set a badimage, which made everyonequestion its legal system.

o jump to such a hasty con-clusion about a lie and death

matter was just abhorrent.Denying appeals, disregarding

public voicesland o thereedom? I dont think so.

In my opinion, men do nothave the right to take oth-ers lives. I Davis was trulyguiltless, the state took awaysomething which it had not thepower to give lie.

Justice systems are oundedand run by human beings.Human beings make mistakes,

many o which cannot be recti-ed. Tereore, the death pen-alty should be abolished. Liesentences, as an alternative, canwipe out those severe mistakes,whenever there is evidence thatthe deendant is sinless, he canbe released.

Right or not, what is done isdone. I express my proound

sympathy and heartelt con-dolence to both amilies. Mayroy Davis rest in peace.

A Better Hong Kong, without Local Animals? By Junior Reporter, Ronald Chiu 3WPeople in Hong Kong have

long been aected by a seem-

ingly perpetual ear o local an-imals. Local wildlie is almosta synonym o vermin. It seemsthat there is no longer enoughspace or animals to live.

What then is the problemo being araid o wildlie? AsHong Kong is one o the mostcrowded cities in the world,there is little space or people

to live. Tis results in the closeproximity between people andwildlie. Since people nd localanimals so repulsive, they oencomplain to the government oreven try to remove the wildlieon their own. Te animals arekicked out, resulting in an im-b l h

carry deadly diseases or thatthey can run down and kill a

human easily. Te citizens thenreport the animal sightings tothe authorities. Oen, in theNew erritories, people do notreport it to the authorities buttry to remove the wildlie ontheir own. Tis oen resultsin the people being injuredbecause o the sel-deensemeasures o the animals. Tere

was a case in the New erri-tories in which a man tried toremove a weaver ant colony hediscovered in one o his trees.However, aer the nest elldown, the angry ants swarmedout and bit him and sprayedormic acid on his wounds. He

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ment, wild pig, the largest wildanimal in Hong Kong, is notprotected under law and thepublic should report when theanimal is causing threats to lieor property to the police.

What type o pig behav-iour should be considered liethreatening? For example, ithe pig backs away and grunts,

is it about to strike? Actually,wild pigs are shy animals andwill try to fee rather than ght.An exception, is, o course,when the wild pigs are protect-ing their young. I you see awild pig with several piglets,you should stay calm and move

resources to use a re truck toremove a small hornets nest.

Yet the authorities have nohesitation in doing it. Tis re-fects the belie o the govern-ment that protecting wildlie isinsignicant and unimportantcompared to silencing peoplescomplaints. It does not matterto them that hundreds, perhapsthousands o animals are killedwhile they are trying to keep

people quiet.On the other hand, there areonly a ew organizations whichhelp to conserve wildlie inHong Kong. Over the past 15years, the Society or the Pre-vention o Cruelty to Animalshas only rescued about 1000

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Demetria Devonne Lovato,exan actress-singer-songwrit-er, more commonly knownas Demi Lovato, didnt havea very smooth career. Lovatorecently had to attend rehabor physical and emotionalproblems. But prior to rehab,she decided to ocus more onproducing music instead oacting.

On September 20, Lovato re-leased her third album, Unbro-ken. It debuted ourth on theBillboard 200 chart o Ameri-ca, a weekly online chart listing

the 200 best selling albums.

Beyond the U.S., Unbroken alsogot into the op Five chartsin New Zealand and Canada.Although Lovatos previousalbum, Here We Go Again, didbetter, debuting at No. 1, thelead single, Skyscraper inUnbroken, was certied gold bythe RIAA(Recording IndustryAssociation o America) and

peaked at the tenth position othe Billboard Hot 100, whichis unprecedented in Lovatosmusic career.

Skyscraper speaks ostaying strong and believing

in yoursel. Te song is actu-

ally inspired by a picture othe apocalypse, which showeda world in ruins and a singleskyscraper standing.

Although it is musicallyrooted in the pop genre, thisalbum is also inuenced byR&B artists like Beyonce, Ri-hanna, and Keri Hilson.

Other songs in the album

like Hold Up, Lightweightand Fix a Heart are basedon Lovatos personal experi-ences o love and heartbreak.Te song ogether eaturesartist Jason Derulo. With their

smooth voices, Derulo and

Lovato created this wonderulsong about harmony and unityin the world. While Light-weight and Fix a Heart arereally melodic and more R&Bstyle, All Night Long andWhos Tat Boy ocus on thebeats and rhythms and belongin a Dance and Urban musicgenre.

For me, ogether is themost meaningul song on thealbum, one part o the lyricssung by Jason Derulo says:Were throwing things outsideour window, we dont care to

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inmenAlbum Review: Unbroken by Demi LovatoBy Junior Reporter,Matthew Lau 2W

Game Story - FugitiveIdea and illustrations by Junior Designer,Jason Chung2W and text by Junior Reporter,Mathew Ho, 2W

START: Follow the steps whilemaking choices. Start over

rom Step 1 i you lose thegame anywhere.

1. You wake up one morning and ndyour leg chained to a wall. You don'teven know where you are. In rustra-tion, you try using a saw nearby to cutof the chain, but it doesnt work. Youcould try grabbing the key on the shelnearby, yank the chain or do it in thepainul way... saw your leg of.Grab the key, go to 7Saw your leg of, go to 8Yank the chain, go to 5

2. You take the knie and continueyour trek into the orest. You ollow atrack which seems to be leading youout o the orest until you meet a griz-zly bear. It growls and lunges towardyou. What will you do in response?

Kill it with the knie, go to 11Pretend to be dead, go to 16Climb a pine tree, go to 13

3. Despite your suspicions aboutthe code, you enter the code, and

the door opens! However, two othersecret doors open in ront o you, oneshowing a city, the other showing aorest, and the original door shows amountain. Which door should youleave rom?Head to the mountain, go to 15Head to the city, go to 14Head to the orest, go to 17

4.With some hesitation, you handthe old man the b ananas. Grate-ul or your ood, he leads you tohis home, a small tent in a smallclearing. He shows you a knieand a gun, beckoning you to takeone. What should you choose?Te knie, go to 2

Te gun, go to 18

5. Yoyour and ylimp reedarrivesurprdoor

Yet, ying thyour door PressEnter6.Gingerly, you press the but-

ton. Yet, you don't know whathappen next, as you are vapor-ised in a tremendous explosionTe End. Go back to 1.

7. You grabbed the key just as youhear a aint click. Te box's cover,

with its razor sharp edges, closesdown upon your hand. Pain joltsthrough every part o your body."Come on!" you yell, but the cover

just won't budge. I you don't dierom blood loss, you would surelydie o hunger and dehydration...Te End. Go back to 1

8. You scream in pain as you are setree while your leg is still in the chain.You try to stop the blood rom gush-ing out but your eforts are in vain.You are unconscious by the time youreach the door, and it will be the lasttime you aint...Te End. Go back to 1.

9. As quick as a ash, you open thelid o the weapon box. What you don'tknow is that there is an assasin hiddeninside the weapons crate. You areinstantly shot in the head by your as-sailant's 5 millimeter bullets. Blood issprayed onto the grass.... It is a grislyscene...Te End. Go back to 1.

10. As you peer into the woodenbox, you nd a watermelon and somebananas. A creaking sound makes youaware that someone, possibly the guywho kidnapped you and wants you 11. Killing the bear with the knie

12.You lunge orward, attempt-ing to take the old man's phone. You

managed to get hold o the phone, butthen the old man is still trying his bestto resist. By the end o the strugglethe old hermit is dead. You don't eelwell either, having a broken leg anda broken arm. Your nose is bleedingand you try to call or help with themobile phone, but there is no signal,

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with inhabitants would be the city,wouldn't it? You step towards thecity, and nd yoursel in ree-all.You didn't realise that it was just anillusion.Te End. Go back to 1

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Its Okay to be Annoying as a Reporter! By Junior Reporter,Justin Tse 2WMs Eldes ran, a copy editor

rom South China MorningPost, came to our school onNovember 3 to talk with 20

students rom dierent ormsabout reporting and writingskills.

Editors are the readerso the newspaper. I an edi-tor nds anything that he orshe does not understand, thatmeans the reporters have tomake changes, ran startedthe talk on the roles o report-

ers and editors. She later toldus some interview tips suchas asking or the ull name othe interviewee to make the

inormation more reliable. An-other tip she said was that wecould ask questions even whenthe interview is over because

at that time, the intervieweemight be more relaxed andthey may bring up interestinginormation.

Wouldnt the interviewerthink that we (the report-ers) are very annoying i wekeep asking questions? askedimothy Yu, a orm 1 student.

You have to learn to be an-

noying and be okay with thatbecause you want to get to thetruth. You can be annoyingand ask questions without be-

ing mean or too harsh about it.You can be nice. For example,you dont ask the same ques-tion in the same way all the

time, and i they are still notanswering your question, youcan ask the question in a dier-ent way, answered ran.

As we moved on to writingskills, Ms. ran told us theimportance o the lede, or therst paragraph o an article.She reminded us that a goodlede should have the 5Ws &

H, which are who, what, why,when, where and how.Later, we played a jenga

game to practice. Te game

had three rounds and we weredivided into our groups, withve members each.

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What Happened in School?

War of Words By Junior Reporter,Mathew Ho 2WOn September 24, our

schools team o ve debaters,Claudio Ip o 6J, James Moko 6W, Matthew Chung o 6J,William Chen o 4K and CheuHok Him o 4K, the person incharge o the debating team,participated in the Hong KongSchools Debating Councilournament, held at SouthIsland School in Wong ChukHang on Hong Kong Island.Tere were 28 schools partici-pating in this tournament.

In the three debates in the

morning beore the semi-nalsin the aernoon, our teamcompeted against Ying Wa

College, Heep Yun School andQueens College respectively.

Te three motions on thatday were Tis House BelievesAnimals Should Be Kept InZoos, Tis House BelievesNational and Moral Educationshould be a Compulsory Sub-ject or Hong Kong Students,and Tis House Believes inMarket Solutions to ClimateChange. Our school was onthe armative side in the rstand third rounds, and the op-position side in the second.

However, much to ourdisappointment, our schoollost the rst two debates by

a margin o several points.Everything seemed desperateuntil in the third debate, whenwe nally had a minor victoryover Queens College by lessthan a mark.

"I eel that the debaters couldhave done better, but since thebest debaters like those in ormseven were not eligible or thecompetition, as the competi-tion only allowed students orom our to six to participate,the result is acceptable. It wasquite a challenge or the newer

participants since it was therst time they participated in asenior competition," said Ip.

alking about their oppo-nent, Ip said, "I am impressedby the tactics o Queens Col-lege. Te debaters must haveused a lot o time to prepare."

Te tournament adopts theWorld School Style (WSS)Debate ormat. A WSS debateis comprised o eight speechesby two teams o three debaters.Te rst six speeches last oreight minutes while each teamwill have another our minutesor reply-speeches.

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The Hanging Garden of board games

By Junior Reporters, Niko Tangand Karson Yu 2W

Somewhere in Prince Ed-ward, the hanging garden camealive again. It wasnt with fow-ers or royalists but with peoplewho have the same hobbyplaying board games.

Located opposite the PrinceEdward MR station, theHanging Gardens o Board-

to island survival, and arming

to logistics.Te centre provides book-

ing services, as it is so popularamong busy Hong Kongers.

German board games canbe divided into 5 groups - cardgames, dice games, deductiongames, blung games and

boardgames are designed or

amilies. We dont haveMo-nopoly or Scrabble, but providesome more interesting gamesyou may have never heard obeore. We also hold tutori-als or customers. We want tobring entertainment and relax-ation or tired and bored Hong

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I n t e r v i e w w i t h W Y K S c h o o l R u g b y t e a m c a p t a i n P h i l i p L e e 5 S

School SportsAnson Cheung5S talks to Philip Lee 5S, the captain o WYK School Rugby eam.

Q1. Why did you join the

rugby team? And when did

you start playing the game?

Te Hong Kong Rugby Foot-ball Union was doing a pro-

motion in the school as theywanted to orm a rugby teamhere. I started to play rugbylast year.Q2. What was it like when you

rst played Rugby?

It was physically demandingand required a lot o balance.Q3. How do you keep a bal-

ance between training and

academic work?

Since there is only practice onWednesday aer school, I canspend other time studying.Q4. Have you ever thought o

continuing to play rugby afer

graduation rom secondary

school? Why or Why not?

Yes, I have denitely thoughtabout it. Tats because rugbyis a sport which can help merelax. Besides, only studying is

not good or my health.Q5. Which internationalrugby team do you like the

most? Why?

Te New Zealand All Blacks.Te team is ranked numberone in the world. I like theteam because every person hasunique strengths which makesthe team stronger. Besides,I like the Haka, a traditional

Maori war dance the play-ers perorm right beore eachgame. It is really cool. Teylook like warriors.Q6. Who is your avorite

rugby player?

Denitely Sonny Bill Williams.

He is really good at ooadingthe opponents ball during atackle.Q7. How would you persuade

your parents i they dont want

you to play on the rugby team?

I would tell my parents thatI need some sports to relaxmysel. Tough studying isimportant, we should partici-pate in diferent activities. Tis

could help us to grow healthier.Besides, even though rugby is arelatively high risk sport com-pared to other popular sportssuch as soccer and basketball,it is an exciting and healthysport.Q8. Why did you join the

schools rugby team instead o

soccer team?

Rugby requires more teamwork than soccer. Te teamcannot win without teamwork.Q9. What do you think about

rugby in Hong Kong? Why

is it not as popular as it is in

Japan?Te Hong Kong Rugby Foot-ball Club (HKRFC) has beenpromoting rugby to HongKong citizens which has in-

creased the popularity o rugbyin Hong Kong. Te Hong Kongteam is improving graduallyand has the potential to be thegreatest team in Asia. However,rugby was once only played

by oreigners in Hong Kong.

Chinese people were isolatedrom this sport. So I think thisis the reason why rugby is notas popular as it is in Japan.Q10. What kind o things do

you think you could do to

promote rugby to your com-

munity?

I would nd a chance to in-troduce rugby to my riends,invite some classmates and

school mates to the rugby teamand organize some rugby-re-lated activities to attract otherstudents to play.Q11. When did you join the

team? How many times does

your team practice every

week? How long it is or every

session?

I joined the team in 2010,when the team was ormed.We practice once a week and itlasts or one and a hal to twohours.Q12. How many people are

there on the school rugby

team? How old are they?Around thirty people. Teirages range rom 14-16.Q13. How about the coach?

Where is he or she rom? How

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On September 29, the HongKong Observatory issued the

No.8 Southeast Gale or StormSignal. Tere was a greatchance that the SwimmingGala, which was scheduled onthe next day would be post-poned or cancelled. Fortu-nately, the weather was on theWahyanites side. All the ty-

petitions. With the supporto students and teachers, the

swimmers perormed well inthe whole competition. Teyhad their warm-up beore theraces and tried their best toswim as ast as they could.

Te most exciting race inthe Swimming Gala was thestudent-teacher 4100 metres

relay is very tough. Mrs Chowand Dr an are both regular

swimmers, while Mr se andMr Leung are typical sports-man, said Mr Lesley Chan,who participated in the relay. Ithink I could perorm a bit bet-ter i there was more time orwarm-up, Chan said, I wi lldenitely participate in next

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World SportsAndy Murray Rises By Junior Reporter,James Lo 3W

What exhilarating news or

Britain! Te Scottish tennisplayer Andy Murray, 24, beatDavid Ferrer 7-5, 6-4 in thenal o the Shanghai RolexMasters on October 16.

Te one-hour-and-orty-ve-minute match has wonMurray the champion title orthe h time this year. With7, 825 points, Murray rose tothird place in the AP rankingand also replaced the 16-timeGrand Slam Singles winnerRoger Federer, whose pointsstand at 7,780.

Te Shanghai Masters is oneo nine tennis tournamentsunder the World our Masters1000, held annually by Asso-ciation o ennis Proessionals(AP).

Murray went to Shang-hai aer winning the JapanOpen over Raael Nadal. Atthe Shanghai Masters, RaaelNadal, the rst-seeded player,was knocked out in an earliermatch by Florian Mayer, sosecond-seeded Murry enteredthe nal easily.

Murray beat Australianplayer Matthew Ebden andJapanese player Kei Nishikoriin the quarter nal and the

semi-nal respectively beore

meeting the third-seededSpanish player David Ferrer inthe nal.

In the rst set, they ex-changed service breaks in therst two games, and a mistakeFerrer made in the eleventhgame changed the whole set.Ferrers backhand stroke wastoo wide and with a double-ault, he lost the game. Murraywas leading again. In the lastgame o the set, Murray wonthe game at 40-15 with an ace.

In the second set, Murraybroke Ferrers serve in thethird game and went ahead2-1. He was able to control thematch aerwards and nallywon the second set, 6-4.

In the nal in Tailand ear-

lier, Murray smashed Ameri-can player Donald Young 6-2,6-0, and in the nal in Japanon October 7, he rst lost 3-6to Raael Nadal but won twosets with 6-2, 6-0.

He has won three championtitles in three weeks and healso has won 25 o his past26 games since mid-August.His only deeat was in Te USOpen semi-nals to Spanishplayer Raael Nadal.

Andy Murray was born in

Glasgow, Scotland on May 151987. He and his elder brotherJamie Murray were trained bytheir mother, who was a pro-essional tennis player. JamieMurray is now Britains No.1doubles player.

Although Andy Murray hasnever won any Grand Slams,the most prestigious tennistournaments the Austral-ian Open, the French Open,Wimbledon, the U.S. Open,he has come close. He was therst runner-up in the 2008US Open and in the AustraliaOpen in 2010 and 2011.

Te annual AP Worldour Finals, a ght among thetop eight tennis players in theworld, will be staged at the

O2 Arena in London romNovember 20 to 27 this year.While the last three seats arestill undetermined, the topve tennis players on the APranking Novak Djokovic,Raael Nadal, Andy Murray,Roger Ferderer, and DavidFerrer have qualied or thenal.

Total Football in

One doesnt need to be anavid ootball player to enjoywatching the uid-like style othe Barcelona Football Club,or just Barcelona to mostHong Kongers.

Every dribble by LionelMessi or every perectly timedpass by Andrs Iniesta has be-come a orm o entertainmentto any ootball an.

In recent years, Barcelonasattacking style has successullytorn most o their opponentsdeensive lines apart andcreated victories by sizeablemargins, which have wonthem numerous trophies androunds o applause.

But, Barcelonas recentdomination in European oot-ball didnt happen overnight.And although there havealways been brilliant playersin Barcelonas squad, such asDiego Maradona, Ronaldo,Rivaldo and now, LionelMessi, one player can only doso much or a team in a sportthat demands teamwork.

It comes rom years opractice.

Barcelonas style o pass-and-rotate actually dates backto the 1980s when JohanCruyf, a living ootball legendrom the Netherlands, tookover as the club manager.

Cruyf introduced totalootball a tactic that al-lows maximum reedom andencourages creativity to Bar-celona rom 1988 to 1996. It

is a tactic that Cruyf himselexcelled in as a player.

In total ootball, a playercan reely move out o hisdesignated position when

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Hawker stalls line bothsides o the road, hanging ash-ionable bags, beautiul clothes,unny toys, smart phone cov-ers, electronic devices, pajamasand even underwear.

Electric wires tie the ouriron bars together and a clothcovers the top o the hawkerstall. Te electric wires, liketiny snakes, are connected todierent light bulbs and smallans. Tese our tall and strongiron bars separate each stall,allowing each stall to have aregular size and a clear bound-ary. Sta rom the hawkerstalls stand in ront and try toconvince tourists to buy their

products.ung Choi Street, commonly

known as Ladies Street, iscrowded with dierent people -oreign tourists, local students,teenagers, couples and evenamilies.

Located in Mong Kok, thebusiest and most populateddistrict in Hong Kong, LadiesStreet attracts mainly tourists

although the countless restau-rants hiding behind the stallsmake it popular with manylocals too. Products sold thereare rarely ound elsewhere inHong Kong and they are cheaptoo, as hawkers import prod-ucts rom Mainland China.

Te hawker permitted area

located at ung Choi Street inMong Kok has 1052 xed-pitchstall positions, said VincentFang, a Legislative Council(LegCo) member during aLegCo meeting in 2008.

Compared to ordinaryshops, these roadside stallsare convenient or customers,however, it is hard to transportgoods to hawker stalls as thestreet is narrow and ull otrac.

We can earn more than tenthousand dollars a month, andour salaries are much greaterthan ordinary people work-ing in oces, a sta roma stall said, Our stall opensrom high noon to midnight.Besides the long opening

hours, we also have to set up

the stall with our iron bars,which support the cover, orone hour, and to close the stallor another hour. Weather isanother big problem. It is hotin summer. Sometimes thereis severe rain. Its not easy towork in a hawker stall.

We have been working in

the stall or a ew years, andour relationships with otherhawker sta are very good. Wewont get angry with others.However, we have the idea tochange our jobs due to longworking hours and unstableweather. Also, we do not haveregular holidays or enoughrest, said a sta rom anotherstall.

According to Vincent Fang,among the 1052 governmen-permitted stall positions, 321are vacant.

Te situation o vacantstalls at Ladies Street has givenrise to a number o problems;vacant stalls are occupied byunlicensed hawkers, with manyo them selling pirated goods,

which tarnishes Ladies Street

or even Hong Kong retail busi-ness image, said Fang.

Ms. Verena, 36, and Mrs.amara, 33, are tourists romSwitzerland. Its nice to gothrough the Ladies Street.We like products like mobilephone covers. However, weare not allowed to bring ake

products back to our country,otherwise we will have to pay ane at customs, said Verena.

We think the prices o thegoods are acceptable. We dontlike bargaining, but it is goodto get a big discount. We aresuccessul in dealing withhawkers, said Mrs. amara.

A sta said, oreign tour-ists come to visit Ladies Streetmost. Tere are ewer main-land tourists and not manylocal people. Foreign touristsget the biggest discounts andmainland tourists get less.

We have a boss who ownsmany stalls in the Ladies Streetand he sells a variety o prod-ucts. Also, he checks his shopsrandomly, the sta continued.

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In a crowded restaurant onLadies Street, dozens o peopleare having their lunch whilechatting comortably with theirriends. Outside the restaurant,another crowd o people are

lining up, waiting patiently ortheir tables.

Te shop is called Fu aiHouse, which means a homeo wealth and peace. Likeother restaurants on LadiesStreet, most o its customersare young people like students

separately.o cook Lo Mien, boiled

noodles are mixed with therestaurants secret spicy favorsauce, ollowed by stirring untilthe noodles are ully soaked

in the sauce. According to therestaurant owner Winnie, theycan sell more than 300 plates oLo Mien every day.

Another popular dish in therestaurant is the set lunch withred rice. Red rice is healthy asit contains minerals and other

red rice, which is not common-ly ound in other restaurants.

By observation, Winnieound that customers wereusually bored beore the maincourse arrives, so they started

to serve small bowls o slicedjuicy and resh ruit, mainlywatermelon and melon beorethe main dish. eens like juicysweet stu, she said.

With eight years o experi-ence in the aiwanese restau-rant Saints Alp eahouse, Win-

cost is relatively low. Tey arealso very easy to make. Withmy past experience, makingthese drinks is not dicult orme. Te real thing is to keep upthe quality when other em-

ployees are making the drink,said Winnie.

I treat my sta likeamily, she said. She thinksthat keeping close contact withher employees makes themmore energetic at work, so theycan have better perormance.

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