Form 4 Economics
Issue-based Activity 1
Minimum Wage Rate
Task I
1. Visit the following link and watch the video about the Forum on Minimum Wage Rate.
[http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/city_forum/20040516.html]
2. Discuss with your classmates and fill in the following table.
城市論壇
主題：______________________________________________
主持：謝志峰
日 期 ： 2004 年 5 月 16 日
時 間 ： 上 午 11 時 55 分
地點：維多利亞公園涼亭
出席嘉賓
立場
論點
梁 世 智 ---- 房 屋
署物業管理總
經理
陳 婉 嫻 ---- 立 法
會議員
呂 漢 光 ---- 嶺 大
市場及國際企
業學系副教授
鍾 紹 榮 ---- 中 小
企聯合會常務
副主席
陳 寶 瑩 ---- 香 港
清潔工人職工
會幹事
你認同哪一位嘉賓之立場呢？為什麼？
Form 4 Economics
Issue-based Activity 1
Task 2 Economics Understanding on the Issue
Minimum Price Control (Price __________)
Suppose an effective minimum wage is imposed on the workers in the housing estates.
The Good is __________. The price of the good can be interpreted as _________ and the
quantity of the good as _____________________.
Economic Analysis
P ( _______ )
Effects on
S
1. _________ //remains unchanged
2. _________ //remains unchanged
3. _________ //remains unchanged
D
0
Q ( ________ )
Other effects:
When the _____________________ is
greater than the __________________,
there will be __________ competition.
Based on the above analysis, do workers suffer from the minimum wage regulation? Do
employers enjoy any benefit from it? Does economic analysis support or against the regulation?
Task 3 Forum
Suppose you are invited to be one of the guest speakers/floor speakers in the coming School
Forum on Minimum Wage Rate. In the Forum, you have to present your ideas on the issue and
discuss it with other speakers in the Forum. You may need to answer some challenging
questions from your counter-parties and the floor.
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2.
3.
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6.
Identify your role in the Forum.
Find out the standpoints of your party on the issue concerned.
Are there any objective information in line with your standpoint?
What are the views hold by other parties?
Why are there differences among standpoints from different parties?
Who is/are going to challenge you? What questions would they posed up?
You may get the required information from the articles posted on e-class. You may also get the
information from:
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5.
homepages of the political parties
homepages of labour unions
government homepages
newspapers articles
others
Form 4 Economics
Marks allocation
Issue-based Activity 1
Guest Speakers
Floor Speakers
Judges
Content 60%
Presentation 20%
Manner 20%
Content 60%
Presentation 20%
Manner 20%
Observation 50%
Presentation 30%
Manner 20%
Roles:
Political Party I (for)
Political Party II (against)
Workers’ Union (for)
Workers’ Union (against)
Scholar (Economics)
Employers’ Union
Government Officials
Floor Speakers:
- Students
- General Public
- Low-skilled workers
- Workers with higher educational and skills level
- Employers
- Workers suffered from the Minimum wage regulation
Form 4 Economics
Issue-based Activity 1
Worksheet for Task 3 Forum
城市論壇
日期：_____________________
地點：_____________________
主持：_____________________
主題：__________________________________________
在論壇中,
我是…
我的立場是…
…原因是…
別人的意見…
假若政府就有關訂立最低工資一事進行公開咨詢，你會如何回應？