Hong Kong Culture –
Present and Future
F1 IH (Teacher’s Version)
Worksheet (1)
Hong Kong Culture – Present and Future P.1
What is popular culture?
Culture is a way of life shared by a community in a given place and at a given time. Popular
culture refers to life styles or products supportive of these styles, embraced by the masses. In a
modern society, popular culture is closely tied to mass media and consumerism.
Translated from: 吳俊雄、張志偉 “導言：閱讀香港普及文化”，載於吳俊雄、張志偉編：《閱讀香港普及
文化 1970-2000》，香港：牛津大學出版社， 2001。
1. A first look into Hong Kong Culture – Do the following survey in class. Then use
the data collected to complete the following chart.
Lifestyle products
Your choice
Origin of your choice
Hong Kong
1.
Most popular male
singer
2.
Most popular female
singer
3.
Most popular actor
4.
Most popular actress
5.
Most popular song
6.
Most popular
television programme
7.
Most popular radio
programme
8.
Most popular movie
9.
Most popular
catchphrase
10. Most popular
newspaper
11. Most popular
magazine
12. Most popular novel
13. Most popular cartoon
14. Most popular sports
15. Most popular leisure
activity
16. Most popular female
fashion label
17. Most popular male
fashion label
18. Most popular sports
Chinese
tradition
foreign
countries
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Lifestyle products
Hong Kong Culture – Present and Future P.2
Your choice
Origin of your choice
Hong Kong
Chinese
tradition
foreign
countries
shoes
19. Most popular game
20. Most popular mobile
phone
21. Most popular car
22. Most popular food
23. Most popular drink
2. Do you think the lifestyle products listed above are truly popular in Hong Kong? Do
they reflect accurately our popular culture? Explain your answer.
Suggested answer: These results might not be an accurate reflection because they
are the responses of students in class. They show the preferences of a certain age
group and do not necessarily reflect the tastes of people from other walks of life
and age groups.
3. What do you think are the origins (e.g. Hong Kong, the mainland, the United States,
Japan, Britain etc.,) of popular culture in Hong Kong? Please explain your answer
with examples.
Free response
What have you learnt?
You have
1. come to understand the meaning of popular
culture.
2. reflected on the roots of Hong Kong’s popular
culture.
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Hong Kong Culture – Present and Future P.3
Do you know?
Below are the results of a survey on how young people living on the mainland rank
popular idols. The survey was conducted in Shenzhen by two scholars (Professors He
Zhou & Fung) from the Department of English and Communication of the City
University of Hong Kong.
(Male respondents)
Idols
Michael Jordan(米高佐敦)
Number
%
36
12.9
Andy Lau(劉德華)
32
11.5
Aaron Kwok(郭富城)
28
10.1
Jacky Cheung(張學友)
27
9.7
Leon Lai(黎明)
16
5.8
Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da
Lima (朗拿度)
13
4.7
Faye Wong(王菲)
7
2.5
Ekin Cheng(鄭伊健)
7
2.5
Jacky Chan(成龍)
7
2.5
Gigi Leung(梁詠琪)
4
1.4
Daniel Chan(陳曉東)
4
1.4
Mavis Fan(范曉萱)
4
1.4
Noriko Sakai(酒井法子)
3
1.1
Stephen Chow(周星馳)
3
1.1
Emil Chow(周華健)
3
1.1
Sammi Cheng(鄭秀文)
3
1.1
Kelly Chan(陳慧琳)
2
0.7
Miriam Yeung(楊千嬅)
2
0.7
Backstreet Boys
2
0.7
Others
70
25.2
273
100
Total
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Hong Kong Culture – Present and Future P.4
(Female respondents)
Idols
Leon Lai(黎明)
Number
%
20
9.1
Andy Lau(劉德華)
17
7.7
Faye Wong(王菲)
15
6.8
Gigi Leung(梁詠琪)
15
6.8
Jacky Cheung(張學友)
13
5.9
Aaron Kwok(郭富城)
10
4.5
Ekin Cheng(鄭伊健)
8
3.6
Daniel Chan(陳曉東)
6
2.7
Emil Chow(周華健)
6
2.7
Miriam Yeung(楊千嬅)
6
2.7
Sammi Cheng(鄭秀文)
5
2.3
Kelly Chan(陳慧琳)
4
1.8
Mavis Fan(范曉萱)
4
1.8
Backstreet Boys
Michael Jordan(米高佐敦)
4
1.8
3
1.4
Jacky Chan(成龍)
3
1.4
Richie Yam(任賢齊)
3
1.4
Stephen Chow(周星馳)
3
1.4
Noriko Sakai(酒井法子)
1
0.5
Others
74
33.6
226
100
Total
From Homepage of Media Digest, RTHK, April, 2000
<http://www.rthk.org.hk/mediadigest/md0004/06.html>