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Data-response questions
Answer ALL questions in this paper.
1.
Consider the following sources:
Source A: Estimate of overall land demand and supply in Hong Kong (hectare) (up to 2046)
Up to 2026
2026-2046
Total
Land use
Demand
Supply
Shortage
Demand
Supply
Shortage
shortage
Residential
768
660
-108
902
780
-122
-230
Economic
196
61
-135
262
141
-121
-256
Infrastructure
1 661
1 089
-572
931
783
-148
-720
2 625
1 810
-815
2 095
1 704
-391
-1026
and facility
Total
Planning Department
Source B: Large-scale development projects being planned by the government
Large-scale
development
project
Estimated
development area
(hectare)
Estimated area of
affected brownfield
sites (hectare)*
Estimated flat
production (unit)/
population for the
whole project
Estimated
year of
population
intake
Kwu Tung North /
Fanling North NDA
320
50
60 000
2023-2031
Hung Shui Kiu
NDA
441
190
61 000
2024-2038
Yuen Long South
development
185
100
28 500
2027-2038
Potential
development areas
in NT North
720
200
Population: around
255 000/350 000
Beyond 2030
Around 540 hectares
Around 150 000
housing units and
around 255 000/
350 000 population in
NT North
Around 1 666
hectares
Total
*
Note: The remaining 760 hectares of brownfield sites are scattered in different parts of the rural NT,
such as Ping Shan, Wang Chau, Kam Tin, Pat Heung, Shek Kong, Ngau Tam Mei, San Tin and Lung
Kwu Tan, etc. The government will explore the appropriate ways to handle these sites, taking into
account the findings of the brownfield study being conducted by the Planning Department.
Task Force on Land Supply
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Source C: Adapted from a newspaper report dated 4 December 2018
In the new Policy Address delivered earlier, the Chief Executive proposed the ‘Lantau
Tomorrow’ project, in which about 1 700 hectares of land near Kau Yi Chau and Hei
Ling Chau will be reclaimed. The construction of the East Lantau Metropolis Artificial
Island is the planning blueprint for Hong Kong in the next 30 years. Between 260 000
and 400 000 residential units are expected to be available in 2032. The government
said 70% of the new land will be built for public housing, with a preliminary estimate
of engineering cost being about $500 billion, equivalent to half of the $1.08 trillion in
current fiscal reserves. Public opinion described the plan as ‘burning reserves’. It is
said that more than half of the top ten infrastructure projects launched in 2007 were
overrun. If the project was calculated on an overrun of 1.4 times for High Speed Rail,
the actual cost of the artificial island could be as high as 1.2 trillion. The public is
worried that the interest of this generation will be sacrificed.
The ‘Lantau Tomorrow’ project aroused discontent among community groups, who
then formed ‘Save Lantau Alliance’ and staged protests against the construction of an
artificial island on East Lantau. They also criticised the government for not having the
determination to take back brownfield sites and military land, while ignoring public
opinion and environmental protection.
The ‘Lantau Tomorrow’ project has also aroused dissatisfaction among members of
the Task Force on Land Supply. They were informed of the plan only after the
announcement of the Policy Address. As a result, they were unable to collect public
opinion on this issue. Wong Yuen-fai, the Chairman of the Task Force, said that the
Task Force only consulted the public with 1 000 hectares of reclamation at the East
Lantau Metropolis, and declared that ‘it is not possible to support the proposal of
reclaiming 1 700 hectares of land by consulting the public of 1 000 hectares of
reclamation’. The Task Force collected 65 000 submissions and 28 000 questionnaires
at the end of September this year.
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Source D: An extract from a newspaper report dated 31 December 2018
Green Sense, an environmental protection group, criticised the Chief Executive’s
‘Lantau Tomorrow’ project for ignoring social demands for protecting the natural
environment and improving land supply through population policies. Green Sense
believes that the source of the land problem is the failed population policy. Over the
years, the government has allowed more than one million population with One-way
Permit to come to Hong Kong. This is a ‘laissez-faire’ population policy that has made
the local environment and the community overloaded. No matter how much land is
built or reclaimed, the problem cannot be solved without starting with the population.
(a)
Describe the trends in land demand and supply in Hong Kong shown in Sources A and
B.
(b)
(4 marks)
From the sources, explain two concerns arising from the government’s land-seeking
development plan.
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2.
Consider the following sources:
Source A: Reasons for online shopping among Hong Kong people (2017)
Mastercard Online Shopping Survey Report
Source B:
Percentage of Asia-Pacific respondents
who have purchased online at least once
in the past three months (2017)
Market
Percentage of Asia-Pacific respondents
who are planning to purchase online at
least once in the next six months (2017)
Percentage
Market
Percentage
1
China
99.8
1
China
98.4
2
India
99.1
2
Vietnam
98.2
3
Singapore
97.4
3
India
97.0
4
Vietnam
97.2
4
Indonesia
96.4
5
South Korea
96.1
5
Thailand
95.1
6
Taiwan
96.0
6
Singapore
93.8
7
Japan
95.9
7
Taiwan
93.4
8
Thailand
95.5
8
Malaysia
91.0
9
Indonesia
95.4
9
Hong Kong
90.8
10
Hong Kong
94.7
10
Philippines
90.7
11
Australia
94.1
11
New Zealand
89.0
12
New Zealand
93.2
12
Australia
87.4
13
Philippines
92.7
13
South Korea
86.4
14
Malaysia
88.8
14
Japan
78.5
Mastercard Online Shopping Survey Report
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Source C: An extract from a newspaper report dated 9 April 2018
In addition to traditional stores, retail brands have also expanded online shopping
business in recent years. Adidas, a German sportswear company, said it would reduce
stores and focus on online shopping in the next few years, with a target of more than
doubling the size of online purchases within two years. Adidas believes that online
stores are the company’s most important ‘stores’, where resource allocation will be
given priority. As online shopping involves logistics and transport, Adidas’s huge
investment includes the construction of logistics infrastructure, such as distribution
warehouses. There has been a major change in the logistics process: it used to be
shipping boxes of goods to retail stores, but now it has to deal with consumers. Each
shipment can be a pair of shoes, a few pairs of socks and a few pairs of trousers. The
company has launched mobile applications in the UK, the US and Germany, and is
expanding to France, Spain and Canada.
Source D: Adapted from a newspaper report dated 12 August 2018
Following the voluntary winding-up of Hong Kong’s record store chain HMV, the
British music and video disc retailing company, HMV, announced yesterday that it
was in bankruptcy proceedings. If no buyer is found, the famous British retailer with a
history of 97 years will close down, affecting more than 2 200 positions.
HMV said the holiday business this year was ‘very weak’. The DVD sales in the
market decreased by 30% compared to last year. HMV accounts for nearly one-third
of all physical music sales in the UK and one-fourth of all DVD sales. While HMV
has outperformed the overall physical music and video disc market, it has been hit by
the Internet boom, including competition from online entertainment service providers
and a growing number of consumers switching to shopping on the Internet.
(a)
Some people think that the trend of online shopping is closely related to globalisation.
Explain this view using Sources A, B and your own knowledge.
(b)
(6 marks)
‘The prevalence of online shopping is conducive to improving people’s quality of
life.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Explain your answer with reference
to the sources and your own knowledge.
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3.
Consider the following sources:
Source A
Source B: An extract from a newspaper report dated 22 July 2018
Changsheng Biotechnology, a listed company in the mainland, was revealed to have
falsified data for a rabies vaccine, and the test results of the ‘diphtheria, pertussis and
tetanus three-in-one vaccine’ were also unqualified. It was fined a total of RMB 3.44
million by the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).
A news commentary from the mainland said that under the extremely low cost of
violation and extremely high revenue, the rabies vaccine scandal appeared again and
again after repeated bans. However, the rabies vaccine can prevent the disease and has
curative effects. If patients were vaccinated with ineffective rabies vaccines, they
might eventually die. Some mainland netizens discussed getting vaccinated in Hong
Kong on social networking sites and urged others to go to Hong Kong as far as
possible.
The SFDA said it had launched an investigation into the Changsheng Biotechnology,
but only in response to earlier revelations about fabricated production, test records
and modified parameters of the rabies vaccine. Some netizens commented that if the
government did not severely punish the person in charge, it would become a replica
of the melamine milk scandal, causing people to lose confidence in domestic milk
powder and all production lines of domestic milk powder to collapse.
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Source C: Adapted from a newspaper report dated 30 July 2018
The vaccine scandal in the mainland induced mainlanders to have vaccinations in
Hong Kong. The incident has caused concern to parents in Hong Kong, who worry
about the problem of ‘snapping up vaccinations’. However, the Department of Health
stated that the supply of vaccines in Hong Kong is stable and there are enough stocks
to provide vaccinations for infants and young children in Hong Kong. The public
sector would give priority to the provision of vaccinations for local children. A quota
of 120 new cases per month for non-eligible persons would be imposed.
The medical sector said the trend of mainlanders getting vaccinated in Hong Kong
may carry an implication for Hong Kong’s health care system: Vaccines in Hong
Kong earn the trust of mainlanders, reflecting the advantages of Hong Kong’s health
care system. The Chief Executive has also said that Hong Kong has the potential to
develop medical tourism.
Hong Kong has a strict vaccine testing and management system, and the tender terms
are also very strict. For example, successful bidders for influenza vaccines have to
provide complete formulations, testing methods and production methods for vaccines.
They must achieve the standard of international production quality management and
be recognised by authorities such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
According to mainland statistics, most mainlanders came to Hong Kong to get a
cervical cancer vaccine, with average expenses of RMB 4 000 to 20 000 per trip.
Medical tourism is an important industry in Hong Kong. If it is not developed, many
good doctors will be wasted in Hong Kong.
However, some doctors think that the development of medical tourism in Hong Kong
must ensure that local medical services are not affected. Currently, there is already a
serious shortage of doctors in Hong Kong, with only 1.91 doctors per 1 000 people,
which is far lower than that in other advanced places. With the long waiting time of
public hospitals, developing medical tourism is bound to ‘strain’ local medical staff.
(a)
Using Source B, elaborate on the phenomenon shown in Source A.
(b)
With reference to the sources, explain two social problems that might arise from the
toxic vaccine scandal in the mainland.
(c)
(4 marks)
(6 marks)
‘Medical tourism can promote Hong Kong’s social development.’ Suggest and explain
one argument supporting this claim and one argument opposing this claim, using the
sources provided.
(7 marks)
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and logical manner, rather than the ability to
recall facts.
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1. (a) Describe the trends in land demand and supply in Hong Kong shown in Sources A and
(4 marks)
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B.
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1. (b) From the sources, explain two concerns arising from the government’s land-seeking
(8 marks)
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development plan.
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2. (a) Some people think that the trend of online shopping is closely related to globalisation.
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Explain this view using Sources A, B and your own knowledge.
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2. (b) ‘The prevalence of online shopping is conducive to improving people’s quality of life.’
To what extent do you agree with this view? Explain your answer with reference to the
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sources and your own knowledge.
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(4 marks)
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3. (a) Using Source B, elaborate on the phenomenon shown in Source A.
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3. (b) With reference to the sources, explain two social problems that might arise from the
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toxic vaccine scandal in the mainland.
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3. (c) ‘Medical tourism can promote Hong Kong’s social development.’ Suggest and explain
one argument supporting this claim and one argument opposing this claim, using the
(7 marks)
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sources provided.
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