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Wednesday, November 29,2006
Carol Tsui takes us on a tour of Hong Kong
By REBECCA HARVEY
Staff Writer
According to statistics from the
World Tourism Organization’s
Tour 2004 Report, 41.8 million
people visited China last year.
WCC student Carol Tsui visited
her home country of Hong Kong
last summer. Here, she answers
a few questions for us.
Q; What are some of the
traditions in Hong Kong?
A: There are festivals and
family gatherings. Everything
is much Americanized.
Q: What are some things
you like about China that you
don’t like about America?
A: Real Chinese food,
transportation is a lot easier,
bigger city-like areas than
Goldsboro.
Q: What are some things
you like about America that
you don’t like about China?
A: America has nicer weather.
It will rain for months during a
certain season in Hong Kong.
Q: What are some of the
everyday activities done by
teenagers?
A: There’s badminton, plenty
of shopping, we travel around
to the country, Tae Kwon Do,
parties, and karaoke rooms.
Q: How is the education
system different in Hong Kong
than in the United States?
A: Children will usually go to
school at age 3. When you’re 5
you go to primary school, which
is just like elementary school.
... Then you go on to secondary
school for another five years;
it’s like middle and high school.
After secondary school everyone
takes a public exam called Cert
Level Exam and if you get
a good grade you can go to
regular school. It’s like the last
years of high school. Then you
take another exam called the
Advanced Level Exam to see if
you can go to a university for
the next three years. There are
seven or eight universities ...
and the students who attend are
very competitive.
Q: Do you also get summer
breaks?
A: Yes, but they’re only
about a month and a half long.
You also get other breaks lik9
winter and a Chinese New
Year’s break.
Q: What are the different
holidays in China?
A: Well, there’s an Easter
and Christmas but there is no
Halloween or Thanksgiving. We
also have Chinese New Year’s,
which is in February. In fall
we have an Autumn Festival
that is similar to Thanksgiving.
Families get together with lots
of food, games, and candles.
Photo by REBECCA HARVEY
Carol Tsui is pictured next
to a world map.
Q: What is the housing like
in Hong Kong?
A: It’s mostly apartments but
the most average size is about
500 to 700 square feet. They’re
also very expensive. There is
no central air conditioning or
heating.
Q: Is Buddism the only
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Pictured above are, from left, the Rev. Dr. Staccato Powell,
speaker; Donald Faison, Human Resource Development
instructor; Matthew McNair, 3MG President; and Ray Burrell,
Division Head for Business and Computer Technologies.
Stage set for mentoring program
The 3MG-Minority Male
Mentoring Program at Wayne
Community College launched a
kick-off celebration on Thursday,
Sept. 14. Approximately 40
young men, WCC administrators,
representatives from the Board
of Trustees, the Mayor of
Goldsboro, and other community
supporters met in the college’s
dining hall for the group’s first
meeting of the year.
The Rev. Dr. Staccato
Powell, former President and
Chief Executive Officer of
Opportunities Industrialization
Centers of America and Deputy
General Secretary of the
National Council of Churches,
served as the key-note speaker.
Dr. Powell pointed out the many
reasons African American males
give for not being successful in
today’s society. He challenged
them to “get over it, rise to
the occasion . . . get a good
education, equip themselves
with the necessary tools to be
successful, be real men, and
make a difference.”
Activities planned for this
academic year include a weekend
retreat at Fort Fisher, a fall
leadership conference, monthly
information and rap sessions,
scholarship opportunities,
community service activities.
College Orientation for Target
Population, a spring leadership
conference and more.
Empirical data suggest that
when a student has a personal
connection and a positive
experience at an institution of
higher education, the student is
more apt to be successful in the
pursuit of his or her educational
and career goals. The annual
kick-off celebration and other
student development activities
help minority males establish
the foundation by which they
take the first steps down the
road of life-long learning.
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