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Year-round Festival Series

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Year-round Festival Series 25 – World Drowning Prevention Day – Why are there so many festivals?

Year-round Festival Series 25 – World Drowning Prevention Day – Why are there so many festivals? Different festivals are set up to commemorate important dates in our history, such as the National Day or the Handover, or to highlight changes in nature, such as the New Year or the Mid-Autumn Festival, or to preserve the heritage of civilisations, such as the Chung Yeung Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, or to celebrate religious festivals, such as Easter and Christmas. Year after year, people celebrate regular festivals, experience a different atmosphere and enjoy sumptuous feasts with family and friends. These joyful […]

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Year-round Festival Series 24 – World Youth Skills Day – Why are teenagers becoming more and more unhappy?

Year-round Festival Series 24 – World Youth Skills Day – Why are teenagers becoming more and more unhappy? According to United Nations figures, the total number of unemployed youth globally in 2022 is estimated to be as high as 73 million, 6 million more than the 2019 pre-epidemic level. It is estimated that 600 million new jobs will be needed globally over the next 15 years to meet the demand for youth employment. Between 2021 and 2030, the global youth population is expected to grow by 7,800 million, with nearly half of that growth coming from low-income countries. The proportion

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YEAR-ROUND FESTIVAL SERIES 23 – WORLD POPULATION DAY – WORLD POPULATION REACHES 8 BILLION?

Year-round Festival Series 23 – World Population Day – World Population Reaches 8 Billion? World Population Day is celebrated every year on July 11. This day originated when the United Nations symbolically recognized a baby born in Yugoslavia as the world’s 5 billionth person on July 11, 1987, marking the day when the human population finally surpassed 5 billion. The United Nations Population Fund proposed that this day be designated as World Population Day. Now, July 11 has also been designated as World Population Day, a celebration that draws attention to the development of the world’s population and the important

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Year-round Festival Series 22 – July 1 Reunification Day – To stay or to go?

Year-round Festival Series 22 – July 1 Reunification Day – To stay or to go? Next Saturday, July 1, will be the 26th anniversary of Hong Kong‘s return to China. According to the Hong Kong government, there was a net outflow of more than 130,000 people in the three years from 2019 to 2021. The fifth wave of the epidemic resulted in a net outflow of 140,000 people in the first quarter of 2022, and the immigration expo currently being held in Hong Kong is attracting a large number of people to the event. Some young people want to take

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Year-round Festivals Series 21 – Dragon Boat Festival – Watching dragon boats in the summer heat!

Year-round Festivals Series 21 – Dragon Boat Festival – Watching dragon boats in the summer heat! ????Dragon boat racing returns after epidemic Dragon Boat Races are back this year after the epidemic and today, Thursday, is the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival, so watching them is the perfect way to experience the festive atmosphere! This year’s dragon boat races took place at Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter, Stanley Main Beach, Sai Kung Hoi, Shing Mun River, Tolo Harbour and Castle Peak Bay Typhoon Shelter. The Stanley International Dragon Boat Championships, among the six major dragon boat races, saw over 100

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Year-round Festival Series 20 – Father’s Day – 8 Ways to Celebrate Father’s Day!

Year-round Festivals Series 20 – Father’s Day – 8 Ways to Celebrate Father’s Day! This Sunday is Father’s Day, how do you want to celebrate it? Here are a few ways to celebrate for your reference: ???? Personalized gifts: What is the most impressive memory you have with your dad? You can make personalized gifts for your dad with photos of those memories. For example, make your own mug, keychain or water bottle, and put your heartfelt words of appreciation or happy memories on these everyday items to cheer your dad up every day! ???? Plan a day trip: Planning

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Year Round Festival Series 19 – Father’s Day – Don’t Expect a Perfect Father

Year Round Festival Series 19 – Father’s Day – Don’t Expect a Perfect Father Father’s Day is a day celebrated to honour fathers or elders who have a father figure. It is celebrated around the world on the third Sunday of June each year. In 1908, Mother’s Day was established by Anna Jarvis as the second Sunday in May, and the founder of the day, Jarvis, stated that the word “Mother” in “Mother’s Day” should be a singular word, as it was created in memory of each family’s own mother, rather than in memory of all the mothers in the

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Year-round Festival Series 18  – National Best Friends Day – What’s the difference between a best friend and a friend?

Year-round Festival Series 18  – National Best Friends Day – What’s the difference between a best friend and a friend? A friend is a special kind of status. Perhaps we feel that a lifelong partner or family member is more important than a friend. However, we have been hurt by our friends and have been in emotional lows. If friends are not important, why would they hurt us so much? Friendship is not something that can be counted over time. It is not something that can be made after knowing each other for a long time. It is only when

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Year-round Festival Series 17  – World No Tobacco Day – We need food, not tobacco

Year-round Festival Series 17  – World No Tobacco Day – We need food, not tobacco Every May 31st is World No Tobacco Day. Since 1987, the World Health Organization has launched World No Tobacco Day to make people aware of the damage tobacco has done to the world. The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2023 is: “We need food, not tobacco”. Tobacco destroys our health, the health of the tobacco farmers’ families and the health of the planet. Tobacco manufacturers have more deliberately interfered with attempts to replace tobacco growing, deepening the global food crisis. Currently, as many as

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International Museum Day
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Year-round Festival Series 16  – International Museum Day – Throwing Tomato Juice at an Artwork?

Year-round Festival Series 16  – International Museum Day – Throwing Tomato Juice at an Artwork?   Life is more important than art! So that’s why art is important. -James Baldwin, American author   Since May 2022, many of the more radical social movement environmental groups, such as Stop Oil in the UK and The Last Generation in Germany and Italy, have launched restrained attacks on world-famous artworks in museums across Europe, such as throwing tomato juice and mashed potatoes on the protective glass of artworks, in order to raise public awareness of the problem of new oil extraction and the

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