Cover Story
People: Lamma Island touched by African drums...............................30
Every Sunday, African Djembe, a four-person music group from West Africa, plays drums on Lamma Island as a means to spread traditional Sengalese culture.
Campus Life
Student associations strive to arouse students’ interest..........................8
Student associations put a lot of effort into arranging different campaigns like talks and demonstrations, but students have a cool response.

Periscope
Universities on crash diet.............................................................................10
The Hong Kong government is cutting the universities’ budgets.

 

 Cover story: African Djembe brings Sengalese drums to Lamma — Page 30.
Social Issue
Problems with e-shopping............................................................................14
With the rise of the Internet, e-shopping is increasing in popularity; however, the technology still has a lot of problems.
Job hunting......................................................................................................16
Due to the economic downturn, university degree holders may not have an advantage in finding jobs any more.
Photo Features
Children laugh and play at Christmas.......................................................18
In the eyes of children, world is simple and beautiful, as in fairy tales.		 Education: Students find it fun to paint washroom doors — Page 38.
Culture & Leisure
Local cartoon characters..............................................................................23
After years of importing cartoon characters from overseas, local characters like Ah Fu and Pork Chop and Friends have entered the market.
Conductors......................................................................................................26
Apart from being the leader of an orchestra, a conductor also acts as an educator, stage performer and magician.
Channels
Scratching new music...................................................................................28
Scratching records on turntables is not only a new way to make music, but also an art that young people use to express their feelings.		 Channels: Turntablists use mixing equipment to express their feelings — Page 28.
People
City woman leads an artistic rural life......................................................33
Miss Lee Ri Yee, a Hong Kong insurance agent, gave up city life to spend six months in a small, rural city in China to teach village students drama and singing. 		 
Science & Technology
Wireless LANs in shopping malls.............................................................37
The new technology of wireless LANs makes access to the Internet possible in shopping malls and airports.
Education
Be close to washrooms..................................................................................38
Students, teachers and parents work together to promote “washroom culture”, as well as a better school environment.		  

Regular
From the Editor.................................................................................................2
Milestones..........................................................................................................3
Letters to Editor................................................................................................4
Answerman........................................................................................................6

 

 

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