2025-04-12
2025-04-12 | 9:11a.m.
Trial Exercise (Level 1)
Minimum wage clocks on
Diana Lee
Comprehension
How much of the news story did you understand?
1.
What was rejected in the Legislative Council yesterday?
A.
An attempt to demand a minimum hourly wage of HK$28.
B.
An attempt to demand a minimum hourly wage of less than HK$28.
C.
An attempt to demand a minimum hourly wage of more than HK$28.
2.
Who moved a motion in the Legislative Council to repeal the Minimum Wage Ordinance?
A.
Lee Cheuk-yan.
B.
Leung Kwok-hung.
C.
Wong Kwok-hing.
3.
What is the reason behind the motion to repeal the Minimum Wage Ordinance?
A.
The ordinance does not allow lawmakers to amend the wage level.
B.
The ordinance allows lawmakers to amend the wage level.
C.
The ordinance does not allow unions to amend the wage level.
4.
According to other lawmakers, why should the Minimum Wage Ordinance not be repealed?
A.
A delay in approving the ordinance will deprive as many as 314,600 workers of the opportunity to earn more.
B.
A delay in approving the ordinance will deprive as many as 314,600 workers of the opportunity to earn HK$33 per hour.
C.
A delay in approving the ordinance will deprive the lawmakers of the opportunity to amend the wage level.
Vocabulary
Please fill in the blanks below with the appropriate words which you have learnt in this lesson. Hints: political spectrum, deprived, hourly, assume, minimum wage, roundly, vetoed, shoulder
1.
Some legislators claim that it is not possible to set a
for domestic helpers (®a®x¶Ä¤u) in Hong Kong.
2.
Without adequate preparation, our debating team was
defeated.
3.
The suspect claimed that he had been
of the right to call his lawyer.
4.
The bankers cannot be expected to
all the blame for investment failure.
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