Английская Википедия:Heung Shing

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Шаблон:Education in Hong Kong Heung Shing (Шаблон:Zh) is a fictional city appearing in Hong Kong examinations. It has appeared on the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination and Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination administered by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority. That city often portrays Hong Kong. However, it is unclear that whether there are any relations between portrayals between each year's exam paper.

History

Heung Shing is a fictional metropolis that frequently appears in examinations administered by the Hong Kong government. The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE) used the fictional city on the Chinese language and culture exam, while the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) uses the city in the Chinese language. Beginning in the general examination era, exams every year have used the fictional city. According to HK01's Ming-chi Chan, Heung Shing is Hong Kong in a "parallel universe" and seems like it comes from a dystopian novel. Chan said that the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) did not confirm whether it is the same city being discussed from year to year. Every year, exams use Heung Shing to discuss various social issues. Using context awareness and arguing their opinions, students have to make recommendations about how to address those problems.

During the 2010 Chinese New Year, a man sold file folders bearing the name "Heung Shing Examinations and Assessment Authority" in parody of "Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority". Calling it copyright infringement, the HKEAA demanded he stop selling them. Satirists released a spoof examination from the fictional Heung Shing Propaganda and Brainwashing Bureau (Шаблон:Zhi) in 2013. The Oriental Daily said the test paper's layout was "extremely realistic". The spoof exam told students to write a speech on behalf of Chan Yat-sam (Шаблон:Zhi), the fictional spokesperson of the fictional group Caring Heung Shing Power (Шаблон:Zhi), which is a parody of the group Шаблон:Ill. The speech was required to use Cultural Revolution ways of criticising fictional League of Social Democrats member Leung Heung-wa (梁向華) while promoting the fictional Chief Executive of Hong Kong Leung Ying-sau (Шаблон:Zhi).

During the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, police shot a student, which prompted students to protest by shouting the phrase "Secondary Schools in Heung Shing" in reference to the fictional city. Protesters used LIHKG to discuss protest tactics. They shared a Google document titled "Heung Shing Online" that pretended to be a video game guide. They used the fictional city's name instead of Hong Kong in an attempt to evade possible repercussions. The document reviewed previous important battles, told demonstrators what to do or not do, and assessed how good defensive equipment was. It discussed what the game's various players should do such as a "dragon egg catcher" being tasked with putting out cases of tear gas.

Analysis

Writing for Ming Pao, columnist Шаблон:Ill criticised the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) for using the fictitious location of Heung Shing instead of the real city of Hong Kong. He said a fictional city allowed the HKEEA to mandate that students had to answer questions under the premises set by HKEAA. Rather than discuss their beliefs and knowledge on the exam, students had to demonstrate their prowess in being obedient. Ip called the construct "vivid verbal abuse that allowed those in power to interpret the authority of the world to play tricks on the 'cognition' of all students".

Fictional history

Heung Shing is a fictional city that is very similar to Hong Kong. According to a 2001 exam, historians found that human activity in Heung Shing dates back over five millennia, as some Neolithic tombs were found in Pak Shue Tan (Шаблон:Zhi) in 2001. Four species are unique to the fictional city: the Lu Lam-si tree frog (Шаблон:Zhi), the red dwarf dragonfly (Шаблон:Zhi), the Heung Shing newt (Шаблон:Zhi), and the golden coin turtle.

The exam discusses a fictional couple living in Heung Shing: The husband is named Manlei (Шаблон:Zhi) and the wife is named Hangmui (Шаблон:Zhi). They got married in the 2002 exam and had a child named "Family Treasure" (Шаблон:Zhi) in the 2012 exam. In each year's exam, the couple gets into arguments over their different beliefs about the morals and ethics of current events. Believing in modern values, the husband Manlei strongly supports the rule of law, freedom, and democracy. He does not believe in traditional Chinese cultural values. Hangmui, his wife, has the polar opposite beliefs. She believes that following Confucianism would help in societal matters and that decisions should take into account both feeling and reason.

The fictional city is known for its famous schools, including Hang Ten Secondary School (Шаблон:Zhi), its most famous; Bok Man Secondary School (Шаблон:Zhi); Gak Mat Secondary School (Шаблон:Zhi); and Heung Shing Cultural University (Шаблон:Zhi). Lit Ji Hui (Шаблон:Zhi), a Heung Shing athlete, completed a 100 metres race in 9.69Шаблон:Nbspseconds, setting a world record in a fictional race.

Fictional geography

The fictional Heung Shing is located in Nam Kong (Шаблон:Zhi) and neighbours Nam Gwok (Шаблон:Zhi), Shen Shing (Шаблон:Zhi), and Sha Chau (Шаблон:Zhi). It is shaped like Taiwan after the latter is rotated clockwise by 90 degrees. A 2010 exam said that Nam Kong organised a book fair in 2005, which made number of people entering the Heung Shing Book Fair decrease by 40,000. Heung Shing's planning is "chaotic". It had five districts in the 2007 exam (north, south, east, west, and central), which dropped to four districts in the 2009 exam (the central district was removed), and reverted back to the original number of districts in the 2014 exam (but with the Heung Shing Tourism Bureau now located in the central district).

See also

• Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
• Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
• Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination