Coming from Hong Kong adapting to live in Britain will be easy

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COMING FROM HONG KONG, CHINA, ADAPTING TO LIVE IN BRITISH WILL BE EASY.

WAN Ming-Lai (Jovi)

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SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES & LAW

TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY

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GROUP: 4

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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

MODULE CODE EDU-1049-N

PRE-SESSIONAL ENGLISH COURSE 2012/13

COMING FROM HONG KONG, CHINA, ADAPTING TO LIVE IN BRITISH WILL BE EASY.

Name: WAN Ming-Lai (Jovi)

Class: 4

Date : 19/8/2014

Final Draft

British was named "The Great British" or "British Empire". In the 19th century, it's colonial expansion achieved the largest territories during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). Technology, commerce, language and management had been spread all over the world to assist the British. British Empire which, at its greatest extent, over one-fifth to one-quarter of the world's area and population(BBC 1, 2014). One of the famous colony is Hong Kong, China, which divided into three area Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula and New Territories, was ceded to Britain in 1842, 1860 and 1898 respectively.

In 1997 China took over Hong Kong; hence, ending more than 150 years of British colonial rule(BBC 2, 2014). This essay will indicate the similarities and differences between the greatest country, Britain and a former British colony, Hong Kong, China. Moreover, there are some details of environment, food style and education system which shows that the inhabitants come from Hong Kong is suitable to live in Britain or not.

Firstly, there are many differences of environment between Britain and Hong Kong. The population of the British grew to 64.1 million in mid-2013 while the population density is 261 persons per km2(ONS, mid-2013). On the other hand, the total amount of population in Hong Kong is 7.1 million in mid-2013 and the population density is 6650 persons per km2 (HKCSD, 2014). It is a large range...