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Young Post
Y5 南華早報
2007-01-04




Students vote for Top 10 stories



As 2006 drew to a close, the Hok Yau Club asked students to vote for their favourite news stories of the year.

The unauthorised photographs taken of Gillian Chung Yan-tung, from the pop duo Twins, as she undressed after a concert in Malaysia came in at number one in the 15th Hong Kong Students' Top 10 News Election 2006.

The Bus Uncle video which showed a heated argument between "Bus Uncle" and a fellow passenger came in at number two. The story captured the attention of internet users around the world.

Third place went to the street protests in Taipei against Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian.

This year, 114 schools with about 96,000 students took part in the vote.

Ng Hok-tung, Hok Yau Club project manager, said the election results revealed that students pay more attention to entertainment news than political and economic stories.

Among the top 10 news items, there were three about entertainment, two on international news, and two on politics. No economic news was included.

Hot topics, such as the election of Hong Kong's next chief executive and the proposed goods and sales tax, were also absent.

Mr Ng said a good way to expand students' horizons would be for teachers to incorporate news of all kinds into the discussion part of the compulsory liberal studies curriculum.

Top 10 news items in the eyes of students

1. Singer Gillian Chung being taken candid photographs while undressing (67%)

2. The Bus Uncle video being posted on the internet (62%)

3. Protests against Chen Shui-bian in Taiwan (58%)

5. Pluto's name being taken out of the Solar System (54%)

6. The death of police officer Tsui Po-ko (47%)

7. Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun being elected as the first Chinese World

Health Organisation director-general (45%)

8. HKCEE candidates suspected of cheating using their mobile phones (43%)

9. Commercial Radio DJs Sammy Leung and Kitty Yuen being suspended for their poll inviting audiences to vote for the female artist they would most like to sexually assault (42%)

10. Footballer Zinedine Zidane's infamous headbutt (40%)