• 2020.10.14
    星期三

News feed:A great justice

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People mourn RBG by putting flowers near a memorial at the US Supreme Court.
A hotpot restaurant worker puts up a poster advising people not to waste food.
HK Film Awards

【明報專訊】IN THE US, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, commonly known as RBG, died of pancreatic cancer (胰臟癌) at the age of 87. She had served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court for 27 years and spent her life fighting for women and minorities' rights, one example being ordering that a military academy in Virginia State admit women. A liberal herself, RBG's potential successor would be Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic who was chosen by President Trump and who opposes abortion. But with Trump contracting COVID-19, it remains uncertain whether she would really succeed RBG.

Food waste in China

TO CRACK DOWN on the food waste problem, the Hebei provincial government adopted legislation to fine eateries for offering excessive amounts of food and people who film themselves gobbling down their food. Restaurants were suggested to offer different sizes of meals to minimise food waste.

HK Film Awards postponed

THE 40th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, originally to be held next year, was postponed until 2022. The reason was that there had been fewer films made amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The organiser said it did not want to just rush the ceremony through so that delaying the show would be better.

■Gear up

According to the passages on this page, circle the correct answers.

(1) RBG was a judge in the UK.

( True / False / Not given )

(2) The Hebei provincial government passed law to make people eat less.

( True / False / Not given )

(3) The Hong Kong Film Awards is commonly held once a year.

( True / False / Not given )

(Answers on next text)

■Glossary

abortion (n) 墮胎

contract (v) 感染

minimise (v) 盡量減少

postpone (v) 延遲

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