This project is about the problem in Yau Ma Tei. Our group chose beggar for our topic. And we need to interview with a Yau Ma Tei person for our project.
On the 23 rd of February, Samuela, Nathania and I started to do our project in Yau Ma Tei. We went to interview the beggar who lives under the bridge in Yau Ma Tei. When we were standing there, we were so afraid that talking to a woman who likes a witch. So we chose to go to Henry.G Leung Yau Ma Tei Community Centre first. We go there because we know that Henry.G Leung Yau Ma Tei Community Centre will open a hall for the homeless people and beggars to stay there when there is a typhoon. We could not find any good information in there but lucky we know that The Salvation Army will help the homeless people and beggars by a worker in Henry.G Leung Yau Ma Tei Community Centre. We went to The Salvation Army for get some information. The worker in there told us if we wanted to do interview with anyone in there, we must make an appointment. But the day as fast for us to make an appointment is on the 25th of February. So we decided to go back to the beggar who lives under the bridge. But when we were standing there, we still were so afraid. So we left there and went to the tunnel, which has a beggar works inside there. We ask him ‘Can we do an interview with you?’ He answered ‘No.’ and shook his head and hands. I think he is more politely than he will be if we are adults. I could feel that he was angry in that moment. In the last, we went back to the beggar who lives under the bridge. Samuela bravely asked the old lady to have an interview with us. The woman answered ‘OK!’ And the conversations were like these:
How long have you been here?
About ten years.
Do you have house?
Yes, I have. But I don't like there.
They prejudice you?
How did they prejudice you?
They didn't let me go there and they stared at me, and made me felt unbearable.
Do you think Hong Kong people are kind?
Some of them are good, but some of them are nasty
How people did bad things to you?
They kept away from me.
Did they expel you?
No, they didn't. We didn’t interflow each other.
How did the people be nice to you?
They cared to me.
Had they ever give food to you?
Sometimes they had.
Why do you think that begging in Yau Ma Tei is better than other places?
It is because I worked near here in the past. And it is convenient.
Where is your house?
It is far away from here.
Is there any furniture in your home?
Yes, there is some of furniture.
Do you always go back home?
If we need that thing, we will go back home to take them away.
You seldom go back home, don't you?
Yes, I do.
How did you get the daily things?
Sometimes people gave them to me. Sometimes I bought by myself.
Where did the money come from?
The money came from the government.
They sent volunteer to give it to me.
What are the uses of those boxes?
They are used for containing things.
They aren't used for selling, are they?
Some boxes are, but some of them aren't.
You picked up the boxes by yourself, didn’t you?
Yes, I did.
How about your dog? Did anyone give you that dog?
Someone gave it to me.
In the past, I fostered Dalmatians. But it died.
So I fostered this dog now.
I had seen that Dalmatians when I was studying in the Methodist School but after a few years ago, I have not seen it again. But now, I know the reason why. And I know a lot of things about her and her son. She is about seventy years old, and her son is about forty years old. They I also learnt that the homeless people and beggars are not as bad as we think. They are kind. We should be fair to them. And should not be discrimination to them. This also is the problem in Yau Ma Tei.
I think this time we have not get enough information from one beggar. We should interview with more than four homeless people and beggars in the next time.
Red=Quantifiers
Blue=Making comparisons
Green=Measuring things
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