The Consumer Council's "23rd Consumer Culture Investigation Report Award" held an award ceremony on Monday (3rd). In recent years, citizens have been living under the epidemic and have changed their consumption patterns. Some winning student teams tried to live on cash for 14 days, and then What is the experience of living with electronic payment for 5 days?
During the process, they went to the ticket machine at the MTR station to buy tickets for the first time, only to find that they did not have enough cash when they got on the bus. They had to borrow money from strangers, and they could not enjoy the half-price discount.
In the end, they lamented that electronic payment is indeed convenient and fast, but the human touch of cash is irreplaceable.
"I don't think cash can have such a human touch and warmth. I think this is something that electronic payments can't get."
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The champion of the junior category of "The 23rd Consumer Culture Investigation Report Award" is Kowloon Tong Christian and Missionary Association Chan Shui Chi Memorial Secondary School, a team of 4 secondary three students. grievances".
At that time, the students planned to live only in cash for 14 days, and then tried to live without cash for 5 days by electronic payment. They all expressed their feelings on the day of winning the award.
Experience 1: Borrowing money from strangers for a ride
Lin Yuyao came home one day and suddenly it rained heavily. At that time, she didn't have enough change to take the bus, but she was experimenting with all-cash life. Octopus belongs to electronic payment. Asked to lend 2 yuan coins, and finally received generous donations.
"I don't think cash can have such a great human touch and warmth. I think this is something that electronic payment can't get. It may be a lot of money, but he decided that I was going to go back to the house in the rain. ."
Experience 2: I was forced to pay 13 yuan for takeaway cash payment tips
During the epidemic, the public reduced eating out. In the past, Chen Zhirui ordered takeout, and always paid with the family's electronic payment account, and never tried to pay in cash on the spot.
However, the deliveryman kept ringing the doorbell that day, seemed impatient, and asked her if she needed a refill, which made her mistakenly think that other customers didn't ask for a refill, and she thought, "Damn, I'm trying to block your time?"
The stressed classmate Chen chose to answer "I can't find it", but the delivery fee was 57 yuan, and she only had 50 yuan and 20 yuan in cash, which meant that the delivery staff could have 13 yuan left.
Recalling her experience at that time, she exclaimed that she was at a loss: "Eclipse 13 mosquitoes!"
Award-winning students (from front left) Lin Yuyao, Chen Zhirui, Chen Nanqian, and Wu Huaigu.
(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
Experience 3: It is difficult to enjoy the half-price discount of student Octopus any more, lose $2 per trip
Chen Nanqian can use the student Octopus card to take the MTR on weekdays, and he can enjoy a half-price discount. However, during the 14-day trial period, he can only take the MTR in cash, which is the regular price, and loses an average of 2 yuan per trip.
Although affected by the epidemic, there was no need to go back to school and take the MTR often, but he also had a profound experience and asked, "Is it possible that going back after the fact has reduced our right to choose?"
Chen Zhirui also admitted that since he was a child, he used Octopus to take the MTR, but he had to use a ticket vending machine for cash payment.
"I've tried to buy a flight from a local plane, but I don't know how to buy it. If I ask someone to help me, I can get a ride successfully."
Experience 4: There is a limit to the number of times you can use the automatic value-added Octopus to be alarmed
Wu Huaigu went shopping at the supermarket one day, carrying the Octopus given by his mother, which has the function of adding value automatically.
Originally, he planned to buy a lot, but when he paid the bill of more than 300 yuan, the system showed that the balance was insufficient. After inquiring with his mother, he was surprised to learn that this Octopus is limited to automatic reloading at most once a day.
"It's good to go Surprise (surprise), thinking about the invincibility of the automatic value-added system, you have to beep a few times."
Wu continued to point out that although electronic payment is faster than cash, it cannot replace the "human touch" of cash. For example, with an Octopus card, you can only see the change in the balance, which is not as heavy as cash.
"That is, if you tie 10 mosquitoes and 1,000 mosquitoes, you will get the money with a toot. But if you tie 10 mosquito papers and bury 10 sheets of 100 mosquito papers, the feeling will be very different."
Design foldable plastic bottle model to promote environmental protection
In addition, in the theme award of "Creative Design for Sustainable Consumption", this year's senior group won the most outstanding design award and the most innovative idea award. The winners were a team of five secondary six students from True Light Girls' College, including Qian Langcheng and Zeng Yue. , Li Jiaqiao, Tang Xiaoyi, Liu Jiaqi, all the elective subjects of the students are physics.
The students said that since the most common disposable plastic products are plastic bottles, they found a polygonal wipe glue in a Japanese stationery online store, and they came up with the idea of effectively reducing the volume. Therefore, they hoped to improve the existing Bonaqua plastic bottles and try Using cutting and molding technology, the plastic bottle can be more easily changed from "twisting" to folding.
The theme award of "Creative Design of Sustainable Consumption" was awarded by the team of True Light Girls' College.
(Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
Asked about the most difficult part of the design process, the students revealed that the preparation process took about a month, and the resources and time were limited, which was not enough to make a real finished product. They had to look for origami teaching and resources to make foldable models with hard cardboard.
Although the current channels are related to plastic bottle manufacturers, they hope that in the future, manufacturers will consider designing to make plastic bottles easier to store and recycle.
Co-organised by the Consumer Council and the Education Bureau, and supported by the OGCIO and the Information Technology Education Leaders Association, the 23rd Consumer Culture Survey Report Awards held an awards ceremony on Monday, presenting 18 awards.
Affected by the epidemic this year, more than 2,500 students formed more than 590 teams to participate, involving 77 secondary schools in Hong Kong.
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