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Introduction

Liberal Studies is one of the core subjects of the New Senior Secondary curriculum. To assist teachers with the internal assessment of the subject, the Liberal Studies Section, Curriculum Development Institute, has set up a depository of assessment items for teachers' reference and use. 

The assessment items so developed include data-response questions and extended-response questions. Teachers may adapt the data and questions for each item and decide on the scores for each question based on their school-based consideration. To help teachers understand the focus of the questions and assess students' performance, a description on the "intention of assessment" is attached after each assessment item. It describes the question's assessment focuses, including the knowledge and concepts students should master, and skills they are expected to demonstrate. It also lists students' expected performance in "knowledge" and "skills" aspects for teachers' reference. Teachers may consider the knowledge, concepts and skills involved in the assessment items and select appropriate items for the classes or groups they teach.

Please be reminded that the assessment items in the depository are mainly for schools' use in their internal assessment. When referring to and using such items to design assessment activities, teachers should consider their schools' curriculum planning and learning and teaching progress, and whether their students have the required knowledge and skills for answering the questions. Teachers may also use these items to design daily assessment or adapt them into discussion activities in class. After students have answered the questions, teachers should give feedback on their performance so as to enhance the efficacy of learning and achieve the goals of "assessment for learning"

• Data-response Questions
• Extended-response Questions
• Formative Assessment Items

Question Code	Topics	Scope of Discussion							Download
ED19	Surrogacy	Role Apprehension, Parent-child Relationship, Traditional Concepts of the Family, Rule of Law	＊	＊	＊		＊
ED20	Tomb Sweeping Custom	Tomb Sweeping Service, Online Mourning, Traditional Festivals, Chinese Culture		＊	＊
ED36	Old Age Living Allowance (OALA)	Aging Population, Demographic Imbalance, Elderly Poverty, Policies for Care of the Elderly, Social Welfare, Quality of Life, Concepts of the Family		＊	＊
ED38	The Attitude towards Love in the New Age	Concept of Romantic Relationship and Marriage, Attitude towards Romantic Relationship, Marriage Relationship, Patterns of Dating Behaviour, Information Technology, Traditional family concept, Moral Value	＊		＊	＊
ED40	Wedding Banquet without Shark Fin Soup	Endangered Species, Conservation, Sustainable Development, Traditional Concepts, Food Culture			＊			＊
ED42	Empty-nesters	The Problem of Empty-nesters in the Mainland, Economic Development, Rural-urban Migration, Family planning policy, Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, Traditional Concepts, Functions of Families, Family Relationship, Communication and Conflicts, Legislation	＊		＊
ED45	Paternity Leave	Paid Paternity Leave, Legislation, Gender Relations, Traditional Family Values, Hong Kong’s Competitiveness, Quality of Life		＊	＊
ED48	Organ Donation	Understanding of public health, Development of medical technology, Traditional concepts, Moral considerations, Cultural differences, Rule of law			＊		＊
ED54	The "NEET" Group ("Not Currently Engaged in Education, Employment or Training")	Quality of Life, Life Skills, Upward Mobility, Population Policy, Family Planning, Parenting Style, Family Structure, Traditional Family Values	＊		＊
ED74	The Prevalence of Digital Red Packets and the Inheritance of Traditional Customs	Chinese Culture and Modern Life, Traditional Customs, Traditional Family Concepts and Functions, Culture and Civilisation Heritage, Reform and Opening-up			＊

Question Code	Topics	Scope of Discussion							Download
EE15	Sweatshops	Economic Globalization, Developing Country, Multinational Corporation, Labour Right and Exploitation			＊	＊
EE20	Attitude towards Love and Sex Education	Survey on the Post-80s Generation’s Attitude towards Love, Traditional Values, Sex Education, Socialisation Function	＊	＊	＊
EE21	Cancun Conference (2010)	Climate Change, Developed and Developing Countries, Responsibilities to Reduce CO2 Emissions, International Summits			＊	＊		＊
EE25	High-speed Rail Investment	Costs and Benefits of Developing High-speed Railway, China’s National Strength, Relationship between Hong Kong and the Mainland, Technological Advancement in China, Long Term and Short Term Benefits, Environmental Pollution, Economic Development, Personal Interests and Collective Interests		＊	＊			＊
EE29	Nuclear safety	Nuclear Safety, Energy Technology, Energy Efficiency, Economic Development in China, Sustainable Development			＊			＊
EE30	Replica Fenghuang City	Cultural Conservation, Cultural Heritage, Collective Memory, Stakeholders, Economic Interests, Sustainable Development			＊
EE31	Hazy weather and setting off firecrackers	Hazy Weather, Reform and Opening-up, Economic Development, Air Pollution, Setting off Firecrackers, Traditional Custom, Modern Life, Sustainable Development			＊			＊
EE44	The Labour Force of Hong Kong	Changing Structure of the Population, Shrinking Labour Force, Labour Force Participation Rate for Women, Traditional Values, Gender Roles, Status of Women, Economic Development, Import of Foreign Labour, Stakeholders, Consideration of Short Term and Long Term Interests, Hong Kong’s Competitiveness, Human Resources, Unemployment Rate, Quality of Life	＊	＊	＊	＊
EE45	Low-carbon Energy in China	Energy Development in China, Environmental Pollution, Climate Change, International Cooperation, Low Carbon Energy and Energy Technologyt			＊			＊
EE68	Modernisation of Chinese Customs	Chinese Culture, Cultural Heritage, Traditional Customs, Chinese Festivals, Social Changes, Family Concepts, Information Technology, Modernisation, Lifestyles, Governance, Globalization, Foreign Cultures, Publicity and Education, World Heritage, Quality of Life		＊	＊	＊
EE69	Electronic litigation	Government Policies, Allocation and Use of Resources, Stakeholders, Collective Interests, Governance, Quality of Life, Priorities, Reform and Opening-up			＊

Question Code	Topics	Scope of Discussion							Download
EF9	The Development of Renewable Energy in the Mainland	Energy Technology, Renewable Energy, Non-renewable Energy, Economic Development, Air Pollution, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Resource Consumption, Governance, Government Policies, Great Power’s Responsibility			＊			＊
EF14	Ageing population	Population Structure, Ageing Population, Labour Force, Mortality Rate, Fertility Rate, Medical Technology, Parenting Concept, Marriage Concept, Quality of Life		＊	＊		＊