2017 Data File B2 Samples
Task 8: Report
A Brief Summary for the Initial Concept Plan for the Golden Flower Adventure Mall
The following is a summary of our staff’s feedback for the initial concept plan for the Golden Flower Adventure Mall.
According to the inputs from our staff, the waterfall, the sailing ship as well as the lake should remain in place while the castle should be removed since it does not align well with the overall jungle adventure theme. (Besides that, our staff commented that all the features presented in the plan are practical.)*
With regard to the waterfall, however, our staff suggested that the height should be reduced from 40 to 30 meters so that clouds will not form as they did previously in Highland Adventure Center in the UK, which caused a power failure.
While the ship should be kept, the shops on the ship should be taken out because the sailing ship cannot fit both restaurants and shops. In terms of the lake, it should be turned into an aquarium as our staff proposed a brilliant idea to add a swimming pool under the waterfall and right next to the aquarium so that swimmers can swim next to the sea animals.
To develop more features, our staff recommended to include ziplines over the swimming pool and provide abseiling on the sides of the swimming pool for the general public, which is something that has never been done before.
Overall, our staff agreed that the mall is going to be a fascinating space for a wide range of activities. This is the end of the summary.
Task 9: Web Page
Dragon Peak’s Commitment to the Environment in Hong Kong
Since 2005, Dragon Peak Properties (DPP) has been the envy of all developers in Hong Kong because of what our company has done to safeguard the natural environment in Hong Kong. Below, you will find an overview about our effort to protect the environment, our recent achievement as well as the latest work that we have performed to protect the orchids and the butterflies on Golden Flower Island.
At the beginning of 2000, FPP began to invest in green construction methods, starting at around 2 billion Hong Kong dollars. Since then, the amount of money we spent on Green Construction methods increased gradually from 2 billion to 5.5 billion Hong Kong dollars in 2015, turning ourselves into the development company which invested the most in Green Construction techniques.
Our commitment to invest in green construction methods has recently been recognized by the Tai Shing Conservation Institute as DPP was awarded the 1st prize for the Green House Development Awards 2016.
Besides spending a significant amount of money on environmentally friendly building technologies, DPP is also putting a lot of effort into protecting the orchids and the butterflies on Golden Flower Island. While developing the Golden FLower Adventure Mall, DPP immediately recognized the importance of safeguarding the Golden Dragon Tail Butterflies as well as the extremely rare Splash of Gold Orchid which can only be found on Golden Flower Island. Rather than keeping 50% of the land on the island as protected area for nature park as specified by the Hong Kong government, DPP is ambitious enough to reserve 70% of the entire area on the island for nature park. Further, DPP has taken an extra step to put up a wall of vegetation to keep out both noise and light pollution. In the future, when the mall opens, no vehicles will be allowed and no roads will be built on the island. That way the butterflies will not be distrubed.
All in all, the information presented above shows you that we are an environmentally friendly development company.
Task 10: Invitation Letter
Dear Ms. Tse,
My name is Norman Kwok, and I am writing on behalf of Dragon Peak Properties to invite you to the Opening Ceremony of the Golden Flower Adventure Mall on 24 December 2018.
Since you are a keen swimmer who compete for your high school swimming team in some high-profile international meets, and love being up close and personal with all the marine animals, it would be our delight to have you to be our guest of honor at the Opening Ceremony during which you could be the first person to swim in the new pool next to the sea animals in the aquarium in Golden Flower Adventure Mall.
As we all know that, besides being an athlete, you are passionate about protecting the sea as you serve as the spokesperson for save Hong Kong Coral Community and have spoken out about the need to look after the sea and make the ocean clean in a recent press conference. Because of that, we would offer to make a donation to the charity of your choice by using the fees budget for our Guest of Honor, which is HK$100,000 in total, should you decide to accept our invitation.
Thank you for your attention, and I hope you can consider our invitation favorably. I look forward to hearing your reply.
Regards,
Norman Kwok
Publicity and Marketing Manager at Dragon Peak Properties