CCC CHUEN YUEN COLLEGE

Student Magazine

Topics:School Uniform

My Best Friend

Life Story

Does War Bring Peace?

A News Report

Swimming Gala

Should Dogs Be Allowed On Public Housing Estate?

Teenagers Drugs Abuse Problem In Hong Kong

Britain’s Andy Murray Overcame David Ferrer

2011

However, school uniforms are no individuality and it is so expensive and uncomfortable so a lot of students dislike wearing uniform. It is also easy to get dirty when we are eating or drinking. We only wear it at school and there are too many rules in school so many students are punished in school. It is also old fashioned and not nice so they hate wearing uniforms.

Although it has many disadvantages of wearing school uniforms, I think it is a good idea because it can avoid the bullying in school so the poor students will not feel unhappy when some rich students are wearing the same clothes in school. Also, it can let the people know what school you are studying. So I think wearing school uniform in school is a good idea.

School form By Chan Kwun Chung

School uniform is a kind of cloth that we wear in school when we are studying in school. Our uniforms are in white color and trousers are in grey color. We need to wear a tie when we wear the winter uniform. But why do we need to wear uniforms when we go to school? It is because it gives a sense of pride in school. If we don’t wear uniform, some rich students will laugh at some poor students because they can’t buy some new and beautiful clothes because they can’t pay for some expensive clothes.

There are some advantages to wearing a school uniform, for example, it is easy to classify students, and it can also avoid some bullying such as the people who wear some ugly clothes. It can also make us look smart when we are wearing school uniforms and it is a school pride. Everyone dresses the same clothes in school which is an advantage too.

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Nowadays, many high schools require the students to wear uniforms in school, while some others don’t. It might seem tidier to put on the same kind of dresses. However, it is really not good for respecting children’s right of choices and forming their individual personalities. Hence, I think giving the right of deciding what to wear to students would be better.

Generally speaking, everyone has the right to decide his/her own lifestyle, absolutely including the wearing style. And we can’t deny such right simply because of the students’ young age. Just as adults, children can embrace the dream of being dressed as they want to. They can also express their attitudes towards life by different types of wearing. For example, they will choose to put on dark clothes when they are sad. Also, they would like to wear a bright red coat if they are in high emotion. Wise managers in school should be able to understand this feeling and not restrict the colorful thinking with monotonous uniform.

More importantly, the pressure of wearing uniform is against the goal of helping children form an individual personality. In a school where all the students look the same, youth’s desire to think about the world independently will be hindered. Gradually, they will be prone to behave in a common way. Obviously, that is not what we expected. The teachers should guide the students to recognize whether it is beautiful and worthy of pursuit or not, instead of regulating their clothes to be one simple style.

In brief, requiring students to wear uniform is not a good education way. It not only deprives the students of the right of choosing wearing style freely, but also does harm to cultivate their independent characters. I think schools had better allow students to put on what they like and improve the education methods in the future.

school uniformBy Lau Yung Pan

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Yammy Tam who is my classmate and friend was born in Hong Kong in 1997. She is studying at CCC Chuen Yuen College. She is studying in class 2D. Both her parents are workers. She has a sister who is studying is Form3. She lives with her father, mother and sister together in Shek Lei.

Yammy’s favourite subjects are Mathematics and English. She likes Mathematics because she thinks that counting is fun for her. Also, she likes English because she thinks that English is very important for her in the future. She works hard in English so that she

can find a good job when she grows up.

Yammy likes listening to music, singing and dancing when she has spare time. She told me that listening to music can make her feel relaxed. Singing and dancing can make her body slim and tall. Also, she likes shopping because she can buy many stylish clothes and fashionable accessories.

She likes playing table tennis when she is free. She thinks that playing table tennis can keep her body strong and fit.

She is a helpful, clever and cheerful girl. When I have problems in Mathematics, she helps me with my problems. If I’m sad and unhappy, she tells jokes to cheer me up. She is optimistic because she thinks positive.

Yammy wants to be a teacher of primary school. She is working hard now because she wants her dream to become true in the future. I think her dream is going to come true if she works hard.

By Ng Ka Yan

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Michael Chan was bored in Hong Kong. He is my best friend in school. He turned fifteen in 2011. His father is a golf coach. His mother is an accountant.

He is good at Math, when the teacher gives us a worksheet. He can finish it in fifteen minutes and does it all correct. So that teacher always gives him a lot of prize and he will share the prize with me. He is also good at English. He always goes to the language corner to talk to the teacher who comes from another country such as United States. He gets great marks in his G.E. exam and oral exam. He just studies everyday after school. Do you believe it? If no, then you have to believe it. It is real.

Michael’s favorite hobby is football. He plays football every weekend. He can play football for more than four hours without stopping. He has won a lot of prizes in football competitions. I always stay with him in recess time and lunch time. Also after school we go back home together. Also I will learn some football skills from staying with him because I am not good at sports. However I will learn from him with all my energy.

Michael Chan is my teacher. He always teaches me how to answer the difficult question. Although I learn very slowly and misunderstand, he still tries to teach and help me. I feel really thankful for having this friend. If I were him, I think I can have the best future job. He can do anything and is good at the important subjects such as English and Math. So I want to be him to have a good future job to earn more money. Then my parents will be happy.

By Chiu Chun On

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James Lee was born in Hong Kong in 1996. He was a good student in Chuen Yuen College and his school results were excellent. However, he wanted to be a singer. His parents did not allow him to be a singer because they thought that being a singer has no prospects. But, James told us that what you want, you should keep at it! When he was nine, he joined a singing contest, SuperVoice 3 and he got the first prize. His parents had seen his performance prodigy, so they did not turn against him to be a singer again. Therefore, he

embarked on the road of being a singer.

Now, he is a form 3 student and studying in The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Although he is just fourteen years old, he has been the team leader of a famous team, Boys’ Generation. This team has won many prizes in Hong Kong. The club of fans has over 10,000! In the next year, Boys’ Generation will hold an around-the-world singing concert, with stops in America, Britain, Seoul, Tokyo as well as China. They are deciding to advance Asia first as soon as possible.

James is a famous singer in Hong Kong. Although he is young, he is successful. You can see him or his team advertising things like healthy food products, beauty products and the Hong Kong Tourist Board. On the other hand, you can see him in some famous TV programs like Running Man, Dream High and High School Musical. The club of fans is rapidly increasing. In spite of his success, he is never proud. Moreover, he practices singing and dancing so hard every day!

I think James is a smart and a hard-working boy. He has shown us that just because you are young, you can still be successful and if you want, your dream can come true!

By Hui Chak Naam

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Recently, Hong Kong’s paparazzi found that Andy Lau has already been married. This incident shocked all the citizens in Hong Kong, especially his fans. Andy Lau did not reply much to the news. However, his supporters did not change their mind, they gave him more support. After a few days, everything remained as before.

Andy Lau is really close to being a prefect man. He is well-loved by his acting skills, singing and striving. Everyone praises him because he works hard as a cow. Although he covered-up the fact of his marriage, people cannot be furious about that as artists still have their secrets and privacies. What we should do is to leave the personal space for artists and just enjoy their performances, not their privacy. The most important is to learn from them, learn the positive personality. Why don’t you learn from Andy Lau right now?

By Cheuk Lai Yin

If someone asks who the superstar is in Hong Kong, maybe all of you will say “Andy Lau”.

Andy Lau was born in Hong Kong in 1961. His favorite subjects are Chinese History and History. Moreover, he is crazy about bowling and playing badminton. He really is a master of both the pen and the sword! Many ladies see him as a ‘dream man’.

Andy Lau is one of the most popular artists in Hong Kong. He is well-known by his secret of being young and charming. He still looks like 18 years old now. It sounds far-fetched but he does. In addition, he is a singer and actor and he does well in both aspects. He has got a lot of prizes in singing and acting through the world since he started his career too. He has performed over 100 films! Everyone presumes he is the most successful artist in Hong Kong.

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Angus Yu was born in Hong Kong in 1996. His family was very wealthy. His parents worked in a hospital. He did not need to be anxious about his life since his parents took good care of him. He was so lucky to be born in such an affluent family. He wasn’t a very good student in primary school but in secondary. He realized that learning was useful and important to him. With the strong pursuit of being successful, he studied hard from the age of six so that he could get a satisfying result. He tried his best until he became a “learning expert”.

He went to school when he was five. He was upset by his classmates’ jealousy and discrimination. His classmates thought that he was rich and unapproachable. He could not make any friends in primary school. Without the supporting of classmates, his studies became poorer and poorer. He even felt bored while learning in school. However, his parents’ consolation and encouragement meant a lot to him. He realized that the view of others is not important. Summarizing the reason of his failure, he tried his best to overcome the frustration. The perseverance led him to the road of success and got the highest honor “First in form”.

Angus Yu is famous in Chuen Yuen College. The prize that he won was numerous. We can see his picture everywhere at the school. Where the acclamation, where Angus will be. His avocations of learning gain most of the people’s support.

Angus Yu is a hard-working person. His ability and wisdom earn our admiration. In regard to learning, Angus has a unique and a distinctive view. In his opinion “Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back”. The persistence of Angus is definitely worth learning from.

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By Lau Yun Hang

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He has become an artist in TVB since the 80’s. Eric Tsang works as a film director and a television host. Most of his films and TV programmes are well-loved by the audience. Therefore, he is very famous and people all over the world know him very much. The Super Trio Series are one of his successful programmes. It is a long-running game show and many people love them because the shows are so amusing and very interesting.

Eric Tsang is very popular and rich now, but he is not a self-important person. He loves helping new artists to improve their techniques. Many artists thank him a lot for teaching them and they want to be successful as him. Moreover, he is very nice and friendly to everyone because he always has a smile every time and everywhere.

Since he is nice, friendly and smart, many producers want him to be their host. If he can become their host, the programmes must be famous and well-known because of his cleverness.

I think that Hong Kong is proud of Eric because he had done a lot of good jobs. In spite of his shortness, he is quite smart and good at communicating with people. He is never shy to face the audience, so he can become a host to international shows. As a result, he has an important position in society. Nowadays, he is still working hard to gain more knowledge. Therefore, a lot of people admire this successful person and they also recognize his success.

By Ng Ho Lam

Eric Tsang was born in Hong Kong in 1953. His family were in the middle class. His father was a well-known policeman in Hong Kong and he was a great helper. Now, he is married and has one son and one daughter. He graduated in Magee Secondary School in Vancouver.

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Vivi Ho who is my best friend was born in Venezuela in 1995. She came to China when she was three years old. Her parents moved to Venezuela in the 1980s. They opened a supermarket in Venezuela. Vivi Ho has two little sisters and they live with their grandmother and grandfather now.

Vivi is studying in a secondary school in China now. She can speak a little Spanish. Her favourite subject is Chinese History. She is very interested in Chinese History. But she doesn’t like Mathematics at all. She is not good at Mathematics. She thinks Mathematics is very boring. However, she failed the Mathematics exam. She did not give up. She studied hard and passed the exam at last.

Vivi has many interests such as singing, listening to music and watching cartoons. She loves singing very much. She wants to be a singer someday. To be a doctor is her dream. When she saw a lot of people who has diseases all over the world, she decided to be a doctor. She wants to become a good doctor healing the wounded, rescuing the dying.

Vivi often helps others. When I feel unhappy for my exam marks, she always said “Never give up” to me and cheers me up.

Vivi is a cheerful girl. She always smiles at life and full of life. She has a kind-heart. She is brave and optimistic. In order to make her dreams come true. She works hard. She tries her best to do everything well. She always says, “Though the future has a lot of difficulties, I will never give up my dreams!” I think she is the most wonderful girl that I know.

My best friend

Vivi HoBy Tam Ka Man

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Before we go through this topic, I want to definite the meaning of war and peace. First, according to the Wikipedia, War is an openly declared state of organized conflict, typified by extreme aggression, societal disruption, and high mortality. Also according to the Wikipedia, Peace describes a society or a relationship that is operating harmoniously and without violent conflict.

After definite these terms, we start with our topic “Does war bring peace?”

Since people are aggressive, they will fight against each other to get power and welfare. The earliest conflicts are using our hands and legs. As we were developing, weapons were invented. Moreover, they become more powerful.

Due to the winner knowing that war will bring death and destruction, there was a peaceful period after the war. They also knew that they can only develop in peace.

Although war may bring peace, peace may bring war too. As the country with a long period of time is

peaceful, the people will remember the good things that happened recently instead of the horrible things which happen in wars. They will bring out war easily.

War may cause many problems. For example, after the First World War, the post-world problem affected all war joining countries’ militaries, economies, polities’ and societies. These caused the Second World War, too.

Second World War has totally complete the weaknesses in the treaty of Versailles which was signed by four countries after the First World War. Peace also returns to the world. In spite of this, this peace is brother by two atomic bombs with a great amount of radiation and destroys very greatly.

War may bring peace, but sometimes will bring another war. We are in peace now but we do not know what will happen tomorrow. So we need to plan more about tomorrow.

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Kinder garden children will be out in force at the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair selling handmade flowers and spring couplets to help the poor and the needy.

The 1,500 children who come from four schools are run by Lam Ho Fan Liang Church for the first time joining 4,500 of their older counterparts from the church’s primary schools and secondary schools at the fair.

But unlike many other school’s, children who run stalls at the fair, they will not be learning about business but about charity.

The teacher of the children, Lam Ho Fan, who is in charge of organising the event, said that all the money raised would be

donated to the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association so that the organisation could help more elderly people in poverty to enjoy the personal emergency link service. Most teachers who host stalls at the fair are Economics teachers who want to teach their students about how to operate businesses, Ms Lam said.

But we also want to teach our children to show their love and care to elderly people and let them know that they are members of society and should play a role in offering help to the needy.

Ms Lam was speaking at the Lam Ho Fan Liang Church Kindergarten where about 180 children were preparing plastic and paper flowers and spring couplets which will be sold at the fair at Victoria Park next week. Three other kindergartens under the Lam Ho Fan Liang Church will join two primary schools and two secondary schools to host four stalls at the fair which runs from February 12 to 18.

Ms Lam said that the children nowadays do not know how to express sympathy and love for others so she held this activity for children to know how to express sympathy and love.

N RBy Lai Ho Man

Charity comes before business at New Year fair

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Last Wednesday at 4:00.Three robbers drove a black Toyota to the HSBC Central. HSBC Central is located at Hong Kong Island. There is an important economic zone at Hong Kong. There can handle a large number of economic so our government focuses on this case. The police spokesman said the case is the most serious robbery in China this year.

At 4:00 Smithereens was reports that HSBC Central was robbed by three robbers. They all had guns. One person who tried to stop them was shot. His heart and head were hurt. Some stranger helped

him to leave the site. We know his name is Tom now. He is now in hospital and his condition is very dangerous. The police and the government praised the man for his courage.

The Police believe that the three robbers were from mainland China. A robber was wearing a brown jean and a black jacket. Other robbers were

wearing black jeans and a black jacket. They were very crafty because they used black face mask to cover their face so nobody can see them. All of them were about 5’8” and one robber had brown long hair and the other with black short hair. If you have any information you should call the Hong Kong Island police station on 123.

By Ng Sing Yap

There was a serious bank robbery

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The seventeenth of March was The School Swimming Gala of CCC Chuen Yuen College. I was the reporter of the Gala. Now, I am going to report about the Swimming Gala.

At 8:10 a.m. in the morning, the Swimming Gala started. Every student got into Shing Mun Valley swimming pool quickly. The excitement was in the air. Some people even fought for the sits. Everybody was ready for the competition.

The competitions started at 9:00 a.m. All the athletes swam like fishes and reached the destination. In 50m freestyle, Festus Choy was the winner of grade C boys. He is a member of the swimming team. This time, he broke the old record of the school. The new record is 37 seconds.

The second competition of the Gala was 50m breaststroke. Fan Chun Chung was the winner of grade B boys. He is the member of the swimming team too. He even got the most prizes in grade B. His winning time was 35 seconds.

The third competition was 50m butterfly. Kelvin Wong was the winner of grade A boys. He finished the competition in 34 seconds. He is also a member of the swimming team. He even got the most prizes in grade A.

The fourth competition was the 50m backstroke. The winner of grade C boys is the best of our swimming team, Sit Kwok Lun. He broke three records in the swimming gala.

At last, the swimming gala ended in happiness. All the winners were in our school swimming team. There are four houses in our school. They are Love, Hope, Wisdom and Faith. The winner this time was Faith House.

This is the end of the report. Thank you for reading.

By Mok Man Fung

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CCC Chuen Yuen College’s swimming Gala started in Shing Mun Valley Swimming pool. We should reach the place at 8:30a.m but the swimming gala started at 9.00a.m. It ended at 1.00 p.m.

All students and teachers attended the event. While the swimmers warmed up, the public (especially students) were fighting to find a good seat. Excitement was in the air. The cheering team was ready to encourage athletes. There were many swimming competitions such as free style 50m and 100m.

Choi Nok Lok 2A(12) in C group, Love House was the winner in C group. He swam very fast like a fish. The other swimmers were also good. Although they can’t win, they did the best. I was proud of all the swimmers. Someone swam slowly but he or she continued to complete the competition. The swimmers all wanted to help their house to add more marks. Someone swam very fast and won the competition easily. We all felt excited about the competition. The Faith House won the swimming gala. And then there were the Hope House, Love House. The last was Wisdom House.

There were some people who had accidents. 2A Wong Wai hurt her legs when she was in the competition. A man jumped into the water and saved her. She was very thankful to the man.

What a fun swimming gala! Although my house didn’t win, all the students in my house kept a smile because we all planned to join the competition next time and help my house, Love House win. We all hope that the swimming gala can be repeated next year.

CYC By Tam Pui Shan

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The school swimming Gala of Chuen Yuen College was held on 17th March (Thursday). I think it was a wonderful competition because it is held once every three years! I never joined it before and I was very excited and interested about the swimming gala.

It was held in Shing Mun Valley Swimming Pool. We should reach the swimming pool at 8:30 am. There were so many styles, such as, freestyle, butterfly stroke and relay race.

During the event, many athletes were ready to start .Also, all teachers and students were hardworking they were very cheerful.

Choi Nok Lok 2A LOVE and Sit Kwok Lun 2C HOPE had a furious race. They were the most famous competitors in the race. It was so exciting! Then, Choi Nok Lok won and Sit Kwok Lun was 2nd. Although Choi Nok Lok won this race, Sit Kwok Lun would not get angry. The atmosphere of the competition was very cheerful and jumpy.

The competition finished at 1:30 pm. Faith House was 1st, Hope House 2nd. Although some athletes failed, they did not give up and finished the race. They fought for their house until the last second. This attitude is what I admire and respect most. I think competition is not only a game but it is a meaning thing. It also can rise up friendship among students because we encouraged the players of our house.

Chuen Yuen

Swimming Gala By Wan Shuk Ching

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‘Dogs are our good friends’. We often hear this as we love dogs. Dogs are faithful, loyal and smart. Many people in Hong Kong want to have a dog. However, they usually do not since most of them are living in a public housing estate. Public housing estates in Hong Kong do not allow dogs as they may annoy other people who live in the estate if they bark at night. Besides, their waste may not be well-disposed after their meals. In addition, they need a lot of areas to run or walk, otherwise, they may feel bored. Also, I believe that public housing estates do not have enough places for the dogs.

There are some advantages if dogs are allowed in the public housing estates, for example, nowadays, neighbours are not close together, even when they need some immediate help, they would not ask their neighbours to give them a hand. Nevertheless, dogs are friendly so they may make the neighbourhood become closer and closer. Furthermore, some elders who live alone may love to play with the dogs, so that they do not feel alone anymore.

There are also some disadvantages if dogs are allowed in the public housing estates, as well. For example, they may not be clean enough if their owners do not wash them regularly. Hence, they may carry many germs in their fur and this may cause many diseases. To conclude, I think not allowing dogs on public housing estates is a good idea because dogs are not hygienic enough if they are not washed by their owners. Besides, there are no extra areas which are especially for the dogs to play. As a result, I think that dogs should not be allowed on the public housing estates in this crowd Hong Kong.

By Wan Nga Hing

Should dogsbe allowed on

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Nowadays, many youngsters take drugs like K-pill , Heroin, Opium, Cannabis, Yaba. Why do they take drugs? There is a lot of pressure in the school life. They want to find a way for relaxing and their friends suggest them to do some illicit things like stealing, fighting, violating and taking drugs. Therefore, these are the reasons why they take drugs.

What will happen to these students after taking drugs? They become the bad apples in their school. For example, they will be affected by the drugs during the lesson. Moreover, they will join the triad gangs and let themselves go to the abandoning. When they don’t have enough money to buy the drugs, they will rob ,do some compensated dating, gamble or prostitute themselves. Although they woke up from abandoning, they can’t stop taking drugs because they are addicted to drugs .Taking drugs will make you become grumpy. You will not be happy when you take drugs. It will also affect your concentration. That will affect your social community. Taking drugs will destroy your life and family. ‘Not Now, Not Ever’. So, taking drugs will not only affect themselves, but also will affect their family and the society.

On February, 24, two pop stars, Kelvin Kwan Cho-yiu and Jill Vidal were arrested in Tokyo, Japan for having illicit drugs. They were held in custody.

In conclusion, teenagers are too impressionable and easy to be affected by others. They love to emulate the pop stars whom they love and appreciate. Therefore, we really need to focus on this problem and fix this phenomenon. Stars influence teenagers deeply. The company of the pop stars have to test or examine the actors and actress. If they take drugs or other bad hobbies.

Teenagers

Problem

By Yu Heung Fung

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After a wonderful tennis match had been played in the Australian Open, Andy Murray finally overcame David Ferrer with the score 3 sets to 1 (6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1)

This match was fairly exciting because we didn’t know who was going to win. In the first set, all the audience was silent as they were waiting for the top two tennis players, David and Andy. When they came, all the people shouted with glee. Then the match started.

Their skills were nearly equal. They hit the ball accurately with power. Not concentrating as the sound of audience was too big, David made a mistake that made him missed the ball. Finally, Andy scored a mark and won the first set. A lot of people yelled because of his success.

In the second set, Andy knew that he needed to be careful since David could hit the ball very fast. He must catch the route of the ball or he would lose. After a marvelous battle, Andy eventually won David with 6 marks. The fans of David got back their hope because Andy had the chance to win.

However, the result became more obvious in the third set because David suddenly hurt his leg, he couldn’t move fluently. Andy discovered his condition. Therefore, Andy moved faster. David could not hit the ball. Finally Andy scored 6 marks in both third set and fourth set. That made him won the match. David’s fans were disappointed as they expected David would win but some audience had different opinion. “Although he lost the match, he tries his best to hit the ball even though his leg was hurt! He didn’t think about giving up the match. So I think he is still a good man.”

After the match, Andy said,” Ferrer’s an unbelievable athlete and competitor.” “He works so hard. I was expecting and unbelievably tough match and I got it.”

Teenagers

Problem

Britain’s Andy Murray overcame David Ferrer

By Yu Ka Fai

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