/ August 26, 2020 Working Poor Increasing as Young People Prefer Odd Jobs . Summary: Their post-secondary educational attainment notwithstanding, almost ten thousand people had joined the local working poor army within four years since 2012, the latest government statistics revealed.  The fact that about 30% of them were young adults could be attributed to light family burdens and self-oriented values, which led them to prefer doing odd jobs. . Language Enhancement: Odd jobs (ph.)(散工) Odd jobs「散工」是指各式各樣的小型或短期工作，廣東話的「打散工」，英文表達是 do/work odd jobs。注意 jobs 作此用法時是維持眾數型態。 e.g. Having been a hikikomori for too many years, Chris can now only do odd jobs as he has great difficulty in seeking full-time employment. e.g. When I was an undergraduate I sometimes worked odd jobs at weekends.  That helped me with my tuition fees a bit. ————————————————— 想每日睇新聞🗞，學英文📚🔠？ 快啲 follow @k.e.n.joy 及 bookmark ————————————————— #english #news #englishinnews #newsoftheday #language #enhancement #dse #kennethlau #kenjoy #英文 #時事英文熱點 #2022dse #2020dse #2021dse #dsefighter #dseenglish #dse2020 #dsefighter #2021dsefighter #2020dsefighter #dseeng #hkdse #hkdseenglish #20200826

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/ May 10, 2018 Working Poor Increasing as Young People Prefer Odd Jobs . Summary: Their post-secondary educational attainment notwithstanding, almost ten thousand people had joined the local working poor army within four years since 2012, the latest government statistics revealed.  The fact that about 30% of them were young adults could be attributed to light family burdens and self-oriented values, which led them to prefer doing odd jobs. . Language Enhancement: Odd jobs (ph.)(散工) Odd jobs「散工」是指各式各樣的小型或短期工作，廣東話的「打散工」，英文表達是 do/work odd jobs。注意 jobs 作此用法時是維持眾數型態。 e.g. Having been a hikikomori for too many years, Chris can now only do odd jobs as he has great difficulty in seeking full-time employment. e.g. When I was an undergraduate I sometimes worked odd jobs at weekends.  That helped me with my tuition fees a bit. ————————————————— 想每日睇新聞🗞，學英文📚🔠？ 快啲 follow @k.e.n.joy 及 bookmark ————————————————— #english #news #englishinnews #newsoftheday #language #enhancement #dse #kennethlau #kenjoy #英文 #時事英文熱點 #dse2018 #dse2019 #dse2020 #dsefighter #dseenglish #2018dse #2019dse #2020dse #20180510