《Monster Hunter Stories 2: 破滅之翼》登場角色介紹1

-主角：在位於常夏之島上的馬夏那村長大的新手騎士。是曾與被稱為島神的守護火龍建立羈絆的騎士「烈度」 之孫子。為了查明於各地發生的奇怪現象，以及回溯已故烈度的旅途，跟龍人少女「艾娜」一同離開了島嶼。
(遊戲內可以自訂主角！隨自己喜好，自訂髮型和眼睛顏色等要素吧！)

-艾娜：認識主角之祖父「烈度」的龍人族少女。為了查明異常現象的「真相」，把因被視為傳說中的火龍而受到畏懼的蛋交託予主角，並一同踏上旅途。 性格正直，忠於自我。

-納比路：週遊各地的艾路，擁有特別的長相。於流浪之旅的途中與主角相遇。熱愛冒險，總是正面思考。嘴饞貪吃，尤其愛吃甜甜圈。會指導初出茅蘆的主角。

-烈度：主角的已故祖父。為了查明各地異常現象的真相，曾與隨行獸守護火龍一同踏上旅途。

《Monster Hunter Stories 2: 破滅之翼》將於7月9日Nintendo Switch和Steam，提供亞洲版，支援繁簡中文字幕。

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MONSTER HUNTER STORIES 2: WINGS OF RUIN – Characters Vol.1

Protagonist: You're a Rider who was born and raised in Mahana, a village on a tropical island. Your grandfather, Red, forged a bond with Guardian Ratha, the revered monster who protects the island. Upon meeting Ena, you decide to leave your home with her in order to learn more about your grandfather and to discover the cause of all the strange happenings recently.
(You can customize your appearance! Express your personality with a fully customizable appearance, from hairstyle to eye color and more!)

Ena: A Wyverian girl who knew your grandfather, Red. Hoping to work together to uncover the truth behind recent environmental abnormalities, she entrusts you with a Rathalos egg supposedly containing a legendary monster fated to destroy the world. You embark on your journey together. She is honest about her feelings.

Navirou: A globe-trotting Felyne with an unforgettable face. You meet each other as he is traveling around. He is adventurous and positive. His favorite pastime is eating, and he always has room in his stomach for another donut. He acts as your guide, determined to help you as you endeavor to become a Rider.

Red: Your grandfather who passed away years ago. In order to discover the truth of the mysterious happenings, he devoted his life to traveling around the world with his Monstie, Guardian Ratha.

MONSTER HUNTER STORIES 2: WINGS OF RUIN coming 9 July on Nintendo Switch/Steam.

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몬스터헌터 스토리즈 2 파멸의 날개 - 등장인물 소개1

주인공: 열대 섬에 있는 마하나 마을에서 자란 신인 라이더. 섬의 신이라 불리는 수호의레우스와 인연을 맺었던 라이더, 레드의 손자/손녀. 각지에서 발생하는 기묘한 현상, 그리고 죽은 레드의 여정을 추적하기 위해 용인족 소녀, 에나와 함께 섬을 떠난다.
(주인공의 캐릭터 메이킹 가능! 헤어스타일이나 눈동자 색 등, 취향에 맞게 커스터마이징하자)

에나: 주인공의 할아버지인 레드를 아는 용인족 소녀. 이상 현상의 "진실"을 알아내기 위해, 전설의 레우스로서 위험시받는 알을 주인공에게 맡기고, 함께 여행을 떠난다. 자신의 감정에 솔직한 성격.

내비루: 각지를 여행하는 이상한 얼굴의 아이루. 떠돌면서 여행하던 도중 주인공과 만난다. 모험을 좋아하고 늘 긍정적이다. 식욕이 넘치고, 도넛을 좋아한다. 미숙한 주인공을 안내한다.

레드: 주인공의 돌아가신 할아버지, 레드. 각지에서 발생하는 이상현상의 진실을 밝혀내기 위해, 동료몬인 수호의레우스와 함께 계속 여행해왔다.

몬스터헌터 스토리즈 2 파멸의 날개는 Nintendo Switch와 Steam에서 7월 9일에 전 세계 동시에 발매됩니다.

今早為Asian Medical Students Association Hong Kong (AMSAHK)的新一屆執行委員會就職典禮作致詞分享嘉賓，題目為「疫情中的健康不公平」。
感謝他們的熱情款待以及為整段致詞拍了影片。以下我附上致詞的英文原稿：

It's been my honor to be invited to give the closing remarks for the Inauguration Ceremony for the incoming executive committee of the Asian Medical Students' Association Hong Kong (AMSAHK) this morning. A video has been taken for the remarks I made regarding health inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic (big thanks to the student who withstood the soreness of her arm for holding the camera up for 15 minutes straight), and here's the transcript of the main body of the speech that goes with this video:

//The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, continues to be rampant around the world since early 2020, resulting in more than 55 million cases and 1.3 million deaths worldwide as of today. (So no! It’s not a hoax for those conspiracy theorists out there!) A higher rate of incidence and deaths, as well as worse health-related quality of life have been widely observed in the socially disadvantaged groups, including people of lower socioeconomic position, older persons, migrants, ethnic minority and communities of color, etc. While epidemiologists and scientists around the world are dedicated in gathering scientific evidence on the specific causes and determinants of the health inequalities observed in different countries and regions, we can apply the Social Determinants of Health Conceptual Framework developed by the World Health Organization team led by the eminent Prof Sir Michael Marmot, world’s leading social epidemiologist, to understand and delineate these social determinants of health inequalities related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to this framework, social determinants of health can be largely categorized into two types – 1) the lower stream, intermediary determinants, and 2) the upper stream, structural and macro-environmental determinants. For the COVID-19 pandemic, we realized that the lower stream factors may include material circumstances, such as people’s living and working conditions. For instance, the nature of the occupations of these people of lower socioeconomic position tends to require them to travel outside to work, i.e., they cannot work from home, which is a luxury for people who can afford to do it. This lack of choice in the location of occupation may expose them to greater risk of infection through more transportation and interactions with strangers. We have also seen infection clusters among crowded places like elderly homes, public housing estates, and boarding houses for foreign domestic helpers. Moreover, these socially disadvantaged people tend to have lower financial and social capital – it can be observed that they were more likely to be deprived of personal protective equipment like face masks and hand sanitizers, especially during the earlier days of the pandemic. On the other hand, the upper stream, structural determinants of health may include policies related to public health, education, macroeconomics, social protection and welfare, as well as our governance… and last, but not least, our culture and values. If the socioeconomic and political contexts are not favorable to the socially disadvantaged, their health and well-being will be disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Therefore, if we, as a society, espouse to address and reduce the problem of health inequalities, social determinants of health cannot be overlooked in devising and designing any public health-related strategies, measures and policies.

Although a higher rate of incidence and deaths have been widely observed in the socially disadvantaged groups, especially in countries with severe COVID-19 outbreaks, this phenomenon seems to be less discussed and less covered by media in Hong Kong, where the disease incidence is relatively low when compared with other countries around the world. Before the resurgence of local cases in early July, local spread of COVID-19 was sporadic and most cases were imported. In the earlier days of the pandemic, most cases were primarily imported by travelers and return-students studying overseas, leading to a minor surge between mid-March and mid-April of 874 new cases. Most of these cases during Spring were people who could afford to travel and study abroad, and thus tended to be more well-off. Therefore, some would say the expected social gradient in health impact did not seem to exist in Hong Kong, but may I remind you that, it is only the case when we focus on COVID-19-specific incidence and mortality alone. But can we really deduce from this that COVID-19-related health inequality does not exist in Hong Kong? According to the Social Determinants of Health Framework mentioned earlier, the obvious answer is “No, of course not.” And here’s why…

In addition to the direct disease burden, the COVID-19 outbreak and its associated containment measures (such as economic lockdown, mandatory social distancing, and change of work arrangements) could have unequal wider socioeconomic impacts on the general population, especially in regions with pervasive existing social inequalities. Given the limited resources and capacity of the socioeconomically disadvantaged to respond to emergency and adverse events, their general health and well-being are likely to be unduly and inordinately affected by the abrupt changes in their daily economic and social conditions, like job loss and insecurity, brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak and the corresponding containment and mitigation measures of which the main purpose was supposedly disease prevention and health protection at the first place. As such, focusing only on COVID-19 incidence or mortality as the outcomes of concern to address health inequalities may leave out important aspects of life that contributes significantly to people’s health. Recently, my research team and I collaborated with Sir Michael Marmot in a Hong Kong study, and found that the poor people in Hong Kong fared worse in every aspects of life than their richer counterparts in terms of economic activity, personal protective equipment, personal hygiene practice, as well as well-being and health after the COVID-19 outbreak. We also found that part of the observed health inequality can be attributed to the pandemic and its related containment measures via people’s concerns over their own and their families’ livelihood and economic activity. In other words, health inequalities were contributed by the pandemic even in a city where incidence is relatively low through other social determinants of health that directly concerned the livelihood and economic activity of the people. So in this study, we confirmed that focusing only on the incident and death cases as the outcomes of concern to address health inequalities is like a story half-told, and would severely truncate and distort the reality.

Truth be told, health inequality does not only appear after the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19, it is a pre-existing condition in countries and regions around the world, including Hong Kong. My research over the years have consistently shown that people in lower socioeconomic position tend to have worse physical and mental health status. Nevertheless, precisely because health inequality is nothing new, there are always voices in our society trying to dismiss the problem, arguing that it is only natural to have wealth inequality in any capitalistic society. However, in reckoning with health inequalities, we need to go beyond just figuring out the disparities or differences in health status between the poor and the rich, and we need to raise an ethically relevant question: are these inequalities, disparities and differences remediable? Can they be fixed? Can we do something about them? If they are remediable, and we can do something about them but we haven’t, then we’d say these inequalities are ultimately unjust and unfair. In other words, a society that prides itself in pursuing justice must, and I say must, strive to address and reduce these unfair health inequalities. Borrowing the words from famed sociologist Judith Butler, “the virus alone does not discriminate,” but “social and economic inequality will make sure that it does.” With COVID-19, we learn that it is not only the individuals who are sick, but our society. And it’s time we do something about it.

Thank you very much!//

Please join me in congratulating the incoming executive committee of AMSAHK and giving them the best wishes for their future endeavor!

Roger Chung, PhD
Assistant Professor, CUHK JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, @CUHK Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學 - CUHK
Associate Director, CUHK Institute of Health Equity