A typical apartment bulding. Hong Kong residents are fond of fresh air so you will see that the windows are open most of the time. That's often a big frustration to me. On Sunday morning, all the windows of the sanctuary are open (wind or no wind). It is mighty chilly if the temperature is low, but for the sake of fresh air, the windows stay open.

Obviously, for an apartment dweller, their clothes drying facilities are on their little balcony. While I believe that Hong Kong is quite safe, many windows have bars on them. Maybe the bars are to keep people from falling out!

This is a gentle stairway reminder for safety. I do find that students are very good at keeping the rules. It becomes especially important when warm and humidity follows a cold spell. The marble floors and slippery steps are dangerous.

 I have nearly fallen three or four times when the tile floors were very slippery. They dry the floors by turning on the big fans.

This is a top view of one of the two birthday cakes served today at 10:45 am. All of the students who had birthdays in March were asked to come to the front of the assembly hall today. They had pictures taken and the school sang "Happy Birthday" to them. As you look at the video, you can see that all of the girls wore silver tiaras. (see YouTube video).

Presents were given as cake was served - cheapie kinds of toys like water guns, simple little plastic games, etc. But I'm sure that each child feels special to be honored on or around his/her birthday.

You can bet that she is proud of the clay figurines that she brought to school today (maybe a parent's help with some of the finer work).

Each child is called on to do some kind of a project during the afternoon following their educational excursion. This student had gone to the insect and shell exhibit in a park in the eastern part of the New Territories.

I was surprised at how wonderful some of the projects turned out. There is a lot of budding artistry among the students.