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ABSS-AB-H2O-EAST 1998
On top of a reservoir at Meiyuen ('Cloudy' Township, the water is at
the opposite side of the barrier I was standing on), 1993.
Being brought up in Hong Kong, we were very familiar with
reservoirs. In fact, there was a reservoir not far away from the
boarding school I attended, where we used to sneak out of the school to go for
a swim. In one occasion, I nearly drowned there. The incident happened during one of
our usual swimming session and this time I found myself exhausted and
struggling to get back on shore; a classmate called 'Yam' was nearby and
helped me up. I was so glad that I made it to shore and once I got out
of the water, I started laughing. Yam
thought I was pretending to be in trouble, immediately he pushed me
right back in the water. And it was not until they noticed that this time I was
'really' in trouble then several of my schoolmates helped me back on
shore. Ever since then I had actually developed a phobia in swimming.
In the early 60's, because of drastic growth of population in
Hong Kong and there were also
long periods that the colony did not have enough rainfall for water reserve; in order to
ensure ample water supply, the then Hong Kong government under the
British administration decided to purchase water from China. And we call
these water supplies, 'The Water of the Eastern River'.
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ABSS-B-WIN-DO-0PRC 1998
At a remote town in Guangdong Province, PRC.1994.
While we were traveling to this town through a rural highway, I noticed
there were so called 'Bandits Combat Stations' along the way. I asked
the driver and our escort about the safety of this route. They pulled
out their pistols and couple iron clubs hidden under the seats; I
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