Children of Hong Kong

Duration: 12

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1982

Creator: Journal Films

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Depicts the life of the boat people of Hong Kong. A young boy, Ying Kit, provides the narration. He lives on a junk with parents and grandparents, goes to a skyscraper school, and practices sports on a roof top. Should encourage discussion of lifestyles and cultures., Introduces Yung Kit who, with the rest of his family, live aboard a junk in Aberdeen Harbor in Hong Kong. Shows him selling fish, mending nets and participating in sports at school. Includes scenes showing the Chinese observation of the moon festival and the dense population of Hong Kong harbor.

Complete Record: Depicts the life of the boat people of Hong Kong. A young boy, Ying Kit, provides the narration. He lives on a junk with parents and grandparents, goes to a skyscraper school, and practices sports on a roof top. Should encourage discussion of lifestyles and cultures.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.