SOTA

This is Singapore's 'School of The Art' or SOTA for short, which is located on a plot on Orchard Road, across the street from the SMU or Singapore Management University which occupies an even larger plot. This is what the Singapore government can do where ours cannot, that is, govern the developers. A prized real estate like this in Hong Kong would never be 'wasted' on eduaction, depsite all the plattitudes our bureau chiefs often mumble.

The teacher obviously did not want to let the blue sky go to waste and chose to hold the class outdoors. right at the entrance in fact. I walked by, could not resist the picture opportunity and almost created a commotion. See the few kids waving at me? Before I was able to click the next one they all stood up, waved and clapped. Tourists on the path applauded them back, cheers went off, and it was an excellent lesson in human communications. Fun stuff!