Even though it is summer, there is a corner of Hong Kong where you can discover a veritable winter wonderland.
Snow Garden offers visitors the opportunity to experience a way of life that is totally different from the usual: cool, clean and not crowded.
Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park, a new sports and entertainment centre with an emphasis on community involvement, is the location of this unexpected Arctic environment.
Wendy Tang, one of the Snow Garden's first guests, summed up the attraction. 'It's freezing but good fun,' said the 12-year-old after trying the ice-slide.
Other features at Snow Garden include an Eskimo village, time-tunnel, natural snowing zone, wishing well, ice-bar, tobogganing and ice hockey.
Chan Hang-chung wants to help youngsters discover ice hockey by becoming a coach in Snow Garden.
'Although ice-hockey is relatively new in Hong Kong, I wish more young people would take up the sport,' the 18-year-old said.