Shhhh. Cunning officials at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre have embarked on a sneaky plan to fool evil spirits.
They are preparing signposts which identify the fourth floor of the new section of the building - the bit with the curvy roof on an island in the harbour - as the fifth floor.
The spirits of bad fortune can read, apparently, but they cannot count (four is unlucky in Hong Kong, because in Cantonese it sounds like the word 'die').
This plan was revealed by Chan Kwok-fai, deputy senior manager of the Trade Development Council, who admitted the decision was for reasons of numerology.
But this is the weird bit: The main part of the complex also has mis-numbered floors, but they don't match. The floor numbers there read: First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh.
The builders have constructed a bridge that runs between - you guessed it - the 'fourth' floor of the existing block and the third floor of the new extension.
