PUBS and clubs, rugby and hockey - the elements that make up the lives of most British teenagers do not seem to have any impact on teenagers in Hong Kong.
Paul Banim and Edmund Smith, who, as participants in the Gap exchange programme and having spent five months in the territory, have found that people in Hong Kong think very differently from people in Britain.
The exchange programme, organised by the Gap Activity Project in Britain, offers opportunities for post A-levels students to take a year out before starting higher education.
Altogether, eight British students arrived in Hong Kong five months ago and have been teaching English language in different language centres and institutes around the territory, as arranged by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups.
Both Paul and Edmund have already been offered places at universities in Britain. They are taking this Gap year to experience something different from the routine of their lives back home.
Acting as English language instructors in the territory, the two 19-year-old students have had plenty of opportunity to get to know more about local students. They were most surprised to learn how most teenagers in Hong Kong live.
