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Virtual China Bikers Group #4 Interviews

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Virtual China Bikers Group #4 Interviews
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Virtual China, Bikers Group 4 ...... traveling from Siu Hing toward Sun
Hing in Southern China along country roads. This is the first of several
sets of messages to come from Group 4 as they bike along their route over
rural country roads. The date is Tuesday, March 26th, 1996. The messages
below are from the 7th grade students from Hong Kong International School
as they bike through this area.
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Author: Clara Ho and Stephanie Ko
Editor: Miss Pfeiffer
Date:26/3/96
Location: The Song Tao Hotel, Siu Hing, China Activity:
Interview with Liu Chiu Ling, Song Tao Hotel Receptionist

Message:
Liu Chiu Ling works as the Song Tao Hotel receptionist. She has been
working there for over a year now. She has been working there for a little
over a year now. She said that the hotel has existed for over 10 years now.
She likes her job, as her experience over the past year as a receptionist.
Each month, she gets four days of vacation, and prefers to visit her family
of six. She works dutifully 7 days a week.
Liu likes living in China, but would like to visit other places like
Australia and Canada. She likes living in China because she is used to the
lifestyle. She is in her late 20's to early 30's. She is a hard worker and
seems to enjoy life as it is. She seems humble proof to the question of,
"What would you do if you had 10,000,000?" She answered, "I don't know,
it's not in my hand." She seemed like a very down to earth, nice person,
and so willing to answer our questions.
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Virtual China Readers!
( From Bikers Group 4, Mrs. Lewis' group...... March 27th, 1996 ...... day
3 of their trip )
Near the city of Sun Hing .... probably about 130-150 km inland from the
South China coast.

The following messages come to you from the Hong Kong International School
7th grade students who are biking from Siu Hing to Kwang Hai, China as part
of their study tour of that country. This is the third day they have been
traveling. Today's trip will take them from Long Shan, where they spent the
night ...... to Hoi Ping, a distance of approximately 30-40 km as they
travel south.
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Author: Katie Hartigon
Date: March 27, 1996
Location: Hotel in a small village called Long Shan, China. Activity:
Interview with Eduardo Agusto dos Remedos

Message:
Today when we arrived at the hotel in Long Chan. Eduardo Agusto dos Remedos
, who is our bike leader. He is 28 years old. He has done this biking trip
with HKIS for 5 years, Eduardo believes that the kids on the trip last year
were the most polite. In his point of view China has changed dramatically.
Fields have disappeared and more and more factories and high rises have
sprouted up, an some of the roads have changed direction. "I get paid", he
claimed, "but I don't know how much I get because Ian hasn't told me yet".
Ian is the bike man who supplies the bikes for our trip. Eduardo also added
that he enjoyed the trip very much.
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Virtual China, Bikers Group 4, Mrs. Lewis' group ...... traveling from Hoi
Ping to Tai Shan in Southern China along country roads. This is the third
set of messages to come from Group 4 as they bike along their route over
rural country roads. The date is Thursday, March 28th, 1996. The messages
below are from the 7th grade students from Hong Kong International School
as they bike through this area.
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Author: Divya Daryanani
Date: March 28, 1996
Location: Approaching Kwang Hai, on the southern coast of China
Interview of: Teacher at a school in a village

Today we met teacher Yu, a teacher at a school in a village. Then we
interviewed her. We first asked her what she thought of the school. She
said she thought it was very small. Teacher Yu said she taught 6th grade
which consisted of 13-15 year olds. She also said teaching was a very tough
job.
We asked her what the tuition was for the school. she said it was about
$300 HK per semester. (7.73 HK$ = 1 US$). Next we asked her what kind of
subjects she taught. She taught math and Chinese Literature to the 6th
grade. The other classes taught at the school were Art, Geography, History,
Science, and Music.
On Mondays, the school has a national flag ceremony in which students and
teachers are required to wear uniform. Other days are optional for
uniforms.
Teacher Yu seemed like a very happy person despite all the work she has to
go through every day. She may not be rich, but it seems to us that she can
enjoy life and find the good things at every angle in life.
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Virtual China .... March 29th, 1996 (Last messages from Bikers Group 4)
Mrs. Lewis' group traveling north to south in Southern China.

Today bikers group 4 rode their bikes from Hoi Ping to Tai Shan in Southern
China. Tomorrow they will ride the final 30-35 km from Tai Shan to Kwang
Hai, on the coast, and board a high speed ferry bound for Hong Kong.
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Author: Arun Jolly
Date: March 29th, 1996
Location: Tai Shan Overseas Chinese Hotel (room 201)
Activity: Interview with Mr. Frank Ko

Message:
Mr. Frank Ko
Age: 45
Occupation: Chemical Engineer
Location: Arun's hotel room

Mr. Ko came to China 4 years ago when his son was in 7th grade. This time
he wanted to experience the trip with his daughter. He enjoys the culture
of China, interaction with students, and the beautiful scenery. He dislikes
the rainy weather. He prefers to come in November when the weather is much
nicer. He has lived in China for 2 years. He worked on a joint venture in
Ningbo, China. He noticed there are a lot more business developments, and
the food has gotten a lot better. there was also more traffic and the
drivers are not polite. the hotels have also deteriorated. From this trip
and his son's trip he notices the different students and their behavior.
Also, Virtual China '96 was not around 4 years ago. Mr. Ko would like to
come back any time he might be invited to travel with the 7th grade HKIS
China travel group.
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