Hong Kong Takes a Sick Day
By Ming Lin
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International Sick Leave Day comes once a year, serving as a reminder that, along with physical health, equal attention should be paid to mental well-being. On a May afternoon in Hong Kong, children, artists and creatives ditched their respective obligations to play truant at the West Kowloon Promenade. The weathered boardwalk near the future museum for visual culture M+, a favorite picnic spot among locals, served as the impromptu site for participants to sketch the ever-expanding landscape of Hong Kong Island across the harbor.
