SCHOOL MAY BE OUT but Canny Lam Yeung-tsin is having a very busy time. The 11-year-old is attending summer courses on skiing, piano, cooking and English and, as if that's not enough, she's got homework to do as well.
'I have to do holiday homework and prepare for next year's syllabus,' she said.
Canny's itinerary may be hectic but it is not unusual. Many local students are spending the holiday studying in one form or another.
The summer also offers the chance to try new things, however.
At Hong Kong International School, students become forensic detectives on a crime scene investigation summer course, solving cases using techniques such as fingerprinting, hair and handwriting analysis and ink chromatography.
'I like these experiments are better than the ones at school because we get to find out who the offender is,' said Jacqueline Yeung, 10.
