Kids playing with guns: Open day at PLA Hong Kong garrison

Mon, 04/30/2012 - 12:47 — Anonymous by Zoe Li, Hong Kong EditorWhen the
People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Hong Kong opens up its barracks to the
public each year, military buffs of all ages and sizes go nuts. Held around
the May 1 Labor Day holiday, the PLA open house event is particularly popular
with parents who hope to inspire their children to be more martial in their
self-discipline. There's just nothing more character-building than an
afternoon with mom, dad and a range of semi-automatic firearms supervised by
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Soviet aircraft carrier This year's open house event was held April 28-29 and
celebrated the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese
sovereignty. The 28,000 free-of-charge tickets to the event were all handed
out within two hours on April 22. read more