Area L  - going away from railway station towards the brewery - a group of 30 adults (10 of the 15 women are expecting) and 10 children - from Henan - based at yet another rubbish collection centre - living in a next door abandoned factory - no electricity, no water, no toilets, very little money for hospital bills 
- Hong Kong's Vietnamese refugee camps were much better.
CAS can be seen in distance from balcony of factory (last photo on right, line 2)

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Thank you Olivier, manager Mr Wong, driver Mr Wan and Mr Wongs at your factory for yet another delivery of toys.....this time given to the Area L people as a project to help them get earn a little bit more. 
 Photos of previous toys

+ lunch with Mr Wan & friends and a mandatory glass of beer
to celebrate the 100th birthday today (in Heaven) of DJW
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+ in taxi  later in afternoon (taking sick computer to see doctor): notice where the rear vision mirror is pointing and notice that the driver is a lady.... as DJW used to say "I'll say no more!"

+ evening meal with migrant worker families at Marco Polo   (previous Marco Polo Sat meal photos)
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girl in last photo on right is maybe thinking:
 O for Heaven's sake, Matthew, stop saying 'You should have seen the other bloke'?!