Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020complete | Page 140

The Future Adventures of the Greater Bay Area
Heep Yunn Primary School, Shing, Isis - 12
I am lying on the green grass outside my house, staring at the cloudless and vibrant sky. Although I am
looking at the good view, I don’t feel pleasant, but unfamiliar. It’s because I am one of the families who
moved to this new place. Tomorrow will be my first day of school, which I’m really nervous about. I have
never feel nervous before because I’m always the popular kid at school. I feel confident whenever I’m
walking down the hallways. But my dad got a new job which required to work in here, so the whole family
moved to this place.
Things are different here comparing to the old place we used to live in. Every family who lives here got
a bigger house than we usually have because we have boundaries here. I always want a bigger house and I
finally get one. Everything is larger that we have more place for activities. The technology there is very
advanced that people don’t have to work for a long time. They get to spend more time with their family,
I’m extremely estatic about it. My parents worked at weekends before so we don’t have quality family time.
Now, we can always enjoy family time.
People call this place Utopia because things here are nearly ‘perfect’. Almost, the kids here are requested
to learn how to dominate a motorbike. We have to drive them to school or travel to places by ourselves
because we must learn how to be independent. We won’t see any six-storey carparks as it’s very spacious
here. It don’t even take more than one hour’s time to visit the countryside such as Sai Kung as the greenery
is just near where you live. Theme parks are often seen in this place. As they are much bigger than Hong
Kong’s Ocean Park and Disneyland. In addition, there are some well known Universities here, that we no
longer need to travel a long way to the US or the UK to study.
On the first day of school, I meet a girl named Gina who came from Hong Kong too. We don’t have
any classes on the first day but our teacher will take us around to explore or visit some tourist places. We
will widen our horizons and learn more about Mainland China. Our teacher tells us that the air here is
fresher and nicer than Hong Kong and Macau. Back in Hong Kong, we have many air pollutions. Some
people suffered from asthma because of the air pollution. Living here, people don’t have to worry about this
problem. Fresh air can clean our lungs and freshen us up, so we can work and learn better.
Stuff here is all about technology and STEM. We also visit a new museum there which explained how
machines and factories work in Utopia. I realize that the main reason of why people don’t have long work
time hours, is because of AI. AI means Artificial Intelligence. It is a system kind of thing that can be
applicable in our daily lives. They can response like humans and could combine large amounts of data with
fast and iterative processing. Utopia has a complete medical system and professional medical staff to support
Utopia’s quality medical services in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. There are smart hospitals and high
standard Healthcare system in Utopia served with dedicated healthcare professionals. We now have no
health worries no matter where we are in Utopia.
Robots are also used to work in factories so the efficiency is higher. Workers are more effortless so they
can have more free time. Utopia is developing rapidly and citizens here are living peacefully. They don’t
have to worry about poverty and pollutions. People are well fed and clothed. The economy of Utopia is
very advanced and the facilities are complete. The whole community is reforested and factories wouldn’t
produce carbon dioxide anymore. We plant trees on the streets so we can make the environment green and
healthy.
Living here gave me the opportunity to speak Putonghua. My Putonghua wasn’t that fluent back in
Hong Kong. But now, I used Putonghua to communicate with my friends and classmates. I really like this
whole new world now because it was spacious and the technology here was very advanced. I am really
grateful to be one of the families which moved to this place. Also, I am really impressed by the development
in the particular in the innovation and technology front and I am very happy that Hong Kong is one of the
most important cities of the Greater Bay Area. The advantages of Southern China, Hong Kong and Macau
have blended together with a lot of benefits plus untapped opportunities. I hope I can have more journeys
here and future adventures at the Greater Bay Area!