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Students playing on concrete badminton / basketball court at main entrance to the school; students sweeping court and steps leading to main building; flagpole; students playing basketball; focus on entrance block; girls stretching with physical education teacher; car park area; students arriving; music plays as students assemble for flag-raising ceremony and pledge; announcements, girls receiving trophies; girls dispersing for lessons; teacher leading class in callisthenics on badminton court; interview with a teacher conducted in mandarin, teacher outlines the history of the school buildings, how the badminton court area was once flooded and the drainage system subsequently improved; interview with the teacher in the sick bay, inside the library, teacher talks about film library; teacher shows off some pre-war desks in the staff room and talks about other school treasures, a small table, an old bell and a bench which used to be in the library; old chest and trunk, teacher provides commentary; interview with teacher regarding the gazebos and then focus on various old pots, desks with ink wells, benches and preserved animals in jars belonging to the biology laboratory, teacher details history; brief look at chemicals in chemistry laboratory; inside canteen area, focus on old bicycle mounted on the wall; students eating, queuing for food, ceiling fans; focus on old chinese paintings; interview inside home economics area, students learning to cook; 'Sculpture and Ceramics Studio', inside of, teacher comments on kiln for firing pots and on students' work displayed on shelves; inside of Sec 3 classroom, class listens as a student conducts presentation; students greet Chinese language teacher at beginning of lesson; inside music classroom, students learning to sing the school song; teacher interviewed highlights more furniture dating back to the Japanese occupation; students in physical education lesson playing basketball; sign for 'Language Laboratory' students inside with headsets on; students playing Chinese instruments; students in ballet class performing warm-up exercises; 'Reference Room' inside library, students studying; focus on old photograph of students standing beside flooded badminton court.