Shortly....I showed your post to my friend with the two daughters who have developed asthma. His response is unprintable. This isn't an issue about CX per se. It is a discussion about the outlook for an individual bringing their children to HK. You would have to be living in a box not to recognise the appalling levels of pollution blighting nearly every single day. The truly 'scary' thing about it is that the measurements used by the HK Gov don't follow international standards in measuring the most harmful pollutants, such as heavy metals and suphur particulates. If they were to do that, HK would have arguably the worst pollution levels in the industrial world (SCMP Nov 3/04). On a personal level, I am finding I am suffering far more frequently from chest and throat infections, and sore and stinging eyes are a daily occurance. I should also point out that thinking you can avoid the worst of it by living in one of the outlying communities (Discovery Bay as an example) is a fallacy. The highest ever measured pollution level in HK was three weeks ago......in Tung Chung! So, you can label my post as scaremongering...but I think the eyes (stinging) of all who live here can see for themselves that this is a present and growing crisis. You can make the decision to live in this sorry enviornment on your own behalf, but your children will live with the consequences of any such decision.