HONG KONG - On a Monday evening at a waterfront park under a flyover in Hong Kong's Kwun Tong district, a dozen singers took their place as the orchestra struck up the overture to Les Miserables, the hit musical based on Victor Hugo's French Revolution epic.
As heavy vehicles rolled by, many in the several hundred strong audience moved along with the music, nodding their heads or mouthing the lyrics.
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