Articles tagged with: Hong Kong
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The Olympic Torch passes thru Hong Kong created all sort of excitement and trouble all at the same time. For a person who is not into sports at all, I seriously don’t see why the big deal is this at all! But apparently people cared a whole lot, from the list of people who would be carrying the torch, to the route, to the way people run, or even how they hold the torch become a point of criticism. I am fascinated by how attention grabbing this has become and …
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Project for Public Spaces has another commentary out, this time is about the Waterfront. I have always enjoyed their commentaries every since I discovered this organization. Their Hall of Shame section selected the Worst Waterfront Cities and Destinations. In both categories, I was (un)fortunate enough to know about two of the cities and the destinations. Both of my hometown, New York and Hong Kong are selected as the worst waterfront cities out of a total of 7. It funny how both cities are actually well known …
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I come across this post about streets of Hong Kong, and how it could be a model for NYC. It’s a good read, not a whole lot into details, but the one that caught my eyes are the comparison pictures, the before & after shots. The pictures really remind me why I felt so different when I was in HK last year compared to what I remembered from when I was little! It’s the streets! There are wider sidewalks and less “streets”!
Do you think it will work here …
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Everyone told me how advance the subway in Hong Kong is nowadays, now that I have a first hand account. I can say yeah it’s true, but honestly though, not a giant leap forward that i expected. The train of course is much cleaner, and the signs and directions are clearer and easy to understand, the commercials on the train just keep on coming at you from the digital board. I guess because I am used to ride the most advanced subway lines out of the NYC subway system – …
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