June 15, 2004

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Charles has pointed out an article in The Standard that HK is not about to sink into the harbour. Yet.

Victoria Harbour has seen a rise of 12cm in its mean sea level during the past 50 years - an average rise of 2.4mm per year, compared with 1 to 2mm per year in the rest of the world...Hong Kong sank most rapidly from 1987 to 1999, when the sea level in Victoria Harbour rose by an annual average of 22mm. This change took place within the context of similar changes in the South China Sea and coincided with the rise of global temperatures during those years.
Forget about all those warnings about global warming. There's a far better solution and the HK Government is already working on it. Reclaiming the whole friggin' harbour. Tell the SOS idiots they are threatening Hong Kong itself with their short-sighted attempt to "protect" the shoreline. As a nice side benefit all that reclaimed land would make a lovely 8 lane highway, not to mention plenty of nice property deals for the best-connected tycoons. Save HK - pave the harbour.

posted by Simon on 06.15.04 at 02:06 PM in the




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heheh thats what i'm talking about.

posted by: pylorns on 06.16.04 at 03:38 AM [permalink]




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