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A for effort….This is Hong Kong!

by Nicole Webb

We live on the forty-something floor. A pretty normal residential address in Hong Kong, which is home to around 8000 skyscrapers (almost double that of New York.) Last week one of the many notices we get through the mailbox from the 'building management' went something like this.… "….table tennis balls and a tissue have been found in the garden area after being tossed out of a window or balcony from a serious height. This is a serious criminal act and you will be liable for $10,000 hk and 6 months imprisonment!" A high price to pay for a carelessly thrown tissue? Given the extraordinary number of high-rises squeezed ever-so-tightly into this concrete jungle, it's a wonder there aren't more people being walloped on the head by falling objects. The perils of high-rise living! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asian Adventures, Chinese Culture, Expat Encounters, Mint Mocha Musings Tagged With: cleanliness, crime, culture, high-rises, Hong Kong, Mongkok, MTR, population density, SARS, skyscrapers

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