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Old Posted Jun 21, 2003, 2:15 PM
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I want to ask Willie one question.

Anyone stop you when you are taking photo in science park last time? (i remember that you have post some pic of science park..)

A fat lady said that i can't take photo during the park is in constrution.....:o
yes, they did. - -"

i somehow don't quite understand why they stop ppl from taking pictures. i mean like even taking pictures of the bldgs is not allowed.

but then i ignored their warning.. cos it's too stupid.
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Old Posted Jun 21, 2003, 10:24 PM
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some models of Foster and kwok's repulse bay 129
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Old Posted Jun 22, 2003, 2:35 AM
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Great pic!!! I never know that the back of 129 Repulse Bay Road looked so cool!!
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Old Posted Jun 22, 2003, 2:37 AM
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Old Posted Jun 22, 2003, 4:31 AM
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yes, they did. - -"

i somehow don't quite understand why they stop ppl from taking pictures. i mean like even taking pictures of the bldgs is not allowed.

but then i ignored their warning.. cos it's too stupid.
i agree with you,
but i never use tripod again then cause the quality decrese......
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2003, 1:02 AM
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Anyone got more pics of Repulse Bay? It looks very interesting! For some reason it looks like the model is a better looking building.
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2003, 7:24 AM
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23 June

WHO has today removed Hong Kong from its list of areas with recent local transmission of SARS. Twenty days, which is twice the maximum incubation period, have passed since the last case was isolated on 2 June.

When 20 days have passed since removal of the last case from the community at large, the chain of human-to-human transmission is considered broken, thus eliminating the risk of infection for both local residents and travellers.

¡°This is a very significant achievement,¡± said Dr David Heymann, Executive Director of Communicable Diseases at WHO. ¡°Hong Kong, with its dense population and fluid border with China, had one of the hardest outbreaks to control. This success means that the whole world can now feel safer from the SARS threat.¡±

SARS was first carried out of southern China into Hong Kong, and then on to Hanoi, Toronto, and Singapore in late February. Some 16 visitors and guests to the ninth floor of a Hong Kong hotel became infected through contact, in ways that remain mysterious, with a symptomatic medical doctor from Guangdong Province, who stayed in the hotel¡¯s room 911. The index case for Hong Kong¡¯s first outbreak, in the Prince of Wales Hospital, visited an acquaintance staying on the same floor during the critical days in February. Additional clusters were also subsequently linked to the hotel.

SARS had not yet been identified as a dangerous new disease when the outbreak hit Hong Kong¡¯s hospitals. Doctors and nurses, unaware of the need to isolate patients and protect themselves, became the first victims as they struggled to save lives. In a particularly unfortunate incident, the index patient at Prince of Wales, admitted on 4 March, was treated four times daily with a jet nebulizer, which probably aerosolized the virus and greatly increased opportunities for spread.

In late March, Hong Kong suffered a major setback when a large cluster, eventually numbering more than 300, of almost simultaneous new cases was traced to a single building in the Amoy Gardens housing state. That event, which raised the possibility of an environmental source of infection or even airborne spread of the virus, was investigated by teams of local specialists. The outbreak was attributed to an ¡°unlucky¡± convergence of environmental conditions that allowed the contamination of vertically-linked apartments. This conclusion, subsequently confirmed by additional studies, calmed fears that the SARS virus might be airborne.

From the day when the first cluster of cases was recognized, Hong Kong officials have provided open, honest, and abundant information about SARS to both the public and the media. Hong Kong also benefited from the contribution of its outstanding scientists, epidemiologists, and clinicians, who were at the forefront of efforts to track down source cases in the various clusters, identify the causative agent, develop diagnostic tests, and work out treatment protocols.

Faced with the largest outbreak outside mainland China, Hong Kong also pioneered many of the control measures used to successfully contain smaller outbreaks elsewhere. It is gratifying that these measures have now brought Hong Kong to the point of victory over the virus, although continued vigilance remains vital.

On 2 April, WHO advised the public to consider postponing all but essential travel to Hong Kong. That recommendation was removed more than 7 weeks later, on 23 May.
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2003, 8:32 AM
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2003, 11:52 AM
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2003, 2:56 PM
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Not such a good idea to build a tower in cyberport.
It is just going to destory the green mountain view in Southern District.
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Old Posted Jun 23, 2003, 5:44 PM
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Not such a good idea to build a tower in cyberport.
It is just going to destory the green mountain view in Southern District.


omg!are they really going to build this tower??
i hv never heard that there is a plan to build a skyscaper in cyberport!
is it an old design?

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Old Posted Jun 24, 2003, 8:22 AM
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Tiger Balm Garden (Project)
January 25, 2002
http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/nc/ne/100374/

Reported by Janne Puustelli
News: Tiger Balm Gardens approved
Hong Kong: Tiger Balm Garden has become the latest major residential development approved by the Hong Kong government. Development consists of four 41-storey residential towers atop 11-storey podium and is located at Tai Hang Road, Happy Valley. Developer Cheung Kong Holdings plans to start construction this year.

Other major developments approved by the government in recent months are residential development of 8 towers with 48 floors on Hoi Fan Road, West Kowloon, 14 tower residential development in Pok Fu Lam ranging from 38 to 51 floors and 6 tower residential development again in West Kowloon reclamation area ranging from 51 to 53 floors.


Click on Tiger Balm Garden in Hong Kong for more information.

Has all orginial buildings in the Garden been destoryed?
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Old Posted Jun 24, 2003, 10:18 AM
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Old Posted Jun 24, 2003, 1:57 PM
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Old Posted Jun 24, 2003, 2:30 PM
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Great pics!!!

Hey igzaklee why don't you post this large size one in the IFC Construction Thread?

Btw I will go to the UK tomorrow and will be back on 10th July.
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Old Posted Jun 24, 2003, 2:58 PM
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