Youtube Hong Kong

Youtube has just unleashed a new country's site, guess which one.....of course Hong Kong. Over the past few months, Steve Chen, one of the founders of Youtube has been monitoring uploaders based in Hong Kong. He claims that Hong Kong citizens have a talent for music videos and other things. Several Hong Kong users have also complained to Google that they don't have a Youtube site in chinese so they always click the wrong buttons when uploading and watching. One of the ever so popular videos is the MTR Song as seen below.

A very famous song in Hong Kong about Mass Transit Railway based on the song "Do-Re-Mi, Sound of Music".

The World, Our Home

Finally, it's Blog Action Day. In case you don't know, I'm a student in Hong Kong trying to save the world from destruction. Ok, to tell you about my background, I've been complaining to a lot to EPD and other companies (48 messages, isn't that shocking?!). But, something I don't like about it is the punctuality of messages. They keep on redirecting me to other departments/people and it's getting us nowhere to improving Hong Kong's air quality. "Since ---- Department is in a better position to handle your enquiry, we have referred your enquiry to them for their consideration and necessary action" and "Thank you for your email dated 13.9.2007. We shall forward your email to our relevant officer for follow up. Thank you".

Hong Kong has been also thinking of banning idling engines which is a major step, but it's not perfect step to solve the global warming situation. Minibuses and Taxis are complaining that they'll lose passengers to competitors if there's no A/C ready for them when they board.

Mainland China is also a major polluter to Hong Kong. Regularly, the factories there emit hazardous level pollution and winds blow it over here. A popular dessert product in Hong Kong (made in China Factories) is very un-environmentally friendly. It uses a lot of paper and nearly 50% of the box is filled with sugar with only 2 pieces of Coffee Jelly. What a waste of resources! I've complained to EPD and they replied "We are regret to inform you that we are unable to process your case as food quality usage is outside Environment Protection Department's jurisdiction". Their attitude is worse even than before, they didn't even refer me to another department.

External Links:
The Standard Hong Kong
Clear The Air -- Hong Kong
An Inconvenient Truth (Movie)-I'm seeing it soon!! :P

Lok Ma Chau 落馬洲

--HONG KONG--

"Lok Ma Chau Spur Line provides a fast and convenient new way for passengers to cross the boundary and travel to Shenzhen. To get there, passengers can simply board a train heading for Lok Ma Chau at any station between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Sheung Shui along East Rail. No interchange is required" (From KCRC Website). Lies...Lok Ma Chau Spur Line is new, but, really inconvenient, once you go down the escalator, you can never go back up. Also, recently, before opening, KCR showed commercials promising companies that hundreds of people will alight on every train. Another lie, there were barely even 20 people on that 12-car train (and that was peak hour). When I walked past the shops, all the clerks and shopkeepers were literally grabbing for me. And the beautiful wetland they promised? Well, that was only the size of the station and was very poor in appearance. Well, overall, Lok Ma Chau is only a bit better than the overcrowded Lo Wu, with better in technology in the toilets :P

Trial Run of KCR Lok Ma Chau SP1900 train