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...cleaner air and greener jobs. The homegrown wind company Vestas is a world leader earning $8 billion a year, an impressive figure in a country that has barely half the population of Hong Kong. The taxi ride into the city won't take long either - some one-third of urban transport within Copenhagen is done by bicycle, and two-wheelers cruise the bike-only lanes throughout the city. (And they have right of way, which is a good thing to keep in mind unless you want to be run down by a pedal-pushing Danish grandmother while stepping...
...foot and bicycle in high-crime neighborhoods, supported by helicopters frequently hovering overhead - which raises the level of anxiety of many residents. But bringing in state troopers may not be the answer, because being drawn largely from rural, mostly white locales, they are generally unaccustomed to the demands of urban policing. "A military response will invite even more problems," says Dennis Rosenbaum, a criminal justice and psychology professor at Loyola University here...
...latest work, Sparrow - a stylish pickpocket caper starring Simon Yam that premiered in February in Berlin and opened at the top of the box-office list in June in Hong Kong - is infused with an affection for Hong Kong's people and cityscape, as well as concern for threatened urban landmarks (a very topical preoccupation). "The movie is a way to gently vent my protest," To says. Among other directors, Sylvia Chang's accomplished triad-cum-family drama Run Papa Run, released in April, covers decades of Hong Kong's social transformation, while Ann Hui's low-key new release...
...death" [July 21]. Homeowners can do much to reduce the risk of "sudden death" from a wildfire. Site selection, roofing and siding materials, landscaping plants, defensible space around the home - all these factors are well-known ways to mitigate much of the risk associated with living in the wildland-urban interface. For great material on helping keep wildfires in the wild, check out firewise.org. There are not enough firefighters to protect every home during a major wildfire event. The responsibility for making homes safe from fires must lie with individual homeowners. Dick Mangan, Missoula, Mont...
According to a report given to Congress on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), overall homeless numbers, taken from a one-day national count in January, were down 12% from 2005 to 2007, to just under 672,000 people, most of whom were on the streets only temporarily. Chronic homelessness is down even more, almost 30% lower than in 2005, from 175,000 to fewer than...