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...British traveler Henry Norman pronounced Hong Kong ?about as insanitary as any place in the world under civilized rule.? Though conditions have improved, the city?s Victoria Harbour remains unswimmable, its public housing is still a shambles and its back alleys provide habitats for rats. Now SARS has inspired the government to look for ways to spruce up the city?s streets?and its image. Led by bow-tied Chief Secretary Donald Tsang and his ?Team Clean,? Hong Kong?s mandarins have settled on an approach that is down-right Singaporean. Last week, the government proposed raising fines for littering...
...that very moment, similar assaults were under way in two other residential areas. Four miles away, at a complex that housed dozens of Americans employed by Vinnell Corp. to help train the Saudi National Guard, a pair of cars were on a deadly mission. The first, a Ford Crown Victoria sedan filled with terrorists armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, sped up to the compound's security checkpoint. The men mowed down the guards and removed a 3-ft.-high steel barrier...
...Victoria A. Kent...
It’s unlikely that the band foresaw any of this fame when they formed in the island city of Victoria, British Columbia in 1999. Hot Hot Heat originated with current bassist Dustin Hawthorne and drummer Paul Hawley, later bringing on board DeCaro and lead singer Steve Bays...
Podolsky will join Victoria Sprow ’06 on the committee for overall academic experience...