stillalbatross
posted 5th January 2005 20:33
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Didn't the SCMP say this week that the pollution is equiv. to you and your kids smoking 8 cigarettes a day each and that it is taking a minimum of 18 months off your life with that figure shortly set to double and throat and lung disease amongst preteens is 4 to 6 times worse than Aust or Canada.
The Times (i think - maybe another paper) said that a day in London was the equivalent of smoking 5-6 cigarettes a day
what's another three fags amongst friends ?!
its a choice - live in a big city or don't
But you have to admit Hong Kong does not have a monopoly on crappy air (and the MTR doesn't contain oodles of cancerous dust as does london's tube)
HK may be polluted, but its a great and unique place and there's a lot more to living there than crappy air quality. I'd be back in HK in a shot given the chance