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When Jason Dembski moved to Hong Kong to start a new job in 2009, what captivated him about the city was less its buildings and more the street art scattered on its walls. He began taking photos to document what he saw, as he felt graffiti was underappreciated by wider society. “Back then, there weren’t a lot of sanctioned or legal murals. Not a lot of galleries or art fairs here were ready for street art,” says Dembski, an architect originally from the US, who co-founded the non-profit HKwalls in 2014. “Lots of artists were creating illegal work on the streets and going to abandoned buildings, such as ATV [a former television studios] in Sai Kung, to paint bigger artworks without being bothered by police.” ....
Date Time HKU Engineering-led team collaborates with government to fight pandemic by speeding up COVID-19 sewage monitoring The Chief Executive Mrs Carrie Lam had a first-hand look at HKU’s sewage monitoring system on February 15 Since its establishment in October 2020, an inter-disciplinary team led by Professor Tong Zhang, from the Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory of the Department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has collected more than 1,200 sewage samples for tests to help the government track potential virus carriers in the community. The research project received support from the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) of the Food and Health Bureau (FHB), and is also technically backed by the Environment Bureau, with the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and the Drainage Services Department (DSD) providing strategic planning, comprehensive analysis of the drain ....
news You are using an older browser version. Please use a supported version for the best MSN experience. Hong Kong fourth wave: mass Covid-19 vaccination programme to begin around Lunar New Year at four types of locations Victor Ting, Elizabeth Cheung and Rachel Yeo Brazilian authorities have revealed testing resulted in a 78 per cent effectiveness rate for Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine. Photo: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Hong Kong will launch its mass vaccination programme around the Lunar New Year period at four types of locations, authorities revealed late on Friday, as the city reported a slight jump in Covid-19 cases to 45 infections while mainland China wrestled with a worsening outbreak. ....
Hong Kong: 230 PRH estates pipes inspected The Housing Department has inspected the drainage pipes of about 230 public housing estates, with most of the pipes found to be in satisfactory condition. The department has been conducting the inspections since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, and will continue the preliminary inspections of the drainage facilities of the remaining 300 public housing blocks, which is expected to be completed by the end of March 2021. The Housing Authority said it proactively inspected flats sharing the same drainage system with those with confirmed COVID-19 cases. On top of the existing Responsive In-flat Maintenance and Total Maintenance Schemes, a special inspection plan was devised with additional resources to reduce the risk of the virus’s spread. ....
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