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Joanne Ooi
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Parking policy directly affects traffic congestion and urban planning, all of which impact public health. For example, free (reliable) street parking can result in undesirable outcomes like greater traffic congestion and more drivers in a city. Similarly, the parking behavīor of private vehicle owners can determine whether an open space or multi-story enclosed parking lot is built, affecting traffic flows and even dispersion of air pollutants ("the wall effect"). Recognizing that YOUR parking behavīor could affect...Read more
The leading article on the front page of today's SCMP screams, "Air quality good above street level for all of 2009: ROADSIDE POLLUTION A BIGGER LIFE THREAT". I have highlighted the most important sections of the original article below, WITH SOME IMPORTANT CAVEATS IN BLUE CAPS.
TO BEGIN, THE TITLE STATEMENT, "AIR QUALITY GOOD ABOVE STREET LEVEL FOR ALL OF 2009", IS A WILDLY MISLEADING STATEMENT. ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL (AS OPPOSED TO ROADSIDE) MONITORING STATIONS DID NOT CONSISTENTLY SHOW API REA...Read more
rather, based on my own experience, twitter has already significantly enriched my life and mind. every time i log on (with my blackberry) to @joanneooi, i treat myself to a welcome onslaught of statistics, anecdotes, testimonials, learnings, the magnificent quantum of which would have been unthinkable a few years ago before the advent of such a fantastically efficient learning tool. granted, i'm not following friends, but the most popular and authoritative tweeters in the tech industry. (check...Read more
rather, based on my own experience, twitter has already significantly enriched my life and mind. every time i log on (with my blackberry) to @joanneooi, i treat myself to a welcome onslaught of statistics, anecdotes, testimonials, learnings, the magnificent quantum of which would have been unthinkable a few years ago before the advent of such a fantastically efficient learning tool. granted, i'm not following friends, but the most popular and authoritative tweeters in the tech industry. (check...Read more
the financial/employment malaise made life much LESS FUN during the first half of the year. things became DEAD SERIOUS, LIFE OR DEATH rather than OPTIONAL or GRATUITOUS or ENTERTANING. putting one's head down for 6 months is really no fun, not even when you're blessed with copious doses of inborn prozac like me...
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the financial meltdown continued to be a serious tailwind on the asian art business. considering that our eponymous operation, ooibotos.com, specializes in cutting edge avant-garde works, it made the...Read more
the financial/employment malaise made life much LESS FUN during the first half of the year. things became DEAD SERIOUS, LIFE OR DEATH rather than OPTIONAL or GRATUITOUS or ENTERTANING. putting one's head down for 6 months is really no fun, not even when you're blessed with copious doses of inborn prozac like me...
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the financial meltdown continued to be a serious tailwind on the asian art business. considering that our eponymous operation, ooibotos.com, specializes in cutting edge avant-garde works, it made the...Read more
Governments need to provide cheap space and resources in order for artists to pursue their vocation full time. Art and creativity require a high degree of risk-taking and trailblazing. Recognition and reward are never overnight. For example, rents in Hong Kong severely penalize commercial uncertainty, making it very difficult for would-be artists to hang out their shingle and do something unprecedented and daring.
