Reflection and warning: What should the world understand from the rainstorm in Henan?
The torrential rains in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, can be called once in a thousand years, with rainfall reaching 201.9 millimeters in one hour.
Mainland social media is full of heart-pounding images: subway cars are deep to the neck, and vehicles on the road are washed away or even stacked on top of each other.
Professor Jürgen Jensen, a German flood expert, said, “It is impossible to cause such a large amount of rainfall if the tap has been turned on... There is no drainage system in any city in the world that can cope with such a situation.” In addition to Zhengzhou, Europe and the United States also suffer from extremes. The weather caused casualties.
If we don’t work hard to slow down global warming, I believe that more terrible disasters will only become more frequent...
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Zhengzhou was hit by a torrential rain that was rare in a thousand years, causing many deaths.
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Three crimes of improper spatial planning, unbalanced regional development, and separation of occupations. "Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines"
Every day at work and after get off work, different road sections in different parts of Hong Kong have the same scene: a big traffic jam.
Among them, Kwun Tong, Tuen Mun and Mong Kok can be said to be the "representatives" of the traffic congestion sector. Earlier, netizens who were frequently affected by traffic congestion in Kwun Tong opened a Facebook page "Daily x Kwun Tong Mother", accumulating more than 27,000 People like it; Tuen Mun Highway is famous for frequent traffic accidents...
According to the "Hong Kong Population By-census 2016", the total working population in Hong Kong is 3.75 million, of which close to 3 million need to work across districts.
Why do citizens spend a few hours commuting every day?
What's wrong with Hong Kong's planning?
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There are frequent traffic jams in Kwun Tong.
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Electronic consumer vouchers lead Hong Kong into a cashless society?
Octopus once gave Hong Kong a step ahead in the field of electronic payments.
However, in recent years, there has been a boom in electronic consumption in the Mainland, and travel basically does not use cash. In contrast, electronic payments in Hong Kong have found stagnation. Although there are many electronic payment platforms, the government's achievements in promoting the popularization of electronic payments in the past few years are hard to say. success.
The government distributed electronic consumer vouchers to the public this year and selected four electronic payment platforms to receive them.
The public will obtain the first phase of consumer vouchers on August 1, which is expected to arouse an upsurge in using electronic payment for shopping.
However, does this mean that electronic consumption will become the norm in Hong Kong?
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The public will obtain the first phase of consumer vouchers on August 1, which is expected to arouse an upsurge in using electronic payment for shopping.
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What does the billionaire dream of space tourism mean to civilians?
Traveling to space may be a childhood dream of many people. In the middle of this month, Richard Branson, founder of Virgin, and Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, took a space plane and a rocket. Go to space to enjoy the feeling of weightlessness for a short time, and create a new page in space tourism.
However, space tourism is expensive, and apart from the top wealthy, ordinary citizens can hardly afford it. So, what is the significance of this breakthrough for civilians who travel at most once or twice a year?
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What is the significance of this breakthrough in space travel for civilians?
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The above article is recorded from the report in the 275th issue of "Hong Kong 01" Weekly (July 26, 2021). If you want to read the full text, please
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