SPITGAN MAGAZINE: SPITTING MAD FIRE
We bring you the shopping district of Haven Street in Hong Kong and some of the personalities that inhabit it!
銅鑼灣，嘈到拆天的一個鬧市，居然從利園小巷一路向後行到盡頭有個「第三世界」。從馬路對面望去，小巷大廈，好不吸引。直入大廈地下復行數十步，便豁然開朗。在那個地方，有車房、高級餐廳、茶記、本地品牌、唐樓和豪宅… 那裡，沒有階級意識的界線。一個超現實的現實世界，就在銅鑼灣。和平、寧靜。
Special Thanks: LUDDITE, Still House, HOLA Classic, Wagamamaplayground, Roadmentic
Filming and Editing: Falcon Lam
Direction : Jose, Chu Choi Ying
…from a Princeton University study that tried to measure how race and ethnicity affect admissions by using Standard Aptitude Test (SAT) scores as a benchmark. It uses the term “bonus” to describe how many extra SAT points an applicant’s race is worth.
African Americans recieved a “bonus” of 230 points. Hispanics received a bonus of 185 points. Asian Americans are penalized by 50 points.
– Bloomberg
Hong Kong water usage, due to low cost, is 25 per cent higher than in a comparable city.
– Philip Bowring, South China Morning Post
250,000. The number of new migrants Australia needs every year to raise living standards and contribute AUS $1.6 trillion (HK $9.6 trillion) to the economy, according to an analyst. The government’s head of auditing, Tony Shepherd, said the country’s migration intake should be kept at current levels and then rise in the years ahead. The key issue is Australia’s ageing population, which will lead to taxation revenue declines.
– Xinhua
Satoshi Nakamoto
