hello pezz, today's report:
(i) visited earlier mentioned beachfront abode with architect and his do-ers, to measure, discuss, suggest, listen, and dream
the brief is simple, "everyday is a beach holiday", to make it a place i would wish to live in, so that it is easy to rent out
i am figuring much refugee will come from europe, and plenty of boat people will clamor from usa, even as enough mainland chinese stream in, because all would appreciate and pay for chance to engage with economic freedom, political liberty, small government rule, and sun, and sand.
(ii) <<But what kinda timetable are we talking about here and at what cost to the chinese population? >>
... with regard to japan, it may be dramatically changing as we post back and forth, so we best simply watch n brief, and see.
for now, suffice to note that usa imperialist saved japanese imperialist yakuza from destined fate, for a while, because the story is far from over, and the script has to run.
the object of war is not to count the cost or to meter its progress. the object is to grind enemy into tiny little bits so that they would not rise again, ever, in any guise, and to do so by taking as much time as needed by whatever it takes.
to believe the germans and japanese could have won ww ii is to believe in magic, and we should not put faith to magic.
to win a battle, declare victory, and help the downed but not out to rebuild, that is just ... well ... let the passage of gentle time make my point, as long as it takes, even as japan is on verge of not just saying no, but doing no.
now, to recruit an erstwhile enemy to continue fighting a greater campaign against another is another matter, and so perhaps team usa engaged with the evil yoke of japan imperialism to better deal with russian imperialism, that may be. if usa engaged with japanese yakuza to better pick on chinese peasant revolutionaries trying to throw off the chain of feudalism, and to better bully vietnamese struggle against the french colonialists for national self determination, that would be plainly evil.
we will let the bible have the final say on what was and wasn't.
(iii) re my praise of freedom kowloon and liberty hong kong, and cheer for its old factory real estate that be dirt grime cheap and good value - watch and brief
fyi, Tsang is hk's chief executive, as opposed to president, premier, prime minister, or mayor, and out of the many factory buildings, i would expect 1% to be used for, by, or on behalf of artists; but the script reads well, and better than "old factory districts revitalization will fill the wallets of the astute as ordained in hong kong per usual custom"
scmp.com
Tsang set to free up old factories for artists
Gary Cheung and Olga Wong
Aug 31, 2009
Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen is expected to announce steps in his policy address to speed up the reuse of old industrial buildings in districts like Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan to boost the development of creative industries.
It is one of the measures being considered to develop the arts into one of the six new economic "pillars" to diversify the city's economy.
A government official said that in his October 14 address the chief executive was likely to unveil a series of measures to help convert more rundown or underused industrial buildings to affordable working space for artists.
"Underutilised industrial buildings in districts such as Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan are possible sites for conversions," the official said.
Another official said the measures would apply to both government and privately owned factories.
The Housing Authority manages eight government factory estates in Kwai Chung, Kowloon Bay, Cheung Sha Wan, Chai Wan, Tuen Mun and Fo Tan, providing a total of 9,300 units.
The Development Bureau is studying possible incentives to encourage the conversion and redevelopment of the buildings, including lowering the land premium.
It might also lower the threshold at which the sale of a building can be forced, from 90 per cent ownership to 80 per cent. A nine-storey industrial building in Shek Kip Mei was transformed into the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre last September to provide affordable working space for the city's artists.
The project, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, was supported by the Baptist University and the club.
The Planning Department is conducting a survey to look at the vacancy rate and possible uses of industrial buildings.
The survey, which is scheduled to be completed in October, covers more than 80,000 units in various districts.
A senior town planner said some projects, such as those setting up design centres and multimedia studios, were already allowed in existing industrial buildings in Tsuen Wan East and Chai Wan Kok without the need to gain Town Planning Board approval.
The planner said the study's preliminary findings showed that some industrial buildings were still in use and converting them would take effort and care.
"For example, industrial operations might pose fire risks to artists and other occupants if they are all in the same building. Sudden change of land use will also bring extra traffic to the district," the planner said.
The other five pillars identified by the government-appointed Task Force on Economic Challenges are education, medical services, environmental industry, innovation and technology, as well as food safety and product testing.
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