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Technology Stocks : Softbank Investment International (HK0648) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (345)	3/28/2000 9:39:00 PM
From: ms.smartest.person	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 615

O.T. Hello Jay, Anything good to buy in HK, other than low emission cars? Time to take a vacation -- it will help Softbank go up! Choking smog smothers Hong Kong -observatory HONG KONG, March 29 (Reuters) - Choking smog enveloped Hong Kong for a second day on Wednesday and the territory's observatory urged people with respiratory problems to cut back on physical exertion and time outdoors. In the business districts of Central and Causeway Bay, air pollution had shot up to 167 and 157, respectively, on the air pollution index by dawn on Wednesday, levels which the Hong Kong Observatory said were "very high". Victoria Harbour was smothered in thick smog and skyscrapers lining both sides of the famous waterway were hardly discernible. Most places in the New Territories were also registering "very high" air pollution levels of more than 100 on the index, the observatory said. "When the general index lies between 101 and 200, persons with existing heart or respiratory illnesses are advised to reduce physical exertion and outdoor activities," it said. Hong Kong's worsening air pollution problem is usually blamed on its large fleets of diesel-powered vehicles, such as taxis, trucks and light buses, and smog from factories and power stations in other parts of southern China. "At 7 a.m. the temperature was 21 degrees Celsius and the relative humidity 69 percent. Merry