From a flat in a rarefied gated community full of expats, who go from house to car to office without ever setting foot in the street, I've moved to Ma Hang in Stanley; a public housing estate, where there's mah jong tables out the back, shaded areas, a big stone dragon, waterfalls, an auditorium where people do tai chi, and, at the bus stop, a row of chairs donated by locals for the old folk.
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That wouldn't happen in Tranent, but if it did, they wouldn't last long - they'd either be nicked or smashed up. Sigh...
It's very nice of them to donate chairs.
One wonders where the sense of civic responsibility and community has gone in the UK.
Hong Kongers aren't always as civilised as this, but concern and respect for old people seems to be more prevalent.
An update: some fancy steel and black leather bar stools (a bit too 1980s for my taste, but nonethless quite flashy) appeared on Sunday, but were gone this morning; so it appears that if the style's to someone's taste, they will be rehoused with all due dispatch.
Funny how the government seems to think that no-one ever needs to sit anywhere, there is a dearth of seating anywhere, bus stops, country parks, viewing points, city centre, we just have to 'stand and stare'
Hello, Gweipo. Indeed, it is a mystery why there is so little public seating in Hong Kong. Even in the UK bus shelters often have built-in seating. In shopping malls and airports, it's deliberate, on the expectation that people denied a seat will shop instead. But at a bus stop?
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