Posts tagged hong kong.

arquicomics:

Kowloon

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drawing by Adolfo Arranz

A must click.

(via urbnist)

“Lam Tak-fai, acting head of Ports and Maritime Command, arranges rhino horns, part of a 33 rhino horns, ivory chopsticks and bracelets shipment seized by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department, during a news conference in Hong Kong November 15. Hong Kong Customs seized on Tuesday a total of 33 rhino horns, 758 ivory chopsticks and 127 ivory bracelets, worth about HK$17.4 million ($2.23 million), inside a container shipped from Cape Town, South Africa, according the a customs press release.”

Source: MSNBC

  11/15/11 at 07:28pm via MSN

Raising bees in the impossible city.

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Hong Kong is home to more than 7 million people. Amongst the high rise apartments, product designer Michael Leung founder of HK Honey, has created his own space bringing nature back into the metropolis one box at a time.

(via theyoungmumbler)

  05/23/11 at 10:05pm via imageoscillite