Having been atop the mountains the past few weeks, squinting to see what should be a beautiful far reaching view; combined with a media focus on new objectives to clean the Hk smelly smoggy air, it really came to my attention just how much of a problem air pollution is here:

'For a sobering view of the current effects of air pollution in Hong Kong, one does not need to look further than the University of Hong Kong’s recently established Hedley Environmental Index (hedleyindex.sph.hku.hk). It states that in 2008 alone we suffered 1,155 avoidable deaths, 81,023 preventable hospital admissions and 7.25 million additional doctor visits due to air pollution. The total tangible health costs across the year are estimated at $2.3 billion.'

Scary huh, especially considering that the three most densely populated, most thickly polluted areas: Causeway Bay, Mong Kok, Central, are the three areas where I live, work and play respectively.

Even more reason to vow NEVER to smoke EVER again, detox, and get my ass buff and fit.
Love from a 'determined to be healthy'
Tx