Sunday, September 19, 2004

Smog in HK

Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "HONG KONG (Reuters) - To gaze across Hong Kong's harbor at the city's glittering skyscrapers and soaring peaks is to take in one of the world's most spectacular urban vistas. When you can see it. The 'fragrant harbor' from which Hong Kong takes its name is often shrouded in toxic smog. Hong Kong's air pollution hit a record high on September 14, with the index rising to over 200 for the first time since air quality monitoring was introduced in 1995. Doctors advised asthma sufferers and those with heart disease to stay indoors."