View allAll Photos Tagged photodocumentary
The Days We Wear Masks 20210331
Hong Kong will ease some coronavirus restrictions, the government said on Monday, allowing swimming pools and beaches to open and shortening the quarantine period for some international arrivals to 14 days from 21.
Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan told a press briefing that local infections had come down considerably, giving the administration room to relax some measures.
Beaches and swimming pools would reopen from April 1, while religious gatherings could resume with maximum capacity of 30%. Cinemas and theme parks would be able to increase capacity to 75% from 50%.
“We want to keep containing the epidemic and not undo the efforts we have made. We must continue to enforce stringent measures,” she said.
Bars, karaoke parlours and bath houses would stay closed.
(20210329 Reuters)
Bringing forward the summer holidays for students in Hong Kong as part of a government plan to conduct citywide Covid-19 screening will add to the workload for schools, disrupt teaching and learning, as well as affect the vaccination drive for young residents, according to members of the education sector.
Teachers and students were responding on Tuesday to Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s announcement that all schools – to be used as testing, isolation and vaccination venues – would start their summer holiday in early March.
(20220223 SCMP)
INDIA RAJASTHAN VIAGGIO FOTOGRAFICO 1/11 MARZO 2020
www.robertofarinafotografo.it/focus-rajasthan-e-holi-fest...
A faithful Hindu absorbed in prayer during the evening ceremony of the Aarti in Varanasi at Dashashwamedh Ghatht
The compulsory sale of the State Theatre building, which is mostly held by New World Development (0017), opens Thursday with a reserve price of HK$4.77 billion.
The price would be a record high for a compulsory auction in the city.
New World has already acquired 98 percent of the ownership of the historic building in North Point. It has pledged to preserve the 68-year-old property, which was not only a cinema but art and cultural venue. Following approval from the Lands Tribunal in late August, it is the first Grade I historic building to go on sale. Market watchers believe the valuation of shops in North Point could benefit from the sale.
Meanwhile, retail shop rents in have shown signs of stabilizing in the third quarter but vacancy rates rose sharply, according to a report by Savills.
(20201006 The Standard)
During World War II, the prison was occupied by the Japanese and most of its buildings were damaged by bombing. The prison was re-opened for use in 1946 after restoration. When Hong Kong was later declared a port of first asylum for Vietnamese refugees, Victoria Prison became a transit and repatriation centre. It was subsequently developed into an institution with modern management facilities for accommodating discharged inmates of both sexes prior to repatriation or deportation. The prison buildings were declared monuments on 8 September 1995, together with the adjacent former Central Police Station and the former Central Magistracy. It was officially decommissioned on 12 March 2006. It is currently under renovation and will be reopened as the Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and art.
This photograph is part of the photographic documentary Project (clay floor The dream of all) which was exhibited at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris and the Musée dela Palmeraie in Marrakesh. And through these exhibitions a sports court and a cultural center will be built for hundreds of children in a favela in Rio de Janeiro.
Essa fotografia faz parte do projeto documental fotográfico ( Chão de Barro O Sonho de Todos ) que foi exibido no Carrousel du Louvre em Paris e no Musée dela Palmeraie em Marrakesh. E através dessas exposições uma Quadra de esportes e um centro cultural será construídos para centenas de crianças numa favela do Rio de Janeiro.
From Thursday, bars will be allowed to reopen and restaurants can operate longer and seat more people at a table, as long as they follow a series of new requirements set out by the government.
There are multiple scenarios for venues to operate under, depending on whether staff have been vaccinated, whether customers have been vaccinated, how many doses people have had, whether workers are getting Covid tests, who's using the LeaveHomeSafe app, and whether "clean" and "dirty" zones have been set up.
(20210428 RTHK News)
"The high living costs not only make it difficult for young people to save money and accumulate personal wealth, it also hinders their willingness to innovate boldly. Enterprises facing high rent would also suppress the diversification of the economy"
(20210725 RTHK News)
The Days We Wear Masks 20210311
Health officials have ordered 21-day quarantine for 81 residents of a building in Jordan that is home to a probable mutant Covid-19 case.
Those esidents of Parkes Building on Parkes Street were confined after testing negative for the virus during an overnight lockdown which was lifted on Saturday morning.
Officials cordoned off the area at 11.30pm last night for mass screening, after a resident who tested preliminary-positive was found to be a carrier of the N501Y mutant strain.
A government spokesperson explained that the mutant strain is high transmissible and sub-divided units are common in the relatively old building, making the risk of infection higher.
“The government immediately made a ‘restriction-testing declaration’ for the relevant area immediately after the test result was found positive last night,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
Meanwhile, those who had been to the Parkes Building for more than two hours last week (April 9 to 16) are now subjected to undergo compulsory testing on or before Sunday.
Hong Kong has logged more than 210 infections involving mutant strains of the virus, but all of them had been imported cases. It was uncertain whether the latest patient with the variant had travelled recently.
(20210417 The Standard)
The Days We Wear Masks 20210221
A coronavirus cluster linked to an upmarket gym is still expanding, as authorities on Saturday confirmed that 35 more customers or their close contacts have come down with the disease.
This brought the tally of the cluster linked to Ursus Fitness in Sai Ying Pun to 99 cases. The gym is popular with professionals working in nearby Central, and dozens of offices, including those of several major banks and law firms, have been hit with compulsory testing orders.
(20210313 RTHK News)
Dōbutsuen-mae Station (動物園前駅 Dōbutsuenmae-eki, Shinsekai) is a railway station on the Osaka Municipal Subway in Nishinari-ku, Osaka, Japan. The name in English means "in front of the zoo". It is one of the nearest stations to the Tennōji Zoo and Tsutenkaku.
-Wikipedia
I have been slow from Flickr lately, this is because my Desk top was infected by one extreme Virus, that disabled by internet browser and most of my application, Its one of my bad days, really.
Because of that i have to reformat my Desktop and scan my external hard drives, and what do you know the virus still exist in my Hard drives, so i have to deleted it, hopefully no more virus on it. And ofcourse because of Reformat all of my application & some data was lost, no choice but to reformat, Now i have to start to zero.
Head ache, for me now.
Yes its a headache, some stored images and videos, and important application was lost!
To my flickr friends, i will be visiting your streams, if not now or later, it will be soon. Trust me.
For the mean time i will just post this one old image,
Cheers and Happy Monday to all!
Have I told you that I share weekly street photography videos on my YouTube: youtu.be/rfkFpoSAWSw
I shoot with a GoPro mounted on my camera, so you can see what I see.
Dawn markets (天光墟) are street markets in Hong Kong which open early in the morning to evade the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department Hawker Control Teams (小販管理隊). The goods sold are cheaper than other places. They are mainly run by the elderly and the homeless. Some sell products collected from bins or donated goods.
(Wikipedia)
More photos of Dawn Market at Sham Shui Po :
At the Cherry Blossom (Sakura) Festival parade.
The State Theatre (known as Empire Theatre until 1959) was opened in 1952. This significant example of Post-War Modern Movement architecture had been assessed by Docomomo International as a structure worth preserving due to its importance as a piece of tangible heritage in the North Point region as well as its unique physical construction.
A couple of years ago in 2014, there were concerns among conservationists and North Point residents due to the threat of its demolition in order to redevelop its lot as two high-rise commercial towers. Hence in 2016, the guided-tour agency Walk-In Hong Kong launched a Conservation Advocacy Campaign titled “Save our State” and successfully lobbied the Antiquities and Advisory Board to upgrade its heritage grading status from Grade Three to a Grade One. Recognizing State Theatre’s cultural significance to Hong Kong, New World Development Limited acquired 95% of the complex as its first conservation project.
Update: This article was published in 2014 due to concerns among conservationists and North Point residents due to the threat of its demolition before the official grading by the Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB). Hence in 2016, the guided-tour agency Walk-In Hong Kong launched a Conservation Advocacy Campaign titled “Save our State” and successfully lobbied the AAB to upgrade its heritage grading status from Grade Three to a Grade One. Recognizing State Theatre’s historical and cultural significance to Hong Kong, New World Development Limited acquired 95% of the complex as its first conservation project.
(Under Threat: State Theatre in Hong Kong (updated) | Docomomo Hong Kong)