James Durston: Stop whining about Hong Kong's air pollution

As I walked through Kowloon Tong MTR station the other day, I was hit by a pungent, noxious, burnt-hair kind of smell. I looked around for whoever was setting fire to dogs, or burning tires. Nothing.

I looked at the other commuters. No one else was grimacing.

I asked my friend, what the hell is that smell? ?What smell??

And that is the story of Hong Kong?s air pollution: Yes it?s bad, but people, be it through acclimatization or deliberation, just get on with life.

Or at least, we try to. Every now and again a small, squeaky-voiced contingent of "air defenders" pops up out of the smog to remind us that just breathing in Hong Kong is equivalent to smoking five cigars every minute. Or something. read more

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