Well, at least the Chinese authoritis have banned motorbikes from Guangzhou but in KL.... the thugs still rule!
------------------- Guangzhou, a prosperous city of about 11 million in southern China, has banned motorcycles and motorized bicycles.
It’s part of a crackdown on crime, the New York Times reports. These vehicles are apparently favoured by muggers, purse-snatchers and other robbers. In late 2005, one woman had her hand cut off by a thief on a motorcycle.
But the ban is also seen as an assault on migrants from rural areas and poorer cities. Motorized two-wheelers are the primary mode of transport for these workers at the bottom of the economic ladder, who make up about one-third of the city’s population. The ban has already forced thousands to leave.
Research Assistant, having a peculiar habit of reading too much philosophy books as early as when she was a teen. But nowadays spending more time in observing real life rather learning it from books. Spending sometime in fighting against unjust hegemony, she believes that righteousness works together with mercy to serve the world better. 生于山水槟岛,现居新朝雪州,处于弯曲背谬的时代,眼见群狼得意共舞,依然相信上帝的公义必然会实现。
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Well, at least the Chinese authoritis have banned motorbikes from Guangzhou but in KL.... the thugs still rule!
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Guangzhou, a prosperous city of about 11 million in southern China, has banned motorcycles and motorized bicycles.
It’s part of a crackdown on crime, the New York Times reports. These vehicles are apparently favoured by muggers, purse-snatchers and other robbers. In late 2005, one woman had her hand cut off by a thief on a motorcycle.
But the ban is also seen as an assault on migrants from rural areas and poorer cities. Motorized two-wheelers are the primary mode of transport for these workers at the bottom of the economic ladder, who make up about one-third of the city’s population. The ban has already forced thousands to leave.
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