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Interestingly the author cites Hong Kong in another question as a city that should be replicated. It's a city where at least 10 (and likely a great deal more#)
by ddeck 8y ago
Interestingly the author cites Hong Kong in another question as a city that should be replicated. It's a city where at least 10 (and likely a great deal more#) workers died and 234-600 were injured in the last few years building a bridge of questionable utility to other local cities.
# 10 are confirmed dead on the HK portion, the death toll on the Chinese portion is unknown.
There's little question that lax worker safety and weak labor laws can contribute to faster economic growth, but I'm not sure that's something we should be trying to replicate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93Zhuhai%E2%80%93Macau_Bridge#Worker_deaths_and_injuries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93Zhuhai%E2%80...
http://www.ejinsight.com/20170413-how-many-more-people-have-to-die-for-the-sake-of-a-bridge/ http://www.ejinsight.com/20170413-how-many-more-people-have-...