Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:44:23 -0700 From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] quite the photograph - lessons from Hong Kong To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> "If there ever is to be a crowd like this again, and the number of people was predicted, a much greater police/military presence will be needed." Vancouver could take some lessons from Hong Kong about crowd control. The Rugby 7's, every March, pour 40,000 people out of the stadium every evening for three days - most quite drunk. There is a large police presence with lots of motorcycle cops and an endless supply of free buses to take the crowds away. When there are large demonstrations - 1/2 million on the streets in 2003 - the police moved the barriers along with the crowd to keep them away from the buildings. Of course there was little drinking involved in that demo. For the future I think a number of smaller venues with fewer people may be part of the answer and when the venue is full no one else is allowed in. That is what is done for the South Stands at the 7's. My 2 cents. Howard