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Subject: [Leica] quite the photograph - lessons from Hong Kong
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:28:12 -0400
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Rugby in HK is one of the greatest experiences I ever had in my life.

Phil Forrest


On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:02:11 -0700
H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] quite the photograph - lessons from Hong Kong)
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