Joanne Ooi

DISPARATE BUT CRUCIAL

joanneooi — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:20:00 GMT

lots of stuff learned in the last 72 hours... forgive me for the pinball-like concatenation of these observations. but there's no better way to map them out:
friday kicked off civic exchange's transport conference which was actually more of a confer

THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL

joanneooi — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

A poll conducted by the DAB majority political party this week showed the following results.

N.B. though the survey's 553 respondents were supposedly drawn from a representative sampling of the population, 52.8% of them were 51 years or older.

ON BEING A PREACHER (and wearing the right clothes)

joanneooi — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:22:00 GMT

last night, i gave a talk at box thai, which was hugely inspiring for me, because it was the first time that i spoke to the general public, instead of a group convened specifically to hear about air pollution.
it was a chance to actually touch the m

testing (again)

joanneooi — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:32:00 GMT

can you see this post on my personal twitter account?

RESPONDING TO NAYSAYERS....

joanneooi — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:15:00 GMT

just after i emailed my friends to share CAN's first animated video, yesterday,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE_QaOjOHzw
i received the following skeptical response from one of hk's most famous and vocal opinion leaders.... the entire thread

AIR POLLUTION IS VERY MUCH ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE

joanneooi — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:31:00 GMT

NOTES FROM THE GRASSROOTS: THE DOUBLE BURDEN OF AIR POLLUTION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES

Some comments from a DC member in the New Territories --

"On solving the air pollution problem, many people in the New Territories believe that th

thick fuels, thick minds

joanneooi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:02:00 GMT

i just attended a breakfast about marine pollution sponsored by amcham this morning. to quickly sketch the backdrop of the issue: marine fuel is several THOUSAND TIMES higher in sulphur content than vehicle diesel. to quote one of the lead participants, a

the pros and cons of impecunious marketing

joanneooi — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:04:00 GMT

today was a crucial day in our campaign. our pro bono partners, ddb and hill & knowlton, came over to advise us on how to move our chess pieces around the board. (ddb is one of the world's top advertising agencies, whereas hill & knowlton is one of the wo

Gallup wallops HK in just-announced Potential Net Migration Index

joanneooi — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:14:00 GMT

in a poll of 66 nations, hk came out 65th in an index just published by gallup polls. the only country to do worse was iraq!
http://www.gallup.com/poll/124193/Potential-Net-Migration-Change-Developed-Nations.aspx
the main reasons for hk's abysm

don't be deceived by the cool weather!

joanneooi — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:06:00 GMT

i still haven't managed to blog from my bkberry yet. waiting for the right, long cab ride. so, this is yet another backward-looking post...
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yesterday, one of hk's top movie stars wrote me that he wants to do "anything he can" to help CAN! t