Hong Kong is built on and around mountainous terrain and suffers the occassional typhoon, thus there is the constant threat of LANDSLIP. Land-slippage is a serious problem in this part of the world, but fortunately the city has mastered slope maintanence, an underappreciated field of geoengineering. Each individual slope in Hong Kong is identified and given its own unique number, then reinforced with hardened walls of confortable, flexible material that conform to its curves. A system of steps and ladders give slope managers easy access; therefore, when monsoon season arrives, each slope may get the immediate care it needs. I have a slope just outside my window. Each morning I greet it and wish it a good day. It's important to keep your slope happy, or else it could turn on you.
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