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Come someone help find out who E. Bedford Grey was? He was an 19th century engraver or artist who made this engraving File:CALIFORNIA – KING KALAKAUA AND SUITE, UNDER ESCORT OF MAYOR OTIS AND STAFF, VIEWING THE SEALS FROM THE CLIFF HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO. SKETCHED BY E. BEDFORD GREY.jpg. Simple google search will yield nothing. Also can anyone find the source which the engraving was originally published in? KAVEBEAR ( talk) 02:09, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Considering Hong Kong has the most expensive housing, why does it have one of the lowest rates of homelessness? (Sources please.) Benjamin ( talk) 03:47, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
One reason is that some 45-50% of the population live in heavily subsidized housing. Private sector housing is priced (purchase or rent) at levels seen only in the better parts of London, New York and San Francisco; public housing is a tiny fraction of that cost. As for homelessness, it does exist but it isn't all that common as there are alternatives easily available. DOR (HK) ( talk) 13:42, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
During World War II, we all know about internment camps for Japanese living in the United States, but what happened to Americans who may have been residing in Japan before the war? Were they similarly detained (or worse)? I don't know much about this, but I became curious about wartime Americans in Japan after hearing of Katsuma Dan, a Japanese scientist who married Jean Clark, an American researcher in 1936. I believe the family lived in Japan, and I know that Dan worked there throughout the war, though I don't know what his wife was doing at that time. Dragons flight ( talk) 11:36, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
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Come someone help find out who E. Bedford Grey was? He was an 19th century engraver or artist who made this engraving File:CALIFORNIA – KING KALAKAUA AND SUITE, UNDER ESCORT OF MAYOR OTIS AND STAFF, VIEWING THE SEALS FROM THE CLIFF HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO. SKETCHED BY E. BEDFORD GREY.jpg. Simple google search will yield nothing. Also can anyone find the source which the engraving was originally published in? KAVEBEAR ( talk) 02:09, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Considering Hong Kong has the most expensive housing, why does it have one of the lowest rates of homelessness? (Sources please.) Benjamin ( talk) 03:47, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
One reason is that some 45-50% of the population live in heavily subsidized housing. Private sector housing is priced (purchase or rent) at levels seen only in the better parts of London, New York and San Francisco; public housing is a tiny fraction of that cost. As for homelessness, it does exist but it isn't all that common as there are alternatives easily available. DOR (HK) ( talk) 13:42, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
During World War II, we all know about internment camps for Japanese living in the United States, but what happened to Americans who may have been residing in Japan before the war? Were they similarly detained (or worse)? I don't know much about this, but I became curious about wartime Americans in Japan after hearing of Katsuma Dan, a Japanese scientist who married Jean Clark, an American researcher in 1936. I believe the family lived in Japan, and I know that Dan worked there throughout the war, though I don't know what his wife was doing at that time. Dragons flight ( talk) 11:36, 19 November 2018 (UTC)