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Sunday, December 11, 2005

is that worth to held a Summit?

Policing of G8 summit costs £72m (BBC News, 10 Dec 2005)

Yes, the cost for the set-ups, caterings, residence, transportations...all directly related to those summits are shared by the participating parties.

Yet, the policing cost, it's afforded solely by the hosting country. (Or place)

With all the shouts outside the meeting room on 'make poverty history', and the fact that there was actually no concrete conclusion made on this agendum, or anything related.

how about sparing the cost of helding such summits, or maybe just half, to improve the world poverty problem.

Though one may argue, the world poverty problem is a structural problem -- the structure of economy worldwide, and the policies of those developed countries has to be changed to improve the probelm.

Yet, what can be done, what compromisation is expected to arrive, if every single democractic country's heads have to guarantee their votes.


How much does the WTO summit in Hong Kong cost in policing, then?

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