When you are feeling down, it's good to find comfort ina friend or perhaps even a stranger. This group in Hongkong is giving out hugs to help people in this financial capital feel better during the global economical crisis.
People need care and love, and we want to send and share our love and care.
Hongkong is already a stressed-out fast pace city, but now this place like New York and London is grabbing with worldwide credit crunch. And its economy is in a technical recession.
Peopleagain are to apoint feeling quite anxious.
The big source of their anxiety is job security.
People have difficulty falling asleep, and they may find themselves even at work unable to concentrate. They would talk about what is in the company with this tension. They fear other departments or the team may be becoming student clients.
And motions aren't onlyrunning high in the office. In Hongkong, hundreds took to streets after losing a chunk of their savings and bangs and now bankrupt of US investment firm Leiman Brother. Social services organizations like Carry Ta are reaching out to those suffering. The group recently set up a government-funded counselling hotline and in the first month received over a thousand calls.
They call because they don't know what to do next after losing their savings. They find it really difficult toaccept such harsh reality and chang the way of living. So what is the best waymanage stress and these uncertain times. Exercise, lay off the alcohol, get some rest and try not to play so much mind games with yourself.
They would try to guess, guess the situation, looking at the, you know, the supervisor, you know,have a meeting with a couple of people, then would thinking "oh my God", you know. It is the one just, you know, delivering the bad news. Or if the next one would be me. Important is to slow down.
And spend time with your family or maybe some new found friends. Or even that too may give you a little bit stress.
USN, CNN. Hongkong.