Beijing Municipal Administration Commission: Hellhole

Beijing Municipal Administration Commission: Hellhole

How many more lives will cost $1.25? Please call 010-62357575 to report manhole cover theft so we can put an end to this.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, Beijing, China
Creative Director: Jacky Lung
Art Directors: Xingsheng Qi, Shengxiong Chen
Copywriters: Zhong Yuan, Matthew Curry
Photographers: Johnny, Qiang Wang
Published: November 2006

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Submitted by jmcho on Sun, 2007-04-22 16:58.

people steal those? i didn't know. that'll sure grab my attention.

Submitted by Rog on Sun, 2007-04-22 18:34.

Intersting connection.
Looks like 'disabled parking' sign in Aus.

>>>> That's not an ad. THIS is an ad.

Submitted by bigbadfatmadafaka on Sun, 2007-04-22 19:23.

I am not familiar with this kind of robbery....maybe this is to localist for me to create an opinion...but its definitly a NOT a bigbadfatmadafaka.

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Submitted by ssguixi on Sun, 2007-04-22 20:39.

um...yes. People steal these in china

Submitted by Shut Theory on Mon, 2007-04-23 02:18.

really? why? what do the do with them? melt them and create more cars?
anyway, this ad is hellworking, and its amazing how much text u can stuff when u use chinese!

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Submitted by ROCK PIG on Mon, 2007-04-23 07:38.

You can't really have a go for China creating more cars, everybody else has done it.

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Submitted by fifthbullet on Mon, 2007-04-23 04:09.

people steal these in asia, not just china
the price of metal shoot up like rocket hence these become easy money to certain people

Submitted by sbr on Mon, 2007-04-23 07:56.

They steal those in Brazil too. They also steal train rails and I was told that "they" are now stealing electricity wires.

Submitted by Yokel on Mon, 2007-04-23 10:02.

They're busy stealing overhead train wires here in Germany ... and getting fried doing it.

Submitted by bknowlden on Mon, 2007-04-23 12:24.

Does anyone else hate taking an ambient idea and forcing into print?
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www.brandonknowlden.com

Submitted by Shut Theory on Mon, 2007-04-23 17:21.

oh wait, this is not ambient? hmm, too bad, i agree, not so good on print

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Submitted by bigbadfatmadafaka on Tue, 2007-04-24 02:38.

Sure I hate that tooo.

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