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V-'V® vt‘ i f i WORLD r Kobe well on the way to shaking off quake 3 Argcws Tma “FREE” IN-HOM- ESTIMATES E HbiUTAGL he says glumly KOBE Japan - From a ic But m the same shelter cn a difview on the 16th floor of ferent floor a reared couple cheerKobe Gty Hall this western port with discuss their fully options ity demolished by a terrifying trem- Yoshiko Sato a volunteer Maybe or sa months ago Saturday appears they’ll move to Australia open a well on the road to repair Luindermat To the south giant orange cranes or start an herb garden they say are back in operation at Kobe's -world-famoIt’s nice you have so many port lifting cargo containers onto ships from around dreams” says Sato the world With port traffic back up “A dream doesn’t cost any monto 40 percent of levels the man replies beaming ey" and total recovery expected by the Kobe hopes to use the horrific end of next year renovation is movquake as a chance to sculpt a new ing along at about the clip originally projected aty liberated from the confines of To the north trams apam speed its earlier status qua Urban planners dream of erecting the world’s i$ and out of New Kobe stauon As of this month all Japan Rail lines most earthquake-proo- f city with have been restored along with most wider roads more parks and tougher building standards links on two other private railways The Hanshm highway memorialBut as Kobe fades from the naized as a symbol of Kobe's destructional spotlight ousted by the more tion as it lay on its side like a brorecent subway gas attack and the ken toy is still two years away from ongoing auto trade dispute with the recovery however United States some here worry that ! The city’s most the city may be left in the lurch prominent eyesores banks and other major spokesman Sviichi Sakurai buildings toppled by Japan's worst saidCity is particularly worried about he quake in 70 years - have been tom whether the central government will 4 own and hauled away Overall the provide enough aid to kick-sta- rt nearly half of the 740C0 destroyed local economy still staggering from have been demolished buildings tremendous losses ! Temporary housing construction And traditional practices such as proceeds apace officials expect all the system of interlocking business remaining shelter evacuees to be repeated by July Already the number groups known as “keiretsu" have made small Kobe firms especially pf evacuees has dropped from a vulnerable becausce many have repeak of 232403 in 601 shelters in from one major conwork on lied 327 places y January to 24920 in tractor Many now lack the wherewithal to scrabble up new business J Mitsuo Monguchi is the from diverse sources he said Shmko of the High supervisor School shelter His apparel firm was “This is probably the first case destroyed m the quake So was his among developed countries of damhome The cramped temporary age to this extent” Sakurai said housing shelters won’t comfortably “So Japan's quality as a country is ft his family of five he has failed to at issue The question is whether the win a space in one anyway Japanese government can help Ko“I can’t build a future outlook” be recover or not” Sunday June 181 &55 ISA SKITH-R- WOOD BUNDS pan-iram- r r SLATS CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA i Mriaad EeMl WBITPJY CW M PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE UP TO FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE RESEARCH STUDY t -3 us pre-qua- 4 SvtM DeSvery mi EUND IMAGE ! 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