Don’t let anyone tell you that Hong Kong isn’t an original city. We invented fiber optics, discovered the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague, enabled NASA’s Beagle Lander to collect soil on Mars and just recently pioneered steps to restore sight to damaged eyes with nano-...
Apr 20 2006 - 11:00pm
Think it’s all fun and games following the latest China-U.S. summit?
ATTN: Worldwide Media
FROM: U.S. State Department/Xinhua
RE: President Hu Jintao’s Stateside Visit
MEDIA CONDUCT RULES
As you are no doubt aware, China’s President Hu Jintao will be visiting esteemed Microsoft...
Apr 20 2006 - 11:00pm
TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): It’s perfectly fine for you to have dreamy eyes in the coming days—wistful, hopeful, liquid eyes that are more focused on the fantasies within than on the sights without. Muse to your heart’s content, Taurus. Wander over to paradise in your imagination....
Apr 20 2006 - 11:00pm
HK: Who is Che Kung?
Wong: He was a general during the Sung Dynasty (960-1279 B.C.) and elevated to a Taoist deity when he saved the inhabitants of Sha Tin and the New Territories from a terrible plague. People come here to pray for good fortune; many call him the God of Fortune.
HK: Do you get...
Apr 13 2006 - 11:00pm
We’re the city of a billion lights, the city with the biggest and brightest neon signs in the world. Imagine, now, if we all switched our lights off - if we plunged our city into darkness - for just five minutes. It would be quite a statement, one the entire world - and certainly our...
Apr 13 2006 - 11:00pm
Hong Kong-born musical treasure Anthony Lun gave new blood to the local music scene in the 1990s. While best remembered for his collaborations with Sandy Lam and Anita Mui, he’s back on stage now with local comedian Jim Sui-man. He tells Victor Chau about working with Hong Kong’s divas...
Apr 13 2006 - 11:00pm
Bird flu – scourge of the skies! Bird flu – it just may be the end of us all!
Or will it? October 2005 marked the beginning of Hong Kong’s newest emergency service – the Bird Squad. Dedicated to the prevention of bird flu, the squad’s main duties are the collection and...
Apr 13 2006 - 11:00pm
HK Magazine: So what do you kill?
Walter Ng: It depends on the place. In homes, we usually kill cockroaches and termites. In restaurants and bars it's rats.
HK: Do you have to be Christian to kill pests for a Christian company?
WN: I am a Christian and I go to mass every Sunday. Our boss is also...
Apr 6 2006 - 11:00pm
A is for Anita Mui
This city’s own versatile answer to Madonna was a professional singer since the age of seven. During a life cut down too soon due to cervical cancer (Oct 10, 1963-Dec 30, 2003), Mui released over 40 albums and starred in several films. The whereabouts of her ashes have...
Apr 6 2006 - 11:00pm
