I had my credit card payment refused when I tried to pay the bill of a dinner with a group of friends. Without enough cash in my pocket, embarrassingly, my friend had to smile and put it on his card.
The restaurant manager made me lose face. I was told to call the Hang Seng card service center.
I...
published: May 24 2013 - 12:00am
It can be said, from the perspective of history, that the British colonial brand known as the ICAC that was left to Hong Kong was ultimately destroyed by American technology. If one googles a set of keywords like “ICAC,” “Maotai,” and “expensive gifts”—the...
published: May 17 2013 - 12:00am
Tens of thousands of Hongkongers flocked to the harbor over the weekend to hail the giant rubber ducky, designed by the Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. The H7N9 virus-free yellow bird infused the disgruntled soul of the community with a rejuvenating vigor.
The globe-trotting artist was overwhelmed...
published: May 10 2013 - 12:00am
M and some of James Bond’s colleagues could be masterminding the “Occupy Central” campaign and other anti-SAR government demonstrations, according to a veteran pro-Beijing politician in Hong Kong.
Ng Hong-mun, a former headmaster of the pro-China Pui Kiu Middle School and a...
published: May 3 2013 - 12:00am
You can tell the race for the next chief executive job has already kicked off as both Chief Executive CY Leung and Chief Secretary Carrie Lam have synchronized in outraging the community by appealing for monetary donations to be sent somewhere into Sichuan for the latest earthquake. At a time when...
published: Apr 26 2013 - 12:00am
The “Iron Lady” didn’t earn her nickname without a few good reasons. Her fans mourn her departure with tears while her haters wish for her to “rust” in peace. It is now a truism that former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher—together with her accomplice Ronald...
published: May 6 2013 - 3:46pm
For some Chinese, whose knowledgeand perception of the global village barely goes beyond the horizon of Victoria Harbour, Margaret Thatcher is the foreign lady who slipped and fell on the steps of the People’s Hall in Beijing in 1982.
I can see why the Chinese and Hong Kong press and TV...
published: Apr 12 2013 - 12:00am
Beijing dropped a bomb on Hong Kong when a senior official spelled out the requirement that the next Chief Executive, supposedly elected directly by the people of Hong Kong in 2017, must “love China, love Hong Kong.” This came as no surprise for professional China-watchers. The “...
published: Apr 5 2013 - 12:
