Indoor hydroponic herb gardens have many advantages. Besides the apparent fact that it is much harder for your crop to get found by the Customs and Excise Department – Helicopter Division, it is also easier for you to control the ambient conditions. But be aware that herbs grown indoors will...
HK Magazine: So you are in the news again for responding to ridiculous messages on your forum. Why do you bother to answer questions like that?
Tso Wung-wai: Well, I don’t mind answering those questions since it doesn’t take up much of my time. My answers are very short and succinct....
SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21): “Dear Mr. Sensitive Astrologer: Let’s get one thing straight. I don’t want peace of mind! So stop trying to talk me into going after it! It’s impossible to have it on this earth. Got that? And another thing. I don’t care about your time-...
More thoughts from Britney, our fifteen-year-old correspondent from international school.
Wake up and smell the ozone everybody! We are killing our planet. I went beach cleaning on the weekend and global warming is, like, everywhere.
Like, they don't have air-conditioning outside and it is totally...
SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21): You’re ready for take-off. It’s time to taxi to the launch location and prepare to go airborne. I suggest you do what birds and airplanes do, which is to fly directly into the wind as you leave the ground. As long as you’re forcefully propelling yourself...
Test your knowledge of this week's city news.
1. More than 20 activists set sail for the disputed Diaoyutai Islands thisweek because:
A. They heard there’s gold in them there hills
B. They heard the burgers are excellent at Hard Rock Diaoyutai
C. The friendly Japanese ashore said they’...
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1.The Smell
There is a particular smell in crowded districts such as Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and Mongkok. It isn’t the sewer-y, fiery, coconut-moistness of Bangkok, nor the polluted, sweaty aroma of Beijing. Distinct and instantly...
I was brought up opposite Victoria Park in an old, five-storey building that’s no longer in existence. We lived on the top floor with another family.
My mother got married at a young age to my father, who came from a very poor family in Shanghai. He met her in Shanghai and brought her to Hong...
HK Magazine: What does your company do?
Terence Lau: We are basically a biotech company. Parental DNA testing is just one aspect. Parental tests are mostly referrals from legal aids, social services and doctors. Two-thirds of our clients are men. We receive about 1,000 cases a year. Fights over...
SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21): In his book A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative, Roger von Oech quotes one of his clients, an architect: “Play is what I do for a living; the work comes in organizing the results of the play.” Make this your guiding principle in the...
