Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
I’ve been really impressed by the Economist’s semi-recent institution of a “correspondent’s diary”–essentially a 5-day blog, each time written by a different foreign correspondent. this week’s is on Hong Kong and Taiwan (“Long-haired radicals seize power”), and muses whether the former–on the 10-year anniversary of its return to the Mainland–has been a shining example of “one country, two systems” (the … Read More
After the takeover in 1997, the Government of Hong Kong commissioned a team of economists, physicians, epidemiologists, and public health specialists from Harvard University to conduct a study on Hong Kong’s health care system. An extract from their report: One explanation for the highly variable quality of medical services in Hong Kong is the privilege enjoyed by the medical profession … Read More
just don’t ask about the air quality… (view of victoria harbour, as I was about to hop onto the star ferry in tsim sha tsui)
the metro extension to Laval is opening this weekend, both ahead or behind of schedule and over- (la presse) or under-budget (the gazette), depending on how you look at it. [here’s the STM press release with info on activities related to the opening.] according to la presse, the opening of these three stations (Montmorency, de la Concorde, and Cartier) will … Read More
why are these boats so big?? why is the harbour so small? this is just weird.
obituary and slideshow.
small café/takeaway place that a friend and I accidentally found on its opening day last week–cool music, artsy people… and obliging owners who fed us tiramisu & mousse. so quite by coincidence a bunch of us walked by it last night and I remembered that they were supposed to have parties every saturday. we popped in and found people eating, … Read More
the topic of today’s governance & law class was “monitoring government processes” (ie, ombudsmen, commissions of inquiry, judicial review, etc.). there is currently no human rights commission in HK, so our prof was suggesting that perhaps we could expand the powers of the (independent) ombudsman, so as to have a supervisory role with respect to human rights issues. (kind of … Read More
1009 people were surveyed this month about their appraisal of the local news media. (found via eastsouthwestnorth)