bye bye, HK
…for now, anyway. off to Bangkok for the summer.
north korean tourism blitz!
what an ideal holiday destination… Older Chinese visitors find striking comparisons with their own country, 30 or more years ago. The public worship of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Il, and of his late father, Kim Il Sung, is similar to the cult of Mao. The state ideology of juche (self-reliance) has much in common with Mao’s isolationism. Chinese tourists … Read More
star ferry, queens pier and erotica
again from EastSouthWestNorth: translated story by an assistant professor on the values gap between older and younger generations–in relation to the ‘cultural heritage vs. business development’ debate and that silly sex survey in the student newspaper at Chinese University (which the Obscene Articles Tribunal ruled as “indecent” a couple of weeks ago). The sinners are still casting the stones, while … Read More
tiananmen was ‘not a massacre’
in case you hadn’t heard, Ma Lik, the chairman of the pro-Beijing DAB party said at a press conference last week that the June 4th incident was “not a massacre” because soldiers did not indiscriminately kill everyone in their path. translated by EastSouthWestNorth: Ma Lik explained that that a massacre implied intentionality to murder. “If you starting shooting everywhere, you … Read More
it’s 5 pm in the afternoon
…and it’s black outside. from rain. this is only an warning. I noticed on my exam schedule the following: Please also take note of the following arrangements on the cancellation of examinations when either the Typhoon Signal No. 8 or the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal is hosted or in force: (a) at or after 6:00am – all morning examinations will … Read More
sham shui po: eat, live, play
(some pics of SSP)… Read More
irish travellers
S: it’s the most capitalist place in the world, you cant have children protection trump marketing and advertisement J: even on a govt website? While on the HKSAR Labour Department’s website, I noticed a link on the bottom of the page: “This website supports protection of children on Internet.” After clicking it, I was very confused by the page that … Read More
free, but not free
If Mr Friedman had a favourite economy, it was Hong Kong. Its astonishing economic success convinced him that although economic freedom was necessary for political freedom, the converse was not true: political liberty, though desirable, was not needed for economies to be free. Why, he asked, had Hong Kong thrived when Britain, which controlled it until 1997, was so statist … Read More
another day
11.00: shamefully eat a bowl of indonesian instant noodles, so I can rush to meet my group for our presentation tomorrow.
11.30: our presentation is about …… Read More