pop bites
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
no human rights problem in hong kong?
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
perceptions of HK media
1009 people were surveyed this month about their appraisal of the local news media. (found via eastsouthwestnorth)
visit to the legislative council
I went on a trip to legco (as everyone here likes to call it) today, organized by the office of international student exchange–and a grand total of 6 of us showed up. I was surprised that I actually knew some of the topics being discussed. Session started at 11 AM with the Patents Amendment Bill–proposing TRIPS-compliant modifications that would allow … Read More
death of engrish?
Beijing’s plan to wipe out mistranslated English-language signs in time for the olympics.
some HK food shots
small congee shop near the uni, just down the first set of stairs on centre street. Fish & thousand-year-old-egg congee + 炸两 for HK$19. Pretty good dim sum place in the basement of the shun tak centre (sheung wan MTR). in this pic are pork ribs, char siu buns, and very yummy 流沙包–a friend of mine likes to call them … Read More
baby one more time
could someone tell me when it was that britney spears became classified as jazz music??
in search of chinese sailing junks
Much as the Prince d’Orléans chased chimerical and pensive women over the horizon, so I have made a habit over the years of attempting to track down old Chinese sailing junks. Once they were the sovereigns of the fisheries and of trade along the coast of China and down into South-East Asia. Just twenty years ago, I’m told, fleets of … Read More