Monday 30 July 2012

1053 HKSAR Name of the Day

Tanka P Chungbang, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 14 July 2011)

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Name Category: Creation

Saturday 28 July 2012

Thursday 26 July 2012

1051 HKSAR Name of the Day

Selwyn Lo, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 11 July 2011)

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Name Category: Rare

Tuesday 24 July 2012

1050 HKSAR Name of the Day

Queenie Leung Sau-wai, music teacher, Hong Kong Taoist Association Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School, Hong Kong

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare; Somewhat common in Hong Kong

Sunday 22 July 2012

1049 HKSAR Name of the Day

Vernier Mah Wing-yee, vice-principal and music teacher, Wong Yee Jar Jat Memorial Primary School, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Creation; Insertion

Friday 20 July 2012

1048 HKSAR Name of the Day

Myron Lam (Mr), ESF student who gained full 45 marks in International Baccalaureate exams (2011) 

The meaning of Myron is "myrrh, fragrant oil" (see Life of Brian videoclip about myrrh).
What is myrrh anyway?



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Name Category: Substitution

Wednesday 18 July 2012

1047 HKSAR Name of the Day

Cherie Fong Wai-yee, communications manager, Hong Thai Travel Services, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Rare

Monday 16 July 2012

1046 HKSAR Name of the Day

Kendy Tam, a registered dietitian and a Hong Kong Nutrition Association committee member, Hong Kong
see other Kendy names 0434 HKSAR Name of the Day and 0847 HKSAR Name of the Day

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Substitution; Somewhat common in Hong Kong

Saturday 14 July 2012

1045 HKSAR Name of the Day

Jade Lai Wing-yu, director of advocacy, Centre for Food Safety, Hong Kong

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare; Nature-based; Somewhat common in Hong Kong

Thursday 12 July 2012

1044 HKSAR Name of the Day

Katy Chui Ho-suet, Yuen Long, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 8 July 2011)

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Name Category: Somewhat Common; Deletion

Tuesday 10 July 2012

1043 HKSAR Name of the Day

Norris Leung, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 8 July 2011)

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Name Category: Rare

Sunday 8 July 2012

1042 HKSAR Name of the Day

Shemmie Yong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 8 July 2011)
The theme of letter: she is a lesbian who wrote "I did not get help from friends and family but the grace of God helped me"

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Name Category: Creation

Friday 6 July 2012

1041 HKSAR Name of the Day

York Ip Yuk-wai, Ma Wan, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 6 July 2011)
see other Yorks (0504, 0505 and 0506 HKSAR Names of the Day)

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Name Category: Geography-based; Rare; Somewhat common in Hong Kong

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Sunday 1 July 2012

You Must Drink My Wine Or Don't Drink At All, says Leung Chun-ying

Leung Chun-ying pours his glass of wine for Miriam Lau Kin-yee




Leung Chun-ying is Hong Kong's new Chief Executive. Is this a sign of things to come? 

What feelings and perceptions about our new CE emanate from this photo?


Reference

C.Y. to consider freezing pay of top appointees (SCMP; paywall)
Incoming leader told to think twice about salary increases as he sits down to 'reconciliation dinner' with Beijing loyalists
Colleen Lee and Ada Lee
May 30, 2012

Chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying said last night he would consider requests from pro-establishment lawmakers to freeze the salaries of his team of political appointees.

The calls came as he hosted what was dubbed a "reconciliation dinner" with the Beijing-loyalist camp, held at the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Central, in return for a dinner lawmakers gave him last month.

Tam Yiu-chung, chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, New People's Party chairwoman Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee and lawmakers from the Professional Forum urged Leung to think twice about adopting a proposal put forward by the current government to raise ministers' salaries 8.1 per cent on 2002 levels.

Ip, who is a former security minister, said: "It is an honour to serve as a top official. It should not be measured only in monetary terms."

"The suggestion is very good. I'll seriously consider the idea," said Leung, who picked up the bill of HK$11,332 for last night's dinner.

Of the 36 Beijing-loyalist lawmakers on the guest list, 26 attended the dinner, five more than last time.

The guests also included Liberal Party chairwoman Miriam Lau Kin-yee, who cast a blank vote in the chief executive election in March, and allies of defeated candidate Henry Tang Ying-yen, including Lam Tai-fai of the industrial (second) sector. Lau was absent from last month's dinner and was photographed dining at a fast food restaurant instead.