Friday 28 February 2014

1342 HKSAR Name of the Day

Anson Ng Ching-kin, 32, manager at ParknShop, charged by ICAC with conspiracy to defraud and bribery in a case involving baby milk powder (Feb 2012), Hong Kong

see 0934 HKSAR Name of the Day

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Name Category: Creation for females; Son-suffix; somewhat common in Hong Kong

Wednesday 26 February 2014

1341 HKSAR Name of the Day

Kade Chan Pak-hei, 17-year-old Form 7 student and keen origami enthusiast (Feb 2012), Hong Kong

Kade Chan. Pic SCMP

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Name Category: Creation

Monday 24 February 2014

1340 HKSAR Name of the Day

Pitty Lo, 52, housewife interviewed by SCMP whilst queuing for tickets to buy Bank of China (Hong Kong) commemorative HK$100 banknotes (Feb 2012)

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Name Category: Creation

Saturday 22 February 2014

1339 HKSAR Name of the Day

Hagan Chan, 28, registered organ donor whose 62-year-old mother's life was saved after receiving a liver donated from a deceased donor (13 Feb 2012)

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Name Category: Rare

Thursday 20 February 2014

1338 HKSAR Name of the Day

Milo Shen, Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 13 Feb 2012)

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Name Category: Rare

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Sunday 16 February 2014

1336 HKSAR Name of the Day

Kairiya Yiu, Happy Valley, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 12 Feb 2012)

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation

Friday 14 February 2014

1335 HKSAR Name of the Day

Valentina Chan, chief press information officer, Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong 

see Velentina and Valentine and Romeo, also No Sex Please, We're Chinese

P.S.  Happy Valentine's, or should that be Happy Velentina's !?

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Name Category: Rare

Wednesday 12 February 2014

1334 HKSAR Name of the Day

Dr Timmy Au Wing-kuk, chief of cardiothoracic surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong 

see others examples of inappropriate names for professions such as magistrates (0998 and 0734), judges (1262, 1240, 1241).

Timmy Au. Pic SCMP


About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Common but informal and inappropriate name for a professional

Monday 10 February 2014

1333 HKSAR Name of the Day

Vennus Ho, social worker, Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing, Sha Tin, Hong Kong 

see 1164 HKSAR Name of the Day

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Insertion; Self-Important

Saturday 8 February 2014

1332 HKSAR Name of the Day

Regal Cheng (Mr), live poultry wholesaler, Hong Kong (interviewed during H7N9 bird flu scare on 28 January 2014)

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Name Category: Creation

Friday 7 February 2014

Former Hairstylist Carson Yeung Cuts Ties with Birmingham City

Carson Yeung has severed all ties with Birmingham City Football Club. Yeung took over the club in 2009 and apparently had grand plans in store for The Blues. However, things quickly went pear shaped when Yeung was charged with five counts of money laundering.


Apparently, Carson Yeung is a bit of a fortune teller too. A statement released by Birmingham International Holdings said:
"Mr Yeung with his foresight, aspiration and clairvoyance has steered the board successfully through landmark projects such as the acquisition of Birmingham City Football Club, for which the board is profoundly indebted".

This must count as verbal diarrhoea. First, the company has called Carson a clairvoyant. Second, Birmingham City will very soon be profoundly in debt due to the negative impact of Yeung's "aspirational" takeover.


Reference

Carson Yeung quits all posts with English soccer club Birmingham City (SCMP; paywall)

Birmingham City in UK reveals decision ahead of verdict in money-laundering case
UPDATED : Wednesday, 05 February, 2014, 1:36am

Emily Tsang emily.tsang@scmp.com

Beleaguered Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung Ka-sing has resigned from all his positions with English soccer club Birmingham City, its holding company announced yesterday.

The 53-year-old, who took over City in 2009, has spent a lot of time in Hong Kong courts since 2011, when he was charged with five counts of money laundering involving HK$723 million.

The resignations come as Yeung awaits verdicts on the charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty.

A statement released by Birmingham International Holdings yesterday said Yeung resigned "to devote more time to his other personal commitments".

Unusually for a company statement, it also bestowed the ability to see into the future upon the colourful tycoon.

"Mr Yeung with his foresight, aspiration and clairvoyance has steered the board successfully through landmark projects such as the acquisition of Birmingham City Football Club, for which the board is profoundly indebted," it wrote.

The company, registered in the Cayman Islands, said Yeung had no disagreement with the board and there were "no other matters relating to his resignation that are required to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the company".

There was no mention of Yeung's son, Ryan, whom he appointed to the board of directors as an 18-year-old in 2011.

Hongkongers Cheung Shing and Ma Shui-cheong, both executive directors, were appointed as chairman and vice chairman yesterday.

In 2009, when Yeung took over City for HK$731 million, he made lavish promises of huge spending on player transfers.

But in 2011, the club was relegated from the Premier League, and Yeung was arrested in June of that year.

Yeung's assets were frozen and he was ordered to give up his house on Barker Road on The Peak after allegedly defaulting on the mortgage. He was also barred from leaving Hong Kong.

The District Court hearings ended on December 12. The verdict is due on February 28.


Thursday 6 February 2014

1331 HKSAR Name of the Day

Nestor Wong Wai-chung, 19-year-old nursing student at the University of Hong Kong (who holds the Hong Kong’s junior half-marathon record of 1:12.15 set in December 2013)

Nestor Wong. Pic SCMP.
The meaning of Nestor is "traveller"

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Name Category: Rare

Tuesday 4 February 2014

1330 HKSAR Name of the Day

Tammy Tam Wai-yee, deputy vice-president, news and public affairs, Asia Television (ATV) who resigned with her immediate boss senior deputy vice-president in September 2011 over an incorrect report on the death of former president Jiang Zemin published in The Standard

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Name Category: Rare

Sunday 2 February 2014

1329 HKSAR Name of the Day

Aneka Wong So Fan, Senior Inspector Police Tactical Unit, Hong Kong

Contributors to Operation Santa Claus Gathered for a Celebration at The Grand Hyatt Hotel in January 2014 (2nd Left: Aneka Wong So Fan). Pic Edward Wong


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Name Category: Creation; Deletion