Friday 29 April 2016

1737 HKSAR Name of the Day

Carman Liang Shuk-ching (Ms), 46, former supervisor of the Pegasus Philip Wong Kin Hang Christian School in Kwun Tong (on trial in 2012 for fraud charges in cheating parents into lending money to secure places for their children between April and June 2007)

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Wednesday 27 April 2016

1736 HKSAR Name of the Day

Josiah Lam Wai-kuen, principal magistrate, Fan Ling Magistrates' Court, Hong Kong  (see news article)

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Monday 25 April 2016

Saturday 23 April 2016

1734 HKSAR Name of the Day

Sonny Lo, professor, department of social sciences, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

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Thursday 21 April 2016

Tuesday 19 April 2016

1732 HKSAR Name of the Day

Johnson Yeung Ching-yin, president of Chinese University's student union (2012), Hong Kong
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Sunday 17 April 2016

1731 HKSAR Name of the Day

Kamy Yeung, 26, teacher, who fosters several animals in her Kwun Tong flat and brought to attention that the SPCA should not consider themselves a non-kill organisation since even though it claims to have a no-kill policy for healthy animals, those it cannot keep are sent to the Agriculture Department, where they are euthanised if not removed by any of the 11 authorised animal groups in four days (8 April 2012)

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Saturday 16 April 2016

Wondering About Wonder Woman

The new Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) in 2016 looks angry and mean.  Would Megan Boone have been a better "successor" to Lynda Carter (who played WW from 1975-1979)?

Lynda Carter, Wonder Woman (Pic reference here)

Gal Gadot, new Wonder Woman (Pic reference here)

Megan Boone, a more suitable new Wonder Woman? (Pic reference here)


Having said that, in an interview Gal Gadot reveals perhaps why her version of Wonder Woman is angrier and meaner ... she is now "very experienced", especially about dealing with "Man".

“The Wonder Woman that you see in ‘Batman v Superman’ is a woman who has been around, and she’s very experienced. She understands a lot about man. Whereas in the standalone movie we are telling the grown-up story. Diana becoming Wonder Woman, and this was a story that was never told before. When she starts this journey, she’s very pure. She’s more naive, she’s this young idealist who does not really understand the complexities of life and the complexities of men.”

So that's the secret ... Lynda Carter played a "pure, naive, young idealistic Wonder Woman". Don't you just love the 70s!!!








Friday 15 April 2016

Wednesday 13 April 2016

Monday 11 April 2016

1728 HKSAR Name of the Day

Eudora Lee, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 5 April 2012) 

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Saturday 9 April 2016

1727 HKSAR Name of the Day

Lulu Chan Shu-lok, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 9 April 2012)

meaning of Lulu is "precious; pearl; calm, peaceful, protected". It is also a pet form of "Louise".

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Thursday 7 April 2016

Tuesday 5 April 2016

1725 HKSAR Name of the Day

Braundt Lau, Tai Po, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 6 April 2012) school student taking new Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams

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Sunday 3 April 2016

1724 HKSAR Name of the Day

Enoch Lam Tin-sing, Deputy Secretary for Development , Hong Kong

meaning of Enoch is "experienced, profound"

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Friday 1 April 2016

1723 HKSAR Name of the Day

Crusade Yau Siu-kei, senior police officer, Hong Kong (present at the Mongkok riots, CNY 2016)

No joke!

 Rioters Throwing Bricks. Pic Edward Kwong

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