Thursday 30 November 2017

2026 Novel Name of the Day

Aarif Lee, actor and Cantopop singer (of Malay-Arab-Chinese ancestry), Hong Kong 


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Name Category: Creation; Substitution

Tuesday 28 November 2017

2025 Novel Name of the Day

Wellington Fung, secretary general, Hong Kong Film Development Council, Hong Kong 

see 1058 and 1192 Novel Names of the Day 


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Name Category: Geography-based; Rare

Sunday 26 November 2017

2024 Novel Name of the Day

Ayesha M Lau (Mrs), council member, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Of Persian origin, and the meaning of Ayesha is "small one".


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Name Category: Rare

Friday 24 November 2017

Know What You Are Protecting

The Hong Kong Cancer Fund has a fantastic health advertisement advising men to protect their balls, er, crown jewels, er, assets. It's clever and, er, cocky. Ballsy, even!


However, it seems one of the men doesn't know his asset from his elbow, perhaps because he has never played football before. Who puts their hands there (look at the big red arrow in the above picture; man far right) when a football is being blasted straight towards you?

Good message though! Real Men Protect Their Assets

Here's the sequence of events as shown in the video: Hong Kong Cancer Fund x The Wynners: "Be on guard against prostate cancer!"


















2023 Novel Name of the Day

Mimi Li Shuk-ping, consultant dietitian at Children 818, Hong Kong

see 0852 Novel Name of the Day

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Wednesday 22 November 2017

2022 Novel Name of the Day

Bart Cheng, key account manager with Hutchison Hain Organic (HHO), a Hong Kong-based distributor of natural and organic products

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Monday 20 November 2017

2021 Novel Name of the Day

Rabeea Yeung, TV presenter, Dolce Vita, TVB, Hong Kong

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Saturday 18 November 2017

2020 Novel Name of the Day

Yannis Mak Ka-yan, Tai Wai, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 19 Nov 2012)

see 2012 Novel Name of the Day

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Thursday 16 November 2017

2019 Novel Name of the Day

Charling Wong Hei-lam, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 16 Nov 2012)

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Tuesday 14 November 2017

Sunday 12 November 2017

2017 Novel Name of the Day

Yuffy Wong, Aberdeen, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 12 Nov 2012)

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Friday 10 November 2017

2016 Novel Name of the Day

Lucetta Kam Yip-lo, assistant professor of Humanities at Hong Kong Baptist University and author of Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi communities and Politics in Urban China 


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Wednesday 8 November 2017

2015 Novel Name of the Day

Carlie Chan Ka-lai, Kowloon City, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 7 Nov 2012)

Carlie is a female name is of Old German and Latin origin, and the meaning of Carlie is "free man".

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Name Category: Phonetic-based? Rare

Monday 6 November 2017

2014 Novel Name of the Day

Berlin Chu Chim-ying, Sha Tin, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 6 Nov 2012) 

Of German origin, and the meaning of Berlin is "borderline".

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Saturday 4 November 2017

2013 Novel Name of the Day

Nallie Fong Wong Kut-man (Mrs), chairwoman, Promotion of Young Artists Foundation (www.poyaf.org.hk), Hong Kong

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Thursday 2 November 2017

2012 Novel Name of the Day

Yannis Mak, Tai Wai, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 1 Nov 2012) used the term "glass cancer" for the problem of falling and breaking windows affecting some high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong

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