Wency Ho Wan Sze, doctor, Hong Kong
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Planning for retirement
20 hours ago
Friday, 30 April 2010
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
0458 HKSAR Name of the Day
Corasina Leung Yuk Man, surveyor (Since 1996), Hong Kong
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Tuesday, 27 April 2010
0457 HKSAR Name of the Day
Conway Lee Kong Wai, accountant, Hong Kong
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Name Category: Rare; Phonetic-based
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Name Category: Rare; Phonetic-based
Monday, 26 April 2010
0456 HKSAR Name of the Day
Lavina YC Tam, office assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (see 0430 HKSAR Name of the Day)
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Name Category: Rare; Somewhat common in Hong Kong
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Sunday, 25 April 2010
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Jacol Lam, Sha Tin, Hong Kong (letters to the editor, SCMP, 6 May 2009)
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Saturday, 24 April 2010
0454 HKSAR Name of the Day
Lucida Ng, North Point, Hong Kong (letters to the editor, SCMP, 13 Apr 2009)
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Women Behaving Badly
Iran is prone of having earthquakes, and apparently Iranian (or should that be Muslim?) women behaving badly are the cause. A cleric espoused this nonsense, claiming:
An Iranian Woman apparently behaving badly ... pull down those turn-ups and cover up the hands and face!! [from Guardian courtesy of Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images]
Aside from the fact that this claim is total nonsense, it would seem pretty futile to respond to the cleric with reasonable follow-up questions like:
What about the recent earthquakes in China and Chile?
Have geologists in Iran or the Middle East heard of such a theory? If so, they must be pretty busy applying for academic grants to fund their research. Perhaps they can research the earthquake-soothing effects of Muslim women wearing one-eyed burqas too (as posted by China Droll)?
"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes."
An Iranian Woman apparently behaving badly ... pull down those turn-ups and cover up the hands and face!! [from Guardian courtesy of Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images]Aside from the fact that this claim is total nonsense, it would seem pretty futile to respond to the cleric with reasonable follow-up questions like:
What about the recent earthquakes in China and Chile?
Have geologists in Iran or the Middle East heard of such a theory? If so, they must be pretty busy applying for academic grants to fund their research. Perhaps they can research the earthquake-soothing effects of Muslim women wearing one-eyed burqas too (as posted by China Droll)?
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