Jammy Lau Shu Ting (Miss), student, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Tickets for scary Halloween exhibition!
1 week ago
Friday, 5 June 2009
Thursday, 4 June 2009
0130 HKSAR Name of the Day
Armond Chan Yiu-kwok, Commercial Crime Bureau senior superintendent, Hong Kong
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Alfresco Dining in Public Spaces To Be Axed. A Lone Dissenting Voice?
In just one week since the Central and Western District Council decided to ban all restaurants from using or renting public spaces, there have been 12 (yes, twelve) letters in the SCMP condemning the “ridiculous” decision. I won’t post all 12 letters on this blog (unless there are requests to do so).
However I will post 1 other letter (see below), this time a dissenting voice that appears positively overjoyed by the District Council’s ban. This letter writer is a well known local activist (e.g. campaigns for tough anti-smoking laws, tackling noise pollution on public transport, and preserving the city's shorelines). She may have a point, but first where is the evidence to support her "conspiratorial" views?
Reference (SCMP)
Should rules on open space be more flexible?
Jun 03, 2009
I applaud Central and Western District Council for shutting down the polluting, smoking, outdoor dining venues on public open space, the same way they had the courage to do for all public parks in their district ("Alfresco dining in public spaces across Central and Western off the menu from July", May 21).
In Stanley, where alfresco is synonymous with "polluted by tobacco smoke", I routinely see men laughing while holding their lit, smoking cigars right next to the faces of little children who are walking by. It is perverse.
The restaurant lobby does not want "vibrancy".
It wants, triad-like, to take control of our public property, sell liquor to smokers and the public be damned.
Annelise Connell, Stanley
However I will post 1 other letter (see below), this time a dissenting voice that appears positively overjoyed by the District Council’s ban. This letter writer is a well known local activist (e.g. campaigns for tough anti-smoking laws, tackling noise pollution on public transport, and preserving the city's shorelines). She may have a point, but first where is the evidence to support her "conspiratorial" views?
Reference (SCMP)
Should rules on open space be more flexible?
Jun 03, 2009
I applaud Central and Western District Council for shutting down the polluting, smoking, outdoor dining venues on public open space, the same way they had the courage to do for all public parks in their district ("Alfresco dining in public spaces across Central and Western off the menu from July", May 21).
In Stanley, where alfresco is synonymous with "polluted by tobacco smoke", I routinely see men laughing while holding their lit, smoking cigars right next to the faces of little children who are walking by. It is perverse.
The restaurant lobby does not want "vibrancy".
It wants, triad-like, to take control of our public property, sell liquor to smokers and the public be damned.
Annelise Connell, Stanley
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
0129 HKSAR Name of the Day
Baby Bo Pui-yu, singer, TV presenter and actress, Hong Kong
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Tuesday, 2 June 2009
0128 HKSAR Name of the Day
Henfrey Tin Sau-kwong, former Customs and excise officer involved with Triads, Hong Kong
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Monday, 1 June 2009
0127 HKSAR Name of the Day
Pindar Wong Pin-dar, chairman of the Island School council, English Schools Foundation, Hong Kong
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Tsing Tao Beer Spans the Galaxy
On keeping with the Star Trek theme (that occasionally pops up on this blog), here's some Star Trivia about Star Trek and Chinese influences.
Apparently, Tsing Tao beer left a memorable impression on Gene Roddenberry, and on others who worked with him, as evidenced by these screen shots of a Star Trek: The Original Series episode called: "And the Children Shall Lead".
Check out the Asian kid (1st on right). In this story, his dad has been buried along with the other adult colonists. I may be mistaken, but I believe the Asian kid's family name is "Tao".
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Apparently, Tsing Tao beer left a memorable impression on Gene Roddenberry, and on others who worked with him, as evidenced by these screen shots of a Star Trek: The Original Series episode called: "And the Children Shall Lead".
Check out the Asian kid (1st on right). In this story, his dad has been buried along with the other adult colonists. I may be mistaken, but I believe the Asian kid's family name is "Tao".
Related Posts:
Captain, There Be Whales Here!
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