Keilem Ng (Ms), 31, a volunteer from green group Eco Marine (helping with plastic pellets dumped onto Hong Kong beaches)
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Planning for retirement
20 hours ago
Saturday, 14 February 2015
Thursday, 12 February 2015
1516 HKSAR Name of the Day
Cado Lee, 20-year-old scrumhalf (May 2012), Hong Kong Rugby Football Union.
Scrumhalf Cado Lee and winger Salom Yiu Kam-shing, together with substitute prop Alex Ng Wai-shing, will present the local face of rugby as Mong Kok Stadium hosts an international for the first time in 13 years (26 May 2012)
Scrumhalf Cado Lee and winger Salom Yiu Kam-shing, together with substitute prop Alex Ng Wai-shing, will present the local face of rugby as Mong Kok Stadium hosts an international for the first time in 13 years (26 May 2012)
Cado Lee
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Name Category: Creation
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
1515 HKSAR Name of the Day
Pedith Chan, assistant professor of cultural and heritage management, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Insertion
Sunday, 8 February 2015
1514 HKSAR Name of the Day
Ricci Chang Lik-chee (Mr), director, Mind Pro Psychological Medicine Centre, Hong Kong
see News article
see News article
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Name Category: Rare; Phonetic-based
Saturday, 7 February 2015
Climate Sceptic Wyss Yim
Good letter from Professor Johnny Chan ... putting Professor Wyss Yim in his place
Professor Wyss Yim's letter published on January 29 ("Hottest year? Not in Hong Kong") argued that urbanisation is the culprit of all the warming that is observed, and that the global temperature actually decreased during the period from 1998 to 2014.
This is typical of climate sceptics who often cherry-pick data to argue that the globe is not warming.
If urbanisation were the only reason for the observed warming, why has the Arctic sea ice shrunk by about a third since 1980? Why have significant amounts of ice melted in many of the glaciers? Why has the ocean temperature continued to increase? In these places, very few people live, and surely no urbanisation exists.
Yes, urbanisation enhances warming in the cities but the increase in temperature is global and not confined to the cities. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, the weather authority within the United Nations, the average temperature over land and ocean in 2014 was 0.57 degrees Celsius above the 1961-1990 average.
Note that the average over land includes all temperature records and not only those in the cities. Just because the temperature in Hong Kong is not the hottest does not imply global warming is not occurring!
As to the "pause" in the warming, the climate system is very complex and the global temperature will always be affected by many factors that occur on relatively short time scales.
Yes, there was short-term downward trend in temperature during the period from 1998 to 2013, but this also happened in the 1970s. And, yet, after the brief downturn, the temperature rose again.
What we are talking about here is a long-term trend and not a short-term one. While there might be periods during which the global temperature decreases, it is still increasing if you examine the record for a longer period of time.
I think the climate sceptics should not cherry-pick data to argue that human-induced global warming is not occurring. There is overwhelming evidence that their argument is invalid.
If we continue to say that human activity has nothing to do with the observed increase in temperature, and therefore nothing needs to be done to reduce our greenhouse emissions, our earth as we know it will be doomed.
Of course, most of us reading this letter will be dead by the time this happens, but is it fair to do this to our future generations?
Johnny Chan, dean and chair professor of atmospheric science, City University of Hong Kong
Global warming sceptics must stop cherry-picking data
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 04 February, 2015, 5:04pm
Urbanisation enhances warming in the cities but the increase in temperature is global and not confined to the cities. Photo: TNS
Professor Wyss Yim's letter published on January 29 ("Hottest year? Not in Hong Kong") argued that urbanisation is the culprit of all the warming that is observed, and that the global temperature actually decreased during the period from 1998 to 2014.
This is typical of climate sceptics who often cherry-pick data to argue that the globe is not warming.
If urbanisation were the only reason for the observed warming, why has the Arctic sea ice shrunk by about a third since 1980? Why have significant amounts of ice melted in many of the glaciers? Why has the ocean temperature continued to increase? In these places, very few people live, and surely no urbanisation exists.
Yes, urbanisation enhances warming in the cities but the increase in temperature is global and not confined to the cities. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, the weather authority within the United Nations, the average temperature over land and ocean in 2014 was 0.57 degrees Celsius above the 1961-1990 average.
Note that the average over land includes all temperature records and not only those in the cities. Just because the temperature in Hong Kong is not the hottest does not imply global warming is not occurring!
As to the "pause" in the warming, the climate system is very complex and the global temperature will always be affected by many factors that occur on relatively short time scales.
Yes, there was short-term downward trend in temperature during the period from 1998 to 2013, but this also happened in the 1970s. And, yet, after the brief downturn, the temperature rose again.
What we are talking about here is a long-term trend and not a short-term one. While there might be periods during which the global temperature decreases, it is still increasing if you examine the record for a longer period of time.
I think the climate sceptics should not cherry-pick data to argue that human-induced global warming is not occurring. There is overwhelming evidence that their argument is invalid.
If we continue to say that human activity has nothing to do with the observed increase in temperature, and therefore nothing needs to be done to reduce our greenhouse emissions, our earth as we know it will be doomed.
Of course, most of us reading this letter will be dead by the time this happens, but is it fair to do this to our future generations?
Johnny Chan, dean and chair professor of atmospheric science, City University of Hong Kong
This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as Global warming sceptics should stop cherry-picking data
Friday, 6 February 2015
1513 HKSAR Name of the Day
Johnson Yeung Ching-yin, president (2012), Students' Union, Chinese University of Hong Kong
see News article
see News article
see other Johnson names at 1324, 1241, 0986, 0535, 0486 and 0313
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Name Category: Rare; Son-suffix; somewhat common in Hong Kong
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
1512 HKSAR Name of the Day
Ban Chung Wing-sze (Miss), who works in publishing and has been inspired by the efforts of Benson Tsang
the meaning of Ban is "field of beans"
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Name Category: Creation for females; Rare for males
Monday, 2 February 2015
1511 HKSAR Name of the Day
Nise Sou Lai-sim (Miss), who does community development work in a church and has been inspired by the efforts of Benson Tsang
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Name Category: Creation
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