Hardy KC Lok, chairman, Society for Protection of the Harbour (Jan 2014)
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Name Category: Rare
P.S. Happy Chinese New Year of the Horse
HALLOWEEN ART EXHIBITION!
3 days ago
Friday, 31 January 2014
1328 HKSAR Name of the Day
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Name Category: Rare
P.S. Happy Chinese New Year of the Horse
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
1327 HKSAR Name of the Day
Borromeo Li Ka-kit, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 30 Jan 2012)
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Name Category: Creation
Monday, 27 January 2014
1326 HKSAR Name of the Day
Yoyo Lau Wai-shan, Sha Tin, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 27 Jan 2012)
see 0323 HKSAR Name of the Day
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Name Category: Creation; somewhat common in Hong Kong
Saturday, 25 January 2014
1325 HKSAR Name of the Day
Leonica Kei, director and senior trichologist at the Philip Kingsley Trichological Centre, Singapore
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Name Category: Creation; Insertion
Thursday, 23 January 2014
1324 HKSAR Name of the Day
Johnson Hui Chung-shun, 2010 China National Water Ski Championships, Hong Kong who tragically died in a car crash in January 2012
The following are examples of poor and misleading headlines:
see Water-ski champ dies in horror crash (HKSAR Blog post)
see Netball Captain Dies After Choking
see Water-ski champ dies in horror crash (The Standard)
The following are examples of poor and misleading headlines:
see Water-ski champ dies in horror crash (HKSAR Blog post)
see Netball Captain Dies After Choking
see Water-ski champ dies in horror crash (The Standard)
About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare; Phonetic-based; Son-suffix
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
1323 HKSAR Name of the Day
Tunice Cheung Nga-wun, registered nutritionist, Hong Kong
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Name Category: Creation; Substitution
Sunday, 19 January 2014
1322 HKSAR Name of the Day
Rae Chan, Sha Tin, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 19 Jan 2012)
meaning "protecting hands"
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Name Category: Rare
Friday, 17 January 2014
1321 HKSAR Name of the Day
Valentine Yim, lawyer of 10-year-old Law Chi-yuen a mentally retarded boy who is taking the education chief to court, accusing the government of bias for excluding his school from the native English-speaking teacher (NET) scheme.
According to the SCMP on 5 January 2012, Yim argued that the "secretary for education breached the Disability Discrimination Ordinance because the NET scheme distinguished between students with intellectual and physical disabilities. Even if the policy was found not to be discriminatory, the education chief was still wrong in not exercising his discretion to consider the school's application."
Yim said: "The bureau has the power and discretion to depart from the NET policy, but it did not give thought to that and blindly followed the policy. Of course, if it exercised discretion and still came to the same decision with good reasons provided, that's fine. But it didn't even bother to exercise the discretion."
According to the SCMP on 5 January 2012, Yim argued that the "secretary for education breached the Disability Discrimination Ordinance because the NET scheme distinguished between students with intellectual and physical disabilities. Even if the policy was found not to be discriminatory, the education chief was still wrong in not exercising his discretion to consider the school's application."
Yim said: "The bureau has the power and discretion to depart from the NET policy, but it did not give thought to that and blindly followed the policy. Of course, if it exercised discretion and still came to the same decision with good reasons provided, that's fine. But it didn't even bother to exercise the discretion."
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Name Category: Rare
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