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"Plus, Kim junior is fat, which is emphasised by the way the close-cropped part of his hair-do offsets his chubby jowls. The old guys are gaunt, particularly the shrouded Jang. Clearly, therefore, Little Big Kim is saying that Kim the Elder's days of lobster, cognac and outre hair are not over yet, for so long as he's around."
Is someone in the SCMP actually paying this guy to write this drivel?
"It has five LCD monitors - two of them on touchscreen iPads - a Mac Mini, three Apple keyboards, an iPod docking station and runs its own Wi-fi hotspot."
Touchscreen iPads? As opposed to the boring iPads that require a keyboard and mouse?
Contrary to what Annelise Connell claims (Talkback, July 20), I do not call it being anti-development to turn off lights if they are not being used. Further, turning lights off when leaving the flat, or moving to another room is about saving money, and li
A cross border common network would need to be censored to conform to China law. This would be unacceptable in Hong Kong.
I then had a little laugh while waiting for the Airport Express. There is a sign that says eating and drinking are not allowed in the "paid" areas.
Actually, "Paid Area" is a term of art, and means.... The usage in the noted fashion is entirely correct.
Frank Ching is wrong that "there is no Chinese (political) model for Hong Kong to copy" ("Democracy with Chinese characteristics", June 12).
There is a Chinese model for not only Hong Kong, but also China itself, as it modernises, to follow - Singapore's.
Mr Poeteray says the adopted girl was medically diagnosed in Hong Kong in 2004 with a severe fear of bonding. This is a recognised condition more commonly associated with children conditioned to life in an orphanage - unlike the girl in question.
But Mao dragged the talks back to the topic of Chinese women.
"Let them go to your place. They will create disasters. That way you can lessen our burdens," he said. "Do you want our Chinese women? We can give you 10 million."
Dr Kissinger noted that
“I think those fundamental … strengths of the US economy will continue going forward and I don’t think people should have any doubt about the continued fundamental strength of the American economy,” he added.
Echoing the words of Hoover just after the Ma
HK press drops to 'partly free' in report
Yvonne Tsui
May 03, 2009
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Erosion of press freedom last year in Hong Kong has reduced the city to a "partly free" status from its previous "free" category, according to a US pre
Why do so many people support software piracy? The answer is because pirated software is very cheap. I have a creative method to reduce software piracy - software companies can give some useful things to customers free, such as rice and shopping coupons.
It is important to note that the government's primary responsibility must be the social and economic development of the city. It is therefore understandable the government will not do anything to compromise the future of Hong Kong. Vindicating the June 4
Water main bursts in Wanchai
Staff reporter
1:41pm, May 22, 2009
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All lanes at Harbour Road, Central, near Fleming Road, were closed to traffic after a water main there burst, a spokesman for the Transport Department sa
Cold weather warning issued by observatory
Regina Leung
5:39pm, Jun 01, 2010
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The Hong Kong Observatory issued a cold weather warning at 4.20pm on Wednesday and warned that temperatures would drop further
There's no need to queue overnight for the latest iPhone - if you can afford the HK$14,800 price tag on parallel-import 32GB iPhone 4s that went on sale in Mong Kok yesterday.
That's a month before the local launch, and the price (for an unlocked phone f
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