Hong Kong Around the World Comment, Blogs, News, Hong Kong
How Snowden has been good for Hong Kong

Before US whistle-blower Edward Snowden hightailed it from Chek Lap Kok, it was unclear whether his choice of temporary refuge would be good or bad for Hong Kong.
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Michael Cox Sport
Purton has put absolutely everything on the line ... but it’s unlikely to be enough

After putting everything into an exhausting and ultimately unsuccessful challenge to Douglas Whyte’s supremacy in 2009-10, legend has it that Brett Prebble simply said “never again.” Meaning,...
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Vicky Feng Comment, Blogs, News, China
Alumni sign petition against appointment of Zhejiang University head
24 Jun 2013

Many influential alumni of the prestigious Zhejiang University have come together in a rare protest to oppose the government appointment of a chemist who is widely speculated to become the...
3:38PM
Jason Y Ng Lifestyle, Travel, News, Hong Kong
Store review: Bookazine, Exchange Square
24 Jun 2013

Independent bookseller Bookazine was founded nearly 30 years ago by the late Mohan Mirchandani, an Indian immigrant who came to Hong Kong in the 1970s with nothing but moxie and a leap of faith....
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Doug Young Business, Companies
Jego suspension: China Mobile's latest mixed signal
24 Jun 2013

China Mobile's reversal on its new Jego service is its latest mixed signal on a key strategic issue, reflecting dysfunction within the company
11:42AM
Ernest Kao Comment, News
Hong Kong shocked and relieved at Snowden's departure to 'third country'
23 Jun 2013

Hongkongers expressed shock, awe and even a slight twinge of disappointment as they learned US whistle-blower Edward Snowden had left the city on Sunday morning on a flight bound for Moscow.
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9:31PM
Jason Y Ng Lifestyle, Travel, News, Hong Kong
Movie review: World War Z
22 Jun 2013

Zombie movies are an American creation. First appearing in the 1930s, they were believed to depict Nazism and the horror of wars.
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1:44PM
Anna Healy Fenton Business, Money, Wealth
HSBC to refund credit card cash withdrawal fees for UnionPay card users
22 Jun 2013

Cash advance fees
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1:47PM
Patrick Boehler News, China, Comment
China news round-up: Vietnam 'not a US chess piece', Cambodia plans Chinatowns
21 Jun 2013

Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang in China
Global Times
7:58AM
Anna Healy Fenton Business, Money, Wealth
Chinese buy Sunseeker - a smart move
21 Jun 2013

You’ve got to hand it to young Kim Jong-un, brazenly flaunting his new luxury yacht in North Korea. He’s got style for the tubby leader of a totalitarian state.
12:21AM
Amy Wu Lifestyle, Health
Breast cancer blog: Big Mac dreams
20 Jun 2013

Over the last weeks, my appetite has awakened slowly from its slumber. I am finding a seemingly happy medium between the old and new me.
4:24PM
Michael Cox Sport
Taken for granted – the 'supermen' risking life and limb
20 Jun 2013

Every now and then an incident like last night’s ugly five-horse fall at Happy Valley snaps us out of a slumber and reminds everyone what an incredibly dangerous and brutal sport horse racing is...
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