Issue: December 19, 2007   (Archive)
Thursday, June 20, 2013   



Peacock raises flutter levels
Lamma residents are watching out for a peacock flying over the island as it has come under the radar of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

Call of the wild in a Singapore flat
A mini zoo of 32 wild creatures has been found in a Singapore public housing flat, where residents are not supposed to keep anything other than approved pets like non-endangered birds, aquarium fish and one small dog per household.

TV anchor sinks official's career
Extramarital affairs may be fashionable, but as one mainland official recently found out they can drastically affect a career path.

Hey, Daddy's boy, just get a job
Now Junior, listen up. You're going to have to get your nose from out under your computer games or internet chat room and start earning your own keep.

Tale of two worlds in Murdoch split
Wendi Deng Murdoch has become an internet sensation in her native China, where it's socially acceptable for women to marry someone even if they're old, fat, ugly, or all of the above, as long as they're super wealthy.

Belt-tightening hits where it hurts
Second-rate sake and substandard snacks, that too on the Emperor's birthday.

Frederick Ma is now at the station
Looks like former secretary for commerce and economic development Frederick Ma Si-hang, pictured, is to become chairman of the MTR Corp.

Heavy Snowdenfall continues
Eavesdroppers repeatedly hacked phones and e-mail services when Britain hosted international meetings, The Guardian claims. They even set up a bugged internet cafe to gain an edge in negotiations during a G20 event.

Nina 'romantic tryst' caught on film
The forgery trial of the former Tony Chan Chun-chuen, pictured far right leaving court yesterday, got a glimpse of his purported romance with late Chinachem billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum - via video footage of the pair cavorting in Sai Kung.



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