Issue: August 12, 2008   (Archive)
Friday, May 24, 2013   




Kitchen too hot for media aide
The chief executive's top media aide, June Teng Wai-kwan, has resigned because of ill health.

Milky way to safer sales
The milk-export restrictions have become an important local social concern, and related businesses want to see the measures lifted sooner rather than later.

Honesty takes off in face of arrogance
A mainland police officer recently tried to delay a passenger aircraft that was all set for takeoff at Guiyang city in Guizhou so her boss could get off and buy duty-free cigarettes he forgot before boarding.

Towering dilemma for university
The plan by Chinese University New Asia College to build new student residences has stirred up controversy.

Long way to go for cruise hub
Passing by the old Kai Tak airport runway on my way home after work over the past two years, I always saw construction work going on at the brightly lit new cruise terminal site.

To err is human; to forgive, divine
Earlier this month, I attended a ceremony, which my friends suggested, was politically incorrect.

Predators fishing in muddy waters
Carson Block, founder of US-based short seller Muddy Waters Research, issued a negative report on Standard Chartered Bank (2888), citing "deteriorating" loan quality.

Warcraft seduces stressed-out guys suffering sexual imbalance
Asia will one day be filled with "millions of men desperate for women," Chinese government researchers warn.



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