Issue: July 09, 2012 (Archive)

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This isn't a fishy tale: mermaids are really pearl divers from Asia
Mermaids really exist. I'll reveal all. But first, a memory: 12 years ago I took my adopted daughter, aged one, to the swimming pool. I was barely into the second minute of my fascinating introductory lecture when she got bored, jumped in the pool and started swimming widths.

Doubts raised on impact of ETFs
The central government has approved the mutual listing of exchange-traded funds on the mainland and Hong Kong markets to strengthen financial cooperation with the SAR.

What you say to your laptop may come back to haunt you
Shhhh! Be careful what you say - your gadgets are listening. Many now have built-in voice recognition.

Red card fears for TV football
Euro 2012 is over, and football fans may finally take a short break before the UEFA Champions League starts again.

Ambush took toll on support for leftists
The deaths of five police officers on July 8,1967, had a profound effect on morale in the Bay View police division where I was stationed. The news that they were killed in an ambush by mainland militia near the Sha Tau Kok police post only reached us the next day via the media.

Tycoon caps it all with gong
Among those from the business sector who received the Grand Bauhinia Medal this year was KWah Group chairman Lui Che-woo.

French fries are a killer if you truly want to hurt someone
In a global outbreak of violence, evil criminals are assaulting innocent civilians with deadly weapons such as French fries.

Leung makes news with five tips
Veteran journalist Ching Cheong, a former senior executive at Wen Wei Po, disclosed he has known Leung Chun-ying for a long time.

When bullets of death flew at border
Last month, I was part of a group to pay a visit to Sha Tau Kok. We wanted to revive our memories of the 1967 riot, and look back at the events that led to the lease of the New Territories to Britain for 99 years from 1898.

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