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1. Comment - Blogs

   Milk powder curbs may be the epitome of cognitive dissonance

   Posted Mar 10th 2013, 06:06pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... on Macau and Hong Kong “Hong Kong is now jailing China’s baby formula smugglers” a headline reads for Vice magazine’s Motherboard tech website. The Asia Sentinel writes : “Hong Kong’s baby formula brouhaha”. From the way it looks, Hong Kong is taking extreme measures on something as mundane as baby formula. Just think how that sounds: criminal does hard time for smuggling milk powder. In fact, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1187652/milk-powder-curbs-may-be-epitome-cognitive-dissonance
2. Comment - Blogs

   Love thy neighbour? Hong Kong ranks low on racial tolerance

   Posted May 16th 2013, 04:04pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... The Washington Post bases its article and map, was mistranslated. In fact, Hong Kong may be one of the most racially tolerant places because of inverted results. The Reddit user writes: The correct result should be: In Hong Kong 78.1% found it acceptable to have different race neighbours, while less than 20% found it acceptable to have drunks, emotionally unstable and drug addicts ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1238963/love-thy-neighbour-hong-kong-ranks-low-racial-tolerance
3. Decline in new flats expected to continue

   Posted Mar 08th 2007, 12:00am by Dennis Eng

   ... Deputy Commissioner Deputy Commissioner Deputy Commissioner Business Dennis Eng Dennis Eng Newly completed office space is seen rising to nine-year highs by next year The number of flats ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/584225/decline-new-flats-expected-continue
4. Comment - Blogs

   Landmark ruling for transsexual echoes far and wide

   Posted May 13th 2013, 08:53pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... of the EU and Canada. The Wall Street Journal 's China Realtime Report  also quoted a gay rights advocate, who said: “It’s quite absurd that Hong Kong has maintained an obsolete position for so long,” said Law Yuk-kai, who heads the Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor. The story also appeared in Spanish on the news site Emol in Santiago, Chile, and on Panorama in Venezuela. Reaction ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1236966/landmark-ruling-transsexual-echoes-far-and-wide
5. Comment - Blogs

   Diaoyus dispute encapsulates the Hong Kong identity crisis

   Posted May 05th 2013, 07:48pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... for Defending the Diaoyu Islands, who last year sailed from Hong Kong to plant a Chinese national flag on isles also claimed by Japan. According to the article, the Diaoyu/Senkaku island dispute ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1230746/diaoyus-dispute-encapsulates-hong-kong-identity-crisis
6. Comment - Blogs

   Milk powder beats out heroin in smuggling arrests - huh?

   Posted Apr 29th 2013, 11:33am by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... Comment Blogs Milk powder Baby formula Heroin Hong Kong customs Eldes Tran eldes.tran@scmp.com Bloomberg takes an odd angle on milk-powder smuggling in Hong Kong. " Milk smugglers top heroin courier arrests in Hong Kong " But isn’t that comparing apples with oranges? Clamping down on an illegal addictive substance requires a different operation than enforcing limits ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1225850/milk-powder-beats-out-heroin-smuggling-arrests-huh
7. Property scheme fails to meet wish list of developers

   Posted Mar 09th 2006, 12:00am by Dennis Eng

   ... Deputy Secretary Business Dennis Eng Deputy Secretary Dennis Eng The government is hoping to instigate much-needed urban redevelopment with a proposal to make it easier for property ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/539681/property-scheme-fails-meet-wish-list-developers
8. News - Hong Kong - ARTS

   'Friendly' Rubber Duck makes a splash in Hong Kong

   Posted Apr 25th 2013, 09:50am by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... installation has made it to Hong Kong's waters after waddling around the world, in Sydney, Auckland, Osaka, Sao Paulo, Hasselt and other places. The 16.5-metre-high Rubber Duck will be bobbing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1222646/friendly-rubber-duck-makes-splash-hong-kong
9. Comment - Blogs

   The American doctor is in, to do a bird flu check-up

   Posted Apr 21st 2013, 09:11pm by Hong Kong Around the World

   ... Comment Blogs H7N9 avian flu Bird Flu HKEye Smog Eldes Tran eldes.tran@scmp.com Hong Kong is paid a visit by Dr Richard Besser, ABC News’ chief health and medical editor in the US. Other stories: Spotify, iPhone 5, smog and ArtWalk As the avian flu outbreak spread on mainland China last week, Hong Kong was paid a visit by Dr Richard Besser, ABC News’ chief health and medical editor ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1220072/american-doctor-do-bird-flu-check
10. Comment - Blogs

    Nothing but sceptics on Occupy Central idea

    Posted Apr 15th 2013, 05:14pm by Hong Kong Around the World

    ... behind Occupy Central - Benny Tai Yiu-ting , Chu Yiu-ming , Chan Kin-man and others - a few non-Hong Kong media looked at the bigger picture. Plans for Occupy Central , a civil disobedience movement planned for July 2014 to advocate universal suffrage, have led Beijing supporters “to warn that civic disruption could harm Hong Kong’s status as a leading centre for business in Asia”, ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1215267/nothing-sceptics-occupy-central-idea

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