Opinion | It's time for calendar makers to bring themselves up to date

I have just finished doing something politically correct, albeit not very environmentally friendly. What is worse, I find myself doing the same thing every year at this time.

I throw away all the calendars I receive that purport to show the week starting on a Sunday. I retain only the one that - correctly - shows each week begins on a Monday.

There, I've said it out loud.

How can I be sure that this meticulous approach is justified? Simple, there are three impeccable authorities on the subject that I know of, and possibly many more.

The first is the Chinese language. Monday, translated roughly, is "first day of the week". Tuesday is "second day of the week", and so on. No ifs or buts, no caveats; Chinese tells it like it is. Since we live in a mainly Chinese community, many would say that was enough. But there is more.

The Bible - and many Hongkongers consider themselves Christian whether or not they attend church regularly - is absolutely clear on the subject. God created the world and all the things in it during the first six days "and on the seventh day, He rested".