Zimmerman receives an offer he can refuse
We hear that no sooner had Southern district councillor Paul Zimmerman quit the Civic Party than he received a number of offers of support from political parties. Zimmerman left the Civic Party recently after it declined to put him forward as a candidate for one of the new superseats that come into effect at the upcoming September Legco elections. He contemplated participating in the election as an independent but struggled for support as he started late. Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee was apparently quite positive, although her offer of support was not made directly but through the press. But the prospect of Ip being able to say 'Paul is my man' apparently deterred him. Others rang up with offers of support. But the quid pro quo was for him to diss the Civic Party, something he was not prepared to do. So, for the moment he's going to be supporting pan-democratic candidates in an effort to help them secure the necessary one-third of the seats in the 70-member Legco, ensuring that they can block changes to the Basic Law.
Discovery goes digital
Cathay Pacific's inflight magazine Discovery has entered the digital age. It was launched last week as a digital magazine, an iPad app and is available on the web. 'The launch allows the airline to create and distribute engaging digital content across multiple platforms integrated around the Discovery brand,' the airline said in a statement. We wonder how much longer the print version will be available.
Record-breaking shopping mall
Those of you not into Olympic-type events but with an interest in world records of a different kind may be interested in the fun and games that Cityplaza has organised for this month. In rather purplish prose, a press release informs us that in the interests of 'further enhancing shopper non-stop summer enchantment', Cityplaza is delighted to announce the 'keenly anticipated' return of its 'hugely popular' 'Astonishing Guinness World Record Holders'. The records they will be seeking to break are in events such as yo-yoing, breakdancing, unicycling and magic skills. Hong Kong's very own star illusionist, for example, will be trying to break the Guinness World Record for 'most costume change illusions in one minute'. Sweden's Peter Rosendahl will manoeuvre a microscopic one-wheeled bike with a wheel diameter of 13mm smaller than a 10-cent coin. These and other hard-to-resist worthy endeavours will take place at Cityplaza over three weekends starting this coming one.