Detective

Falling in love? Call a private detective

5 Aug 2012

It's not uncommon for people to hire detectives to spy on a partner they suspect of cheating.

But a growing number of Hongkongers are hiring them to check on the man or woman of...

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3 Aug 2012

Solving mysteries as a private detective catches many people's fancy, as they imagine shrewdly gathering information and surreptitiously taking photos.

But the profession can also...

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It pays to think of yourself as a detective

15 Jul 2011

Andrew Wong On-yu literally had to fight for his internship at PricewaterhouseCoopers: He got the job after winning first runner-up in the Hong Kong competition and the China grand final of the...

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Film Socialism

19 Jun 2011

When news broke last year that Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialism would premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, much speculation ensued about what the Franco-Swiss cineaste would say about his film...

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Street-smart boy turns detective in a murder case

12 Jun 2011

Johnny Swanson
By Eleanor Updale
Published by David Fickling Books
ISBN 978 0385 61642 3

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The Detective 2

12 May 2011

Starring: Aaron Kwok Fu-shing, Liu Kai-chi, Patrick Tam Yiu-man, Gong Beibi
Director: Oxide Pang Chun
Category: IIB (Cantonese)

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Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

3:37AM

Magic Kaitou

Hide your jewels, precious artworks and antiques because the Phantom Thief - star of new anime, Magic Kaitou - may try and steal them.

6:46AM

Detective Conan: Full Score Of Fear (DVD)

Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear is by no means innovative or groundbreaking, but it triumphs by keeping faith with its entertaining plotline. It keeps audiences guessing what happens next...

6:37AM

Chit chat

Listen to these two conversations and then answer the questions.

Conversation 1

1 What is Betty's initial reaction to Kylie's first question?

a. interest...

9:26PM

What changed and why

A writer once explained that in his stories he got his characters up a tree, he threw stones at them, and then he got them down again. In other words, he gave his main character a problem, he made...

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letters

Spying will destroy trust in families

I recently read a South China Morning Post report that parents are hiring private detectives to spy on their children. I find this is alarming...

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Detective Story

by Imre Kertesz, translated by Tim Wilkinson

Harvill Secker, HK$168

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