Gan

3 Aug 2012

The Chinese opera troupe performs: The Story of the Wooden Hairpin (left), Aug 3; various opera excerpts, Aug 4; and The Injustice Done to Dou E, Aug 5. In traditional stage language of central...

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Tourism officials forced to pull racy ad from buses

11 Jul 2012

Tourism officials in Lichuan, Hubei, pulled a controversial advertisement from 21 buses in neighbouring Chongqing yesterday after its racy play on words generated heated debate.

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Balm merchant guilty of indecent assault on cabbies bows in apology

21 Apr 2008

Businessman and pop singer Stephen Gan Fock-wai bowed and offered a public apology yesterday after being found guilty last week of molesting two male taxi drivers.

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Guilty on 2 counts of assault

19 Apr 2008

Prince of White Flower Oil, Stephen Gan, molested two taxi drivers

The chief executive of analgesic-balm maker Pak Fah Yeow International was yesterday convicted of molesting two...

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Friends extol good works and character

19 Apr 2008

Stephen Gan Fock-wai, widely known as the Prince of White Flower Oil, an analgesic balm his company sells, is a man of charity, compassion and honesty, according to letters of mitigation read in...

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Surprise witnesses give Stephen Gan alibi for night cabbie claims he was assaulted

12 Apr 2008

The man widely known as the Prince of White Flower Oil was partying at a wedding in Wan Chai on the night he was accused of molesting a taxi driver four years ago, the bride told a court yesterday...

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Leap of faith

Mainland cinema is never short of stories about the poor.

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Plan to ship old teahouse to Sweden may be scrapped

Public and government pressure may have scuttled a Swedish businessman's plans to dismantle a 200-year-old Anhui teahouse and ship it to Sweden to promote tea products.

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Taipei outlines threat posed by mainland missiles

Satellite photo of command centre in Jiangxi shown for first time

Taiwan's military yesterday highlighted the threat to the island posed by mainland missiles as Beijing insisted that...

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Lai See

BANK TONIC

The press conference by banking regulator Liu Mingkang in Beijing yesterday was remarkable for more than its pronouncements about banking policy.

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20,000 farmers riot over taxes

More than 20,000 farmers have clashed with paramilitary police in Jiangxi province, ransacking buildings and destroying schools and homes, witnesses said yesterday.

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20,000 farmers riot over taxes

More than 20,000 farmers have clashed with paramilitary police in Jiangxi province, ransacking buildings and destroying schools and homes, witnesses said yesterday.

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