Person Education

Now, China's central banker wields the power of the unspoken word

1 Aug 2005

China's central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan is a soft-spoken, scholarly bureaucrat who chooses his words and his occasions carefully.

But from now on, he will have to be even more...

7:52PM

Men behaving boldly

1 Aug 2005

ON THE FACE of it, Alex Zhang lives an enviable life. At 30, he holds a master's degree from Tsinghua University, earns a comfortable salary as an engineer with a major firm, and has bought a...

7:51PM

Failure a blessing

30 Jul 2005

GUSTAVO WONG CHUN-KIT, 22, was kicked out of school after he failed his Chinese exam in Form Six. But looking back, Mr Wong considers this a blessing. 'I never enjoyed studying the subjects in...

7:17PM

Mr Hong Kong reveals the secret of success

29 Jul 2005

'Everything that I do, I work hard for, therefore I have a lot of confidence,' Matthew Ko Kwan-yin, TVB's first Mr Hong Kong, tells CitySeen in explaining why he deserves the title.

6:59PM

Feuding BJP leaves opposition to the left

28 Jul 2005

The most intriguing aspect of the monsoon session of Parliament that got under way this week will not be the debates or the bills or the antics of MPs throwing tantrums.

It is who is...

6:47PM

What's On

27 Jul 2005

MAGIC, MUSIC AND PUPPETS

Celebrated Hong Kong magician and musician Harry Wong will present Made in Hong Kong with Harry Wong, a family entertainment combining music, puppetry and...

6:40PM

Opinion

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

Updated 2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

Updated 2:53AM

Lai See

Hang Seng depositors' rush to yuan turns into a comparative trickle

6:32PM

Appointments

Chen Xiaowei

General Manager of Multimedia

China.com

6:15PM

From triad to divinity student

Life was once an endless tunnel of despair for Matthew Lui Yu-chun, whose rocky path in life went from his parents' divorce to his dropping out of school and becoming a triad member.

6:01PM

A mother struggling to rein in rebellious children

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo likes to portray herself as the mother of the nation. So imagine for a moment that she is your mother.

5:44PM

Graduates kept on file to improve jobless rate

Universities in Guangdong are farming out jobless graduates to employment agencies to improve their graduate employment figures.

Students listed with employment agencies can be...

5:04PM

Appointments

Bernard Reilly

Head of business and operations in Hong Kong, the mainland, Taiwan and Korea

State Street Global Advisors