Prayer

Quotes of the week

1 Apr 2012

It is notable that Walter Kwok has not been arrested

Shareholder activist David Webb on the former SHKP scion

[It shows] how the government uses public security and...

Who said it?

29 Mar 2012

Without the rise of emerging markets and developing countries, there will be no universal prosperity in the world

President Hu Jintao

I was always showing friendly...

Police round up 27 Christians

23 May 2011

Beijing police yesterday rounded up 27 Christians who were trying to hold a Sunday service at a public plaza, in the seventh week of a crackdown against one of the mainland's most influential...

Fears of new crackdown as 160 Christians held

11 Apr 2011

More than 160 Christians were taken away by Beijing police yesterday as they tried to attend an outdoor service after being evicted from their usual place of worship, the church's pastor said, in...

Learn to accept things you don't like

24 Feb 2011

Sometimes, we have to accept things we don't like. At school, we have no choice. And when we grow up, not everyone is lucky enough to land their dream job. We soon realise that we can't have...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Public Eye

Come clean about why cultural head quit

Trouble brewing on Witch Mountain

Seoul may be one of Asia's most unrelentingly modern cities, but on the upper slopes of Mt Inwhang, the peak that looms over the heart of the city, Seol Young-mi is carrying out an eerie ancient...

Wisdom for a happy career

Shelley Lee Lai-kuen says her happy personality is inspired by two people - her school headmaster and a former boss.

PICK OF THE DAY

Salieri the Master and Mozart the Genius

Hong Kong's oldest choir, the HK Oratorio Society, sings music by the great masters, including Gloria from Mass in D major and Requiem. Today...

Job woes prompt prayers

Many people have considered seeking spiritual help because of the pressure of the recession, according to a survey released yesterday.

They include Catholics, Protestants, Buddhists...

Take wing - but first a prayer

Representatives of 14 religions are to attend the opening of one of the new airport's more unusual facilities - a prayer room.