Taoism

14 Apr 2013

The principal philosophy and religious traditions of Taoism, which incorporate elements of Buddhism, were established in China about 2,400 years ago. Yet even today, the lives of Taoists may still...

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What's being said on facebook.com/southchinamorningpost

20 Feb 2013

On a hotline to help Hong Kong mothers get baby formula receiving over 5,000 calls ...

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It's time for Hong Kong to make its own luck

18 Feb 2013

No matter how one spins these fortune sticks at the Che Kung Temple, as Heung Yee Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat tried to, this is one of those "rituals" we need to let go of.

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Taoist omen warns Hongkongers to beware of 'wicked people'

12 Feb 2013

A stick bearing the number 95 was drawn by Heung Yee Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat at Sha Tin's Che Kung Temple in the annual ritual. The prediction for stick 95 says: "In a splendid carriage you...

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Taoist hall asks court to declare it religious, to house human ashes

9 Dec 2012

A Taoist hall asked a court to declare it a religious institute, so it could serve as a repository for human ashes.

3:59AM

Eight Immortals' Adventures Prequel

28 Jul 2012

10:26PM

Opinion

Howard Winn

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

Daring to keep it real in PR

Contrary to what some might think about public relations (PR) executives, Clara Shek has never been one to sugarcoat or gloss over things. Instead, she advocates a policy of candour and...

7:27PM

We should strive to be ourselves

Recently, I read a book about the need to be yourself. Yet I have to admit I don't find it easy.

We also behave differently towards different people.

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Week ahead

Today

Spellubary

1:09PM

Plagiarism claims hound 'running dogs' professor

Peking University professor Kong Qingdong, who hit the headlines recently for calling Hongkongers 'running dogs', has been accused by a scholar of plagiarising a book he wrote 17 years ago.

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8:59AM

Mainlanders do have a moral compass

That hundreds of people rioted in Xian at the weekend over the death of a child provides a bleak sense of hope. Unbearably sad as reports of 10-year-old Xu Yueqi's death in a traffic accident...

2:41AM

Old answers for new ills

Dressed in their traditional dark-blue robes and square caps, hundreds of Taoist priests recently walked through the streets of Hengyang , Hunan province.

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