Tap

24 Nov 2009

The alarm clock goes off and I grab my shower gel and shampoo. I hop into the shower and turn on the tap. I'm on autopilot as warm water pours over me, waking me up.

5:48PM

Clean lines

23 Nov 2008

Given how much time is spent in them, it's surprising how neglected bathrooms are, design-wise. Most people are more concerned with their living spaces and bedrooms than with what goes on in the...

5:42AM

When it comes to liquid assets that cost the Earth, have you got the bottle to drink tap water?

17 Mar 2008

What's up with water? Some consumers are willing to pay up to US$100 for a litre of the stuff in a bottle, in the belief it is healthier than the water that flows freely from the tap.

10:41PM

Tap into hip hop

20 Aug 2006

Japanese dancer Higuchi Hideyuki will be hotfooting it to our shores with four energetic tap dance performances next week.

2:25AM

Practical magic

13 Aug 2006

As bathroom technology improves, items we once took for granted are vanishing. Realising the allure of simplicity, Villeroy & Boch has come up with a washbasin that taps into the demand for...

1:54AM

Flowing from the sea to your tap

22 Mar 2006

The water that flows from our taps at home and school comes from fresh water reservoirs.

To find out how water is treated before it is pumped to tanks for use, students can...

12:03PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Bathroom taps

1. Murano one-hole, single-lever basin mixer in clear glass finish, $6,151, by Hansa (400 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai; tel: 2838 7023; www.hansa.de).

2:55PM

Bathing beauties

Hong Kong is not famous for its quality bathroom designs, often because bathrooms here are so frustratingly small they are hard to renovate well. The latest glossy offering from coffee-table-book...

11:27AM

For body and soul

Distinguished Italian kitchen designer Strato (www.stratocucine.com) believes the bath serves both body and soul.

4:58PM

Language point

Some words have more than one meaning. Here are some examples. You will hear 'to blanch' and 'to scald' even outside a kitchen.

4:22PM

Landlords may foot bill to improve drinking water

Experts are studying ways to improve the quality of tap water, including the possibility of legislation to force the repair of rusty pipes and tanks which can pollute supplies.

11:22AM

Tapping heavy industry

It all sounds oddly familiar. A steel town industrial worker with a dream of fame and fortune, dance routines perfected in a garage, a troupe of dancers recruited from among his blue-collar mates...

1:21PM