Congratulations to Rebecca Pun who was appointed Yau Tsim Mong district officer yesterday. Normally the Government sends out a grinning picture of the recipient when it announces a new appointment, but Ms Pun must be someone special for the press release said 'an official portrait' of her would be handed out.
Perhaps this could be a whole new initiative to promote struggling young artists. If so, is there any chance it might include Pun Sing-lui, the bohemian chap who demonstrated his creative skills by pouring red paint over the statue of Queen Victoria? A new entrant to the plethora of authors settling down to chronicle the transition. We know that the Governor is planning to devote his time after leaving Hong Kong to a book about Asia. His aides say it won't be about Hong Kong, but others wonder if he will really be able to keep off the subject. If he does (keep off the subject, that is) another Patten may step into the breach.
We hear that Mrs Patten is gearing up to write an account of her years in Government House.
That's the reason why she carries a portable computer wherever she goes - to tap information into it while it's all still fresh in her mind. Lavender's laptop has been the object of a lot of curiosity in the past . . . so now you know.
Democrat leader Martin Lee Chu-ming knows all there is to know about criticism. He's had it in various degrees of severity from every quarter, but it doesn't seem to have the slightest effect on his popularity with the people of Hong Kong.
On Saturday in Causeway Bay, Mr Lee and his team collected $110.000 in the space of five hours in sales from raffle tickets.