Chopstick hygiene
Just when Hong Kong residents have almost learned, post-Sars, not to stick their chopsticks into the communal serving dish, what do we see emblazoned across our newspaper ('Look who's brave enough to eat on the wild side', February 17)? A photo of Emily Lau Wai-hing and company, personal chopsticks poised over the chicken dish and not a serving set in sight.
This on a page headed 'Bird Flu'. How can Hong Kong hope to improve hygiene standards if lawmakers set such a bad example? Also, appallingly, shark's fin soup was reported to be on the menu.
Do people here have any idea of how these things are viewed by overseas visitors?
M. EVANS, Lantau
Diesel price
I refer to the letter from Thomas Chow, deputy secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works ('Hybrid cars', February 11), which says the government 'will continue to monitor closely the development of hybrid vehicles and other motor vehicle technologies, examine whether a policy of incentives should be formulated, and, if so, how it could be implemented effectively'.
