bodyType

customContents

entityId

printArticlePageQuery

filter

article

body

urlAlias

articleSectionsContent

articleSeoArticle

articleSourceHeaderArticle

contentSchemaRenderContent

contentSubHeadlineContent

contentHeadlineContent

mainImagePrintArticleArticle

authorBlockPrintArticleArticle

contentSponsorTagContent

articlePianoPaywallContent

scmpYoutubeContent

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

query printArticlePageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $customContents: [CustomContentInput]
  $bodyType: BodyFormatTypeEnum
) {
  article(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
      json
    }
    urlAlias
    ...articleSectionsContent
    ...articleSeoArticle_3o8td4
    ...articleSourceHeaderArticle
    ...contentSchemaRenderContent
    ...contentSubHeadlineContent
    ...contentHeadlineContent
    ...mainImagePrintArticleArticle
    ...authorBlockPrintArticleArticle
    ...contentSponsorTagContent
    ...articlePianoPaywallContent
    ...scmpYoutubeContent
    ...hooksTrackPageViewArticle
    id
  }
}

fragment articlePianoPaywallContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksPaywallPromiseContent
}

fragment articleSectionsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      ...helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection
      ...entityLink
      name
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment articleSeoArticle_3o8td4 on Article {
  ...hooksArticleSeoArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersGetArticleTypeArticle
  entityId
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
  summary {
    text
  }
  subHeadline {
    text
  }
  body(customContents: $customContents, type: $bodyType) {
    text
  }
  keywords
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  topics {
    name
    entityId
    id
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  images {
    style(filter: {style: "768x768"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  readingTime
}

fragment articleSourceHeaderArticle on Article {
  urlAlias
  ...entityLink
}

fragment authorBlockPrintArticleArticle on Article {
  ...defaultArticleDateContent
  ...authorNamesArticle
}

fragment authorNameAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  name
  entityUuid
}

fragment authorNamesArticle on Article {
  authorLocations
  authors {
    entityId
    location
    ...authorNameAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment blockquoteQuoteContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentNewsletterWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
    id
  }
  sections {
    value {
      relatedNewsletters {
        ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
        id
      }
      id
    }
  }
  ... on Article {
    relatedNewsletters {
      ...helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment contentSchemaRenderContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...blockquoteQuoteContent
  ...imageContent
  ...inlineWidgetContent
  ...photoGalleryWidgetContent
  ...scmpYoutubeContent
}

fragment contentShareWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  shortUrl
  socialHeadline
  headline
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSubHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  subHeadline {
    json
  }
  summary {
    json
  }
  ...contentSchemaRenderContent
}

fragment defaultArticleDateContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksArticleDateUtilsContent
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckIfNewsSectionInFirstIndexSection on Section {
  name
}

fragment helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle on Article {
  entityId
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  disableOffPlatformContent
  sponsorType
  published
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostiesPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        entityId
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersMassageToNewsletterItemNewsletter on Newsletter {
  entityId
  name
  alternativeName
  description {
    text
  }
  summary {
    text
  }
  homepageDescription {
    text
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksArticleDateUtilsContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  createdDate
  publishedDate
  updatedDate
}

fragment hooksArticleSeoArticle on Article {
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersCheckIsAmpEnabledArticle
  entityId
  headline
  socialHeadline
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
  images {
    generic_og: style(filter: {style: "og_image_scmp_generic"}) {
      url
    }
    styles(filter: {styles: ["og_image_posties_article", "og_postmag", "og_image_style", "og_image_scmp_analysis", "og_image_scmp_explainer", "og_image_scmp_editorial", "og_image_scmp_fact_check", "og_image_scmp_debate", "og_image_scmp_live", "og_image_scmp_obituary", "og_image_scmp_opinion", "og_image_scmp_review", "og_image_scmp_series", "og_image_scmp_generic"]}) {
      url
      style
    }
    type
  }
  urlAlias
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksPaywallPromiseContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  ...helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle
}

fragment hooksTrackPageViewArticle on Article {
  entityId
  publishedDate
  headline
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  urlAlias
  authors {
    name
    id
  }
  entityUuid
}

fragment imageContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  ...checkersCheckContentContainsStarlingImageContent
}

fragment inlineWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentNewsletterWidgetContent
}

fragment mainImagePrintArticleArticle on Article {
  images {
    title
    url
    isSlideshow
    size_652x446: style(filter: {style: "652x446"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment photoGalleryDialogContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...contentShareWidgetContent
}

fragment photoGalleryWidgetContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...photoGalleryDialogContent
}

fragment scmpYoutubeContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  urlAlias
  publishedDate
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}


sections

types

disableOffPlatformContent

sponsorType

published

headline

socialHeadline

authors

images

publishedDate

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

keywords

topics

readingTime

authorLocations

entityUuid

Letters

 Lan Kwai Fong bars need competition
I refer to the article in Lai See by Howard Winn, "Lan Kwai Fong bar owners step up campaign against 7-Eleven" (January 22).   He is not happy about it because  he sees it as unfair competition.
It is rather beyond me why requiring convenience stores to get licences will make it fairer. Perhaps it is fairer as far as licensing requirements are concerned, but it is only a fairness issue for the sellers, not the consumers. 
It leaves me wondering why Winn is so concerned about protecting the bars' interests, rather than the consumers'.
As a consumer,  I am certain  Lan Kwai Fong's bars will continue to charge a high premium for their drinks, irrespective of whether convenience stores need to bear the cost of getting a licence. 
The bars in Lan Kwai Fong operate almost like a cartel. It is expensive everywhere in that area. If they succeed in driving the convenience stores away, there will simply be more overpriced bars in that area. Drinks will not become more affordable simply because the cheaper outlets disappear.
Competition is a good thing in general as it keeps a check on prices. Whether convenience stores should be required to get a liquor licence is not the real issue here;  the commercial interests of the bars  is what's at stake. They just cannot stand the competition offered by alternative outlets who do business in a different way.  
And why  do we continue to look to Singapore when we think we need more regulations? The island republic is good at fining people and subjecting businesses to all sorts of restraints. 
Do we want  the same in Hong Kong?  Winn certainly knows where he chose to live.
And please do not create an impression that the bars are vigorous in ensuring that no minors drink in their premises. Anyone visiting Lan Kwai Fong on Friday nights and weekend evenings will tell you there are suspiciously young faces there enjoying themselves, probably using fake  identity cards. 
 Underage drinking is not just a convenience-store problem, but blaming it on rivals is of course a convenient thing to do.
Keith Peterson, Mid-Levels
Promote love of books for our young
I read with great interest David Dodwell's "Demise of Dymocks may not signal end of books after all" (January 29).  
I think that e-books are not the problem; the real problem  lies in the increase in rent, which booksellers have to pass on to consumers by raising the prices of the books they sell. People in Hong Kong still greatly love books made of paper, but they cannot afford to pay the price. 
Proof of that are the crowds we see every year at the Hong Kong Book Fair. 
Therefore, people are resorting to ordering books online, and not only e-books, but also in paper. They pay less for them than  in a city bookshop, even adding the shipping costs.
A solution to this problem could be a simple one. The  government should create a "book city" right in the centre of Hong Kong Island or in Kowloon, perhaps using one of the old buildings set to be demolished, and then provide a rent-free lease to all booksellers. 
In so doing, our government will get a badly needed boost in popularity and it will be an investment in the future of the young citizens of Hong Kong.
Angelo Paratico, Sheung Wan
Let's face it: Beijing has control of HK
I am writing  about the letter by Alex Woo, on "Why Beijing says chief executive candidates must 'love China'" (January 26).   
 Mr Woo stated a paramount truth:  Hong Kong has no right  to choose its own chief executive. It is clearly stated in the Basic Law, Article 45.  The central government must choose candidates who are pro-China.  
This means  Hong Kong has no hope of  democracy and a genuine election.
 In the Sino-British Joint Declaration,  China had promised Hong Kong that it can  remain unchanged for 50 years.  Eighteen of these years have passed, and the mainland has started to try and  neutralise the differences between Hong Kong and China.  
For example, the white paper on the practice of "one country, two systems"  was an attempt at such neutralisation. 
 However, the more  Beijing does, the more discontent  the people of Hong Kong feel.  There are 32 years left to 2047. China wants to control Hong Kong gradually, and it makes Hong Kong people  resentful.
 If we are rich enough, we can migrate to other countries. If not, what we can do is  face the reality that we have no hope.  
 There is  no law in the world that says what  we want must come true. If we  fought but failed to get  what we want, then we must admit the reality. 
I understand that some are still trying to bring a democratic future to Hong Kong,  but I am afraid that too many protests may lead  to a repeat  of  June 4.
Christy Ma On Ni, Tiu Keng Leng
Who to blame for incinerator mistake?
The letter from Dr Martin Williams  ("Government will not give up primitive waste strategy", January 20)  gives a brilliant perspective on the problem that has engulfed the government of Hong Kong. 
Does anybody in  the Legislative Council study, any longer, the implications of what they are approving? Or do they just have "love of the government" without any realisation of their accountability? 
A time capsule should be buried in the grounds of the Shek Kwu Chau  incinerator with all the relevant papers and the names of everyone who has contributed to the decision. 
This is necessary so that when it is decommissioned, people can be told who  the deaf administrators and who  the wilfully blind legislators were who ignored  the developed world's growing understanding of the economics of what used to be called "waste".
They will also learn who it was that placed no value on Lantau, which, because of its truly unique ecology, has been called a treasure of China. 
 Conversely, they will learn who truly loved China and Hong Kong.
S. P. Li, Lantau
Inaccurate food labels  will mislead
Are Hong Kong labelling laws so lax that they allow Kowloon Dairy  to sell a product purporting to be Australian whole milk whilst the product lists ingredients as: water, Australian whole milk concentrate.
Effectively, this is a processed milk product, yet it is displayed in the fresh milk section of Wellcome stores.
Wellcome should ensure that its suppliers provide clear information for the products listed.
Kowloon Dairy should ensure this product is not marketed as fresh milk and label   it "concentrate", rather than  misleading customers.
Phillip Walker, Wan Chai
IDD charge applies if call  is answered
I refer to the letter by Angus Hardern ("PCCW phone bill was totally unacceptable", January 22) regarding IDD charges.
HKT would like to clarify that an IDD call will only be charged when the distant network sends back a "call answered" signal. 
The "call answered" signal is generated when the call is picked up by a person, a private answering device, or answered by phone / voicemail / fax switch equipment at the distant end. 
The signal will be generated when the circuit is established, even though a person may not be speaking at the other end.
 The Office of the Communications Authority has also issued a consumer reminder on its website (under the "Consumer Focus" section),  advising that consumers may be charged when the call is diverted to a voicemail box, fax machine or an interactive voice response system.
C. K. Chan,  head of group communications, HKT
Sceptics of climate change rely on proof
 I refer to the letter by Lee Sai-ming ("We must deal with climate change now", January 28).
Mr Lee requests an "authenticated source of counter-evidence" to support the view that climate change - formerly known as "global warming" - has any basis in fact. 
I would refer Mr Lee to the 321-page  report by the Climate Depot website,  dated  December 8, 2010,   in which more than 1,000 scientists from around the globe countered the media hype on the subject. 
These scientists included  current and former members of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.   Their numbers have been growing significantly over the years. 
John Steventon, Lantau


Letters to the Editor, February 03, 2015

Are bars doing enough to curb underage drinking? Photo: SCMP Pictures

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