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Last Update: Tue Apr 22 08:43:06 2008

+ Hail to the elite? + Does anyone else find the weekend Australian gabfest for 1,002 of the country's best and brightest disturbing? I see three main [...] is that in this modern democracy we are getting government policy by unelected committee? But what do I know, I wasn't invited....

+ Vegemite-gate + Tragedy strikes in Hong Kong:Australians in Hong Kong are finding expatriate life harder to cope with due to a shortage of one of [...] taste, is still available in Hong Kong but many Australians refuse to accept it as a substitute.Let the conspiracy theories begin....

+ Ridiculous editorial d'jour + Not many bother to read the SCMP's editorials and with good reason. Today's one on speed guns has a couple of gems:Speeding is not the [...] technology (Wikipedia tells me it was first used in Chicago in 1954, which admittedly is several hundred years after the Gutenberg...

+ Hong Kong's clean air solution + The winter monsoon has brought both cooler weather and clearer skies to Hong Kong this past week. It is commonly accepted the air [...] with China's powers-that-be through declarations of fealty and loyalty, such as hosting the equestrian events for the Olympics this...

+ Book Review: We Deserve Better by Hemlock + A recent change in circumstances has meant that posting to this site is likely to be far more infrequent going forward...whether that [...] witness and commentator in addition to a diarist without peer. The first 12 chapters are a potted modern history of the first...

+ Regina Ip + I know this democracy thing is a bit messy, having to mingle with the masses and all, but could Regina Ip look any more awkward in her ...

+ Hong Kong Halloween + When and how did Halloween become such a big deal here? I can understand why Park n Shop and Wellcome want to flog as much as [...] the living daylights out of young kids. I suppose that's the deal: nightmares for candy. Couldn't we come up with something better?...

+ Stupid HK things + Why does the SCMP insist on using the most inane breakout boxes in history, simply so they can have a number in large type in the [...] then one needs to reconsider their marketing techniques. Have there been any wave inspired car accidents yet? Has anyone driven...

+ Voting Tsang style + Sure it's been done to death (pardon the pun) but The Don's no retracted view of the Cultural Revolution as extreme democracy proves [...] their own hands". If I'm not mistake, that's anarchy, a state that more accurately describes the Cultural Revolution. Democracy...

+ Froth + Apologies for the lackidasical posting...there's some life changing events going on. Catching up on some reading and came across David ...

+ Notes from a "free" economy + Hong Kong's newest "free" paper reports on the world's "freest" economy...where the Government has spent the past year or so buying [...] after the last, more massive intervention, in the market. Cato, please note. Update: HKEx director David Webb isn't impressed....

+ Mattel are over-reacting + Mattel is recalling yet another batch of Chinese manufactured toys....but if only they'd asked I've got proof the toys are safe. [...] into their systems will teach them a lesson. In the good old days a bit of lead was considered a part of any healthy kid's diet....

+ The price is right + The Standard announces it is soon to be free, with the catchy slogan "first past the post"...gettit....which now means at least one of ...

+ Smashing + "Records smashed" reports The Standard, a newspaper who not co-incidentally largely relies on the level of the Hang Seng for its own [...] has yet asked an obvious question: why is it that the Bank of China branch in Tianjin is the only one on the mainland that gets...

+ Good times + Certain parts of the Hong Kong economy are expecting a boost this week, courtesy of the US military:Wan Chai rolled out the red carpet [...] now 21.Let's see...a bunch of 19 year old sailors who aren't allowed to drink...it's going to be a busy week down in East Central....