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HK has a new breed of stressed money seekers
News, Shuli Ren, Published on 05/01/2024
» Just when people started to give up on Hong Kong's relevance as a financial hub, a new breed of money seekers is coming to town.
Analysis: Move Forward takes step back
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/11/2023
» The main opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) is struggling to live up to its name as it is mired in internal strife, which is eating away at its popularity, according to political analysts.
Shaking off the laundromat blues
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/03/2023
» In last week's item concerning boutiques I wondered whether their influence could extend as far as the world of laundromats. My thanks to reader Jenifer Divine in Hamburg for informing me that in the German city's St Pauli district there is a laundromat dedicated to Jimi Hendrix which just about gives it boutique status.
Top Korat Wagyu on VIP menu
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 17/11/2022
» Being soft and juicy that melts in the mouth is what one expects of Korat Wagyu, the beef that will be served as one of four starters for the gala dinner for world leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation on Thursday.
More than maid abuse
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Penchan Charoensuthipan and Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/09/2022
» The maid-abuse scandal has revealed many layers of bureaucratic malaise which are perpetuated by a patronage system that eats away at meritocracy.
Drug resistance
News, Postbag, Published on 14/08/2022
» Re: "Lift antiviral drug curbs," (Editorial, Aug 8).
Tokyo finally reaches the finishing line
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 08/08/2021
» It is no secret that the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics was not exactly plain sailing, primarily due to the Covid pandemic. For a start it was a year late through no fault of its own, and was being held at the hottest and most humid time of the Japanese summer when sensible people retreat into air conditioning. It was not just by chance that when Tokyo hosted the Games in 1964 it was held in October, Japan's autumn.
Hysterical reaction
News, Postbag, Published on 12/01/2021
» It was sickening to read about a five-year-old girl being deprived of her education because of all this Covid-19 hysteria (BP, Jan 10).
'Pretenderloin' not so bad
News, Postbag, Published on 13/12/2020
» Eric Bahrt in his Dec 12 letter is back again with his "Meat is murder" campaign. I'm not in agreement with Eric, but this time he did touch a sympathetic nerve. During the late 50s when Chicago was the meat packing capital of the USA, (and I was still a teenager), I was taken on a tour of the Swift and Armor meat slaughterhouses and packing plants. I vomited copiously at the disgusting spectacle before me, and swore never to eat another piece of meat. I lasted about a year before I recanted and had a burger. Did I learn my lesson? Yes Eric, I did. But I'm still carnivorous.
Never underestimate the dog lovers' vote
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/11/2020
» It was Harry Truman who famously advised would-be presidents: "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." President Donald Trump did not heed that advice, becoming the first US president in well over a century not to have a pet of some sort in the White House.