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I have a feeling that 2009 is going to be a good year. Every politician is predicting that it will be awful - and when did you ever hear a politician telling the tru...

I can't help feeling the unfortunate dog stuck between two buildings in Yuen Long would be rescued much sooner if kind-hearted people would only stop feeding her. Hasn't anyone in Hong Kong read Winnie the Pooh?P.S. (28 January) Sadly, the poor creature died shortly after being finally pulled out from between the walls.Making It Better:Hong Kong Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anim...

Kung Hei Fat Choi!Wishing all my readers a happy, healthy and prosperous Year of the ...

I happened to turn on CCTV 9 at lunchtime (helpfully carried by both local English language channels - whatever happened to giving the public a choice?) It was featuring a discussion on the recently proclaimed Serfs Emancipation Day (shouldn't there be an apostrophe in there somewhere?) in Tibet. As usual when covering domestic political issues, CCTV had ensured a "fair and balanced" discussion...

Among the handful of TV programmes I watched without fail in my youth - Doctor Who, The Avengers, Top of the Pops, Match of the Day (this was in the days before Monty Python) - one stood out for its originality and inventiveness. The Prisoner was, and remains, one of the most intriguing television series ever produced. Now comes news that its star and creator, Patrick McGoohan, has passed away at...

Public consultation on electoral reforms for 2012 will be put off until later this year to allow the government to focus on the economy, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen announced yesterday.--South China Morning Post, 16 January 2009So, the Hong Kong government finally admits what a lot of us suspected: it's so incompetent, it can't handle more than one thing at a ti...

I had to invigilate an exam last night. There's something curiously restful about watching other people work for three hours - and getting paid for doing ...

Seen on the menu of a Chiu Chau restaurant in Mongkok:exploded the small intestinesAny comment would be entirely superfluo...

What the hell does Andy Murray think he's doing, beating both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal to win a tournament in Abu Dhabi? Doesn't he know the plucky British underdog is supposed to succumb bravely in the quarter-finals?Next thing you know, Murray will be winning Wimbledon. Tim Henman would never have shown such alarming disrespect for British traditi...

I have been having some very weird dreams lately. Last night (probably inspired by a combination of recently watching the last episode of the 3rd series of the revived Doctor Who, and reading Robert Silverberg's Heinlein tribute novel The Alien Years, I dreamed that the earth had been invaded and conquered by strange aliens. Humanity was helpless, with alien space vessels hovering in the sky overhead...