Month: Feb 2012
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From today’s Sunday Morning Post: “Has Putin got it in him to succeed in a second term as President?” I don’t follow Russian politics very closely, but I feel sure that he has already served two terms.
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Why does the South China Morning keep printing these absurd letters? In defence of local school system I read your report ("Plea to improve public schools", February 14) with misgivings, appalled by the city’s self-styled democrats’ servile submission to expatriates’ blatant chauvinism in the education debate. Off to a a strong start there, with attacks…
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Two weeks ago, the SCMP published this ridiculous letter: Voting rights don’t include secession Virginia Yue (‘We should respect voters’ choice,’ January 30), in her reply to my letter (‘Small-circle election for us, please’, January 20), can be forgiven for being unaware that universal suffrage can be in the form of indirect election or direct…
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It’s clear that Sam Wong is not going back down on his argument that the Romans have never done anything for us: Hong Kong government doing well South China Morning Post | Friday 3 February 2012 I refer to the letter from Jeffry Kuperus ("Competitive thanks to mainland", January 17) in reply to my letter…
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Is it possible that the Hong Kong Standard might not exactly be impartial when it reports on changes at its great rival the South China Morning Post? A paper that’s well red Hong Kong Standard | Thursday, February 02, 2012 What’s black and white and red all over? That old chestnut of a joke is…
Ordinary Gweilo 