Category: SCMP
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The SCMP sometimes manages to find interesting stories for the Sunday edition. Not often, but it does happen. Today they report the strange tale of a man trapped in Hong Kong because he hasn’t paid his tax: Bill Heywood, a plumbing and piping contractor, was stopped at Hong Kong International Airport last September when he…
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What’s up with the SCMP business section today? It only has 6 pages, several of which are share prices.
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Today’s SCMP has a big story on the front page of the City section informing us that Cable TV would like to provide a free-to-air television channel. They say that it’s unfair that TVB has a Pay TV service and free-to-air terrestrial channels, but no-one else is allowed to do both. Which seems like a…
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Last week the SCMP had two stories about the so-called "Sha Tin to Central link", the new rail line being built by the MTR (MTR Corp submits new rail plan and vows to minimise disruption. When completed the 17km extension will not only give commuters in Ma On Shan and Sha Tin a direct rail…
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The SCMP fills its sports pages by selecting stories from the news agencies and foreign newspapers. Unfortunately, the selection process seems to be somewhat random, such as when they gave readers in Hong Kong the impression that Graeme Souness might be re-appointed as Newcastle manager. Or this, which appeared on the back page on Thursday:…
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More poorly thought-out “news” from the SCMP: Residential construction at lowest level since 1997 Flats being built drop to 8,000 as economic crisis takes toll Yvonne LiuJan 24, 2009 Construction and completion of private residential units in Hong Kong last year slumped to the lowest since records began in 1997, underscoring the severe impact the…
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Today’s Sunday Morning Post has an article about the way banks rip you off with a “currency-linked deposit” account. These are widely available in Hong Kong because the interest rates on a standard local currency deposit account are almost zero. The article has a small chart which is supposed to show how the Australian Dollar…
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According to the SCMP, tonight on ATV World you can watch chef Heston Blumenthal cooking Chicken Tikka & Masala. Call me old fashioned, but I think it’s usually called “Chicken Tikka Masala”, and that is indeed how Heston Blumenthal describes it in the programme. As ever, it’s entertainingly bizarre – Heston heads off to Delhi…
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Today’s SCMP has a league table that “does not include [the] late game”. Well, actually, it doesn’t include any of yesterday’s games. If it did, Bolton would have been 9th rather than 18th, Arsenal would have been 3rd rather than 4th, Portsmouth 8th rather than 9th, and Fulham 18th rather than 16th. Still, at least…
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The Sunday Morning Post has been running a column on the back page that was supposed to offer investment advice. It’s written by Paul Pong of Pegasus Fund Managers, and features a hypothetical portfolio of Hong Kong and China equities. Today they announced that the column is to cease because “the amount of trading in…
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