Stories about Hong Kong (China) from October, 2007
Hong Kong: Where's The Patient's Right?
Here is a brief summary of Hegel chong's story in his blog (zh): his father had gone through an operation in a private hospital in Hong Kong and have to stay in the ward for a week. However, because of the construction on top of the building, the patients’ wards...
Hong Kong: Global City Transportation Network
Chu from zoomimagining comments on a talk given by Arjun Appadurai on the global city transportation network (zh). He feels that the situation in Hong Kong is similar to Appadurai's description, the segregation between rich and poor is very serious because of the government's planning policy.
Hong Kong: Support 2012 Universal Suffrage
Charles Mok posted a press release in his blog about Oct 7 rally for 2012 universal suffrage to express his own support (zh). So bring your umbrella to the rally to show your support.
Hong Kong: PLA Berth Won't Open To Public
Hoidick from inmediahk.net quoted from the planning department in a public forum that the future People Liberation Army Berth in Central waterfront, wouldn't be opened to public access (zh). Earlier on, top government official openly said that the PLA berth would be opened to public access when it is not...
China: Shenzhen Nailhouse Owners
“According to Guangdong province statistics, 98% of all nail house owners die in car accidents.” A shenzhen city government official told the nail house owners who had just received millions of compensation from the developer. ESWN has translated the story from next weekly.
Hong Kong: Internet Censorship
Ah yeah from inmediahk.net interviewed Charles Mok on Hong Kong government's policy in Internet Censorship (zh). In the past, the government would consult with the ISP on their policy, however, recently they choose to set up some court case for their new policy without consensus. The change of attitude may...
Hong Kong: An Old Letter
Seechuen found an old letter written in 1974 in an old book. He googled the names in the letter and returned it to the owner (zh).
Hong Kong: District Council
As the District council election is approaching, erynnyes from Those were the days wrote an article on the diminishing power of the district council in the past 10 years (zh). The councilors don't have much resources and are acting like volunteers in the districts.
East Asia: China's Responsibility In Burma Repression
Franklen K S Choi from inmediahk.net quoted reports about China government's various military and economic investment in Burma for arguing that China has moral responsibility for the repression in Burma. He urged people from Hong Kong to give pressure to China government by demonstration and signature campaign (zh).
