The Hong Kong economy fell off a cliff, overnight. Emigration to Canada, Singapore, wherever, increased massively.
The British decided that they had to do something to restore business confidence in Hong Kong.
I was not in, or anywhere near, the room at the time and I have no idea why it happened, but the Hong Kong Government decided to pull off the shelf a project that had been languishing in a forgotten corner. <Read more ...>
This is the latest Jurors List we're making searchable - here's how to join in, it'll only take around 20-30 minutes of your time.
The job is to take the previous year's list, then work through it page-by-page and edit in any changes so it matches this year's list.
Step 1. Check the comments below to see which was the last page someone has started typing. You'll work on the next page. eg if the last comment is 'started page 411', you'll be working on page 412. <Read more ...>
[It has been transcribed by volunteers: David, Grace, Phil and John. If you find it useful, please help us type up the lists from other years - it takes less than 30 minutes to finish a page. Click here for details.]<Read more ...>
Submitted by Unknown user (not verified) on Sun, 2010-09-19 12:55
Please - help me find Antero Kaw (born in Manila) - maybe Kho On-Lok in Cantonese may be other Cantonese translation; I am his life-long friend and very psychic and KNOW he is in need of help at this time. -Chandani (Cris) Diaz (nee Slater) <Read more ...>
I remember the day when copies of the Basic Law were made available, bilingually printed, free of charge to all, to the Hong Kong public, by their ever-conscientious Government.
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