When China started its crackdown on Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, it did not only challenge the “One Country Two Systems” promised in 1997, but also the stands of hundreds of celebrities on the island. Unlike decades ago where movie stars and celebrities relied solely on the island’s 7 million population, nowadays it’s China’s 1.3 billion […]
... written on Oct 29 2014First, 26-year-old Alvin Tan Jye Yee fled to United States to seek political asylum. Now, 29-year-old Ali bin Abdul Jalil has fled to Sweden to seek the same thing – political asylum. Sex-blogger Alvin Tan got himself into trouble with the authorities when he and his ex-girlfriend uploaded a photo of themselves eating “bak kut teh”, […]
... written on Oct 26 2014After more than 7-months Malaysian flight MH370 disappeared, not a single item from the ill-fated plane has been found. The cause of the mystery disappearance could be anything, including hijack for terrorism purpose. If it’s true, then somehow the country’s extremism policies contributed to the deadly event, one way or another. After all, Malaysia under […]
... written on Oct 21 2014By now, the whole world knows about Hong Kong Police’s brutality. Well, they’re no ordinary police in uniform unleashed by corrupt CEO C.Y. Leung firing tear gas and pepper spray. Nor they’re triad gangs used by Mr. Leung to intimidate teenage students involved in the pro-democracy demonstration. Those were so juniors and like kindergarten kids […]
... written on Oct 17 2014On Saturday, October 11th, Edward Snowden, the N.S.A. whistle-blower, spoke via live video with the New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer. In the interview, the former N.S.A., C.I.A., and D.I.A. employee was asked some questions of what the public (that’s you and me) can do to protect our privacy, now that it’s an open secret governments are spying […]
... written on Oct 13 2014There were two huge mistakes C.Y. Leung did in suppressing Hong Kong protesters recently. First, the Hong Kong CEO unleashed a brutal crackdown using pepper spray and tear gas, something rarely used on peaceful protesters. Second, he used triad gangs to launch sexual assault, harassment and intimidation on the remaining stubborn but persevered protesters. While […]
... written on Oct 09 2014Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd is both Hong Kong and world’s biggest listed jewelry chain, with a market capitalization of a whopping US$15.78 billion (as of May 2014). The jewellery retailer is owned by Cheng Yu Tung, Hong Kong’s fifth richest person with a net worth of US$15.5 billion. The empire has 36,100 employees, […]
... written on Oct 06 2014Ahead of Hong Kong’s national holiday tomorrow, Wednesday, there’re still thousands of Hong Kongers on the street; camping and sleeping in the middle of the road. Here’s the problem – Hong Kong is ready for democracy but China isn’t. And Beijing’s stone age mentality is such that Hong Kong is another mischievous kid, just like […]
... written on Oct 01 2014For a moment, we thought Alibaba could breached the US$100 a share and sent everyone on the trading floor jaw-dropping. But the stock hit its highest at US$99.70, just 30 cents of reaching the 100 bucks mark. On the first day of its listing on NYSE, Jack Ma’s baby was trading between the range of […]
... written on Sep 21 2014About two months ago, you could have received a phone call with a recorded message, claiming to be from Qantas and Virgin. The call would say you has won a “travel prize” or “credit points” – typically $999 – towards your next holiday. If you didn’t hang up but entertained the call by pressing “1” […]
... written on Sep 16 2014
