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May 2nd, 2008

Hong Kong: Olympic Torch Relay, the Virtual and the Real

Oiwan Lam · 17:54

The real Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong has been criticized as a political decision as most of the non-athletic torch bearers were from the pro-China political clan. In the street, the Beijing supporters also out-numbered the protesters for human rights. However, in the virtual torch relay organized by local ... 30 comments · »»

March 26th, 2008

Taiwan: Religious buildings–a way to explore how cultures mix

I-fan Lin · 15:05

lingua → es

The popular image of multi-culturalism as a mosaic, a salad bowl in which different cultures mix but keep their integrity, is misleading. Cultures are more like soups, flavored with many ingredients, some identifiable. --From the book ‘Cultures and societies in a changing world,’ written by Wendy Griswold. Taiwan has ... 1 comment · »»

March 25th, 2008

Taiwan: Support for Tibet

I-fan Lin · 14:59

For Tibetan independence movement, most Taiwanese support and sympathize Tibetans, and many people changed their twitter profile figure to the flag of Tibet which represents Tibetan independence movement. 'Free Tibet' (Photo courtesy of skydaughter.) Many artists, writers, musicians, and social movement participants held 'Bringing love to Tibet' to pray for Tibetans: 多年來，台灣年輕志工的身影，經常出現在全球各地需要協助的所在。如今，與台灣只隔著中國的西藏，受到暴力鎮壓，台灣年輕人感同身受，決心挺身聲援，用音樂、詩歌聲援西藏。 Young volunteers ... 55 comments · »»

February 7th, 2008

Hong Kong: From Sex to Police Scandal

Oiwan Lam · 09:32

lingua → zht · zhs

It has been 10 days that Edison Chen’s sex photos scandal occupied the front page of local newspapers (ESWN has summed up local newspapers report everyday.) The issue is not only a sex scandal about various prominent local pop stars, but also an outburst in response to the tension caused ... 12 comments · »»

December 31st, 2007

Hong Kong: Top News in 2007 Blogosphere

Oiwan Lam · 06:51

As the year end is approaching, local blogger sidekick has her picks of "Top News in Hong Kong 2007 Blogosphere". She also calls for more comments and suggestions for the year end round up. Below is a translation of her selection: 1 comment · »»

December 13th, 2007

Hong Kong: Universal Suffrage Not Later Than 2017

Oiwan Lam · 17:46

lingua → pt · es

Although a majority of public opinion supports universal suffrage of the SAR Chief Executive (CE) in 2012, the SAR government still insists on a “Not Later Than 2017” position in a recent consultation report (announced in Dec 12) on political reform. The present CE, Donald Tsang, claimed that he would ... 3 comments · »»

December 3rd, 2007

China: Report from Hong Kong on sweatshop

Bob Chen · 15:20

After long effort, the Hong Kong-based student organization SACOM (Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior大学师生监察无良企业行动) published a report on Dell Computer and its suppliers’ misconducts related to labor rights in mainland China. Here is a collection of voices and replies from domestic websites. 4 comments · »»

November 20th, 2007

Hong Kong: Pan Democrats' Dark Day

Oiwan Lam · 09:18

The Pan democrats have lost a bitter battle in the recent district council election. Before the election, the pan-dem worried that they wouldn’t be able to keep all their seats and tried to explain the situation by predicting a low voting rate. The final result is worse than they have ... 0 comments · »»

Links

May 15th, 2008

Tinyau posted photos of Tai O, one of the remaining fishing villages, in Hong Kong.

Michael from The Opposite end of China is furious at the reprimand theory of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka on the earthquake in Sichuan. Similar reprimand theory can also be found in Hong Kong. (via ESWN)

Wang Ning pointed out that even though people should hold together to fight the earthquake disaster, there shouldn't be just one voice in telling the disaster story. He praised the ATV report (from Hong Kong) in showing the genuine emotion of the people in disaster.

May 13th, 2008

A new woman webmagzine called Softcopy has been launched in Hong Kong.

May 6th, 2008

Filipino blogger Kapet's Yosi clarifies the myth that the foreign maid's salary in Hong Kong is one of the highest in the world. Many Filipinos are domestic helpers in Hong Kong.

May 5th, 2008

On the world's freedom of expression day, speakers were missing from the talk on freedom of speech and the press in Hong Kong. More from Taai Tou Laam Diary.

Kuangfeng came to Hong Kong to see the Olympic torch relay and wrote a detailed account of his day [zh].

April 30th, 2008

Mo bu yen from inmediahk.net wrote a citizen report about the government's preparation for the coming of Olympic torch - Shit, the Holy torch is coming to town [zh].