tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.comments2023-10-25T22:55:19.755+08:00Private BeachUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger582125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-66671746686363014692020-12-26T16:36:43.967+08:002020-12-26T16:36:43.967+08:00Hong Kong ended in 1982 when the British governmen...Hong Kong ended in 1982 when the British government finally saw the opportunity to divest itself of this barren rock without losing face, something that had been on the card ever since QV was lumbered with it. What is more surprising is that it is taking so long for the corpse to stop twitching. Does anyone genuinely believe that things will get better before the PRC collapses? Even then there will be either chaos or a new regime as bad as the old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-33619392805687143092020-07-09T15:16:54.780+08:002020-07-09T15:16:54.780+08:00Not too broadly, I think. Algeria and Suriname wer...Not too broadly, I think. Algeria and Suriname were officially part of France and the Netherlands respectively before independence. These cases are all since World War Two. I left the dissolution of the USSR and the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia out of the list, as well as Kosovo, which has only achieved partial recognition internationally.Private Beachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-14983462721709358212020-07-05T22:22:52.396+08:002020-07-05T22:22:52.396+08:00Well I've thrown this at all the members of my...Well I've thrown this at all the members of my quiz team and we guess you're looking for something like secession, but you have to define the term pretty broadly for this to be accurate.smoghttp://smogsblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-62624454078724737082020-05-30T10:24:39.823+08:002020-05-30T10:24:39.823+08:00To your question: no.
To your comment: probably ...To your question: no.<br /><br />To your comment: probably yes.<br /><br />Very sad and a total mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-8211599394766349582020-02-13T11:56:51.981+08:002020-02-13T11:56:51.981+08:00And there was me thinking that Alex de Pfeffel pre...And there was me thinking that Alex de Pfeffel prefeered fridges rather than ovens<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-36677071926037380192019-11-04T14:37:21.417+08:002019-11-04T14:37:21.417+08:00Great graphic!Great graphic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-78034043359289037222019-09-16T10:19:03.050+08:002019-09-16T10:19:03.050+08:00British rule did bring Hong Kong a lot of benefits...British rule did bring Hong Kong a lot of benefits, but it was still a form of colonial rule where the natives just had to accept these foreigners ruling over them wether they liked it or not. Not really acceptable by modern standards.Ji Xianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406727999722525339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-84579612118001552742019-09-09T03:17:36.574+08:002019-09-09T03:17:36.574+08:00That picture and its captions are priceless!That picture and its captions are priceless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-52542466790272617662019-09-01T16:48:01.428+08:002019-09-01T16:48:01.428+08:00OK, I was wrong - but it was certainly rare. They...OK, I was wrong - but it was certainly rare. They're probably using more in a day now than in all those cases put together.Private Beachhttp://ourprivatebeach.blogsdpot.hknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-90022632718417132822019-08-20T19:46:51.678+08:002019-08-20T19:46:51.678+08:00Tear gas ? Yes, they did - Vietnamese Camps like ...Tear gas ? Yes, they did - Vietnamese Camps like Whitehead 1994-ish, Shek Kong earlier. Also squatter hut clearances...John Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15419454306292739431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-30527332063396535062019-08-07T00:42:02.700+08:002019-08-07T00:42:02.700+08:00Well what did the Chinese characters say I wonder....Well what did the Chinese characters say I wonder.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036300546065097090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-91748882953103130902019-06-18T13:52:37.739+08:002019-06-18T13:52:37.739+08:00Er yes, thanks. Fixed now.Er yes, thanks. Fixed now.Private Beachhttp://ourprivatebeach.blogpot.hknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-8340509871564430012019-06-10T18:20:57.202+08:002019-06-10T18:20:57.202+08:00Typo in the headline?Typo in the headline?Spikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614339763195290514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-21741663414986203272018-07-24T17:14:09.645+08:002018-07-24T17:14:09.645+08:00But to be fair, the quote says "The majority....But to be fair, the quote says "The majority..." not "A majority...". <br />The latter would falsely imply that most Americans voted him in, but the former can be understood to mean "Of those who voted him in, most did so on the basis of X".<br />Am just being picky though - I agree with your main point!Vikkinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-49678758218786930382018-03-15T12:47:00.184+08:002018-03-15T12:47:00.184+08:00Yup, just you! Keep up the posts.Yup, just you! Keep up the posts.Novel Nameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926542938056252580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-48844860358613605132017-04-21T21:12:18.971+08:002017-04-21T21:12:18.971+08:00Funny how the "little voice" inside Carr...Funny how the "little voice" inside Carrie's head is ignored, especially when his "777 stamp of approval" is just as "obvious". <br /><br />Carrie the cherrypicker! Novel Nameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926542938056252580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-30241008339918632016-03-09T01:08:38.371+08:002016-03-09T01:08:38.371+08:00Not I think if your talking about bottoms.Not I think if your talking about bottoms.Ulacahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039428530613678117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-51568492783717694492016-02-04T13:36:32.877+08:002016-02-04T13:36:32.877+08:00HKIE would blow their top at 4 of your dreams.
HKI...HKIE would blow their top at 4 of your dreams.<br />HKIE is a gild hall for the civil engineers to insure that all the drawings/designs done by competent engineers overseas have to pay to have an incompetent but connected local sign and stamp them(for his gild fee). ME, EE and ChE are just decorative additions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-47539732627280440702015-12-14T15:39:51.702+08:002015-12-14T15:39:51.702+08:00Just came across this: http://www.bbc.com/culture/...Just came across this: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151214-frank-sinatra-at-100-was-ol-blue-eyes-really-dangerous Private Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655349659024692101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-28089403078240666622015-12-14T15:23:30.159+08:002015-12-14T15:23:30.159+08:00It is always an interesting question to what exten...It is always an interesting question to what extent an artist's personal failings negate or compromise the value of their art. Leni Riefenstahl was a brilliant film maker, but put that talent at the service of the odious Nazi regime. Ezra Pound is generally regarded as a great poet but was also a Fascist sympathiser. Philip Larkin, another great poet, was a curmudgeonly misanthropist. Charles Dickens was an awful husband who cruelly dumped his devoted wife. (And let's not even mention Gary Glitter!) Does their behaviour invalidate their artistic achievements?Private Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655349659024692101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-70770041329079040092015-12-14T05:46:11.526+08:002015-12-14T05:46:11.526+08:00Unfortunately, the myriad stories of Mr. Sinatra&#...Unfortunately, the myriad stories of Mr. Sinatra's boorish and bullying ways permanently discolour his impressive musicality.PCCHKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-31144259941802694162015-11-04T22:14:27.150+08:002015-11-04T22:14:27.150+08:00He lookslike a villain. That's enough for me.He lookslike a villain. That's enough for me.ulacahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841336559436577751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-32246774994985029282015-11-02T12:03:31.421+08:002015-11-02T12:03:31.421+08:00The first time, possibly - crap judgements are not...The first time, possibly - crap judgements are not unknown in Hong Kong, such as in the breast assault case. That's why there's an appeals procedure, but two crap judgements in a row is considerably less likely. Chan was only convicted at the third attempt.Private Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655349659024692101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-81095126277137311282015-11-02T11:31:04.805+08:002015-11-02T11:31:04.805+08:00On the other hand, it could be a crap initial judg...On the other hand, it could be a crap initial judgment.ulacahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841336559436577751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-42970929054286180802015-10-20T04:45:49.429+08:002015-10-20T04:45:49.429+08:00well, like the match in Shenzhen, every HK person ...well, like the match in Shenzhen, every HK person going to the game will have their background checked (unlike in Shenzhen where HK fans have to go thru one entrance and have Chinese Security Riot police right next to their section...)<br /><br />re: the HK vs. PRC match location at the Stadium, I will believe it when I see it. (Wikipedia isn't updated very often...) But the tickets are selling like hotcakes...<br /><br />wish I was there waving the old HK flag at the match...nullenoreply@blogger.com