Archive for July, 2012
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VIDEO – Hong Kong’s Weirdest Public Service Ads
GovHK are hosting 151 of their Public Service Announcements on YouTube. The nanny state ads range from sensible (The Harm of Abusing Ketamine), to bizarre (Common Tree Problems) to downright obscure (Window Maintenance). Below are a few favourites…
Radiation is Awesome: Quit panic buying salt – radiation is everywhere, safe and possibly delicious… (See also: Daya Bay Contingency Plan PSA)…
Don’t be a Dick: This ad about diversity fails to show any of HK’s minorities, which make up 6% of the population – instead, it helpfully reminds comrades not to be dicks to each other…
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PHOTOGRAPHY – The 1967 Hong Kong Riots
The leftist riots began in May, 1967 and were pro-communist labour disputes in sympathy with the mainland Cultural Revolution and against British rule. The following photos are from LIFE Magazine…
Throughout the year, there were violent demonstrations, massive strikes, murders and even terrorist attacks on Hong Kong soil…
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HISTORY – The ‘Great Chinese Takeaway’ – the 1997 Handover
As the dust settles on this weekend’s celebrations and protests, it’s worth taking a look back at the 1997 Handover Day itself as nostalgia for the Brits hits an all-time high and distrust of the mainland sinks to an all-time low.
The climax of that rainy Monday was a ceremony at Tamar site as a bunch of old drug dealers gave way to a bunch of old fascists. In attendance were greasy Chinese president Jiang Zemin, smug new CE Tung Chee-hwa, a glum-faced Prince Charles, egg-tart munching last governor Chris Patten and freshly elected total bastard, Tony Blair (complete with hideous coat-hanger-mouthed wife)…
The proceedings mostly went to plan with Patten leaving Government House at 4:30pm on June 30th before respective flags were lowered and raised at midnight. One minor hiccup was the entry of 500 troops into Hong Kong three hours early, which – of course – scared the living bejesus out of everyone…
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