Comments for Big Lychee, Various Sectors

Comment on Business community, ordered to talk piffle, obeys by rubber duque

rubber duque — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:49:52 +0000

If we’re going to quote Pankhurst, I prefer:
“There is something that Governments care for far more than human life, and that is the security of property, and so it is through property that we shall strike the enemy. Be militant each in your own way. I incite this meeting to rebellion.”

Or maybe we’ll all just go back to wanking to our iFads and lining up for Hello Twitty dolls instead. It’s rather hard to imagine HK’s milquetoast millennials hurling Molotov cocktails, much as that might amuse.

Comment on Business community, ordered to talk piffle, obeys by Sojourner

Sojourner — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:57:50 +0000

“A battle between an alliance of Communist cadres, selfish bureaucrats, inherited wealth and shoe-shining hangers-on on the one hand, and nice, polite, middle-class academics and lawyers on the other was never going to be pretty.”

The horror! The horror!

It’s like watching a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor.

There is only one possible solution for the Great and the Good. They must learn from the luminaries of history. Between them a reactionary German Junker and a fiery English lady of refined bourgeoisie stock light the path for our brave revolutionaries:

“The great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches or majority votes — that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 — but by blood and iron.” — Bismarck

“The argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuable argument of modern politics.” — Emmeline Pankhurst

Comment on Business community, ordered to talk piffle, obeys by Oneleggoalie

Oneleggoalie — Tue, 21 May 2013 07:07:30 +0000

Oneleg feels that the people in government and politics are about the same standard as those who play soccer in the local professional leagues…regardless of how much money or education is invested, these simpletons just aren’t good enough.

Comment on Business community, ordered to talk piffle, obeys by Two a' Breast

Two a' Breast — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:12 +0000

How can Hong Kong possibly have true democracy with a one-party state in charge? Someone throw Prof Benny a biscuit and send him back to his temple of learning.

And why doesn’t the Occupy movement go and do something useful. The police need to know how to arrest a woman without fondling her breasts, and the HK Observatory needs someone to physically restrain its weather warning guy.

Comment on Business community, ordered to talk piffle, obeys by Jason90

Jason90 — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:50:34 +0000

HK Standard: An Occupy Central member, University of Hong Kong law professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting, played down concerns.

“I believe our action to strive for true democracy may in the long run help economic development as a chief executive so elected will be able to enjoy the much-needed legitimate authority to lead Hong Kong out of the governance impasse that has haunted us for years,” Tai said.

Comment on Business community, ordered to talk piffle, obeys by maugrim

maugrim — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:01:56 +0000

The response by the HKGCC is just the same old ‘wah’ of ‘wah, we will lose money if ……… (insert, we make passengers wear a belt, stop drivers speeding through red lights, dont allow passengers to use unlicensed taxis, etc). Its also funny to see the same old popping up, wearing different hats, spouting the same line. James Tien, now that is a surprise. /sarc.

Comment on Business community, ordered to talk piffle, obeys by Failed Alchemist

Failed Alchemist — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:10:59 +0000

In life, there is hindsight, insight and foresight. As for JamesTien & his brood, there is neither – they are all certified blind. Reading his comments on MacGregor puts one to shame – viva lah ING, Manulife, AIA etc and others who sucks the very last dime from the Big Lychee.

As for the HKGCC, one feels truly depressed visiting any of their offices & dealing with staff there. The offices looks like & acts like a mortuary – undertaker and all. Today, declarations can be done online and commissions to them are heideous amounts. HKGCC has outlived is pass due date except to collect stupid statistics & incorrect data for HK government.

Comment on Business community, ordered to talk piffle, obeys by Bela at NTSCMP

Bela at NTSCMP — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:56:48 +0000

Nice piece. Occupy Central is not pretty, it’s far-out man. Think 1968, flower power, free love, tune out and turn on. They just don’t have a Timothy Leary and that’s why they’re even funnier. Like Les Dawson at the opera. Or Ken Dodd at a literary soirée.

Its all part of the rich comedy which is Hong Kong. Where else would you live? It’s laughs galore.

Strange though that people come for the money, or the food, or the girls, or the shops when it is still Comedy Capital Of The World.

And we still do not have an official Rainy Season either. Biggest laugh of all.

Comment on Mercantile exchange dream collapses, not many hurt by Real Tax Payer

Real Tax Payer — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:42:21 +0000

Being just about to fly to the land-where-there-is-no-access-to- HK- blogs I thought it worthwhile to mention one hilarious snippet from Tuesday’s HK Standard.

The funniest consequence of “Mad Dog” Wong Yuk-Man’s sudden resignation from People Power over a ‘grudge’ was not the fact that it proves once again that these ultra-pro-dems couldn’t organize a booze-up in a beer factory because they are more intent on fighting each other than whatever dark forces of evil that threaten us (although I find that alone a very amusing fact).

It was , was this fact . viz that the Mad Dog not only resigned from People Power, but he also resigned from a political party which I never heard of before : the DATOCELCY – which is the Democratic Alliance for the Toppling Of Chief Exectutive Leung Chun-Ying (!) .

Goes to prove that you can have a democratic alliance for just about anything these days , whether it’s acting as raving loonies or running the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea

Comment on Mercantile exchange dream collapses, not many hurt by PCC

PCC — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:06:27 +0000

Very nice juxtaposition of photos and headlines, Hemlock.