tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post8764388672800789664..comments2024-03-19T01:01:47.629+08:00Comments on Musings on Life in Hong Kong: What about those PhDs?StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-29486183853971157362010-05-23T08:54:54.859+08:002010-05-23T08:54:54.859+08:00So more likely, PhD has to stand for "Papa ha...So more likely, PhD has to stand for "Papa has dough".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-57954537733637995342010-05-23T08:17:23.410+08:002010-05-23T08:17:23.410+08:00Yeah, that's cute.
HK did have a significan...Yeah, that's cute. <br /><br />HK did have a significant technology-based (or least manufacturing) industry from the 1960s to the 1980s. But the government (from colonial to the present) has never had a determination to promote and nuture technology R&D. Taiwan and Singapore have done it. And even Shenzhen now. That's a shame for Hong Kong.StephenChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-80761527568251161062010-05-22T23:43:32.743+08:002010-05-22T23:43:32.743+08:00:-) I heard another short form for phd is "pe...:-) I heard another short form for phd is "permanent head damage" @@@<br /><br />It's quiet strange - Hong Kong's neighbor Shenzhen at least has industries (like ZTE, Huawei, Tencent, even Foxconn... although there is not much research there). Is there any historical reason?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09961847660477569444noreply@blogger.com