Musings on Life in Hong Kong

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Why does the dictator need a narrative?

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A dictator typically rules by power and fear.  He kills persons who oppose him, puts them in prison or drives them into exile.   These threa...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

THE Asia Award

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PolyU was recently given the THE Asia Award on Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year,  for our work on Service-Learning.    More in...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Infinites and absolutes

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We are fascinated by extremes, yet we hardly understand them.  Perhaps that is part of the fascination.   In mathematics, infinity is that ...
Sunday, June 19, 2022

Father

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My father passed away in April 2019.  Yet sometimes it still feels he can walk through the door with a big fish, shrimp and roasted pork, an...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen (衙前圍村)

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Several years ago, I was able to enter the village, walk past some of the inhabited houses, visit the temple in the middle of the village, a...
Sunday, June 12, 2022

Calligraphy Graffiti of the Emperor of Kowloon (九龍皇帝)

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There is no doubt that the “Emperor of Kowloon” is a part of the cultural heritage of Hong Kong.  Few people, if any, take the claim of Mr. ...
Sunday, June 05, 2022

Generosity and Selfishness - both are Hong Kong

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My wife and I were standing in a MTR carriage on our way to our favourite dim sum restaurant in Tsuen Wan.  She spotted a couple of seats be...
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