Are you tired yet of all the news about the bus hijacking-turned-massacre yet? Indeed, neither are we. The slain victims may have returned to our fair city earlier this week, but not before our Filipino friends allowed the paparazzi a few good shots of the coffins. While they were open. OK, now before you watch the below video (credit: Reuters), do you solemnly swear to leave (your) Filipino helper(s) alone and distance yourself from ridiculous shit like this? Good boy/girl. Here goes: (more…)
Early yesterday we put up an image featuring a group of Filipina kids posing for pictures in front of the death-trap on which eight Hong Kongers were killed this week (full story here).
Still of a tender age however, their lack of sensitivity is perhaps understandable. Now if only we could say the same for these guys:
Offended? Wait till you see this.
From today’s Standard. Good to know right? Unfortunately the Almighty decided that little 14-year old Jessie and 21-year old Doris were unworthy of rescue. But perhaps they weren’t good Buddhists Christians. F*cking religious morons.
By now we all know that eight Hong Kong tourists were murdered in Manila by an ex-cop named Rolando Mendoza yesterday, as the 11-hour siege of a bus ended in a bloodbath (photo gallery here). Tragic! And the public outrage is well deserved, as it appears several mistakes have been made leading up to the shooting of the hostages. So there you go Philippines, a black alert with love from Hong Kong. (more…)
In the category “woa, awesome” we bring you the following today. It is reported that our kimchi munching friends south of the border on the Korean peninsula have officially deployed robots to destroy any threat coming in from the north. Consider this:
“Two robots with surveillance, tracking, firing and voice recognition systems were integrated into a single unit.”
“The robot uses heat and motion detectors to sense possible threats, and alerts command centres.”
“If the command centre operator cannot identify possible intruders through the robot’s audio or video communications system, the operator can order it to fire its gun or 40mm automatic grenade launcher.”
Ok, they may not look like the soldier in the above thumb yet, but us visionaries claim it’s only a matter of time before members of the future resistance will try to kill our scientists! Indeed, as robots from the future are amongst us already we can only conclude Judgment Day is near.
Now that the World Cup has ended we can get back to the more important matters in life. Many of us have of course neglected the missus over the past few weeks and may be forced to take her to the cinema where she can silently masturbate to Robert Pattinson during Vampire Teens III Twilight Eclipse. And after this is over and done with, we can get back to marveling at the hypocrisy of our legislators. Take the ongoing minimum wage saga that has plagued our city for a while now. Tomorrow LegCo will be discussing a bill to create a framework for a minimum wage. Workers have united to push for a level of at least HK$ 33 an hour (for reference, that is US$ 4.24, EUR 3.36 and 53788628636.19 Zimbabwe dollars).
A survey conducted by the People’s Alliance for Minimum Wage revealed that on average, 7-Eleven currently pays HK$ 23.40 an hour (in some cases no more than HK$ 20) and Wellcome pays HK$ 23.90 on average. As you may know, 7-Eleven and Wellcome are part of the Dairy Farm Group. A woman named Caroline Mak Sui-king is a director for this firm and surprise surprise, is also a member of the Provisional Minimum Wage Commission – the body that will recommend to the government the city’s optimal minimum wage level. Another commission member is Dr Michael Chan Yue-kwong, chairman of Cafe de Coral, known to pay shitty as well.
These firms of course argue that profits will be under pressure if the city is to implement a minimum wage level as “high” as HK$ 33 per hour. This city’s effective supermarket duopoly with Wellcome and Park ‘n Shop calling the shots, has resulted in some of the highest grocery prices in the world. Yet the equivalent of 53788628636.19 Zimbabwe dollars per hour likely to represent just a little too much value for Dr Michael Chan Yue-kwong and his peers.
Our government, ever vigilant in protecting us from a healthy hazardous environment, recorded a whopping 31 convictions for green bashers during the month of April, HK Government News has reported. We would like to take this opportunity to salute the government’s tireless efforts to root out those who would make Hong Kong an unfit place to live in.
Not satisfied with mere numbers, our pseudo-journalistic skills were employed to dig deeper and learn the details of these crimes against humanity. If there are children in the room, now would be a good time to send them off. The environmental crimes for the month of April 2010, as recorded by the HK government, are these: (more…)
