Proponents of the teaching of creationism/intelligent design have already attempted to warp us back to the Middle Ages in countries such as the U.S., Australia, Germany, the U.K. and the Netherlands. Hong Kong appears to be next on the agenda. Check out this passage from the new Biology syllabus for secondary schools:

“In addition to Darwin’s theory, students are encouraged to explore other explanations for evolution and the origins of life, to help illustrate the dynamic nature of scientific knowledge.”

Earlier SCMP reported that at least thirty Hong Kong secondary schools with a religious background have admitted to teaching creationism and/or intelligent design as an alternative to the theory of evolution during science lessons.

Hey, Education Bureau! We already have a ridiculous amount of hideous churches in Hong Kong to mess with our kids’ feeble minds. We don’t need schools to be doing the same thing. Our internet-savvy offspring can always surf the web for additional feedback. The late George Carlin for example has been responsible for some excellent material on these matters. Heck, even Jews can be great alternative sources of wisdom.

Hong Kong, it’s time to take a stand to avoid our kids getting brainwashed with Christian religious nonsense. Sign the petition by the Concern Group for Hong Kong Science Education here. Oh, and as long as our spell to control your online behavior appears to be working, why don’t you sign up here as a new fan of our little blog. Bless you.

As swine flu numbers continue to rapidly rise, health authorities are buckling down. Health declaration forms will be carefully inspected and if someone innocently fails to note flu-like symptoms on the form, and are later discovered to have the H1N1 virus, they are subject to imprisonment. Maybe.

This may be Hongkers staying true to form in being freakishly paranoid about all things flu, OR perhaps the government just wants to imprison H1N1 victims as some sort of sick social experiment (no pun intended) and unleash the virus on captured members of the Falun Gong movement. Alright, that may be a tad far-fetched; we’re only kind of in China. However, The Standard yesterday reported that health authorities want to take action against someone who failed to mention a sore throat on their health declaration form. I think instead of prosecution, they should give that lying bastard some ‘new and improved’ Tamiflu. Just kidding of course.

Secretary for Food and Health York Chow Yat-ngok urged us all to be self-disciplined when filling out the forms. Ya, I definitely want to notify the authorities that I have a tickle in my throat so that they can detain me for hours of testing after my 12 hour flight. Sounds like jolly good fun! Although….if there’s an anal probe involved in the testing and we can keep it as a parting gift, people may be provoked to be more honest (at least the more perverted/gay). On the other hand, such kinky measures may not be necessary as York Chow Yat-ngok assures us that “…people do not normally try to hide their symptoms…” – riiiiiight.

In all seriousness, H1N1 could potentially be the next SARS and the HK government really is doing a stellar job at keeping it under control. We should wear masks at the first hint of a cough, and we should be honest when filling out our health declaration forms, despite the lack of anal toy hand-outs. If we all work together we can fight this! Do it not only for yourself, but for the children whose innocent lives are filled with ho….. wait a minute, they’re the little shits who may just have caused an epidemic in Hong Kong!

No jokes this time. As you all know, the rather degrading term ‘The Dark Side’ is coined by us gweilos and ABC’s when referring to Kowloon and the N.T., as we find these areas a bit too ‘Chinese.’ And indeed, some places are pretty scary or just plain weird. Yet what’s truly shocking is the fact that of the 1.3 million Hong Kongers living below the poverty line (almost 19% of the entire population, wtf) in this metropolitan city, approximately 100.000 elders, women, recent immigrants, children and handicapped folks have to live in cages, cubicles or small partitioned flats. Last March a cage home ‘exhibition’ took place at Schoeni gallery in Central, co-organized by SoCo, the non-profit organization that has been supporting these grassroots people since 1972. For a peak into their living conditions, check out this Youtube video. Pretty f*cked up indeed. We suggest you make a donation to SoCo NOW to redeem yourself for all that suddenly pointless pimping in DI, M1NT and Volar.

See, we can be serious. We know our already über-intelligent readers can appreciate a bit of guidance now and then. Put that in your pipe and smoke it Sham-Shui-Po Boy.

Update: Sham-Shui Po Boy (the dude behind http://hong-kong-blogs-review.com) was apparently a little offended by the above, resulting in the removal of our review. The above link now leads to a page claiming The Dark Side is an insecure website and that you should restart your computer ASAP. Be very afraid! Muhaha.

Notorious among nerds for throwing them in the refreshing Hong Kong waters, Eric Tse Hoi-wing, actor and member of Cantopop group E02 has recently declared that our Chief Executive Donald is… cheap. The SCMP reports that 煲呔曾’s visit to the Lunar New Year Fair in Victoria Park this year resulted in about HK$ 1,000 in purchases of various items (a rather popular thing to do nowadays among government officials to stimulate spending by the public), including one undoubtedly ghetto trucker hat designed by a local artist.

The proceeds of this sale went to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which aids children with life-threatening medical conditions, making it an ‘especially meaningful’ purchase as stated by Mr. Tsang. Good to know Donald, we almost thought you’d show up in Beijing next time spotting your latest wardrobe addition. However, our Cantopop heartthrob firmly expressed discontent: ‘he should have bought one of each design, not just one cap!’

What was our Chief Executive thinking? Those 120 bucks for one cap don’t make any difference. Instead, buying five would have made the world a whole lot better. We hope you can sleep at night Donald.