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From: william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo)
Subject: Re: The commercial by KCR
Organization: IBM Australia/ACCI 
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:43:17 GMT

In article <BxF92E.133@unccsun.uncc.edu> tychan@unccsun.uncc.edu (Smart Handsome Chas) writes:
>In article <1992Nov8.231424.18222@cis.ohio-state.edu> kwai@skink.cis.ohio-state.edu (ka-kei wai) writes:
>> Well, I'm just wondering why nobody talks about the commercial, in which
>> some kids play in a forrest, by KCR. I'm sure somebody knows what I'm talking
>> about, especially those in Hong Kong. If I don't see any reponds on this
>> group, I'll post the story which seems to be weird, but true. (A lot of people
>> in Hong Kong say so)
>>
>> - Paul.
>>
>>
>>
>
>I have heard of it. It was quite strange, expecially the seventh kid.
>Also, some of the other kids were.... after the TV ads was took.
>Scary.......
>
>Chas.
>

	Uncle Freddie Time???  But well, I certainly would like 
to know a bit more about the true part ... :-/

---Cheers,
	Bill
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: tychan@unccsun.uncc.edu (Smart Handsome Chas)
Subject: Re: Is HK Dominated by VMS ?
Organization: University of NC at Charlotte
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:54:52 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.215131.9919@chpc.utexas.edu> ivab015@chpc.utexas.edu (Albert Wu) writes:
>
>I have heard that the universities and polytechnics in HK are dominated
>by VMS machines.  Is that true ?  Is UNIX gaining grounds in time ?

At least all UST students have UNIX accounts.
Upper level CS students in CUHK also have UNIX accounts (they actually got it
when they are still year one students.).

Chas.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: mkwan@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au (Michael C. KWAN)
Subject: Re: change real name
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 00:40:39 GMT

In article <1dc3d9INNktg@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>, s907271@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Kwan Lai) writes:
>
>Can anyone tell me how to change real name in UNIX account ?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Kwan
>
>

	Try 'chfn'.



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Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: tychan@unccsun.uncc.edu (Smart Handsome Chas)
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday in English
Organization: University of NC at Charlotte
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 03:43:19 GMT

In article <BxHBr9.64q@cmcl2.nyu.edu> memco@cns.nyu.edu writes:
>
>	I've noticed that a number of families will sing
>Happy Birthday in  English, phonetically if they don't speak
>the language. Isn't there either a translation of the song
>or some traditional song to take it's place?

Yes. We do have a Cantonese translation of this song.
The lyrics are as follows:

Juk Nei Sun Yat Fai Lok
Juk Nei Sun Yat Fai Lok
Juk Nei Sun Yat Fai Lok Oh
Juk Nei Sun Yat Fai Lok.....!

Chas.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: hpang@engin.umich.edu (Ho Sun Pang)
Subject: Re: looking for Mahjiong game 
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 20:49:58 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <1992Nov5.210916.14979@menudo.uh.edu> zhangn@paintbrush.egr.uh.edu (Zhang) writes:
>Can anybody tell me where I can ftp a Mahjiong game that will work on
>NeXT or any Unix based workstation? Thanks in advance
>
>jnz

(1)  ANONYMOUS FTP TO export.lcs.mit.edu
(2)  bin
(3)  cd contrib
(4)  get <target file>.tar.Z
(5)  quit
(6)  uncompress <target file>.tar.Z
(7)  mkdir <target file>
(8)  cd <target file>
(9)  tar xf ../<target file>.tar
(10) xmkmf
(11) make depend
(12) make

I could not remember the exact file name for xmahjongg.  But you may try 
(in step (4)):

mget xmah*

That version at MIT works on virtually all UNIX platforms, but I wonder if it
would work on NeXT and SGi...

There are tons of other goodies you may want to FTP as well (like xhetris,
xwanderer, xtank, xtrek, ...)


- Louis

P.S.  The intermediate files are quite big, you may want to compile the thing
      in /tmp directory.



Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: c60a-gp@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Veronica Yip)
Subject: Re: What the hell is Lam's first name?(Re: LAM is God!!)
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 18:59:43 GMT

George.

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Jonathan Chung 		'When I dream of you, like dreamers do        |
| jonchung@ocf.berkeley.edu 	 I get this way, all night and day....'       |
| c60a-gp@danube.berkeley.edu	                           - Tommy Page       |
From: yuk@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Yuk Lun Chan)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:48:50 GMT
Subject: Re: Mercedes in HK & Stuttgart
Organization: Hewlett-Packard SSG/CCSY-PWD, UK.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong

I have quite a few email concerning about the speed mantioned in my story.
I just want to stat. It is a n-th hand story. I typed what I heard. The
man (an english) did say 200 mile per hour. The main point of this story
is not about the speed of MB or BMW. It is about in general, many German
drive very fast. Since this is told by the english side. Nobody knows the
real speed of that car except the drivers of that column. And if you are
driving in 100, someone passing you and disapeared in seconds would made 
you feel that they are driving over (well, 200). Without a speed meter, who
know?

I saw some woman (some German, some Chinese( woman are 
are considered driving more careful than man)) just kept accerating in their
3rd gear up to 60 mph before change to 4th (in a 1300cc (?) polo).
From: lyeh@alleg.edu (Hun Lye)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Sick of It!!!
Keywords: Chill Out!
Date: 7 Nov 92 21:25:34 GMT
Organization: Allegheny College

In article <1992Nov7.003404.44487@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>  
nephilim@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
> I am sick of those TESTS.  Why don't you guys go somewhere else which  
doesn't
> have a lot of messages, like alt.great_ass_paulina. or something?
> Don't waste our time and distract our attention!!!!!


I see that you are "sick" of a lot of things here....  Maybe you need to  
see a doctor or something or maybe a shrink - they have very good shrinks  
here in America (at least they charge a very "good" fee).

Just don't read them if it's titled "test" and if you do bump into one (by  
one of those people who are too ignorant or close-minded to know the  
existence of "alt.great_ass_paulina"), chill out!  

Have you considered too that maybe people are not testing at the  
"alt.great_ass_paulina" because they want to see if their postings reach  
"soc.culture.hongkong" and not somewhere else?

Friend, chill out and maybe try some "leung-char" (cooling tea) or if you  
wanna be open to American culture to the fullest - try BudDry.  Actually  
BudDry has a great line in its commercial - "Why ask 'why'? Have a  
BudDry!"

With lots of humor (and I hope you are posting with lots of humor too!),

Hunyeow Lye
lyeh@alleg.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: tung031@cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk (Tung Wai Yip)
Subject: Re: The commercial by KCR (is ridiculous)
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:48:07 GMT

kwli@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au (Ringo K. LI) writes:

>In article <1992Nov8.231424.18222@cis.ohio-state.edu>, kwai@skink.cis.ohio-state.edu (ka-kei wai) writes:
>>
>> Well, I'm just wondering why nobody talks about the commercial, in which
>> some kids play in a forrest, by KCR. I'm sure somebody knows what I'm talking
>> about, especially those in Hong Kong. If I don't see any reponds on this
>> group, I'll post the story which seems to be weird, but true.(A lot of people
>> in Hong Kong say so)
>>
>> - Paul.

>What is that all about?? Please input to all of us

>Ringo Li
>kwli@pieman.compserv.utas.edu.au

I just heard the story last night. The rumour is like that:
In a TV commerical of KCR, there are a group of children playing. They line
up and pretend to be a train. One day someone spotted that the second last 
child have very pale face and his nose was bleeding. People didn't spot
that just because the focus in on the child on the front.
When the director is asked for this. He is surprised becasue there are only
six children when he shot the film. But there are seven children on the film.
He don't know where is the 7th child come from.

So much for rumour. Anyone with a little though would know that its bullshit.
How can a film showing for few weeks, watch by millons of people without
catching someone is bleeding in the film? Many people like to make up
stories. Don't spread the rumour unless you sure you have see the bleeding
picture.

tung wai yip
From: cosc180f@elroy.uh.edu (92F06810)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: looking for Mahjiong game
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:40:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: elroy.5NOV199215400914
Organization: University of Houston
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Nov5.210916.14979@menudo.uh.edu>, zhangn@paintbrush.egr.uh.edu (Zhang) writes...
>Can anybody tell me where I can ftp a Mahjiong game that will work on
>NeXT or any Unix based workstation? Thanks in advance
> 
>jnz


jnz
	There is a Shanghai in your Next Account.  Besides it, there are many 
other neat games there.  Did you try them all?

cwb
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: hpang@engin.umich.edu (Ho Sun Pang)
Subject: Re: nephilim
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 92 06:46:17 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <kezSfU600WBO45qpUn@andrew.cmu.edu> jt2o+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Teng) writes:
>..... fuckin' ..... dipshit .....  jack our dicks off ..... fuck get .....
>..... gutless turd sitting ..... Fuckin shitface.

This newsgroup susprised me...  Sigh...

- Louis
From: K.K.Soo@bradford.ac.uk (KK SOO)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Cantonese songs for FTP'ing (Re: cantonese songs)
Date: 5 Nov 92 22:34:53 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: 91862372@muser
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

James Woo (James.Woo@ebu.ericsson.se) wrote:
: In article 720895509@ee.ualberta.ca, aspoon@ee.ualberta.ca (Alvin Poon) writes:
: >Just thought I'd tell everyone that someone uploaded a file called
: >cant_song.zip to ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  There are few .wav files of some
: >Cantonese songs.
: 
: Can someone post this file to this newsgroup for people like me that do not
: have ftp access? Thanks in advance.

You must be joking :-) To post non text files which are zipped in a single
file is not a simple thing, you can imagine how large of those encoded files
will be.

-- 
Fred
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: hpang@engin.umich.edu (Ho Sun Pang)
Subject: Re: Vivian Chow
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 21:48:39 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor


In article <1992Nov7.001133.44481@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> nephilim@kuhub.cc.ukans.ed
u writes:
>
>She looks so fucking ugly.  Why do you people keep saying that she is beautiful
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

May be you should reconsider get a hold of yourself, huh?

Even Vivian doesn't look like an apple in your eyes, I don't think you should
use the word "ugly" either, right?  Especially if the word is prefixed with
the phrase "so xxxxxxx".

>and shit?  Who cares?  Why don't you guys spend some more times and post
>something more educational or recreational?  Come on, we don't need this
>teenage shit around here!  Alright!!

Oh come on.  Did I said Vivian is very beautiful, an angelic beauty?  Give me
a quote!  I am just saying she may not be as ugly as you think.  As least I
think the word "ugly" should not be used.  Saying someone ugly in front of
people is VERY IMPOLITE.

So you think saying something like "shit" is recreational (like "Little Cloud"
in the cartoon "Dr. Slump" - or Dr. IQ)?  So you think the word "fuxking"
is recreational?

Huh!?

>I understand that different people have different concepts for beauty.  So,
>why don't you "Teenagers" out there do something rather than thinking about
>sex or getting sex?  I am sick of discussing "beautiful" girls.
        ^^^^^^^^^^^

Eh, now I understand why you used the words "fuxking" and "recreational".

When you use rn, there is a little key called "k" which you may found useful.
Just my two cents...


- Louis


P.S. I am not a Vivian Chow fan.
                                                 

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: tcheung@cc.uow.edu.au (teresa cheung)
Subject: Re: Acts of love
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 00:58:57 GMT

glo@dvlseq.us.oracle.com (George Lo) writes:

>In article <1992Nov4.060244.14344@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung) writes:
>>glo@dvlseq.us.oracle.com (George Lo) writes:
>> [stuff deleted]>
>And as that person already told her
>best friends about it.  I believe she should try to get help from
>her friends instead of from her husband. If she tells her husband,
>chances are, there would be a dirty spot on their relationship.  It
>is not that easy to clean.  And unless her husband is as idealistic
>as you, he would definitely feel uncomfortable.  And this happened
>so many years ago, she probably doesn't need much help, she just love
>to have a happy family of her own.  So why dig out the mishaps of the
>past and ruin the future?  Why bother?  if she is mentally hurt
>because of the rape and can't have a life with her husband, then
>she should tell him.  But if she returns to normal already, what's the
>point? 

Agree.  Not only would it be uncomfortable for her husband, 
but she will have to face her husband with shame (even if the shame
is her father's shame.)

Teresa.
From: yuk@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Yuk Lun Chan)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 09:37:55 GMT
Subject: Re: Re: Mainland stealing Benz from HK (was Re: TW News 7/10/92)
Organization: Hewlett-Packard CCSY-PWD, UK.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong

>soc.culture.hongkong / wshi@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Weiping Shi) /  5:29 pm  Nov  2, 1992 /
>I never understand what is good about Mercedes Benz (also BMW).
>I was told that it is good for its quality or your name
>printed on the parts.  But the quaility is certainly not good,
>(see Consumer Report), and I don't see the benefit of
>having my initials are the parts.

>If the whole purpose is to show off one's wealth,
>then why not at the same time show off one's good judgement
>in selecting a REALLY good quality instead of being a victim
>of the propaganda of car dealers?

That's because normal people do not know what is good or bad. All they known
about is MB and BMW. 
There is a joke on my company. One of our man talking with someone and told
him that he worked for H.P. and tell him it is a computer manufacturer. 
And his reply was, " Is it better than Packard Bell?"
See, you don't need to show off to people with knowledge. But to the people
without knowledge, MB or BMW is enough.

From: yuk@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Yuk Lun Chan)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:03:22 GMT
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday in English
Organization: Hewlett-Packard SSG/CCSY-PWD, UK.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong

>soc.culture.hongkong / memco@cns.nyu.edu /  2:47 am  Nov 10, 1992 /

>       I've noticed that a number of families will sing
>Happy Birthday in  English, phonetically if they don't speak
>the language. Isn't there either a translation of the song
>or some traditional song to take it's place?
>----------

You mean Chinese. Yes, of course. I think there is a tape full of such
songs (new year, brithday, marriage etc). But I felt that it may be a bit
difficult to find. Temple street may be easier than those up market record
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: afung@world.std.com (Albert K Fung)
Subject: Re: Hongkong and Singapore compared, an economic report 60's-80's
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 03:26:26 GMT


In article <Bx3qz6.EKE@gabriel.keele.ac.uk> csn88@seq1.keele.ac.uk (K.M. Tay)
writes:

>   A lot countries in the world are investing in IT eg. Britain, US
>Japan and as well as HK. Obviously it has it's risk like sabotage or bug

In my opinion, the countries that are investing in IT can be loosely
categorized into two distinct motifs - top down and bottom up. UK,
Singapore and Japan belong to the former while US and HK belongs to the
latter. My observation so far is that the former yields rather
disappointing ROI. Even for Japan, her strength is in manufacturing, not
IT.

So I am not sure whether going all out on IT is appropriate for every
country. Sometimes you've got to stick to your competitive advantages ...

>con's of IT is very hard to judge but in my opinion it is worth taking a
>risk as Leavitt mention in article of Business Harvard Review 1988 world
>is going into an information based company rather than a manfacture company.

With due respect to Mr. Leavitt, I cannot disagree with him more. If he is
right, does that mean we are going to serve each other "information" :).
It's nice to have information, but I'm quite happy with my Lexus and my
CD player..... :).

I do agree, however, that computerization is the key to efficient manufact-
uring plants.

>   I'm not Keynes but merely stating the facts. But anyway thanks for
>your critism.

I'd rather categorize it as an honest exchange of ideas .... :)

Regards,

Al Fung
SoftFab International Ltd., One Kendall Square, Suite 2200, Cambridge, MA 02139
Email: afung@SoftFab.COM        Voice: (617) 621-7014       Fax: (617) 577-1209

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: pang@cs.su.oz.au (Wendy Pang)
Subject: Re: Cantonese Radio Program
Reply-To: pang@cluster.cs.su.oz (Wendy Pang)
Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:59:07 GMT

In article <frankiel.16.721375616@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> frankiel@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Frankie Lam) writes:
>Can someone please post time-table for Cantonese Radio Program which can be
>received in Sydney, Australia. Thanks.
>
>Frankie Lam

FM 98.5 on every Tuesday and Friday, from 10:00pm -- 11:00pm.

Enjoy,
Wendy


--
Wendy Pang
pang@cs.su.oz.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: cheok@csn.org (Cheok Hoey Thng)
Subject: Re: Is is right to eat dogs?
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:58:50 GMT


What do you call a Chinese having a dog as pet ?

Vegetarain

C h e o k.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: pcli@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Michael Hung)
Subject: Re: Fido nodes in HK
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:58:31 GMT

In article <1d7qr7INN4b8@gap.caltech.edu>, chiu@ccsf.caltech.edu (John Chiu) writes:
> I have the following question.  
> 
> Do you mean that I can communicate with people in Hong Kong who linked
> to fidonet?  If that's true, can you tell me how my sister back there 
> can join fidonet?  She has a 386 and a modem and I bet that's all she 
> needs for hardware.  I would be please if I can send mail to her thru
> internet.  
> 

Yes.  She can join any of the fidonet bbs in Hong Kong and you can send her
mails.  Though schk or directly by e-mail (fidonet calls that net-mail).

(As long as the system operator of that bbs has schk feeded to or she has
access to international netmails.  Some bbs won't let you use netmail)

Michael
From: u2122541@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Need HELP
Date: 11 Nov 92 14:30:13 +1000
Organization: University of New South Wales

One of my friends who is now studying in CU, gives me an e-mail address.
However, I can't finger or e-mail him.  I think there must me something wrong
with the address he gives me.  The address is,

	"mylee@wk332g.ee.cuhk.hk"

Can anyone in CU tell me what is the correct address of this?

Thanks a lot!

Laurie

u2122541@csdvax.unsw.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: hpang@engin.umich.edu (Ho Sun Pang)
Subject: Re: The whole story about the commercial by KCR
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 18:48:52 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <15613@suns7.crosfield.co.uk> hck@crosfield.co.uk (chuck kay hon) writes:
>
>Another piece of information, some people( one of them is called
>Li Kui Ming, Li is his surname ) said they actually could see more 
>and more ghosts going to HK from mainland China, the reason was that the 
>Chines Government didn't allow people to carry out any funeral services to
>the death, so the death couldn't sleep well ( if you believe in Bible) or 
>the death refused to leave this world ( if you believe in Buddisim ), that's
>why they become a ghost and hanging around.  Their suggestion is no matter 
>what religion the death committed, his/her relatives should do proper 
>funeral services to them so as to let them sleep peacefully or migrate to
>next phase of life.  Another suggestion from them is that if you can behave
>yourself or you commit to one of the religions, you won't have much trouble 
>with these ghosts.
>

Ha ha... 


Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: cs922096@ariel.yorku.ca (JOSE J. MONTANO)
Subject: Re: Re: This News Group Surprises Me!
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Distribution: world,local
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 07:00:44 GMT

In article <5NOV199212020818@misvax.mis.arizona.edu> leungk@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (The Wandering Hermit) writes:
>In article <6130178@hpopd.pwd.hp.com>, yuk@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Yuk Lun Chan) writes...
>> 
>>Are you sure? I believe it is just because so far no US president born
>>outside USA. I remember someone going for presidentship last time was
>>born somewhere outside US.
>> 
>
>I think one must be born in US (or born American) to be the president of US.
>The only exception is, you were a citizen already when US is found. This is
>in the constitution, I think.
>
>Simon,The Hermit

     You are partially right, Simon.  The constitution says that to be
eligible for the office of the President of the United States, one must
be a United States citizen born IN the U.S.  There is also an minimum
age, which is important as well (It's 40-42 I think.).  For a 
naturalized U.S. citizen, the best they could hope for is
Vice-President.  

|)
Joe