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From: martinb@uk.sun.com (Martin Baines - Sun UK - SE Manager Cambridge)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: For those of you that HATE japaneses
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:58:13 GMT
Reply-To: martinb@uk.sun.com
Distribution: world
Organization: Sun Microsystems Ltd
NNTP-Posting-Host: bottomdog.uk.sun.com

In article 4I4@world.std.com, cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond) writes:
>dht@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Joyous Dave baby) writes:
>
>>ntetsuya@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Nishimura) writes:
>>I don't understand why it's considered offensive to call Japanese "Japs".
>>When I talk to my fellow Australian friends, they are happy to use *that
>>term*.  It wasn't until reading the net that I found out people get offended
>>by it.
>
>>Now why is it offensive?
>
>
>....because it was historically (at least recent history) used in a
>purposefully offensive fashion, just as "chink" , "spic" , "hun",
>"frog" , etc ...... The Brits and the Yanks (I can claim to be both)
>are lucky in that they assigned their own nicknames in a preemptive
>strike, of sorts.  Of course if the American Revolution had been lost
>by the colonists, then "yank" would probably also be a term of approbation.

The dreaded North American idea of Politically Correct
double think strikes again!

I am English (but born in Hong Kong, which is why I read this thread),
did any Americans consult me before refering to me as a Limey? No.

Did any Australian consult me before refering to me as a Pom? No.

Did any Chinese consult me before refering to me as a Gwilo (sp?)? No.

Do I object to these terms? No.

Does the fact Americans/Australians/Chinese use these terms make
them automatically racist? No.

What matters is peoples' attitudes and behaviour, the language
they choose to use is (as often as not) just a reflection
of their cultural baggage, not necessarily deep routed
prejudice.

Martin

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From: u2116318@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: game buster help needed
Date: 27 Aug 92 20:28:06 +1000
Organization: University of New South Wales

anyone remember how to use game buster?
the software to modify memory while you play
games?

thanks in advance

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: yip@wsl.dec.com (Michael Yip)
Subject: Re: Storms in Hong Kong
Organization: Western Software Lab
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 06:14:25 GMT


In article <5328@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> you write:
>In article <1992Aug30.102830.28346@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> raju@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Daryanani) writes:
>>In <78648@ut-emx.uucp> onlit@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (K2-2nd on Earth) writes:
>>
>>Except that in HK it would only have caused a few million HK dollars damage, 
>>rather than the USD30 billion estimate that is being tossed around for the 
>>damage in Florida!
>
>
>They build apartment complexes and highrisers in Hong Kong, while they build
>wood-framed plaster-walled houses here.  I heard stories that some person's
>new house (wood) was blown away while his old house (brick) still stands.
>I guess that's why I look for a brick/stone house instead of wood, even we
>don't have hurricane or earthquakes here in the 'Burgh (although we do have
>torlados...)
>
>Ray
>
>-- 
>Raymond K. Wong                                 
>E-mail: rkwst@unix.cis.pitt.edu, rkwst+@pitt.edu, rkw@icarus.lis.pitt.edu
>E-mail: sm/pgh/ray%sm@mcimail.com                                       
>other:  70724.1416@Compuserve.com                            /2./<.vV.          

Haven't you heard of the three little pigs trying to build houses,
one with haystacks, one with wood, and the other one with bricks?

Seriously this is exactly what happens.  For over 19 years I have 
lived in the US I cannot understand (and am still amazed) why people
along the US Atlantic coasts and at least, part of the Gulf, don't 
want to build stronger houses -- they know that EVERY YEAR they have 
a high probability of getting the hurricane.  The technology is 
certainly available.

Telling me that it is too costly to build stronger houses is nonsense.
Look at the damage that it has done now.  Would it be more expensive 
to have houses and buildings constructed right in the first place to
withstand this kind of weather, or is it more expensive now to re-build 
everything from scratch, not to mention the fact the many people's lives 
are destroyed!

Had California not adopted stronger earthquake preventive measures
in its building, highway, and general construction codes, Oct 18 1989 
would have been a even bigger than the already HUGE disaster in the 
San Francisco area.

--
======================================================================
Michael E. Yip
Digital Equipment Corporation	Internet: yip@wsl.dec.com
Western Software Laboratory	UUCP: ...decwrl!wsl.enet.dec.com!yip
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong)
Subject: GIF Picture Postings - alau03.gif, mcheung04.gif, skngai01.gif
Organization: Dept. of Civil Engineering, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 08:01:59 GMT


HONG KONG PICTURES ARCHIVE - POPSTAR COLLECTION (HKPA.POPSTARS)
===============================================================
NEW PICTURE POSTINGS
====================

Hi everyone. I just posted 3 more pictures to the newsgroups
alt.binaries.pictures and alt.binaries.pictures.misc.

The files are:

alau03.gif    - greyscaled picture of Andy Lau
mcheung04.gif - greyscaled drawing of Maggie Cheung
skngai01.gif  - color picture of Ngai Suk Kwun

Special thanks to David So for contributing his files.

Alan will upload these to the ftp sites soon.

Enjoy!

Thomas.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: alfred@walt.tmc.edu (Alfred Wu)
Subject: Re: Hong Kong
Keywords: names
Organization: Mississippi State Univ.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:00:21 GMT

In article <17jq5kINNrgm@agate.berkeley.edu> Leo Wong writes:
>This is just one of the "things that make you go hmmmmm...":
>
>I am sure you guys noticed that there are a lot of ways people refer to us,
>namely, men or women who were born in HK; grown in HK; in anyway affliated 
>with our home, the Pearl of the Orient, the Fragrant Harbor.
>
>The names that we have include:	Hong Kongees
>				Hongkongese
>				HongKongers
>				Hong Kong people
>				Hong Kong Chinese
>				......(and some more weird names)

Some Malaysian Chinese like to call us HongKees. 
Personally, I feel that word some how offending.  I think about Yankee
whenever I hear it. 

>
>Personally, I like being called "Hong Kongers" better.  It is more "chic".
>The "ESE" sound in "HongKongese" always give me the chill.
>
>What do you think??
>
>Leo

alfred
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: edwka@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Wing K. Au)
Subject: Re: Help : Looking for Chinese word processor
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:47:33 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.020603.42739@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, wling@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
> I need help in finding a Chinese Word processor/editor. I heard of a shareware
> program somewhere out there.
> Can somebody tell me where to find it?
> 
> Thanks in Advance.
> 

NJSTAR is a pretty good one.  You can obtain it from AHKCUS.ORG through
anonymous ftp.

Wing Au,
University of Newcastle,
Australia.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.hongkong:10085 soc.culture.china:23725 soc.culture.taiwan:12321 news.answers:2595
From: hideo@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (KANNO Hideo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong,rec.travel.air
Subject: Re: Dragon Air
Date: 30 Aug 92 23:14:58 GMT
Followup-To: rec.travel.air
Organization: Computer Centre, University of Tokyo

In article <64937@cup.portal.com> hassan@cup.portal.com (hassan monu alam) writes:
>Does anybody have experience travelling on Dragon Air? Is their 
>maintainance, on-time departure, and service comparible to Cathay?

I haven't.  But my friends have.

Don't expect comfort and service for KA.
Sheat pitch is shorter than other airlines.
One of my friend, he had a flights from Hong Kong to Kungming said:
"CAAC is better than Dragon Air:-(."

But KA is still useful.  And in many case there's no alternative.
If you want to fly from Hong Kong to China local cities and v.v..
It is very hard to get a seat on CAAC (means nowadays CA,MU, etc) flight.
Because there are no efficient Computer Reservation System.

You can easily and exactly reserve the seat for KA.
No problem!!  

I'm not sure but I think their maintanances are done by Cathey Pacific.

In mainland China, you must think you are lucky, if you can fly and arrive
on destination on the day you wanted.

In CAAC ticket office, keyward is "Mei-You", means "There's no seat."
and please notice, it means someteime "There's no flight service"?????

So don't care about such a thing.
--
            _      .---    KANNO HIDEO     kanno@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp 
  _________/ |__--'@/      Dept. of Biophysics & Biochemistry, Univ. of Tokyo
 (__PAN AM/__|__===-~      3-1, Hongo 7-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, JAPAN 
                           (JALNET: JAL13073, NIFTY-Serve: GFC00670)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: rhc52134@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard)
Subject: Re: One Joke A Day, Guarentees Your Girlfriend Will Stay
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 00:57:21 GMT

cheung@strider.hw.stratus.com writes:

>Sure I was scared, but I wasn't dumb.  I said, 
>"Fong Pei.  Fong yeik yau nei.  Ng fong yeik yau nei."
>("Go take a fart, up to you fart, up to you not to fart.")
>You guess right.  I ran the hell out of there as fast as possible.

>---------------------------------------------------
>My apologies that this joke takes a little bit of Cantonese to understand.

>Copyright protected.
>Cheung's Funky Shop, Co.

	This joke is both original and funny. Only the funny part is not
	original and the original part is not funny.

	I have read about this joke in a old Chinese book. Only the prelude
	has changed. 


				Richard at UIUC
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: 91278446@cphkvx.cphk.hk
Subject: Mid-Autumn Festival Comming
Organization: The Ohio State University; Department of Phyiscs
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:52:27 GMT

Hello, every body :-)

Let me remind you our Mid-Autumn Festival is comming. In HK time, it should be
9/11/92, Friday. Do you remember that? 

If you don't know it and don't like to remember as it makes you miss your 
family. I am sorry. But if you remember and miss the mooncake, let me post some
for you to enjoy :-)       
                              _ _
                            _(_)_) _ 
                           (_)_(_)(_)
                             (_)(_)                        
                                                         

Help Yourself... :-)

Michael Lai
91278446@cphkvx.bitnet
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo)
Subject: Re: Joke ...
Organization: IBM Australia/ACCI 
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:40:00 GMT

In article <5893@transfer.stratus.com> cheung@strider.hw.stratus.com writes:
>This post is in reply to an article posted on soc.culture.china.
>Since people at soc.culture.hongkong are more fun driven, I have 
					       ^^^^^^^^^^				
   ** This guy wants to prove something. He's got some sense.


>decided to post it here.  (If you don't like jokes, press [n]).
			    ^^

  **  Don't put IF statements here expecting us to execute them, OK? 
      Besides different news-readers have different approaches. If you really
      mean to put an IF statement to instruct, why not try:

		IF (you don't like a joke) THEN
			IF (having rn) THEN
				(press 'n')
			ELSE
			   WHILE (your sys. adm. isn't around bothering you)	
			      call up friends to come and look
			      smash the shit into your system 
			      laugh 5 secs then stop			 
			ENDIF
		ELSE
		   (don't go away and read on)


>Article 40189 of soc.culture.china:
>From: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (XiaoFei Wang) wrote:
>
>(... Zhuang Yong has a NEW husband, blah, blah, blah ...)
>
>>Thanks Bo. I am always glad to clear up language related confusions on
>>scc. I am surprised that this time the confusion is caused by the common
>>word `new'. I will use examples to illustrate. 
>
>>`I bought a new car' means the CAR is a new one, not a used one. 
>>( That is, I bought a car from a dealer, not from Eddie ). 
>>I might have another car before that or I might not. The sentence simply
>>did not say anything about my driving history. 
>
>>Similarly the adjective `new' defines `husband'. It means the HUSBAND is
>>new, i.e. never married. It says nothing about Zhong Yong's marriage


  ** Not so.  'Her new husband' could actually be telling you:
	1. She has just newly married to a guy  
	2. 1. and she calls him the currently new 
	3. 1. 2. and she's got other currently ex's

 
>>history. 
>
>Oh, I see now.  Interesting.
>
>I have a new girlfriend.  That means she has never dated anyone else.
>I have a new son.  That means my son has never been fathered before.
>I have a new teacher.  That means the old man has never taught before.
>Then what is news?  It is an S (read asS) that has never been seen before!
>
>Copyright Strictly Strictly protected.
			     ^^^^^^^^^
			     By whom then? 
 			     I inadvertently am ignoring it, don't cry mate!
			     Never asked permission to foil you know.	

>Cheung's Funky Shop, Co.

---Keep smiling,
	Bill

Xref: sparky soc.culture.hongkong:10084 news.answers:2594
From: li@sicvax.enet.dec.com (Tong-Kang Li)
Subject: Re: For those of you that HATE japaneses
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:05:10 GMT


In article <1992Aug27.033629.13566@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk>, cmhui@cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk (Hui Chau Man) writes...
>dht@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Joyous Dave baby) writes:
> 
>>backwards 30 years.  If Japs didn't invade, then the Taiwan (ROC)
>>government would've been in power for the past 50 years, and
>>China will be one of the most advanced and powerful country in
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>the world... no doubt about it, just look at current day Taiwan
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>and HongKong!
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>Maybe, China would have been one of the most poor country in the world...
>no doubt about it, just look at current day India and Phillipin. They
>don't have communism also. 

Yes, not every non-communism country has been doing well but every communism 
country has been doing poorly. Right now only 4 communism countries remain 
on this earth.

>But most likely, China would just have been a colony of US if CCP
                                               ????????????
>have not taken over the power. 

Wasn't the time CCP called Soviet Union "Our big brother" and Chinese children
called Stalin "Grandpa Stalin". Colony of Soviet Union? 

When Taiwan was building up her economy and CCP was busy for culture 
revolution.

Today people in Taiwan making money at least 15 times more than people in 
Mainland China. And CCP still scratches her head to figure out what is her 
surname should be? capitalism or socialism. Taiwan is pushing for political 
reform and CCP is pushing for political repression and HongKong people are 
filling out immigration form.

Certainly, not everything so negative about Mainland China. Mainland did 
better than their "big brother" in economy and is gradually moving towards 
market economy which is very encouraging news.

Tom
From: juyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu (  )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: (none)
Date: 29 Aug 92 18:28:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Aug30.042857.14969
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University



American Airline One-way ticket from Newark to Phoenix for sale:

						LV	ARR
	Sep 8   Newark - Dallas/Ft.Worth 	18:14   21:04
		DFW - Phoenix			21:57	22:14

Can be changed for $25.

Asking for $50 o.b.o.

The ticket can be sold separately.  Please reply by e-mail.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: william@natimuk.acci.com.au (William Lo)
Subject: Re: Answer to Q regarding to "One Joke A Day"
Organization: IBM Australia/ACCI 
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:57:01 GMT

In article <6112@transfer.stratus.com> cheung@strider.hw.stratus.com writes:
>Somebody asked me why I always use the title "One Joke
>A Day, Keep Your Girlfriends Away".

	** I was wondering if it'd work though! I wouldn't bet on it!
	   I feel that it's often real tragic if one's got a bit too
	   creative, especially when others who aren't seem to look
	   at you with dead contempt. Oddly enough! 

>You are bored and you are irritated.  You can now think about
>my "One Joke A Day", and, hopefully, won't get too mad and still
>love your girlfriends.

	** Forturnately I'm quite ok. But I really love jokes and
	   appreciate yours...your random generator's!

---Cheers,
	Bill

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: wlee@unixg.ubc.ca (Wendy Lee)
Subject: Urgent HELP!!!!!
Originator: wlee@unixg.ubc.ca
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:21:57 GMT



    Can anyone in HK do a favour for me? I want to know if the following
books are available in book stores in HK:

    1) Electric Circuit Analysis (2nd edition)
                       -By Johnson                     {CND $92.35}

    2) Applied Statistics for Engineering and               
       Physical Scientists (2nd edition)
                       -By Hogg                        {CND $92.80}

    As it is very expensive to buy these books
in Vancouver, I really hope to know if I can buy
them in HK or not. 

    Please mail me if you have checked the prices
for them.

    THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 


*************************************************************************  
      LEE Wendy Woon-ming

      Email address: wlee@unixg.ubc.ca

***************************************************************
       
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: cyang@tacit.Eng.Sandy.Novell.COM (Cheng Yang)
Subject: Re: You can tell ...
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 19:26:05 GMT

In article <18885jINN2bh@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cc015@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Vito T. Kwan) writes:
>
>Hi, do you know there is a easy way to tell whether a student in your class
>is from HK? (In most cases) If she/he can spin a pen, she/he is from HK.
>-- 

A lot of mainland Chinese can spin a pen too....  This is not an easy way
to tell.......

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*       Ho capito, signor, si!........                                     *
*                                                                          *
*       Cheng Yang                                                         *
*       NetWare for UNIX.  Novell, Inc., Sandy, Utah                       *
*       E-Mail Address: cheng_yang@npd.novell.com                          *
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From: rsanders@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (RRobert M Sanders)
Subject: Re: Hong Kong
Keywords: names
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 01:06:50 GMT

When I hear the name "HongKee" I am more inclined to think of the word used by 
African-Americans to refer to someone such as myself- someone of the 
wonderbread complexion (honky).

Robert Sanders
From: rkwst+@pitt.edu (Raymond K Wong)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Hong Kong
Keywords: names
Date: 29 Aug 92 23:32:47 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


Personally "Hongkies" gives me chills.

The British called Hong Kong people "Hongkongites" which is silly too...

I perfer "Hongkongans" "Hongkongians" "Hong Kong yans" etc....

ray

-- 
Raymond K. Wong                                 
E-mail: rkwst@unix.cis.pitt.edu, rkwst+@pitt.edu, rkw@icarus.lis.pitt.edu
E-mail: sm/pgh/ray%sm@mcimail.com                                       
other:  70724.1416@Compuserve.com                            /2./<.vV.          
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: dchan@cisco.com (Derek Chan)
Subject: Re: One joke a day, keep your girlfriends away
X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message are those of an
	      individual at SRI International, and do not necessarily
	      reflect those of the company.
Organization: cisco Systems, Incorporated
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:09:50 GMT

It should be "one joke a day, keep your wife away". So you can have
time for your girlfriends:-)

Derek
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: u8902989@cs.uow.edu.au (Chung Ming Liu)
Subject: LD price in Hong Kong ?
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:27:18 GMT

Can anyone please tell me roughly how much an LD cost in Hong Kong,
Interested in Anime, and Science Fiction Movie. 

Is there any LD shop in Hong Kong would do oversea orders ?

Also, how much would a player like 
Pioneer CLD-737, CLD-939, CLD-3390 cost ?


Thanks in Advance !

Chung Ming Liu
u8902989@cs.uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong, Australia.
From: cheung@strider.hw.stratus.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: one joke a day, keep your girlfriends away
Keywords: Woo La La
Date: 26 Aug 92 13:09:01 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Cheung's Funky Shop, Co

Again, I am in a very good mood today.  My random number
generator says that I should make a political joke.  So
I will.  For those don't like Cheung's Funky Shop products,
you may press [n] now.

Watching those Republicans so eagerly invoking memories of 
Harry S. Truman, I can't help but ponder, what make you
think that you can win an election by being a bunch of
hairy asses?

And amid such intense debate about this Emperor Akihito thing,
someone asked a question, where was he during WWII?  By
simple arithmetics calculation, he should be a teenage back
then.  Well, don't you get it?  He did not like the war.  He 
dodged the draft and  was in Oxford smoking pot!  

And, nothing is really complete without having a number three.
The best political jokes are that they all somehow get elected.



Cheung's Funky Shop, Co.
Copyright protected for item 1 and 2.
Item 3 is pirated and modified.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: wuys@gehrig.cs.rpi.edu (Yi-Shin Wu)
Subject: Wanted : userid
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:54:50 GMT


To the students of USC:

I'm looking for a friend who is starting his first graduate
semester at USC in Electrical Engineering. His name is 
James Wong Tze Him. If anyone knows his userid, please send
me an e-mail, or give my e-mail address to him.

Any help is appreciated.



Yi Shin Wu
wuys@cs.rpi.edu
From: w246375@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: university info. in US
Date: 25 Aug 92 15:44:21 -0300
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Hi, fellow netters,
	How are you?  I am a student studying in Canada wondering about
something in U.S.
	Does anyone know about some info. of University of Washington State
in Pullman WA?  Any info. are appreciated!
Please forward your response to my e-mail address, W246375@ac.dal.ca!
Thanx!

--
Winny

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.taiwan