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From: leoso@cs.arizona.edu (Leo WaiChung So)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Computer Books in Hong Kong...
Date: 12 Nov 92 18:59:40 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

chee@csri.toronto.edu (Chee-Shong Wu) writes:
>
>Hi, I am going to Hong Kong for two weeks.  While I am there, I would like
>to purchase some computer literature or text for my own reference.
>Which are the book stores in HK that have a large collection of computer 
>literature?  Where are they located?
>
  This is the nth times I post/email this address list. :-) Can
  somebody in HK confirm the phone numbers or make it more complete
  so that we can put it into FAQ then?

  Cheers,
  leo.


*   Hon Wing Book Co., Ltd.
    63A, Tung Choi Street, Kowloon
    391-0585

    World Book Co., Ltd.
    Argyle Street (Near Sincere), Mongkok
    394-1025

    USTHK University Bookstore
    Level 123, Entrance Piazza, Hong Kong University of Science & Tech.

    HKU Swindon Book Co., Ltd.
    University of Hong Kong
    546-8412

    CUHK Swindon Book Co., Ltd.
    Fulton Building, Chinese University of Hong Kong

*!  Swindon Book Co., Ltd.
    Locke Road, Tsimsatsui, Kowloon

*!  Caves Books Co,. Ltd.
    4B Ferry Street, G/F., Yaumati, Kowloon
    780-0987, 771-2298
    Shop M124, Jackson Rd,. MTR Central Station, HK
    524-8857

*$  Academic & Professional (A&P) Book Center
    1H Cheung Ming Building, 80-86 Argyle Street, Mongkok
    398-2191

*$  Man Yuen Books Co., Ltd.
    Parkers Street, Jordon, Kowloon


    (*) means rich in CS books.
    (!) means rather expansive.
    ($) means cheap.
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From: glo@dvlseq.us.oracle.com (George Lo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Re: Questions on obtaining British National Citizenship
Date: 12 Nov 92 18:30:01 GMT
Organization: Oracle World HQ, Redwood Shores, California
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

In article <6130185@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> yuk@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Yuk Lun Chan) writes:
>>Live in HK for 7 years legally makes one eligible to apply for residency.
>>However, if you are not naturally born in HK, you would not be eligible
>>to apply for a so called BNO or BDTC passport.
>
>No. Yes can apply for nationalisation. Quite a lot of people has done so. Most
>from mainland China. There is a case that an english holding British Passport
>apply to nationalise to BNO (strange???). In UK, all people except student and
>some special visa holder (such as training permit, exchange work etc) lived
>for four years would have residency. All commonwealth citizen lived for five
>years and the last of these five is in residency (He must not away for more
>than 90 days at anyone time during these five years) can register as citizen.
>Non-commonwealth citizen need nationisation. The different, nationisation
>cost more, need to test of English and make the officer believe that you
>are so used to english life (read boring) and you cannot live in your own 
>country. Of course, rules are rules, just like a lot of people who never set
>foot outside China town, not a single word of English can still get it (in
>UK or US, or anywhere).
>
>Yuk

If you are talking immigrants to England, yes you can.  But not
immigrants to HK.
Immigrants to HK from mainland can't get a BNO passport no matter how
many years they have been in HK.  They can only get CI.  This is
common sense.  Maybe you have been away for too long.
From: yuk@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Yuk Lun Chan)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 09:42:32 GMT
Subject: Re: soc.culture.hongkong
Organization: Hewlett-Packard SSG/CCSY-PWD, UK.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong

>soc.culture.hongkong / leekfe@eecg.toronto.edu (Kim Fung Edward Lee) /  3:46 pm  Nov  7, 1992 /

>       Frankly, I also prefer listening to songs on stereo.... which I
>do.... But I treat playing around with computer stuffs as a fun
>thing to burn spare time..... 

He you guys, girls, if you feel that you have too much spare time. Why don't
you knok on the door of the nearest Chinese take away and ask for a part time
job? It really make you know lot more people and different life style. Also,
most of these friends in local Chinese Community can offer help outside 
college such as where you can find the cheapest car repair etc. And then
you won't have time for these computer, comic etc etc either you are too
busy or those workmate have a whole libraries of tape and books.
From: cheung@strider.hw.stratus.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: One Joke A Day, No More Girls Say No Way
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:29:46 GMT
Organization: Cheung's Funky Shop, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: strider.hw.stratus.com

O.K.  Funky Cheung is, again, in a very good mood.  Thanksgiving
is coming and he has this to offer you, "Hey, want to be the star
in your Thanksgiving party?"

Oh, the stupid ritual.  The following jokes contain graphic 
descriptions of nudity and sexual behavior.  Parental guidance
is advised for children under 17.  Blah, blah, blah...  So no
flame please.


Q:  What is the square root of 69?

A:  Eight something.    
    (His last mathematics joke worked so well he has to try another
    one.  Heard originally from his salty wet math professor.)



Q:  How is American beer like making love in a canoe?

A:  Both are f__king close to water.
    (Heard from a German friend.)



Q:  How do the Japanese get their government?

A:  By erection.
    (Rudimentary Japanese student's enlightenment.)


Q:  How is a turkey like a tan woman?

A:  The white parts are the best.
    (Real life experience.   Just kidding!  Just kidding!)




That is it for now.  Only one joke a day.


Cheung's Funky Shop, Inc.
From: jt2o+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Teng)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Vivian Chow
Date: 6 Nov 92 09:46:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.weygiZe00iUzQ4ro8l
	<1992Nov6.234810.1@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au>
Organization: Fifth yr. senior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

>From: bus338pb2@vx24.cc.monash.edu.au
>Subject: Re: Vivian Chow
>Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 12:48:10 GMT
> 
>In article <1992Nov4.220842.8950@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>,
cs922096@ariel.yorku.
>ca (JOSE J. MONTANO) writes:
>> 
>>      Re:  Women who look pretty without makeup.  
>> 
>>      This is a good quality indeed.  
>>      Anyway, there is a GIF of Vivian Chow (vchow09) where I think she's not
>> wearing much makeup.  It's my personal favorite....
>>      Does anyone agree with me when I say that many Asian women look
beautifu
>l with little or no makeup?  I mean compared to a Caucasian woman
sans-makeup.  
>> This is why I think many Japanese and Chinese ladies look younger
than their 
>ages.
>>   
>Hello everyone:
> 
>This is my first time posting
> 
> 
>Is there a way to contact Vivian Chow(yes!)? Do you guys have her phone number
>or something like that???  
>Don't boring asking me to join her fan club, I already have...
I love Vivi!!!!
 
 
Yes, I do.  Actually, she's standing right next to me, and she says "Hi!"
She says from your message that you sound really cute, and she would
like to date you (!)  

(hehehe)
John
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: alvin@top.cis.syr.edu (Alvin Leung)
Subject: Re: Your university making $$$ out of you?
Keywords: $$$, brand-name, wholesome policies, yeck, etc.
Organization: Syracuse University CIS Dept.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 17:13:55 EST

In article <W6A=1t+@engin.umich.edu>, hpang@engin.umich.edu (Ho Sun Pang) writes:
|> Talk about respect.   Does anyone feel that your university has use its
|> brand-name and widespread respect/reputation to attract top and wealthy 
|> students, then attempt to squeeze money out of them?
|> 
|> Some examples:
|> (1) $200 a term "Instructional Technology Fee" for all engineering students
|> (2) $900 a year of trash health insurance from your university, in which you
|>     must pay first, then make the insurance claim
|> (3) $70 non-refundable signup fee for simply buying a meal-plan
|> (4) 16.9% A.P.R. for any overdue balance on your student account
|> (5) $0.50 a piece of laser printout
|> (6) use the textbook by your professor, which the book is not very good, the
|>     size not very big, but charge you $60 a piece
|> (7) $70-90 registration fee a term
|> (8) $50-80 "Building and Facilities Maintenance Fee" a term
|> 
|> Frankly, I found some very pretigious schools do these kind of things.  The
|> one I hate most is Cornell (where I got my BS), which made feel like a dummy
|> by paying all these crazy fees (3), (4), (6), (7) in addition to $14000 
|> tuition a year (1990).  Like University of Pennsylvania (1), (2), (5), (6),
|> (7).  The only prestigious school which doesn't do that (as far as I know) is
|> M.I.T., $17000 a year, you got everything.  Not a single extra charge.
           ^^^^^^^
   They are too lazy to make up names.
|> 
|> 
|> - Louis
|> 

  What do you think the "BS" stand for?  I got one just for the trend, and I am
getting a "MS."

Alvin

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#include <std_disclaimer.h>

aleung@mailbox.syr.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: CALM DOWN
From: g25@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 10 Nov 92 16:13:51 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

Hey, folks!  Could you please stop arguing about personal opinions, like 
taste in music, vulgar language, perception of own culture.  If people hold
different opinion strongly as you do, there's not point to argue for that.  
You will never come out with any mutual compromise.  So, let's talk about
something else.  

It's not good to your health.  It took a lot of energy!

Calm down......

Michelle
From: tomkwong@orion.ucsb.edu (Kwong;Thomas;K.;CS;;COMS;Grad;940630;;500)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: change real name
Date: 9 Nov 92 10:58:35 GMT

ins903u@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (***RAYSON WONG**) writes:

>If it gives a "command not found" statement does that mean that this priviledge
>has been denied on my system? But it seems funny that when I do a man on it
>it still appears? Do you know the answer to this mystery?

Try to list the /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin directory to look for the chfn
command.  If there isn't any, try doing this:

	% passwd -f

-Tom
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: leekfe@eecg.toronto.edu (Kim Fung Edward Lee)
Subject: Re: One Joke A Day, No More Girls Say No Way
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 9 Nov 92 20:51:33 GMT

In article <1dm6v9INNdk4@transfer.stratus.com> cheung@strider.hw.stratus.com writes:
>Hello, Funky Cheung is back.  He gladly declares that his period
>is over and is back in his happy, self entertaining mood.  All you
>need to imagine is a geeky engineer sitting in front of his terminal
>and laughing while fingering his keyboard.
>
>O.K. Here is something for you great minds to wrestle with for a few
>seconds.
>
>              $ 1   =  100c
>                    =  10c * 10c
>                    =  $ .1 * $ .1
>                    =  $ .01
>                    =  1c.

	Anyone remember me posting this quite a long time ago? :-)


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.taiwan
From: mkwan@esk.compserv.utas.edu.au (Michael C. KWAN)
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday to Dr. Sun
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 06:11:35 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.015100.1421@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk>, b073766@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (Great Era) writes:
>
>
>Today is Dr. Sun 126th birthday.
>Happy birthday to Dr. Sun.

	Yes, happy birthday to our hero and father of the nation.  We will not
forget what you had done for us.



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From: ccdgc@dct.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Thanks for HKPA & request for more
Date: 6 Nov 92 18:12:23 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

Many thanks to the people who posted all these HK popstars on the net,
out of all of them, vivien's collection is my favorite. Her bitmap image
is now looking at me from my terminal and a new bitmap of her appears every
5 minutes. All my friends loves it & wanting a copy as well. 
So, keep it going please ! 

Also, I am a big comic fan of Ma Wing Sing, hence any chance of getting
pictures of " Lip Phone & Pao King Wan" from Tin Ha Comic book ?
I would love to have them. Thanks in advance.



**George**

	ccdgc@uk.ac.dct
From: Peter.Lo@f1.n700.z6.fidonet.org (Peter Lo)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Cantonese Radio Program
Date: 12 Nov 1992 10:56:15 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


FL>From: frankiel@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Frankie Lam)
FL>Organization: The University of Sydney

FL>Can someone please post time-table for Cantonese Radio Program which can be
FL>received in Sydney, Australia. Thanks.

        Sorry to break in.
        Why not try the following:

        BBC:  1300-1345 UTC on 15360, 11920 kHz

        Voice of America:  1500-1600 UTC on 1143, 5130, 6030,
                           14395 kHz

        Voice of Malaysia:  1100-1110 UTC on 11885, 15295 kHz

        FEBC:  1300-1430 UTC on 1458 kHz

        Voice of Free China:  0100-0200 UTC on 9765 kHz
                              0500-0600 UTC on 11745, 15270 kHz
                              0600-0700 UTC on 15346, 17720 kHz
                              1000-1100 UTC on 7445, 15270, 15370,
                                               17720 kHz
                              1300-1400 UTC on 11860, 15370,
                                               17720 kHz

        Radio Beijing:  1000-1100 UTC on 9945, 11695, 15100 kHz
                        1100-1200 UTC on 11945, 12015, 15260,
                                         15320 kHz
                        1700-1800 UTC on 7260, 9900, 11695 kHz

        KTWR:  1400-1530 UTC on 9785 kHz

        AWR Asia:  0900-0930 UTC on 13720 kHz (Saturday and Sunday)



PS:  UTC is equivalent to Greenwich Mean Time

        Hope you find this useful.


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From: memco@cns.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Happy Birthday in English
Date: 10 Nov 92 02:47:32 GMT
Reply-To: memco@cns.nyu.edu
Organization: New York University


	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?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: rchoy@clarify.com (Raymond Choy)
Subject: Re: Re: This News Group Surprises Me!
Organization: Clarify, San Jose
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 18:46:40 GMT

In article <1992Nov2.221234.1624@eng.ufl.edu> edo@ugrad.ee.ufl.edu writes:
>In article <1992Oct31.005246.9799@clarify.com>, rchoy@clarify.com (Raymond Choy) writes:
>|> In article <3451@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> jlam@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (Lord Automato) writes:
>|> >
>|> >In article <BwuCEL.Lqv@ulowell.ulowell.edu>, cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi) writes:
>|> >|> I found we have too many differences! I believe you guys grow up in a colonial
>|> >|> culture, inevidablly with colonial mentality(slave metality).
>|> >|> I give up further atemp to convince you of any thing, because that will 
>|> >|> take me too much energy! 
>|> >|> Finally I can only say: HongKong belongs to China. China did brits and
>|> >|> HongKong people a favor byu getting into those negotiations. We could have
>|> >|> just kicked Brits and their running doggs out even long time ago. We leased
>|> >|> HongKong because of a War we lost, we could certainly have taken it back
>|> >|> with another War! You have no rights in HongKong unless you consider youself
>|> >|> a Chinese and behave like one. Immigrated to foreign nations, you lost your
>|> >|> rights!
>|> >|> farewell!
>|> >
>|> >This is the most dangerous mentality holds by some mainland Chinese. 
>|> >These people have been brainwashed by communist ideaologies (perhaps watched
>|> >too much Yang Ben Xi (Sample Drama), they really need to be "re-educated"). Such
>|> >attitudes are exactly what HK people don't like to be ruled under and they can
>|> >only bring harm to this world. These people and their attitudes are most 
>|> >dangerous to the prosperity of Hong Kong and the well-being of the people there. 
>|> >
>|> >As one can see, this kind of aged old avenging attitudes is shocking
>|> >especially still hold by mainland Chinese who are still educating overseas.
>|> >Indeed, for people in HK, you can tell that such attitudes prevail
>|> >amongst CCP officials. The stubborness and inflexibities and the way they
>|> >stuck to old concepts hinders the progress of China and they are good
>|> >representation of the worst part of Chinese Culture.
>|> >
>|> >Lin Can
>|> 
>|> Well said, Lin Can. I am surprised to see someone who is educating overseas
>|> showed a complete ignorant and still maintain his superpower mentality.
>|> 
>|> Yeeeeeeuuuuuuuk!!!
>|> 
>|> 
>|> -Raymond Choy-
>|
>
>Being educated oversea doesn't make you surpreme to other HKese.
>Most HKese never got educated oversea and don't believe in Christianity.
>
>I understand a "SURPEEME" court judgement is too important for you and
>here you go!
>In order to be a US president, you have to be a citizen of the US plus
>born here! 
>Does it make you to believe that HKese need their own representive now?


Pardon me, I did not quite get what you are talking about here. What 
you said is just irrelevant to the above posting. Do you have any problem
or what?


-Raymond Choy-




Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: chdng@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (C H D Ng)
Subject: Discussion about Vivian Chow
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 10:24:03 GMT

Recently, there are so many discussion about Vivian Chow. 
In fact, I am not her fan club member and I don't feel interest to her.
However, everybody have the right to discuss everything in there with
a sensible manner. Therefore if somebody is discussing something not
suitable to you, just ignore it or send your idea politely. However,
all netters should bear in mind , this newgroups represent us, so
be careful the word and speak sensible. Anyway, it is not very good
to swear and speak the dirty word within the net to spoil the net.

Does anybody agree with me

from
Dominic
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From: jlien@pyrman2.mis.pyramid.com (Jeanny Lien)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Discussion of Vivian Chow
Date: 11 Nov 92 22:48:48 GMT
Reply-To: jlien@pyrman2.pyramid.com (Jeanny Lin)
Distribution: world
Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA


>Recently, there are so many discussion about Vivian Chow. 
>In fact, I am not her fan club member and I don't feel interest to her.
>However, everybody have the right to discuss everything in there with
>a sensible manner. Therefore if somebody is discussing something not
>suitable to you, just ignore it or send your idea politely. However,
>all netters should bear in mind , this newgroups represent us, so
>be careful the word and speak sensible. Anyway, it is not very good
>to swear and speak the dirty word within the net to spoil the net.

>Does anybody agree with me
	I agree. It is not nice to tell someone that they are ugly.
We should appreciate the beauty that God gives. Everyone has their
own beauty, and this include in and out. To those guys and gays out   
there: If anyone tells you that you're ugly, just tell them that you're
proud of yourself. 

Jeanny
From: tychan@unccsun.uncc.edu (Smart Handsome Chas)
Subject: Re: nephilim
Organization: University of NC at Charlotte
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 12:44:49 GMT

In article <kezSfU600WBO45qpUn@andrew.cmu.edu> jt2o+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Teng) writes:
>You're a fuckin' little dipshit who cries and complains.  You sit here
>and complain that we are all a bunch of teenagers who jack our dicks off
>to gif files.  Why the fuck do you even bother posting if you are so
>sick of us?  Go get a life, you gutless turd.  It's easy to insult
>everyone sitting behind a monitor.
>
>Fuckin shitface.
>
>John

I agreed that he is a jerk. But, you are over-reacted.
From: benny@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Siu Kwun Benny Tang)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: LOOKING FOR ADDRESS OF CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Date: 9 Nov 92 17:10:31 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England

Could anybody kindly tell me the user address of Chinese university of 

Hong Kong please?

With thanks.

								Benny