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A professor in Beigin University said Hong Kongers and Singaporeans need fines to stop them from littering otherwise they will not be civil and will litter at will etc etc. He used the example to say Hong Kongers are actually less civilised than mainland ah tiongs.... he put Singaporeans & Hong Kongers in the same basket. Chinese professor calls Hong Kong people 'dogs' http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNew...123-323541.html Monday, Jan 23, 2012 BEIJING - A controversial Chinese professor has sparked an outcry by calling Hong Kong people "b------ds", "dogs" and "cheats" after a spat between mainlanders and locals in the southern city went viral online. Kong Qingdong - famous for his public use of profanities - made the comments after the video showed a mainland girl being rebuked by locals angry that she was flouting rules against eating aboard Hong Kong subway trains. The incident has been described as an example of the culture clash between mainland China and Hong Kong, with many pointing to what they see as a prevalent sense of superiority among residents in the former British colony. "Everybody should have a duty to speak Mandarin," Kong, a professor of Chinese studies at the prestigious Peking University who says he is a descendent of the philosopher Confucius, said in an interview posted on online video website v1.cn last week. "What type of people are those who deliberately don't speak Mandarin? b------ds!" he said, referring to the Hong Kong people involved in the row, who spoke in their native Cantonese language. "As far as I know, many Hong Kong people don't regard themselves as Chinese. Those kinds of people are used to being the dogs of British colonialists - they are dogs, not humans." Kong also says the British dealt with "Hong Kong dogs by spanking them" before they handed the territory back to China in 1997, and accuses many Hong Kong people of swindling and cheating. Furious netizens in Hong Kong have vented their anger, with many attacking mainland China in sometimes vicious comments. "I see a fat dog barking, all I can say is, please take a look at your own country before u comment on other people," one online user wrote, before listing perceptions about what is wrong with mainland China. The video of the subway train incident can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEComrx76uY and the professor's response is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nUkiaDS3g4. Around 150 people protested at Kong's comments on Sunday evening outside Beijing's liaison office in Hong Kong, police in the territory said. Hong Kong trade union lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan said the outcry was evidence of growing tensions between people in the territory and on the mainland. "This is a ticking time bomb," he said. "Hong Kong people are unhappy with the central government, we are disgruntled about the lack of democracy. On a more day-to-day level, you see that Hong Kong people often have clashes with mainlanders." While mainlanders have long complained about the perceived arrogance of wealthy Hong Kongers, Lee pointed to two recent episodes that have fostered a sense of resentment among locals in the city. Last week, Italian clothing chain Dolce & Gabbana apologised to the people of Hong Kong for allegedly discriminating against them in favour of newly wealthy mainland shoppers. And with the auspicious Year of the Dragon starting on Monday, mothers-to-be in Hong Kong complain they have been shut out of maternity wards because so many pregnant mainland women have come to the city to give birth. Kong himself has reportedly backtracked from the controversy, claiming in a subsequent interview that he did not mean all Hong Kong people were "dogs" but said some people who kowtowed to colonialism were dogs. The professor is no stranger to controversy. He was reportedly involved in a shadowy "Confucius Peace Prize" that awarded its annual award to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last year. The furore has highlighted the wide gap that still exists between mainland China and Hong Kong, which since the handover from British rule has been run as a "special administrative region" with its own legal and economic systems. A survey published last month by the University of Hong Kong revealed that only 17 per cent of people in the territory identified themselves as Chinese, the lowest percentage since 2000, Beijing's China Daily newspaper said.

just an observer in mcf, been here for so many years (coming 10 years!), we see many started to behavior differently for past few weeks. ** some join in recent time to just talk about politic.... ** some had their view/believe consistent over time.... ** some act according to peer.... ** some comments were different from what they believe in the past.... ** some stand by their ground.... ** many kept quiet (hehehe..... you dun see them post at all [laugh] ) i have to say, we see more of the other side of human during this period which would normally behave, think, ration, act,..... what was discussed in the forum in the past can have a complete change of view now, even the tone/behavior changed. I hope when this is over, we are back to our normal self and have tkss again. everyone have their own right in voting so no need to spill over the effect after the event. as many know i am not sporean but been living here for 40 yrs (and i spent less than 6 mth in my own country over this period).... so i do feel the heat and the atmosphere at home was quite tense too (with wife of different camp) [laugh] **** please dun ask me to shut up

Since I'm rich, my kid doesn't have to listen to anyone Having money means you don't have to listen to what other people say, according to a parent from a well-known primary school in the East. This parent had openly declared on a forum that she had told her child not not to listen to the teacher because they had money backing them. "My child doesn't want to study anymore. Since I am so rich, I will let him be in school (sic) but let him play and call him (sic) not to listen to the teacher," the parent wrote. A fellow parent, angry by the comment, highlighted the forum posting to STOMP. "I have a primary school girl. I read with great disgust and disbelief when I chanced upon this parent's posting in a Primary school Parent Portal discussion board," wrote the parent, while wondering about the types of values being transmitted to the child. Other netizens at the citizen journalism site had echoed the STOMPer's views. "It is tragic that some parents are not imparting the right values to their children," lamented unclephoenix. Some other netizens had also blasted the "rich" parent's seemingly poor grasp of the English Language. "I'm very curious to know which school it is where they partake in STUDING insteas (sic) of S-T-U-D-Y-I-N-G," wrote eddievanh. Laughed GilaBoar: "Hahaha! I have a hard time trying to understand what the parent is trying to write! "All I can conclude is that this parent has no education too." Taken from: http://news.asiaone.com/News/Education/Sto...0824-83987.html