Local democracy leader Martin Lee said Saturday that he had been the target of an attempted assassination plot that was foiled last year by Hong Kong police.
Mr. Lee, the founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party and a longtime figurehead of the territory’s democratic movement, said two men – including at least one from mainland China – were arrested last August, during this city’s legislative elections. Mr. Lee, who at 70 years old did not seek re-election, campaigned on behalf of other pro-democratic candidates.
It’s unclear what the motive behind the alleged assassination attempt was, and Mr. Lee declined to speculate on the possible reason for the alleged attack. “I haven’t done anything that would generate this sort of anger,” he said during a press conference Saturday at his law office.
A spokesman for the police said that authorities arrested two men, aged 49 and 50, last August. According to police, one of the men was charged with illegally possessing firearms and ammunition with intent to harm others. Police said a Hong Kong court had scheduled a hearing on June 16, and declined to comment further on the case.
Minh Ngo, co-founder of Memory Express is one of the smartest, gutsiest, and most hard working entrepreneurs that I have come across (see my 2008 Dec video interview with Minh). There aren’t that many entrepreneurs have the courage and financial strength to expand in a recession.
Here is Minh working hard in the new Calgary South East Store (grand opening tomorrow, Saturday, May 30th, 2009) and I asked him to pose in front of a wall of big screen HDTVs.
I wish Minh and Memory Express all the best and have a great day of wonderful sales on the grand opening. Here is their online front page ad. (I am making an exception in reposting this ad as I don’t usually put any ads on my site.)
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — As it goes into its third season as a smash TV hit across the mainland, the Chinese version of “Ugly Betty” is also pioneering new levels of product-placement clutter. The show is set in an advertising agency rather than a fashion magazine, which enables the program to focus on all manner of products and their attributes. Mateo Eaton, who heads the branded-content division of Mindshare North Asia, acknowledged that the dense placements are a bit over the top, but advertisers — and the TV producers they’re paying — aren’t complaining at all.
Few people realize there was a time when eating Japanese Sushi and Sashimi (raw fish and other raw ingredients) lead to disgusted looks and inappropriate comments simply because those food were out of the normal diet.
I am sick and tired of anti-seal hunt groups or animal rights people attacking Governor General Michaëlle Jean for trying a piece of raw seal heart. Here is a report with video from CBC.
“The prime minister of Canada has only one job, and that is to unite Canadians and never divide them, and that, Mr. Harper does not understand.“
- Michael Ignatieff
Like millions of immigrant Canadians, I am a proud Canadian. Is it a sin to be born outside of Canada? It is wrong for Stephen Harper and the Conservative to air attack ads branding Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Official Opposition, as a lesser Canadian and leader simply because Ignatieff worked outside of Canada for many years. How does Harper think his attack ads are doing to Canadians born outside of Canada like me?