Monday 30 December 2013

1312 HKSAR Name of the Day

Sunny Chow, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 31 Dec 2011)

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Name Category: Rare; Phonetic-based? somewhat common in Hong Kong

Saturday 28 December 2013

1311 HKSAR Name of the Day

Isis Ching See-nga, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 28 Dec 2011)

 "Isis" is the most powerful of all female goddesses of ancient Egypt 

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare; Self-important

Thursday 26 December 2013

1310 HKSAR Name of the Day

Dr Yeung Yeung, orthopaedic surgeon, Matilda International Hospital, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Creation

Tuesday 24 December 2013

1309 HKSAR Name of the Day

Katiryn Cheung Suen, Fanling, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 24 Dec 2011)

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Name Category: Creation; Deletion

Sunday 22 December 2013

1308 HKSAR Name of the Day

Aden Wong Chi-shun, animal rights protest organizer, Hong Kong

 meaning of Aden is "fire"

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Name Category: Rare

Friday 20 December 2013

1307 HKSAR Name of the Day

Dino Lee, flatmate of Canadian student Joseph Basha, 25, who was found dead in a Hong Kong public toilet (Dec 2011) see news article

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Name Category: Rare

Wednesday 18 December 2013

1306 HKSAR Name of the Day

Ira Li Hoi-ching, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 16 Dec 2011)

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Name Category: Rare

Monday 16 December 2013

1305 HKSAR Name of the Day

Apollo Sze, Cheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 16 Dec 2011) who suggested renaming Hong Kong's International Airport (Chek Lap Kok) after Bruce Lee

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare; Literature-based; Self-important

Saturday 14 December 2013

1304 HKSAR Name of the Day

Jackson Yu Chik-sum, acting general secretary (1998), Hong Kong Football Association, Hong Kong

  see 1026, 1081, 1106

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare; Son-suffix; somewhat common in Hong Kong

Tuesday 10 December 2013

1302 HKSAR Name of the Day

Moses Chan Ho, television actor, TVB, Hong Kong
  see other Moses 0112, 0489, 0591, 0942, 1140, 1225
  see These Two Pairs of Toeses

Moses Chan (centre) with Marina Vorobeva and Christine Yeung

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Literature-based; Rare; Self-important; Somewhat common in Hong Kong

Sunday 8 December 2013

1301 HKSAR Name of the Day

Jacque Ip Pak-kan, researcher in neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Rare

Friday 6 December 2013

1300 HKSAR Name of the Day

Real Ting Chi-ko, public relations consultant and husband to local singer-actress Miriam Yeung Chin-wah, Hong Kong

Miriam Yeung and Real Ting


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Name Category: Creation

Wednesday 4 December 2013

1299 HKSAR Name of the Day

Newman Wong Hing-wai, lawyer and prosecutor for the government against Manuel Chan Tim-shing (see 1298 HKSAR Name of the Day), 52, former Eastern District councillor accused of cheating the government out of HK$1.7 million in tax.

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Name Category: Rare

Monday 2 December 2013

1298 HKSAR Name of the Day

Manuel Chan Tim-shing, 52, Former Eastern District councillor accused of cheating the government out of HK$1.7 million in tax by making false claims to pay for salaries and other expenses at his own apparel business (January 2012)

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare