Comments on: The silent majority: scoundrels’ second-last refuge?

By: N8Ma

N8Ma — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:57:48 +0000

David–don’t know if you’ll see this or not but props to you for supporting the Hong Kong Philharmonic. (I’m also happy to see they’re willing to take your money…)

By: Historian

Historian — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:35:20 +0000

When the odious Maria Tam was Secretary for Transport it was especially appropriate that her name is an anagram of ‘I am a tram’.

By: Webb

Webb — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:15:26 +0000

Ah yes, Maria Tam – the busiest female director of HK-listed companies:

http://webb-site.com/dbpub/FDirsListcoHKPerPerson.asp

By: Dave Ho

Dave Ho — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:27:14 +0000

dissenting views (though in a minority) do get thru… you just have to write in chinese.

scratch that… there were about 3 comments in english, though 2 of them are in chinglish

By: Ulaca

Ulaca — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:43:42 +0000

Maria and Mandy Tam could almost be twin sisters. Would have been a big egg, mind.

By: Rural Lad

Rural Lad — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:20:50 +0000

Aha – Maria Tam… what a denizen of selfless public service..! Have you ever wondered why HK has 3 bus operators (belching fumes from their huge pre-Euro III engines as they idle emptily in Central), when for many years we managed very well with just two bus comanies? Maria Tam just happened to be Secretary for Transport when Citybus won their franchise. The fact that she was a Director of Citybus’s parent company had nothing to do with this, she insisted, when nitpickers pointed this out. She also had several taxi-franchises, but to avoid conflicts, under pressure, she gave them to her brother – clearly an arm’s-length transaction…