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Fortune stick "sounds a major alarm for HK Govt"

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  1. 13-02-2021, 02:24 PM #1
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    Fortune stick "sounds a major alarm for HK Govt"

    https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...7-20210213.htm
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  3. 13-02-2021, 04:04 PM #2
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    Prediction for the year: “they won’t listen.”

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  4. 13-02-2021, 04:44 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom007:
    https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...7-20210213.htm
    Clearly the fortune stick needs reeducation.
  5. 13-02-2021, 05:38 PM #4
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    Completely forgot about this from 2003..


    The tradition to pick a fortune stick for Hong Kong began in the 1980s, and government officials used to be the ones doing so.

    That changed after 2003, when the then-home affairs minister, Patrick Ho, picked a bad stick for the territory, which was soon hit by the Sars epidemic.
    Turns out life did not turn out to be too good for Patrick Ho either...

    [NEW YORK] Hong Kong's former home affairs secretary Patrick Ho Chi Ping was jailed for three years Monday for a scheme to bribe African officials to boost a top Chinese energy company that was part of Beijing's global Belt and Road initiative.

    Ho, 69, who worked for the controversial energy conglomerate CEFC China Energy, was sentenced by a New York judge after being convicted in December on seven charges of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money laundering for bribes.

    He was accused of paying off top officials in Uganda and Chad to support the Shanghai conglomerate's projects in their countries.
    https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/gov...rs-for-bribery
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    That seems to be the cure all
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    Fortune Sticks need to be CCP-approved next time.
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  8. 13-02-2021, 08:22 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by shri:
    Completely forgot about this from 2003..



    Turns out life did not turn out to be too good for Patrick Ho either...



    https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/gov...rs-for-bribery
    Quelle surprise.
  9. 13-02-2021, 09:04 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coolboy:
    Fortune Sticks need to be CCP-approved next time.
    Rumor is, that they already remove the worst sticks from the bunch before drawing...
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  10. 13-02-2021, 10:43 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by alexdown:
    Rumor is, that they already remove the worst sticks from the bunch before drawing...
    Why not just remove all "bad" sticks while they are at it?
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    These sticks should go to a re-education camp!

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