Word: cheung
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...with the country's military. The People's Liberation Army confines commercial aircraft to narrow corridors of airspace, and carriers must hold or cancel flights due to sudden decisions by commanders. "It's so bad that you must fly a day ahead to get anywhere on time," says Jane Cheung, a Hong Kong accountant who flies regularly to Shanghai. "I avoid Chinese airlines at all costs...
...decided that in her interest she should be placed in a separate house and we would not be allowed to have any contact with her," he wrote. Hong Kong-based Mother's Choice and the Social Welfare Department both declined to answer specific questions about the case, but Fernando Cheung, a Hong Kong lawmaker who has been in contact with the Welfare Department, says he does not believe social workers advised the family to give up the child. "I don't think that's true," he says...
...While it is illegal to abandon a child in Hong Kong, says Law, children are sometimes ceded to the Welfare Department: "if for very difficult reasons, you can't look after a child, you can sign off your rights." Cheung says he believes the Poeteray family is in the process of doing that. "From what I understand," he says, "they're ready to relinquish their rights to the child...
...Jade herself, Cheung says she is now living with an English-speaking foster family and attending a Hong Kong school. "She's living rather happily, and she seems to be a normal little girl," he says. A spokesman for the Social Welfare Department says that the government is working on making future arrangements for her care. Cheung says that he believes the girl will be allowed to stay in Hong Kong despite the fact that she is a South Korean citizen. "The part that I think our government can do is respect the wishes of the child." That will ensure...
...eating local, since produce shipped from far away is usually picked before it’s ripe and requires the use of fossil fuels for transport.Eating freshly picked produce brings nutritional benefits as well. Vitamin C and other antioxidants break down quickly after harvest, according to Lilian W.Y. Cheung, lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health.Cheung said that the storage methods involved in shipping over long distances can decrease vitamin C content in green peas by 15 percent and by 77 percent for green beans.HUDS made buying local products a priority five years ago in an effort to connect...