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according to stem cell expert Dr. Arlene Chiu from the National Institute...
...other officers elected were vice presidents Candice Chiu ’04 and Albert C.F. Yeung ’04, secretary-historian Jenny X.L. Huang ’03, educational and political chairs Jia Han ’05 and Crystal Hung ’05, cultural chairs Shaw Natsui ’05 and Wang, social chairs Mark S. Chen ’04 and Karin C. Shieh ’05, interethnic liaisons Jay Pendse ’04 and Jenny C. Wong ’05 and publicity chairs Jason L. Douglas...
...remittances from workers abroad contribute $6 billion to the local economy. News of the proposed wage adjustment had Philippine labor minister Patricia Santo Thomas rushing to the territory in defense of her countrymen and women. (Her Indonesian counterpart will visit next month.) Hong Kong Manpower Secretary Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun told her the decision would be made according to three factors: the rise and fall of the economy, wages of comparable workers, and unspecified "political considerations...
...house she shared with her husband until he died a decade ago. It's big and sturdy, all faded wood except for the stone porch. She still grows pineapples and cassavas out back; she may be old but she has to work or she feels weak. Her husband, Ji Chiu, was first generation. He came to work the tin mines, a "sold piglet," as they were called, since they were sold by their parents with no real promise of return. She met him when she sold coconut cookies to the tin miners. They had five children, but twins died...
...deserted him; it won Cheung a Hong Kong Film Award for best actor. In Ashes of Time, cast as a martial-arts scoundrel, he ably anchored a film of top Chinese stars and rapturous visual splendor. In the not-so-gay drama Happy Together he taught Tony Leung Chiu-wai how an actor prepares...