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...Richard Mason's 1957 best-selling novel The World of Suzie Wong, a young English artist checks into the fictional Nam Kok Hotel in Hong Kong, not realizing it is also a bordello. He meets and eventually falls in love with Suzie Wong, an archetypal "hooker with a heart of gold," and the novel ends happily...
...World of Suzie Wong was written today, it would likely be a horrifying whodunit that ends with police finding a semi-naked woman murdered by a suspected serial killer. Hong Kong, a metropolis relatively free of violent crime, has been shocked by a spike in murders of prostitutes including three sex workers who were killed in their apartments in January. The rising death toll is forcing the city's conservative leaders to consider how members of the world's oldest profession might be better protected under Hong Kong law. (Read about Amsterdam's drive to clean up its red light...
...serial killer was responsible. On Feb. 4, police arrested a local 24-year-old man in connection with the most recent killing, a 38-year-old from Thailand. The suspect remains in jail. "Enquiries are ongoing to ascertain whether the person arrested is connected to other similar offenses," a Hong Kong police spokesman says...
...firecrackers and a platter of fried rangoons, Harvard Square rang in the Year of the Ox yesterday. A group of about 50 people—accompanied by two multi-colored lions who performed a traditional lion dance—paraded from Winthrop Park on JFK St. to the Hong Kong Restaurant on Mass. Ave. The advent of the Chinese lunar calendar came on Jan. 26, but the celebration typically continues for about a week. The event was organized by the Hong Kong Restaurant and the Harvard Square Business Association. After the procession, families piled into the Kong for food, Chinese...
Clarification: Milk Deluxe, pictured in a Feb. 9 Milestones item about the China tainted-milk scandal, has been cleared of melamine contamination by authorities in Hong Kong and China, and the people sentenced had no connection with Milk Deluxe. We regret any misunderstanding...