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...These were forced layoffs in violation to seniority,” he said. “Some people who work for six months, they don’t touch. But people who work for four years, 16 years, they remove...
...broach in his address. ("Pragmatic Hong Kong has moved on to other things," says Lau Siu-kai, Tung's chief strategist and author of last week's speech. "That's nuts," retorts Christine Loh, CEO of Civic Exchange, a progressive local think tank. "It just shows how out of touch they are.") Now, activist groups have found other causes to rally around. Last month, two major property-related plans-a private consortium's desire to demolish a never-used, seven-building public housing estate, and the Housing Authority's attempt to sell shares in the largest ever real estate investment...
...sure whether to kiss him and makes a late and sudden lunge for his cheek; he responds with a quick and slightly awkward lunge for hers. Mostly he grins and chuckles while talking about how well he's been playing, how no other player seems able to touch him, and about all the compliments he's been receiving from his fellow pros and greats of the past...
...have a special gift for friendship, documented in books like Sasha Cagen's Quirkyalone and Ethan Watters' Urban Tribes, which asks the not entirely rhetorical question Are friends the new family? They throw cocktail parties and dinner parties. They hold poker nights. They form book groups. They stay in touch constantly and in real time, through social-networking technologies like cell phones, instant messaging, text messaging and online communities like Friendster. They're also close to their parents. TIME'S poll showed that almost half of Americans ages 18 to 29 talk to their parents every...
...warned that without major structural reform, the council would see “more bounced checks, more out-of-touch social events and more weeks where the council is ready to mutiny...