Word: tung
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...spent a lot of time trying to shake Narayan off our tail," says Ko-Yung Tung '70, Shah Dev's best friend at Harvard. "If we wanted to visit friends at Wellesley, we would tell him we were going to study at the library...
English is notoriously illogical. For example, if "tongue" is pronounced tung, why isn't "argue" pronounced arg? And if "enough" is enuff, why isn't "bough" pronounced buff? The arbitrary rules that govern English bedevil nonnative students of the language as much as they torment would-be spelling-bee champs. But such frustrations pale before those endured by dyslexics, who live with a learning disability that can make reading and writing all but impossible...
...APPOINTED. DONALD TSANG, 56, as Chief Secretary of Hong Kong's civil service, replacing Anson Chan, a vocal defender of the territory's autonomy who announced her resignation a month ago because of alleged differences with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa over the pace of democratic development; in Hong Kong. The appointment was made by Tung with the approval of the Chinese government. Although Tung has been criticized for subservience to Beijing, the choice of Tsang, Financial Secretary since 1995, is seen as a nod to continuity...
Chan's resignation in early January ?ignited new fears about the erosion of Hong Kong's unique status. Though she said she was quitting to spend more time with her family, the move was widely interpreted as a sign that she was at odds with Tung, over, among other things, the pace of the terri-tory's democratic development. Chan has described herself as a symbol of the terri-tory's independence, inviting journalists to view her as the canary in Hong Kong's political coal mine. Her departure, therefore, is a signal that all is not well. Chan...
What exactly Tung's mentors in Beijing expect him to do is unclear. There's no doubt that mainland authorities are enraged that Falun Gong is using Hong Kong as a rallying point in a campaign to protest their colleagues' fate on the mainland. Beijing reacted with fury in January when 1,000 Falun Gong members held a meeting at Hong Kong's City Hall. Nor is there any dispute that the impetus to crush the group is coming from the very top. "Jiang Zemin let it be known that he wanted the crackdown," says an Asian diplomat in Beijing...