NICOLA NEWBERY
Nicola’s Wildlife Garden and Passion for Bees
CARPENTER BEES IN HONG KONG Have you ever seen a big bumbly bee and assumed it was a Bumble Bee? Although there is a rarely seen species of Bumble Bee in Hong Kong, it will […]
COLUMNS
IAIN LAFFERTY
IAIN LAFFERTY: No heavy petting
With the cool sniff of autumn in the air the municipal lanes of Hong Kong’s swimming pools, again become a temperate environment in which to get one’s exercise. Yet, even on a tranquil Monday morning […]
IAIN LAFFERTY
IAIN LAFFERTY: Whatever floats your boat
Travelling with children, whether you’re driving through the Scottish Highlands, on a Lancashire narrow boat or flying long haul in economy class, presents its own unique challenges to parents. This summer our family did all […]
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IAIN LAFFERTY: Universal Suffrage- The Musical!
I didn’t buy the tickets, but watching the recent Hong Kong production of “The Sound of Music” I was greatly impressed by Gaylord von Trapp’s courageous stand against the aggressive expansionism of the Third Reich. […]
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IAIN LAFFERTY: “Second star to the right and straight on ‘til morning”
Towards the end of the summer school term, the celebration of Book Week threw our family into a lively debate as to what the children might dress up as. Although we are failed Tiger Parents, […]
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IAIN LAFFERTY: No thanks Mr Chips
The process of education is largely successful in Hong Kong because of a circle of trust that exists between parents, teachers and students. This is not always the case in other countries, where more critical […]
COLUMNS
The reader as reporter
Inside Sai Kung’s library playroom (a gem in itself, and, of course, not actually in the library but across the other side of the same floor), my five-year-old son noticed a door ajar. I followed […]
IAIN LAFFERTY
The best columnist SAI KUNG MAGAZINE ever had, finds his new home at SAI KUNG BUZZ
Given not one, but two, current hotel building projects in the Sai Kung area, two luxury flat developments and of course the nearly completed “nudge, nudge, wink, wink Golf Academy” at Pak Kong. One might […]
BOOKS
Sai Kung book review by Iain Lafferty
Paul Letters’ first novel is a thoroughly researched historical thriller, which criss-crosses the territories of Europe against the backdrop of the first half of the Second World War. It has the style of a classic […]
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