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An A-list
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celebrity
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Mainland developers loosen purse strings to
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snap up prime real estate in Hong Kong
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Yuan makes beeline
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for the exit into HK’s insurance policies
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He is a jumped-up
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vulgarian
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She became an instant Internet
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darling
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The press agents were () when asked to explain the rules and the legal implications
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stumped
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Commentators were left stumped when the Ukrainian national gymnastics team
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willingly took scores of zero
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Switzerland would understandably have been
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peeved to see Ukraine’s actions in the final
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Ethiopian swimmer displays a very unathletic
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paunch for 100 metres
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I need a
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breather
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That’s world is not yet an
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offer
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Campaign
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bluster
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In a sport where hundredths of a second matter, every tiny bit of drag can be the difference between a medal and
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a good-job, good-effort
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Their English proficiency put further pressure on
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their performance
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Their online research skill could use
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some improvement
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There were about a dozen students who sat at the back of the classrooms and seemed
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at best uninterested from Day 1
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This compares
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unfavourably with
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The Professor’s verbal directive to me had been to
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stretch the students
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Cantonese TV coverage of Olympics is yet another display of
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ill-formed, nauseating amateurism
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As an Olympic Games couch potato, I am bitterly
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disappointed, once again, with Hong Kong’s Cantonese TV coverage
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We talk grandiosely about
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being part of the Olympic movement
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Filled with non-stop
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chatter from people who know little about the events
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Aided and abetted by an outsized panel of eight talking
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heads, each vying for air time
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Let’s face it, there is no Olympic fever in this city, however hard they pretend otherwise. I squirm at the
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jibber-jabber night after night. I know I am not alone in frequently muting the babbling commentators
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Giving us more than just pretty faces with loud outfits. I apologise for this
uncharitable characterisation
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Sports writing, as a consequence, has become a separate and specialised genre,
producing its own galaxies of stars
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By contrast, in money-mad Hong Kong, sports is only an
afterthought
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A simmering
feud with
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Anyone is qualified as long as they have a well-exercised tongue and
no Frankenstein features
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The viewer experience is no less
painful if you happen to be unilingual Chinese
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The difference between English and Chinese commentaries is like
night and day
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The commentators milk their
words for their economy, humour and rich imagery
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Our media outlets should raise the
bar when hiring sports writers
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We should stop embarrassing ourselves further with
subpar broadcasts
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This marks the city as the
backwater of international sports
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Malaysian superstar stays on course for his first Olympic gold as he overcomes his
nemesis in three hard-fought games
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He dropped to his
knees after hitting the winning drop shot against the defending medalist
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The pair, in a symbol of their long
rivalry and friendship, exchanged shirts
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Lee prevailed in a match full of twists and turns, with the final game providing the vocal
crowd of around 2,000 edge-of-the-seat action
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Despite a brief comeback by the Malaysian, Lin
eased to a 1-0 lead
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Lee took a firm grip on the second game, rushing to a 9-2 lead before
Lin knew what had hit him
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Lee then gave himself three match points, but forever the
fighter, Lin hauled back with some incredible defensive and attaching play to make it 20-20 and force deuce
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He drew
strength from his family
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Helped him get
back on his feet
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He was given a provisional suspension, which was ratified as an eight-month ban in April last year and
backdated so he could resume playing almost immediately
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Lee is seeded to meet Lin in the semi-finals and if he can get that far and overcome his long-time nemesis, he could have overcome a major
obstacle in his quest for gold
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Science is getting to grips with
ways to slow aging
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He had the whip hand
over other members of the cabinet
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A slinky black
evening dress
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The dumbest bell that
ever rang
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As time takes
its toll
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Will bosses cling on, stymying the careers of their
underlings, or will they get bored, quit and do something else entirely
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The pension pots would have to be
enormous to support their extended lifespans
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The promise of a longer life, well lived, would
round a person out
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Biological understanding is advancing
apace
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Be sure to draw up a very long
bucket list
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The detective trained his
gun on the side door
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He laid into the
character of Mr Trump
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Mr Trump is not as saintly as
he makes out
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He would have to make
do with an old car
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To swing the
axe at acquired firms
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You were hard
up
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A sore
loser
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I decided to go for broke and
turn professional and see how I got on
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Youths involved in drug
peddling
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To allow him time to take up the much expanded portfolio, the Panel recommended a 12-month acting period, after
which he could be confirmed in that position subject to the performance review by the Panel
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To heap more on
the plate
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Step up to
the plate
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Bonus holidays, free tolls and tickets
galore: how Hangzhou residents are being lured out of town for G20
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Business owners will feel the
pinch
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He was stockpiling food and planning
trips outside the city
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It might stop you getting a couple of scuffs, scratches and
bumps but that's about it
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Fortunately my shoulder and cheek took the brunt of the
impact, and I was wearing a helmet that saved my life
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It is his latest brush
with danger
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He was pictured wearing a
neck brace
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The 26-year-old felt Barlow had not won the ball cleanly and complained to the referee only
for his protest to be waved away
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He decided to take matters into his own
hands by going for the middle of Barlow's shin with a studs-up tackle
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We will vigorously pursue
offenders and bring them to justice
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Italy's wobbly lenders teeter
on the brink of a banking crisis
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The economy has been moribund for years, suffocated
by over-regulation and feeble productivity
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Renege on
its promises
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To shake any
complacency
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The high mark available for participation
subsidised poor performance in the three tests
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They passed on account of a reasonable to
high level of attendance
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To draw greater
focus on the final test
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Now come reports of a truck driver in Japan who,
distracted while playing Pokemon Go, crashed into two pedestrians
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Its preferred approach will be to delay and let "time" take its course, rather than tinker
with the contentious colonial-era relic
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The widening schism between Church leaders
and politicians
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Earlier, the firm ramped up its push for new drivers and
passengers with an advertising blitz
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Investor odds of a lift-off are
hovering near 70 per cent for December
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The temptation might be to opt for a weaker currency to shore up
their competitive position
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An anaemic
recovery
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China arguably has more wiggle
room, if it so desires, to weaken the yuan given that Beijing now targets the yuan's value against a basket of currencies rather than just the dollar
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The euro zone's
taped-together single currency
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But if sheer size is your
yardstick, nothing beats America's housing market
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Gu could have run
afoul of mainland authorities over that
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The newspaper raised eyebrow in Tuesday with a full-page
commentary accusing Leung of indirectly encouraging Hong Kong independent talk
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Hong Kong Legco candidates go down to
the wire
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The actress flaunts her enviably peachy
posterior in thong-style bikini bottoms
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Lean on a
railing
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Wearing her long locks loose and
tousled, her only accessory was a white cap that tamed her damp tresses
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The prince looked glum but
later cheered up
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He will tell us in the
fullness of time
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They made political
hay out of the issue
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Better to have loved and
lost
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I took a shine to Liz straight away but
didn't fancy any chances
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The two candidates share many strongholds, with their biggest voting
clusters from polling stations in Hung Hom
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Her strongest support base
netted her 829 votes
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He took a swipe
at his critics
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A feast to celebrate a son
cutting his first tooth
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A lone battle that he cut his
political teeth on
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Rigged
elections for village heads
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Hongkongers are too
docile
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A concept gaining
currency in Europe
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The parties have declared their
support for the cause
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To utter a
yelp
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Not for the faint
hearted
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US
lackeys
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Hold victory
parades to thank supporters
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It has earned him a
following in rural regions
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It is about time I came
clean and admitted it
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Localists who sloganeer about independence or shredding the Basic Law are a dime
a dozen. But Chu has bigger and more dangerous fish to fry
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To take on powerful vested interests that have profited
mightily from the dysfunctional development
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He is about to kick the hornet's nest, but he cannot win this fight alone. Already
he has been followed and threatened
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Apple is no stranger to killing things people use all the time — and even love. The headphone jack predates
not only Apple, but computers themselves. And it is ubiquitous
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It is up to Apple to make the
case that this is a worthwhile exchange
127
For 25 years, the country has seen falling fertility rates coincide with widespread aging, a worrisome
trend that has now reached a critical mass known as a demographic time bomb
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They seem to be quite content in their plain
vanilla domestic life
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I can't wait to party and have a
blast at your restaurant
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The party had been a
blast, but the cleaning up was no fun
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I went there last night for the first time - what a
blast
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The rank-and-file
street sellers
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Marathon runners found they often hit the
wall after 17 or 18 miles
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I think the teaching plan may
slip, as we are put more effort into interactivity
135
Question, if I may - having no time to consider
the answer myself yet
136
Loan commercials are dragging young people into a
morass of debt
137
This is a mix
blessing
138
I hesitate to use the incendiary words of censorship, freedom of speech and intellectual freedom. However, it has become increasingly
clear to me, as events have unfolded, that these are precisely the issues
139
The summit bears
testament to the legacy of the peaceful settlement and reconciliation of a little known war between two of ASEAN’s founding members
140
The police notified the next
of kin
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China is about to lift a ban on its state-owned enterprises buying terminals from Bloomberg as a
goodwill gesture to foreign investors
142
Pay workers only a
subsistence wage
143
The failure was a consequence of many factors, a full accounting of which would
require more space than we can dedicate here
144
Don't stretch yourself
too thin
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With world-leader London compromised by Brexit, the Asian tigers sniff
blood in the arena of financial technology
146
Perennial frenemies Singapore and Hong Kong have never shield
away from an opportunity to slug it out
147
HKT entered the
fray with nifty mobile apps and internet-based services
148
Usurp London's throne as it reels over
question marks on whether investment will still flow into Britain
149
This is a sledgehammer
approach to hitting a pesky mosquito - don't get me wrong, the mosquito is carrying malaria, but this is not the way to fight it
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He was desperate not to slight
a guest
151
Leung and his top officials took
pains to explain their roles as they denied bowing to pressure from rural leaders with vested interests
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Ironclad
evidence
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Ironclad
guarantee
154
There was a moment of comic
relief - but fully open to further interpretation
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Leung mouthed
a "no"
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Tsang dallied before leaving the room with housing minister Cheung good-naturally
pushing him from behind
157
I may succumb to bouts of
coughing as I have a cold, but let's hope not
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You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and
latch on to the affirmative
159
He always was too
clever by half
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They sent him to America, just to get him
out of their hair
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Hong Kong
divas
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She is much more the dedicated maverick than
the petulant diva
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Love is a bastion
against loneliness
164
Reportorial tag
teams
165
Armrest
hoggers
166
A milk
run
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Hong Kong markets fall on
weak yuan, and as oil drops on glut concerns
168
The home removal and storage company arrives next Monday and I am busy beyond
words, but I hope my offering is nonetheless reasonable
169
It enables the brightest to
stand out
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I am inclined to leave this one, but I am very
willing to be outvoted
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We don't want to inadvertently
induce a higher failure rate
172
I wouldn't be seen (caught)
dead in a navy suit
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I wouldn't be seen
dead with these guys on my bookshelf
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Hong Kong leadership rivals trade
blows
175
Failing to see the wood
for the trees
176
If his wife wasn't around, he had
roving eye
177
Call it
kinship
178
Let no one be fooled by the defendant's superficial
charm. He has not shown a shred of remorse
179
There are insufficient superlatives to
describe the cruelty he has done
180
She could put up no resistance even
to his most depraved acts
181
Festering
pustules
182
During this trial we have been made to dredge the very
depths of the depravity during the three days of torture he subjected the victims to
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He showed no emotions as the judge recounted the details of his crimes, his head
tipped slightly to one side, eyes staring at the floor
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There is no
telling how that's going to affect the confidence of investors in Hong Kong
185
We have to plug the
dyke, but there is nothing Hong Kong people can do
186
A history of chafing
under Beijing's yoke
187
This polarizing election will leave a deep scar and racial
divide in the US for years to come
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Not that there is any
point to
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An educated
guess
190
She broke off,
stifling a sob
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Stupidity of the highest
order
192
I will reserve judgement on whether your post is a
troll
193
Just keep in mind that hateful comments and
trolls will be deleted
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To put up with such treatment you must be either a saint or
a doormat
195
It's a factual account of the
nonsense our police face every day
196
Water in the boat sloshed
about under our feet
197
We can give her a figurative
kick later
198
That would give him a bit of a
knock
199
She started to blush despite
herself
200
Can you drive
stick?
201
For the first time in years we had a game that went down
to the wire and was actually exciting
202
The existing law is riddled
with loopholes
203
I just couldn't be
arsed to read this article
204
His witty comeback to the professor's stern comment earned
him a complimentary "Touche"
205
Shut up
already
206
She pushed a morsel of
toast into her mouth
207
Not a moment to
lose
208
The financial secretary has come in for a
pasting from his boss
209
No light yet at the end of
retail tunnel: Esprit
210
It sets its sight on dethroning the turbocharged car that had come into
prominence in various car touring championships
211
People will have to dig in their heels and grit
their teeth
212
Vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be
impounded
213
Secondary home buyers, sellers in Mexican
standoff
214
Frugality goes out of fashion in China. China's savers, who sock
away cash like almost no one else in the world, are racking up more debt as borrowing options proliferate
215
The argument goes that a one-off devaluation would end the
drip-feed pressure on outflows
216
Eyes were glued to television screens and mouth hung open in shock as a grim-faced Leung Chun-ying told Hong Kong that he was calling it
quits in a hastily arranged press conference at 3:30pm, an hour after the government gave the media a heads-up
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His announcement upended every
expectation that his re-election bid for March was a done deal
218
To take the bull by the
horns
219
He was desperate not to slight
a guest
220
Put word out.
I hire the clown
221
His unique brand of
droll self-mockery
222
You got a little fight
in you
223
I gotta take a
leak
224
Keep an eye
out for me
225
The present study is a foray
into uncharted territory
226
Public confidence collapsed, pulling the rug from
under the financial institutions and the economy
227
Moving home could hardly have
come at a worse time
228
Stop jerking
me around
229
Taxing a woman
up
230
Interest rates will only have a marginal impact on prices. All the pent-up
demand will put the breaks on a precipitous fall in prices
231
I put forward the
case against the said placement
232
I categorically
requested that
233
To say that the relocation work this morning, without our prior consent, has
dismayed us is an understatement
234
I appreciate that he doesn't want to raise taxes, but sooner or later you
have to stop kicking the can down the road
235
No one can easily pull the
plug in its financial system
236
Curse
you!
237
I shed my
mortal shell
238
He behaves, acts and
conduct himself like a real actor
239
I allow myself some
latitude
