Légion étrangère
Walking (very #$#@*& slowly) along San Malo, by the court building, Talkers overheard an interesting chat. And learned that there are only 3 people in Macau distinguished with one of the highest decorations of the state of France: Officier de la Légion d’Honneur. The first to be awarded the distinction was Susana Chou, former honorary consul of France, in 2007. More recently, another two citizens became thus distinguished. Messrs Alan Ho and Jorge Neto Valente were awarded the title of Officier de la Légion d’Honneur in April 2009. Now the former is in jail, while the latter is the former’s lawyer. It’s just a coincidence, but – you have to admit – it’s a funny one.
The Counselor
Westray (Brad Pitt): Well, I’m perfectly willing to believe you had nothing to do with this but I’m not the party you have to convince.
Counselor: Convince of what, for Christ sake?
Westray: That this is some sort of coincidence. Because they don’t really believe in coincidences. They’ve heard of them. They’ve just never seen one.
How Zhang Ziyi’s met her fiancé
Little is known of how Wang Feng met Chinese diva Zhang Ziyi. But Talkers went on a fact-finding mission and found out it all started around a green-clothed table. According to NetEase, quoted by the Straits Times, they became acquainted over mahjong, a game both enjoy – and was banned in mainland China, by the way. Anyway, judge Feng is said to be skilled at mahjong and, voilà, Texas hold ‘em. In early 2013, months before the romance became public, he was seen helping an old couple win at a Texas hold ‘em table in… Macau. They turned out to be Zhang’s parents.
Female bishops: we have it first!
The Spectator’s Very Old News section unveiled recently that The Reverend Libby Lane “was ordained as Bishop of Stockport, the Church of England’s first female bishop.” And by the time the first “32 female C of E vicars were ordained in 1994, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts had had a female bishop, Barbara Harris, for five years.” However, the first Anglican woman priest was ordained half a century earlier – in Macau! Florence Li Tim-Oi had been deacon at the Protestant Chapel in the early 1940s. Why? WWII. The state of war throughout the Pacific prevented a priest travelling from Japanese-occupied territory to administer communion, so our Florence was ordained by the Bishop of Victoria on 25 January 1944.
Blogoscope
“10 Takeaways From 10 Days In China” by barchart.com
“Toward the end of 2014, we spent 10 days meeting with economists, industry consultants and foreign and domestic companies in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau to evaluate investment opportunities. Our visit resulted in a deeper understanding of potentially powerful current and emerging trends.”
in others’ words
We must resolve the [LRT] issue legally since Macau is a place that upholds the rule of law.
Chui Sai On, Chief Executive
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