The Correctional Services Department and the University of Hong Kong Centre for Criminology will jointly hold a symposium on ex-offender employment tomorrow at the university.

A 69-year-old man has been jailed two and a half years by the District Court for money laundering.

I was having a good day until Rich said the words which must not be named. Click through if you don't believe me.
Like the last time, this is not going to end well for me.
[If that pic holds no meaning for you . . . LINK]

A perennial favorite topic (probably #3 on the all-time list) of conversation from readers is the job market for lawyers in China. Dan tackles this subject, very well as usual, on China Law Blog today, so I might as well put in my two cents.
By the way, the #2 favorite question is from expat teachers [...]

One thing's for sure: 2008 is going to be extremely interesting for lawyers here. You have some major legislation coming into effect very quickly on the tax and labor fronts, the anti-monopoly law later on in the year, and most likely movement on the changes to the patent law (and possibly trademark as well).
Here's the [...]

God help us if this becomes a trend. From Imagethief:
[I]t is often remarked that the Chinese government considers the Singapore government a role model for successful technocratic authoritarianism. Whatever the Chinese government learns from Singapore, let us pray that it does not absorb the idea that rapping bureaucrats is a good idea.

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From the AP:

Many European companies believe China is trying to avoid fully carrying out its free trade pledges to the World Trade Organization and failing to do enough to stop product piracy, according to a survey released Thursday.
"A sizable number of companies still think that China is following the letter of its WTO accession agreement [...]

This Wired article about Midway Games' first person shooter (FPS) Blacksite: Area 51 was a real eye-opener. I usually confine myself to writing about IP issues and once in a while about the smut and history censors over here, but I wonder what the Ministry of Culture would think of this if it became a [...]