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...Britain's consul general in Hanoi during the Vietnam War, Stewart grew up in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Scotland before joining the Foreign Office himself and serving in Indonesia and Montenegro. In 2000, he took two years off to walk 9,600 km across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and India, seeking to better understand the countries now so important to the West. Then, for 11 months he served as deputy governor of a southern Iraqi province under the Coalition Provisional Authority-a stint that yielded the searingly honest The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year...
...Hong Kong Restaurant may meet its match this summer when Wagamama, the U.K.-based “Asian inspired” noodle restaurant, opens in Harvard Square...
...Will Suffrage Cause Suffering? Re your article on Hong Kong's future [March 26]: Throughout much of its history, Hong Kong was not a democracy but flourished under a colonial administration run for the most part by civil servants. Is Hong Kong ready for universal suffrage? For a territory that has had little experience with the rights and responsibilities of a full democracy, a sudden transition to democracy would be akin to parents giving their Ferrari keys to their teenagers, who will race wildly down the autobahn. Maurice Weya Templo, Jakarta...
There are some nights on which you know you're going to be bad, and as I slink down the sleepy western reaches of Hong Kong's Hollywood Road-passing grimy shop fronts and shabby apartment buildings-I become aware that this is one of them. Because just for tonight, I'm going to mentally tear up the mildly disappointing results of a physical checkup I had three months ago, and play fast and loose with cardiovascular health. I'm headed for the Cheese Room, triglyceride levels be damned...
Renowned for its suspect scorpion bowls, the Kong is looking legit—or, it’s trying to. After 53 years as an icon of late-night revelry, the Hong Kong restaurant of Harvard Square is rolling out a new look. But you can’t find it behind the restaurant/comedy club/lounge/dance club’s faded jade façade or underneath its signature red-and-yellow electric sign. You have to go beyond Mass. Ave to its second address: www.hongkongharvard.com. Having landed its corner of the World Wide Web early last fall, the Kong...