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  Topic: Driving Test
hiro

Replies: 8
Views: 715

PostForum: Ask Dimsum!   Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:59 pm   Subject: Driving Test
alternatively, if you have a friend in hong kong, they can convert your china licence into a hong kong licence, which is then exchangeable with a uk licence. no test required.

you don't need to ...
  Topic: Cathay Pacific Airways
hiro

Replies: 35
Views: 4114

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:38 am   Subject: Cathay Pacific Airways
For those of you who remain puzzled as to the nature of pensggs's complaint against Cathay Pacific, perhaps video evidence of the fracas will illuminate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ7lI6Ic9cw ...
  Topic: marriage
hiro

Replies: 7
Views: 1898

PostForum: Ask Dimsum!   Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:57 am   Subject: marriage
Hi Robin

Once you're married, she'll need to apply for temporary leave to remain from the Home Office. This will grant her 2 years right to live and work in the UK.

If after 2 years you are s ...
  Topic: more spanish photos
hiro

Replies: 3
Views: 846

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:48 am   Subject: more spanish photos
Kong, you should be ashamed of yourself. What did the 150 victims of the recent crash have to do with the Spanish basketball team? It's a real insult to the friends and families of those who died.
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  Topic: Chinese wedding
hiro

Replies: 3
Views: 2301

PostForum: Notice Board and Events   Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 4:36 pm   Subject: Chinese wedding
Phoenix Palace could be an option. It's very close to Westminster Town Hall if you're getting married there.

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/2447.htm

There are plenty of options, however, it rea ...
  Topic: Beijing 2008 Olympics Games
hiro

Replies: 27
Views: 2779

PostForum: Culture   Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:14 pm   Subject: Beijing 2008 Olympics Games
I most enjoyed the drum opening and the closing with Sarah Brightman singing a duet in Mandarin with a Chinese singer.
What is sorely missing is any kind of translation of chinese into english.
Th ...
  Topic: Sport - WimbledonTennis (Zheng knocked out top seed)
hiro

Replies: 12
Views: 668

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:03 am   Subject: Sport - WimbledonTennis (Zheng knocked out top seed)
From the BBC News website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7483674.stm):

Zheng, who was born in Sichuan, the province where around 70,000 people died as a result of May's earthquake, has dec ...
  Topic: Chinese people are black
hiro

Replies: 4
Views: 635

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:55 pm   Subject: Chinese people are black
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7461099.stm

Apparently Chinese in South Africa have been campaigning to be recognised as blacks. Strange that many years after apartheid there is such a clear lin ...
  Topic: China deserved the earthquake??
hiro

Replies: 23
Views: 1329

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 11:52 pm   Subject: China deserved the earthquake??
All those tens of thousands of innocent civilians died, but that's OK because they deserve it for their government's actions in Tibet...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcRiAytaD6w
http://www.time ...
  Topic: Anyone used talkmobile?
hiro

Replies: 7
Views: 1545

PostForum: Notice Board and Events   Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:02 pm   Subject: Re: Anyone used talkmobile?

It says theres no ties, and that you get 50 minutes to China each month for £6.

if you use orange call abroad sim card, you can call china for 6p/min, i.e. 100 minutes for £6. there is also a com ...
  Topic: famous BBCs??
hiro

Replies: 48
Views: 8907

PostForum: Culture   Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:44 pm   Subject: famous BBCs??
Next you'll be telling me you can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese!

Yes, but can you? Take the test here and let us know your score!

http://www.alllooksame.com/
  Topic: Acupuncture in London
hiro

Replies: 3
Views: 446

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:45 am   Subject: Acupuncture in London
thanks ex-vag. will certainly have a look, as i'm sure there are many out there. i suppose i would prefer to go somewhere that is recommended or someone has prior experience with. bit nervous about ...
  Topic: Acupuncture in London
hiro

Replies: 3
Views: 446

PostForum: Chat   Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:04 pm   Subject: Acupuncture in London
Does anyone know and can recommend a good acupuncturist in either SW or central london?

We're looking for treatment for back pain.
  Topic: End Human Rights Act, says Cameron
hiro

Replies: 8
Views: 641

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:24 pm   Subject: End Human Rights Act, says Cameron
as for deporting criminals back to their country of origin-it is probably necessary since the uk is running out of prison space lol.

in the case of deporting criminals it is generally once they hav ...
  Topic: End Human Rights Act, says Cameron
hiro

Replies: 8
Views: 641

PostForum: Viewpoints   Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:56 am   Subject: End Human Rights Act, says Cameron
i think for any law you can find examples of someone with more money than sense trying to abuse it, or when its application doesn't seem to conform to common sense.

similarly, the logic that becaus ...
 
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