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The following are the past articles chosen for Hong Kong Collaboration of the Week.

Culture of Hong Kong - February 6, 2005

Selected February 6, 2005 (Su); 3 votes in 4 days. Details below.

Nominated January 27, 2005 (Th), needs three votes by February 3, 2005 (Th)

Support

Dmcdevit 03:24, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Privacy - 11:34, Jan 29 2005 (UTC)
Páll 01:34, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Here's a good one to start out with, and it really needs it, only links right now. - Dmcdevit 03:24, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Ronny Tong - July 3, 2005

Selected July 3, 2005 (Su); 3 votes in many days. Details below.

Nominated January 26, 2005 (W), needs three votes by February 2, 2005 (W)

Support

Insta ntnood
Privacy - 11:34, Jan 29 2005 (UTC)
Tony Sapphire - 10:36, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Comments

Tong is a fresher in LegCo of the current term of office, and there is currently no article about him on Wikipedia. - Insta ntnood

The 1970s in Hong Kong - July 19, 2005

Nominated June 21, 2005 (Tu), needs three votes by June 28, 2005 (Tu)

The seventies in Hong Kong is surely an important period in Hong Kong history, it transitted from a manufacturing centre to a financial centre, which is exactly the role of Hong Kong now. Why don't we improve this important article then? - Crosstimer 09:20, Jun 21, 2005

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CrossTimer - self-nom - Crosstimer 09:20, Jun 21, 2005
Jerry Crimson Mann 10:46, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC) comment: the topic is misleading: seventies of what? This century? Last century? Or A.D. 23? Should it be "the 1970s of Hong Kong"?
Actel 21:27, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, Jerry Crimson Mann, the title is fixed. - Crosstimer 11:30, Jun 21, 2005

You're welcome! Hope you can devote more in Hong Kong-related articles, buddy! :-D -- Jerry Crimson Mann 11:37, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

New Town Plaza -July 26, 2005

Nominated June 15, 2005 (W), needs three votes by June 22, 2005 (W)

Support

Hong Kong Man - 23:14, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
CrossTimer 05:39, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Deryck C. 16:34, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

(Oppose)

(Jerry Crimson Mann comment: little notability. (Could it be a featured article? After all, Pacific Place and ifc are more famous shopping malls in Hong Kong.)) - 14:57, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

FA standard doesn't mean we've to make it an FA. - Deryck Chan 03:31, July 8, 2005 (UTC)

Comments

New Town Plaza is a famous shopping mall in Shatin, but there is no detailed article about it. - Hong Kong Man 23:14, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Filipinos in Hong Kong -August 4, 2005

Actually, in order to reveal the cosmopolitan nature of Hong Kong, a series of demographic articles are arguably needed.

Nationalities

Filipinos in Hong Kong - very obvious
Indonesians in Hong Kong - pretty conspicuous
Others:Americans in Hong Kong, Britons in Hong Kong, Japanese people in Hong Kong, Koreans in Hong Kong, Thais in Hong Kong, Jews in Hong Kong, Indians in Hong Kong, etc..

Chinese hometown / Ancestral register

Nominated July 25, 2005 (Tu), needs three votes by August 1. 2005 (Tu)

Support

Jerry Crimson Mann 07:32, 26 July 2005 (UTC).[reply]
Deryc k C. 03:23, 27 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Alanmak 23:22, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
CrossTimer 02:03, 3 August 2005 (UTC) (Cheers, guys, I'm putting the decisive vote here, hopefully allowing Filipinos in Hong Kong winning this week)[reply]

Comment

I've made some minor changes the suggested titles :-) [1]. By the way should Minnaner be Hokkien people? And I'd like to add Hakka people in Hong Kong and Vietnamese people in Hong Kong to the nominations. — Insta ntnood 08:38, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
If possible, demographics of Hong Kong can be another HK-related series. :-D -- Jerry Crimson Mann 09:51, 28 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mo lei tau -August 19, 2005

Nominated June 21, 2005 (Tu), needs three votes by June 28, 2005 (Tu)

Support

selfnom Niz 12:06, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Deryckchan 2005-06-29 10:59:31 (UTC)
Starryland 22:08, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose

Alanmak 23:24, 2 August 2005 (UTC) - This article is really too "mo lei tau" to become a weekly collaboration. The "Filipinos in Hong Kong" article may be more intersting to foreign readers.[reply]
CrossTimer 15:45, 8 August 2005 (UTC) - Think of the readers - and particularily whom you're trying to target to, or how information like this one could actually help one another. Cantonese-learners? Put this phrase in Wikibook instead of here for learners. For others, I see no point to expand this article: a brief understanding of this "mo lei tau" is already enough for the very few who would surprisingly be interested in such an article. Another note: it is true that Wikipedia is attempting to get all human knowledge into itself; but think about the value of the knowledge. How to "cry" like a baby does is a piece of knowledge, but nobody would attmept to put it here. I believe we should also consider the value of the knowledge before attempting to encyclopedize it, as in this case, I belive that "mo lei tau" is not suitable.[reply]

- Comment Well, "mo lei tau" itself is not "mo lei tou", Crosstimer and Alanmak. In fact, there's a heated discussion across the Chinese territory after the great success of the moive "Journey to the West" (In the PRC, it's known as "Dai Hua Xi Yau"). Stephen Chow was even invited by several prestigeous university in the mainland to talk about the core value of "mo lei tau", which is, as Chow said in a seminar, "creating chaos and disruption in real life without breaking the rules of the game", and "an act to show dissatifaction and complaints to the fixed system and red tapes". I think "mo lei tau" is perfect to collaborate, particularly after Chow has been interviewed by Time and CNN Asia in order. But the main reason why I didn't vote for support is that even Chow, the master of "mo lei tau" has not yet clearly defined the main tenor of his own-created concept, or made any detailed theses. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 16:41, 8 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I've been trying to encyclopedize this article but still can't give a decent sense of the comedy style, or explain why the examples are funny, or relate it to western comedy styles, or give any history outside of stephen chow! Niz 23:11, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
This is very interesting topic, indeed, and a topic which is difficult to encyclopedise...after all, research or papers about moleitou is rare; no official conclusion or public consensus is reached up to the moment. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 05:34, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

is that a support vote, then? Niz 12:06, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ambiguous.. :-P — Insta ntnood 17:37, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Well, I think this is quite an article to be collaborated as it's really difficult to write! --Deryckchan 2005-06-29 11:03:00 (UTC)

Urban Council and Regional Council-30 August 2005

Nominated August 4, 2005 (Thursday), needs three votes by August 11, 2005 (Thursday)

Support

Alanmak 08:22, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Jerry Crimson Mann 19:21, 4 August 2005 (UTC). I show my support with the Council's emblem !~[reply]
CrossTimer 02:46, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

The Urban Council and the Regional Urban Council played an important role in Hong Kong before their dismissal. They are part of the history of Hong Kong. It is worthwhile to write good articles for them. But should we combine the two councils into one article or keep them separated in two articles? - Alanmak 08:22, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- The name is actually Regional Council. The Urban Council, including its predecessor, has much longer history than the Regional Council, although their role was similar after the Regional Council was founded. IMHO they'd better be two articles. — Instantnood 08:27, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
  - What a humble opinion~ haha~ ;-) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 19:21, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The 1990s in Hong Kong -16 September 2005

Nominated July 26, 2005.

Another article in the History of Hong Kong series. A good article to be collaborated. Deryc k C. 07:06, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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History of Bus transport in Hong Kong -29 September 2005

Nominated August 23, 2005 (Tuesday), needs three votes by August 30, 2005 (Tuesday)

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Buses have been always an important kind of transportation in Hong Kong throughout the time. The development of bus transport is also pretty unique - different from that in a lot of cities in foreign countries. It is worthwhile to write a good article about the history of bus transport in Hong Kong. -Alanmak 05:04, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Alanmak. HK system is quite unique in the high proportion of privately operated buses. I would definitely be interested in reading an about of this topic - novacatz 10:11, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Hongkonger - 1 Feb 2006

Nominated August 27, 2005 (Saturday), needs three votes by September 3, 2005 (Saturday)

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I would like to nominate Hongkonger, because you'd think it's a central and important topic (I would say term, but Wikipedia is supposed to be more than mere definitions), and because it seems to be slightly neglected and also ambiguous. -Ajshm 16:27, 26 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I put the NPOV dispute there because I feel some of the content could use some fixing. More contributors to this article would help sort the content out and I will offer suggestions and contribute too. --Mintchocicecream 18:27, 26 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

HSBC - 8 Mar 2006

Nominated October 13, 2005 (Th), needs three votes by October 20, 2005 (Th)

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NB: difference between HSBC and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the first is the global group, the second the founding member and now Hong Kong subsidiary, which leads operations in many Asia Pacific locations. Ian3055 23:17, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

KCR - 22 Mar 2006

Nominated November 26, 2005 (Saturday), needs three votes by December 3, 2005 (Saturday)

Support

Mailer Diablo
Ter e nc e Ong (恭喜发财)

Comments

Has sufficient content, just need the added touch and polishing to make it to FAC. - Mailer Diablo 23:32, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yuen Woo-ping - 15 Apr 2006

Nominated December 31, 2005 (Saturday), needs three votes by January 7, 2005 (Saturday)

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I was surpised this very influential figure in Hong Kong action cinema had a very sparse article. I added as much as I could, but much more can be said about his influence and his films. Catherine breillat 00:02, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I agree! He deserves a much better article. Come on, he is the choreographer of many high profile world class movies such as The Matrix troligy, Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and many Hong Kong classics like Kung Fu Hustle, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master. etc. The article deserves more attention in order let us know more about this great man. #Hammer 19:43, 12 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]