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October 15, 2004

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On Monday Hemlock broke the story of LegCo member Philip "The Finger" Wong's interesting educational background. With a couple of dodgy degrees from such well-known institutions as Southland University and California Coast University, "Doctor" Wong isn't looking so smart.

Now, finally, some of Hong Kong's media have caught up. Today The Standard "breaks" the story of "Lawmaker's degrees from 'diploma mills'":

But an investigation by The Standard has uncovered evidence that suggests the quality of the degrees issued by both CCU and SU is questionable.
It is an interesting report but begs two questions:

1. Do reporters read blogs? If so why wasn't Hemlock's journalism acknowledged?
2. Is Hemlock actually Colum Murphy, the reporter for The Standard who broke the news? It would certainly help explain this.

 posted by Simon on 10.15.04 at 11:50 AM in the




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I don't think Hemlock is Colum Murphy. Unless it is a piece of subterfuge (admittedly very possible), Hemlock seems to be a member of the FCC, while Murphy is not.

 posted by: fumier on 10.15.04 at 12:06 PM [permalink]




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