Chief Executive

there are many versions every time when i read SCMP when its mentioning about the Chief Executive:


1) the Chief Executive

2) Chief Executive

3) the chief executive

4) chief executive


which one should i use?

Totally agree with Saikunga and WoDer how do you know if Saikunga is a foreigner? I'm European, born and raised here, don't consider myself a foreigner. Even if she/he is not a native of Hong Kong she/he is most likely a tax payer and as such is most entitled to express his/her views about Donald. Just like Saikunga I had very high hopes of Donald being from the same ilk as Anson, but oh! so disappointed.

when i checked my email few minutes ago and it says i got 8 replies to my thread, i straightly sensed there is something unusual. then i checked my thread rite up ... no one care what i asked ... alrite ... u guys keep trying ur devil best to ruin my thread ... go on!

As it's a title it should be with capital letters.

harmui, I agree with TC, it should be with capital letters.


Saikunga, I agree with everything you've said.


WoDer, I have lived in Hong Kong for 22 years and I am tired of reading the question, "If you don't like it, why don't you leave?". Expatriates and foreigners live and work here, and pay taxes, and we are just as entitled as anyone else to make our feelings known.

Government titles are capitalised when they immediately precede a person's name, unless the name is used as an appositive: Chief Executive Donald Tsang.


Governmental titles are not capitalised when used as part of a descriptive phrase to identify the person: Mr Donald Tsang, chief executive of HKSAR.


It may also be capitalised when used in place of an individual's name: The Chief Executive announced...

thx very much claire ...

WoDer, you are totally out of line.


It is YOU who needs to spend some time outside of Hong Kong learning to be something other than a narrowly self-centered, judgmental caricature of the Hong Kong everyman - constantly seeking to look down on someone at the first opportunity and fascinated by money, baubles and bling.


I suggest you start in England to learn how to politely disagree with someone - that way you won't get killed on the rest of your travels. The next stop I suggest for you is France. Not only is it conveniently close, it is a wonderful tutor on the art of living with verve, preservation of space and beautiful architecture. They even have these things called "Public Parks" in which folks are actually ENCOURAGED to walk on the grass!


I would then say Germany would be a great place to see a functioning educational system in action as well as a no-nonsense people who actually keep their appointments and get things done in time with precision and with exactitude.


I would end you up in Scandinavia where people participate in something they call an "inclusive society" a concept of which you appear to be sorely (and embarrassingly for Hong Kong, seeing as you are likely in one of the top percentiles in terms of education and income of this fair city) ignorant.


The trip might cost you a month and USD$10,000.00 - you would be the better for it, I assure you, as it would either cement your xenophobic chauvinism in place or shatter it utterly.


I, for one, hope for the latter.