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Donald Yam-kuen Tsang
Donald Yam-kuen Tsang 1944-, Hong Kong government official and political leader. He joined the Hong Kong colonial civil service in 1967, and served in a variety of posts concerned with the economy and trade; he also worked on Hong Kong's transfer from British to Chinese rule. In 1995 he was appointed Hong Kong's financial secretary; he was knighted in 1997 for his services to the colony. Tsang remained financial secretary after Hong Kong's transfer (1997) to China, becoming chief secretary for administration in 2001. When region's chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa , resigned in 2005, Tsang succeeded him, as acting chief executive until he was elected to the office. He was reelected in 2007.
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Yams vs. sweet potatoes: Are they really the same veggie?
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 9/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...comes to confusing the yam with the sweet potato...growing up, you would see "yams" at the market, but...potatoes. Go figure. True yams grow larger than sweet...brag about it around the yam clan. There are more than 50 varieties of yams, and the largest can...
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Yam's Returns
Magazine article from: Quad - State Business Journal; 9/1/2006; ; 515 words
; Yam is back in Winchester with a restaurant at...place on Valley Avenue that once was Rickshaw Yam's, a popular Chinese restaurant known for...oversized egg rolls. No, it's not Ye Wong Yam, but son Sing Yam whose name is on the restaurant...
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Yam session: Sweet potatoes for the holidays
Magazine article from: New Orleans Magazine; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; A yam is a yam. Or is it? Whatever...bright-orange "Louisiana yams" will be baked as well...probably never laid eyes on a yam. It's big, misshapen...oversized truffle. A true yam is mild in flavor - almost...vegetables in the tropics. Yams (like sweet potatoes...
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Simon Yam goes to Hollywood
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Yap New Straits Times 04-22-2003 Simon Yam goes to Hollywood Byline: Ricky Yap Edition...Suave and debonair Hong Kong star Simon Yam Tat-Wah, who was in town recently, gave...Press conference for Hong Kong star Simon Yam Tat-Wah in Petaling Jaya was a good case...
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Perfecting the yam puff
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/8/2000; ; 511 words
; ...Straits Times 04-08-2000 Perfecting the yam puff Byline: Betty Saw Edition: Life and...Bon Appetit Column: Betty's kitchen Q: YAM PUFF is a favourite of my family's. So...satisfy. Can you please help me improve the Yam Puff recipe which I found in a Chinese cookbook...
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JAMAICA-AGRICULTURE: PUTTING YAM IN THE PICTURE AS BANANA WAITS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 5/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...and the Ivory Coast. Global yam production ranges between 21...and ensuring high prices for yams. "We don't have an exclusive...wholesalers everyone else uses. Yams are also a seasonal crop and...The world market is not large, yam is still very much an ethnic...
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Success with yams
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/27/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...sheep unit is now in yams. The venture employs...tea room at the new yam packing shed a mock...Colin Boyce as "The Yam Man". Other potential...nine years of growing yams (Oxalis tuberosa...the smaller salad yam varieties from Crop...paddock"), and the yams do best on the tops...
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Sweet on yam
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/10/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...In Ghana and Nigeria, yam is such an important food that a Yam Festival is celebrated...the rainy season. The yams are offered as a thanksgiving...carbohydrate metabolism. Choose yams that are firm and do...spots. And do not put yam in the refrigerator as...
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wild yam
Magazine article from: Better Nutrition; 11/1/2005; ; 656 words
; ...WHAT IT DOES BEST: Wild yam is known as an anti...Historically, wild yams have been used to treat...animal studies suggest wild yam may help lower blood sugar...primarily rice) with yams. Researchers found hormone...approximately 390g of yam (Dioscorea alata) daily...
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CULTURE: They Yam what they Yam; Stefan Kucharczyk makes friends with Wolverhampton's tongie in cheek folksters the Yam Yams.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 8/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...Wulfrunian acoustic two-piece the Yam Yams are out to set the record straight...amusing connotations behind the name Yam Yams and expect the flimsy gimmickry employed...instantly striking about meeting the Yam Yams is their charming intimacy and refreshing...
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Mexican Yam
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...and prevent miscarriages. Wild yam was also used as a colic remedy...in 1936 discovered that wild yam contained diosgenin, a chemical...worked with species of Mexican yams. Others used his technique for...companies began marketing Mexican yam products as a source of natural...
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Chinese Yam
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...dioscoreae . Other names for Chinese yam include dioscorea and shan yao. Chinese yam is native to China, Japan, Korea...Sweet potatoes are often called yams, although they are different plants. The Chinese yam plant is a climbing vine that supports...
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yam
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...In the United States, cultivation of yams for food is restricted to the South, but the wild yam (sometimes used medicinally) is indigenous...was formerly eaten by the natives. Yams are classified in the division Magnoliophyta...
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Yamāntaka
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Yamāntaka. The ‘Destroyer of Yama ’, the wrathful...form that the Bodhisattva assumed to overcome Yama , the embodiment of death . Yamāntaka is also the protector deity linked most closely to the Tibetan...
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Donald Yam-kuen Tsang
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Donald Yam-kuen Tsang 1944-, Hong Kong government official and political leader. He joined the Hong Kong colonial civil service in 1967...
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