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# 2012-05-05 00:10:13, Joyceyland
When I was an editor at HK Magazine -- God, a decade ago -- we had a stockpile of "service articles." They were seasonal and, I hate to admit, often tweaked slightly and repeated years after year.Every December it was "Top Ten Christmas Gifts," plus "Top Ten New Year's Parties," followed inevitably by "Top Ten Healthy Resolutions." Our springtime perennial, the un-glamorous "Top Ten Ways to Get Rid of Mold," was surprisingly popular. Beaches in the summer, school classes in the autumn -- you get the idea.Even then, I knew this wasn't serious journalism. They were easy-to-write, easy-to-read, crowd-and-advertising-pleasing space-fillers.I don't do many service article