Ordinary Gweilo
It's not big and it's not clever, it's just a Brit in Hong Kong writing (mainly) about Hong Kong
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Month: Dec 2003
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I’m afraid that I can’t say anything meaningful about the death of Anita Mui. Both Ron and Phil have paid tribute to her, whilst George Adams took the opportunity to print a very dubious obituary on his website. The dead can’t sue, I guess! I have to admit that in spite of living in Hong…
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The BBC has asked various well-known people to predict what will happen in 2004. Mostly banal stuff like Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles getting married. A year ago they asked the same thing, and now we can see whether they have come true. Two of the predictions were spot-on: POLITICS – Tony Howard, veteran political…
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From Monday’s SCMP, the most common con-tricks in Hong Kong. Don’t worry – it’s still a relatively safe place. You will notice that apart from the first one, which takes advantage of people’s willingness to help, and the second one, they rely on the greed of the victim. 1. “Help! I need your phone/money” Culprit…
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According to the government there are 11,000 older privately-owned apartment blocks in Hong Kong that don’t have an owners’ corporation or management company to look after the building. This means that the individual apartment owners have to agree on any expenditure, and if they can’t agree then nothing will be done. Unsurprisingly, many of these…
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A wonderful non-story in the SCMP today: Tung rated most amiable city leader Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa has been rated the most amiable city leader in the country, a survey has found. In the study, carried out by the China Institute of City Competitiveness, Mr Tung made the list of the nation’s best-known leaders along…
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Following on from my mention of Powerpoint, I found this: In his book and DVD compilation, “Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information,” David Byrne twists PowerPoint from a marketing tool into a multimedia canvas, pontificating that the software’s charts, graphs, bullet points and arrows have changed communication styles. The 96-page compilation, which debuted in September for $80,…
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January is the month when Hong Kong people pay tax. Naturally, the banks are eager to help!
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I have to admit that the latest developments in TV technology interest me, even though we are still talking about very expensive products. There are three different options apart from the traditional CRT screen: Plasma, LCD and projection. Ever since I first saw a plasma screen I have believed they are the best option, but…
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Interesting piece in The Observer about that curse of modern corporate life PowerPoint. People spend hours preparing presentations, trying to distill what they want to say into a few bullet points and stick them on to a few slides. Of course, bullet points are useful as an aide-memoire for the presenter, but to make an…
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Christmas is not a time for blogging. Enjoy the day and have a very Happy Christmas
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