Ordinary Gweilo

Has Hemlock had been drafted in by Selina Chow to write her speeches? The legislator and chairwoman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board complained that a proposed new bus terminal “looks like a wet market”. Would that be like the wet market in Wan Chai that some people want to preserve? Presumably not…

It does make sense to move the bus station to the same site as the new KCR station, and to tidy up the area in front of the Star Ferry at the same time, though a more radical suggestion in today’s SCMP is that they should also move the Star Ferry terminal to be adjacent to the KCR station (and bus terminal). Of course, a long time ago, the old KCR terminus in TST was close to the Star Ferry, in the days before the MTR when crossing the harbour was more of a challenge than it is today.

I supsect most people in TST will just be happy when all the construction work for the KCR is completed and life returns to something like normal.