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: May 2004
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The Standard provides official confirmation that Cable TV has won the rights to the English Premier League starting next season, though there seems to be some dispute about the amount that Cable TV paid. They will be showing more matches, at least in part because there will be games at 12.30 and 5.15 (UK time)…
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Companies sending spam grow ever more ingenious in their attempts to persuade to read their stupid messages. In the last few days I have received a few emails that appear to be completely blank (no sender, no recipient, no subject). I deleted most of them but then opened one out of curiosity, and it is…
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You may be aware that several countries joined the European Union on May 1st. This had led to a deal of idiotic speculation in certain British newspapers about the flood of refugees (from these countries) who would be arriving in Britain to take advantage of welfare benefits, the great weather and the marvellous food. Or…
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There was an interesting piece in the Sunday Morning Post this week about conditions in Guangdong factories. This story seems to have originated with comments from the boss of Ultimo (a lingerie company in the UK), claiming that conditions in the dormitories at factories producing her company’s products were similar to that of a ‘Travel…
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Our outdoor pool opened at the weekend, which cheered me up. Most private-sector estates in Hong Kong have pools, but (as I have mentioned previously) they are often only open for a few months in the summer and close at 7 pm. Fortunately, ours is open longer and later, so I can go swimming after…
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Some people always fly business class, others never do. Personally, I sometimes manage to fly business class, but I can never quite convince myself that it’s really worth the extra money. I have yet to be blessed with an employer who felt that I was (consistently) entitled to this benefit, so I mainly have to rely on upgrades…
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According to the SCMP (subscription required) on Saturday, investors are now wary of companies afflicted with Compulsive Asset Shuffling disorder, and shunned the placement of shares in Dong Fang Gas, into which the property portfolio of PCCW was recently injected (as mentioned here a couple of months ago). Investors have been reluctant to buy the…
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