At the start of the year, I mentioned the curious business of the housing estate in Hung Hom that the government built and then decided it didn’t want any more.  At the time, the developers who kindly took this so-called white elephant off the government’s hands said that they would probably knock it all down…

Simon has written about the ESF, something I have previously mentioned a few times myself. I won’t repeat what he has written, which is a mostly fair summary of the history and more recent problems.  Something has to change. However, I think it’s important to remember that the ESF was set up and given government…

One piece of free advice I give to visitors to Hong Kong is to buy an Octopus card when they arrive at the airport, and then hand it back just before they fly home. You pay lower fares on the MTR and KCR and can get special discounts (mainly on buses and the Airport Express),…

Yes, it’s that time of year again.  Gweilos think the weather is great, whilst locals dress up warmly and are deeply puzzled by people like me walking around in shirt sleeves. What puzzles me is why these same people also insist on having the aircon turned to freezing in the office, and the wear coats…