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: Sep 2005
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Via HKMacs, another Hong Kong blog – Friends Disenchanted. A Brit living on Lamma, apparently. Funny pictures and all the usual old rubbish about weather, taxi drivers, speaking Cantonese, etc., etc., that readers love so much.
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Both the Standard and the SCMP report on the games played by Hong Kong property developers. From the SCMP (subscription required): Cheung Kong (Holdings) executive director Justin Chiu Kwok-hung says prices for mid-end properties have peaked for the next six months, after the developer slashed prices on some high-floor units in its latest Tseung Kwan…
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Hot Weather + No Wind = Horrible air quality I work in a largely industrial area, and the fumes from lorries queuing up in the street (so that they can load or unload) make it even more unpleasant. Even going indoors doesn’t always help – my lunch today came with a side serving of petrol…
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Wanbro thinks they are the Chinese version of a Cornish Pasty. No, no, pork pies. [Yes, I’m still here, and no I don’t have any time. Soon, soon. Or later.]
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Someone seems to have bought the Spike mailing list, and is using it to send out a daily email about Hong Kong listed companies. It’s the sort of stuff that Spike used to publish, but sadly, as I don’t invest in the Hong Kong stock market, it isn’t of any great value to me (so…
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Has anyone reading this ever complained about a taxi driver in Hong Kong? I had a very bad experience with one driver, who asked me (in Cantonese) which way I preferred to go. Being an idiot, I gestured to indicate that it was up to him to decide. What I hadn’t figured on was the…
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Anyone with a long memory for these things may recall a front-page story in the SCMP a few years ago about a proposed TV service to be provided by Hong Kong Telecom and Star TV (apparently Spike was involved in this in some way). I think they even got a licence from the government to…
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Hong Kong Disneyland sounds as if it will be great. Two articles from Friday’s SCMP offer some reasons. First Bernard Chan’s account of a visit to the park: Hong Kong people who are worried that the new Disneyland represents only western culture can relax. After attending a rehearsal day last weekend, I can assure them…
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Today’s Sunday Morning Post has even more coverage of "the trial that gripped Hong Kong". Mainly "news" about how New York papers reported the story (the tabloids ran sensational stories, the broadsheets were more sober, you’ll be amazed to hear). They also report that Nancy Kissel may have been planning to ship her husband’s body…
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