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 2006
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Julian Harniess was on ATV’s Newsline yesterday. Amazingly, he wasn’t the most entertaining guest – that honour when to Damien Vance, an Australian who is chairman of the Native English-Speaking Teachers’ Association. It wasn’t clear why Mr Vance had been invited on to the program, unless it was to make Julian Harniess look good, because…
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Maybe someone from AMC Cinemas took notice of my recent complaint. They have not only implemented an Internet Booking system, but it is actually better than the one used by UA Cinemas – firstly because it’s all one site (UA send you off to Cityline where you have to switch to English, find the film…
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Air New Zealand will be flying from Hong Kong to London starting in October, which provides another interesting option. Like Qantas, their flight leaves a bit too early in the morning (8.15) to be ideal, but competition has to be a good thing and they have more legroom in both economy and ‘premium economy’ than…
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Haricot Vert (from Kenya). All prices in Hong Kong Dollars: $7.90 in Park’n’Shop on special offer $9.90 in Park’n’Shop (and elsewhere) $11.90 in Taste (Park’n’Shop by another name) $18.00 in CitySuper Exactly the same product in each case.
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