Ordinary Gweilo

It's not big and it's not clever, it's just a Brit in Hong Kong writing (mainly) about Hong Kong

Month: Dec 2006

Nothing much

Dec 6, 2006

Was there a cricket match recently somwhere in this part of the world? They’re generally very dull affairs, particularly the last day, so I don’t suppose I missed anything. Meanwhile, in the make believe world of blogs, DGNY would seem to be having a good time in Italy.
Getting the message

Dec 5, 2006

Henry Tang announced this morning that the government is going to abandon its efforts to persuade Hong Kong people of the benefits of a Goods & Services Tax (GST), at least for the time being. They will continue the consultation exercise about widening the tax base, but will not push GST as the only solution. Is it too much to hope…
Great, but also wrong

Dec 4, 2006

It was only a few weeks ago that Milton Friedman was commenting on the Education Vouchers for Nursery Schools fiasco, and at the time I was slightly surprised that he was still alive and kicking. He died on November 16, 2006, aged 94. The Economist described him as the “most influential economist of the second half of…
Yes, he was talking rubbish

Dec 1, 2006

Back in January, I was puzzled when the SCMP reported a government minister as saying that, as part of new anti-discrimination legislation, Permanent Residents would be disqualified from receiving “expat packages” . Then the government tried to clarify this (and yet I was still confused): “Those already on expat packages can continue on the existing terms of employment provided…