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: Mar 2007
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Just a brief rant about something that annoyed me. I wanted to go to the cheese shop I have mentioned before, but being in that tiny minority of Gweilos who don’t know Hollywood Road like the back of my hand, I thought I could pinpoint the location using the web. Not so fast… The cheese…
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I must have been busy, because I seem to have only just got round to reading The Economist from 2 weeks ago, which has an article about Oasis Hong Kong Airways (Fare game): Part of the formula is familiar: flying one type of aircraft to reduce maintenance costs, landing at second-division airports, vigorous outsourcing and so…
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I found this article (The Importance Of Zero In Destroying The Scarcity Myth Of Economics) and the subsequent debate about how to earn revenue from recorded music, quite fascinating: So, for example, basic economics tells you that a free market will push prices towards their marginal costs. If their marginal costs are zero (as is…
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This letter (DVD Drama – subscription required) in the Sunday Morning Post caught my eye: My family tries to abide by the laws. We buy our movies at reputable stores and buy reputable DVD players at reputable stores. Our latest purchase was an LG system from Fortress in South Horizons. We bought our latest slew…
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I see that the airport at the Gold Coast is touting for business, and they seem to be making eyes at Oasis. Actually, it makes perfect sense for a budget airline to fly to "second tier" airports that will offer them a good deal – that’s certainly what Ryanair do in Europe. Except that…
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It’s hardly unknown for a government to have a giveaway budget just before an election. Yesterday there were all sorts of tax cuts and rebates, and later this month we have the election for the Chief Executive. Except that we already know who will win the election, and this "bonanza" ought to be the cause…
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