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 2009
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From the people who brought you Palazzo in Fo Tan (Sino Land and the MTR) comes another hilariously overblown marketing campaign for Lake Silver in Ma On Shan. The TV adverts have Palazzo-style opera-lite music and computer graphics, and on Wednesday the SCMP came adorned in a glossy full colour advertising wraparound that even referenced…
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Picture the scene: it’s raining and you are looking for a taxi. There’s one with the “Taxi” light on. You get closer and notice that it’s “out of service”. Maybe the driver is waiting to pick up a passenger who has made a telephone booking; or it could be that he is only interested in…
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Last week the SCMP had two stories about the so-called "Sha Tin to Central link", the new rail line being built by the MTR (MTR Corp submits new rail plan and vows to minimise disruption. When completed the 17km extension will not only give commuters in Ma On Shan and Sha Tin a direct rail…
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Someone kindly recommended www.bookdepository.co.uk a few weeks ago. They ship books to Hong Kong and they don’t charge for delivery. Hurrah! Amazon (both UK and US) also ship to Hong Kong, and offer much bigger discounts. The problem is the delivery charge – Amazon UK add £4.99 per shipment plus £2.99 per item (i.e. £7.98…
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Since the Football League introduced the play-off system, the end-of-season schedule of matches has been fairly consistent. The Football League season ends in early May (with League One and Two on the Saturday, and the Championship on Sunday). A week later the Premier League season ends. Then it’s the FA Cup Final, and finally the…
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Everyone must know that the English Premier League is on Now TV. What about other European football? Of course there’s a lot on other Now channels and on Cable TV, but there is also some in strange places. The Championship (the English 2nd Division) is shown on TVB Pay Vision, but they don’t have a…
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Now TV is getting a good kicking in the SCMP from readers who are not at all happy that Australia TV is becoming a subscription channel (after previously being free). PCCW weasels (for it is them) issued a statement saying that this was done after consultation with Australia TV, but it appears to be the…
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