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 2013
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So the English Premier League is back on Now TV. It seems to be the pattern now for it to alternate between PCCW’s Now TV and Wharf Group’s Cable TV every three years. Of course they charge you extra for the EPL. You might think that a Now Sports Megapack would cover everything, but rather…
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Buy an iPhone, iPad, or iPod in Hong Kong and you will pay no more than the US price – so they are cheaper here because Hong Kong has no sales tax. But try to buy a Nexus 7 and you will pay 20% more, because they are all “parallel imports”. English books are usually…
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Today’s SCMP on how the Hong Kong media reports suicides: Reckless media reports encourage suicides, say experts at HKU centre Experts from HKU centre say irresponsible reporting may trigger epidemic of people taking their lives and put pressure on families Jennifer Ngo | South China Morning Post | Sunday, 08 September, 2013 Irresponsible media reporting…
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