Category: Life in Hong Kong
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Fumier can be quite amusing, but when he ventures on to more serious subjects I usually disagree with him (very politely, of course), but I have to agree with him that ESF teachers are doing themselves no favours by letting Julian Harniess represent them in trying to stop the ESF from cutting their salaries. There…
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The government has said that it has no plans to foce mobile phone operators to extend their coverage throughout country parks. Predictably enough, politicians have been making a fuss about this. Ten years ago, most people didn’t have mobile phones, calls were expensive and coverage was patchy. That has all changed, and now we expect…
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Last week’s Sunday Morning Post had an exceptionally silly news story claiming it was no longer fashionable for local Chinese women to have Gweilo boyfriends, accompanied by all manner of tosh about the difficulty of cross-cultural relationships. They quoted from a newspaper column written by Chip Tsao, who had plenty of rude things to say…
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Both the Standard and the SCMP report on the games played by Hong Kong property developers. From the SCMP (subscription required): Cheung Kong (Holdings) executive director Justin Chiu Kwok-hung says prices for mid-end properties have peaked for the next six months, after the developer slashed prices on some high-floor units in its latest Tseung Kwan…
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Hot Weather + No Wind = Horrible air quality I work in a largely industrial area, and the fumes from lorries queuing up in the street (so that they can load or unload) make it even more unpleasant. Even going indoors doesn’t always help – my lunch today came with a side serving of petrol…
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Wanbro thinks they are the Chinese version of a Cornish Pasty. No, no, pork pies. [Yes, I’m still here, and no I don’t have any time. Soon, soon. Or later.]
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Has anyone reading this ever complained about a taxi driver in Hong Kong? I had a very bad experience with one driver, who asked me (in Cantonese) which way I preferred to go. Being an idiot, I gestured to indicate that it was up to him to decide. What I hadn’t figured on was the…
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Hong Kong Disneyland sounds as if it will be great. Two articles from Friday’s SCMP offer some reasons. First Bernard Chan’s account of a visit to the park: Hong Kong people who are worried that the new Disneyland represents only western culture can relax. After attending a rehearsal day last weekend, I can assure them…
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Is there a more scary sight in a Hong Kong supermarket than a crowd of middle-aged women carefully selecting oranges from the display? They pick them all up, inspect them and then choose the ones they want. The rest are rejects. I’ve no idea what’s wrong with them, but there’s something wrong with them. Obviously,…
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In spite of everything, cinemas are still around – though they now pack eight screens into the space previously occupied by one, which makes it a rather less impressive experience. There are many advantages of watching a DVD, and one is that you can choose the language (both for the dialogue and the subtitles). Similarly,…
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