According to this report, it seems we may need to start worrying about crows coming into our homes looking for food. According to the report: Crows are dangerous because they are not only highly intelligent, but aggressive as well. Are they saying that stupid birds would not be so dangerous? Surely a highly-intelligent bird would…

From the BBC: Hong Kong economy’s record rise Hong Kong’s towering skyline is testament to its economic might The Hong Kong economy has rebounded at a record pace since the Sars outbreak. Aided by a surge in returning tourists, gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 6.4% in the third quarter of 2003. This is the…

One of the best things about Hong Kong is the wide choice of public transport that is available. Taxis are cheap and easy to find (unlike, say, Singapore, where there always seem to be queues of people waiting for taxis), the MTR and KCR are fast and very frequent (much better than London), and we…

The chairman of Hopewell Holdings said students and residents may be prevented from using the lifts at his firm’s headquarters, apparently in response to a protest against a plan to build two hotels in Wan Chai. Sir Gordon Wu Ying-sheung said, however, that he was not threatening anyone. The lifts have been used as a…

One thing I love about the South China Morning Post is that they always seem to find room to publish letters from mad people. Not so many these days, but you still get a few: I refer to the letter “Right denied” (November 21). The correspondent must know that she is living in China. Surely…

I was reading this in the SCMP, and I’m not sure what to make of it: Men who go to the mainland to find a wife have characteristics that make them more likely than most to become wife beaters … most of these men have strong egos and want an obedient wife. They apparently feel…

Phil has found an article about domestic helpers attending computer courses at the YMCA in Tsim Tsa Tsui. A few things strike me as odd about this piece: The idea that maids could earn more money in Hong Kong by virtue of their computer skills. There is a so-called minimum wage for domestic helpers, and…

Further to the recent theft of some DVDs from my mail box, the Post Office do seem genuinely concerned and even sent a bloke round to take a look and to apologize again. The management company keep calling my wife and apologizing but are too scared to speak to me directly. However, Amazon are the…

Visiting the doctor in Hong Kong is quite an experience. I tend to avoid going unless I think it’s something serious, but my wife was brought up to believe that the doctor can help even if you’ve just got the common cold (or “flu” as it mysteriously seems to be known by most people). Patients…

Coming to Hong Kong after living in London for so many years, one of the positive differences is the much lower level of crime and the general feeling that it is a safe place to live. It was therefore a rather rude shock to find that someone had stolen a package of DVDs that I…