Ordinary Gweilo
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Category: Life in Hong Kong
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Google Play now offer e-books in Hong Kong (from Tech in Asia). That’s the good news. The bad news is that I can’t find a way to get it to display books in English only, so it’s a frustrating experience. As ever, not all titles are available, and whereas Amazon has a reasonable idea what…
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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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Why is the SCMP still printing these tedious letters from Pierce Lam? As well as attacking the ESF (yawn) he is now trying to defend the “designated schools” scheme: Why officials should end ESF subsidy South China Morning Post | 2 April 2013 Simon Osborn rightly recognises that the English Schools Foundation’s "old policy" discriminates…
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Does anyone really know the difference between Satsumas, Clementines, Tangerines and Mandarins? Or the Mikan, sometimes imported from Japan or Korea? Yes please, but they are more expensive. Honey Murcott anyone? No thanks, or at least not the ones from Bangladesh in Park’n’Shop. For the last couple of years, Park’n’Shop have been importing Spanish satsumas,…
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I saw this recently in a supermarket. I mean, who buys three brussels sprouts? And 40p each?
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Shows how much I watch TV… Apparently TVB Pearl switched to High Definition back in November. I only noticed last week when watching a Jamie Oliver programme. It seemed very clear, but I assumed that was just because it was digital TV. Then I saw the "TVB Pearl HD" logo. Here’s what they did: Revision of…
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Hong Kong winter, a.k.a. British summer. Me in shorts, locals dressed up warmly because it’s “cold”. A few cooler days, but plenty of days when it is a very comfortable 20 centigrade or more. Here's the forecast for the next few days: Saturday 15 20 Sunday 16 19 Monday 17 21 Tuesday 19 23 Wednesday…
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The South China Morning Post, of course Cabbies now snubbing tunnel trips There is a growing problem in Hong Kong with drivers of red taxis not being willing to cross the harbour. I have been caught several times in Wan Chai, Tsing Yi and Mong Kok, not being able to get a taxi to take…
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Headline in the sub-Standard: Chan poised to pour over MPF fees
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He won’t give up, will he? Former lawmaker has flawed views on local education South China Morning Post | Tuesday, 23 October, 2012 Cheung Man-kwong, a former lawmaker experienced in politicking for "democracy" and a local teachers’ union, shows his true colours in the SCMP debate on public subvention for the English Schools Foundation (October…
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