Paul Pong, the SCMP’s brilliant stock picker, has come up with a new prediction: Though the global economy looks gloomy, the stock market may rebound first. I predict the HSI will rebound to 25,000 next year, though that may sound unrealistic given the current sentiments. Unrealistic?  Of course not.  With Paul Pong’s record I’m sure…

I know nothing about typhoons, so can anyone explain why the Observatory think that this one is heading for Hong Kong?  Surely it could end up anywhere?

I’m still recovering from the shock of discovering that government has done something sensible for once. They have increased taxi fares for short journeys and reduced them for long journeys, as The Standard reported on Wednesday: Passengers who take short- or medium-distance trips – about 80 percent of the total number – will pay on…

It’s quite amusing to read this morning’s newspapers with their predictions of doom for the pan-democrats in the Legislative Council elections.  The Standard went with “Disaster Hits Democrats”, and the SCMP changed their headline during the night from “Turnout rocks pan-democrats” to “Turnout rocks Liberals, democrats”.  Well, half right. In fact it was the Liberal…

Batgung.com Maybe not strictly a blog, but some interesting musings on life in Hong Kong by two expats married to local ladies. Big White Guy Is it a blog?  Not sure. A Canadian photographer and writer living in the New Territories offers comments on life in Hong Kong.  Bunny Bytes Quite an amusing personal blog…

Spotted this dish on a menu in a “western-style” Hong Kong restaurant.  It turns out to be Spaghetti Carbonara, so the name is rather appropriate what will all that cream and egg and bacon in the dish.

I keep coming across a Google ad that reads “The Secret Dentists don’t want you to know about yellow teeth.”  The thought did occur to me that they are being clever by putting in random capital letters to attract my attention to the secret dentists, but it seems unlikely (and I refuse to click on…

I recently found myself in a taxi driven by one of the winners of the Transport Department’s ‘Quality Taxi Driver’ scheme.  I knew this because the information was inscribed on the identity card in the cab, albeit somewhat faded. As, unfortunately, was the quality of the driving.  In fact, it was one of the least…

Observant readers will notice that I have been doing a spring clean of the links on the right-hand side of the page.  One new addition is Cantopopped, which is an amusing enough take on life in Hong Kong from "Mat B" who admits to living in Tai Po.  From the sound of things, he won't…

In yesterday's SCMP, Jake van der Kamp argued that the ICAC is wasting its time investigating fraud in the private sector.  This refers to a recent court case (Ex-Centaline executive admits bribe offers): A former director and general manager of Centaline Property Agency admitted in District Court yesterday he had offered more than HK$1.68 million…