Pressure is mounting in recent days, on the government to take action on the air quality. Merill Lynch was reported in the SCMP yesterday as advising its clients to “sell Hong Kong office landlords and buy Singapore office landlords” because of worsening air pollution.
Their view is that the government is powerless to reverse the [...]
Archive for November, 2006
morning news: air pressure
Posted in morning news on November 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
scmp: understanding world events through wikipedia
Posted in morning news on November 21, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I was really not intending to write so much on the SCMP, but lately it’s hard to avoid. On Friday there was a story on the Doha round restarting. At the bottom of the article, there was an explanation of the Doha round contained in a sidebar. What I found interesting was that the source [...]
family life: tournaments & trophies
Posted in family life on November 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Two of my kids were rounded up to play on teams entered in the Hong Kong Inline Cup. The tournament attracts teams from all over the region, and for some reason, a couple of teams all the way from the UK. It’s a big, well-organised tournament that takes place in the great outdoor venue at [...]
tourists come back! we promise to be good
Posted in morning news, tagged campaign, HK, HKTB, hong kong, tourism on November 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Hong Kong Tourism Board announced, with great fanfare yesterday, the arrival of the first “Honest and Quality Tour” into Hong Kong. Yes, that’s right, tourists now can choose an “honest and quality” tour as opposed to…. I guess all the crap tours that have been offered before.
This new tour is HKTB response to the [...]
scmp headline: you’re fired!
Posted in morning news on November 13, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Donald Trump is not the only one gaining notoriety for firing people. Mark Clifford, the editor-in-chief at the SCMP axed two senior editors on Friday, according to the Apple Daily and Ming Pao.
Mark stirred up some controversy in journalism circles and the blogosphere seven months ago when he unceremoniously sacked two of his top editors [...]
margaret chan: hong kong’s forrest gump?
Posted in morning news, tagged HK, hong kong, margaret chan, SARS, WHO on November 11, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Margaret Chan has had an unlikely career. Much like Forrest Gump, she seems to have an uncanny knack for being at the right place at the right time. And this week, her gumption has landed her the top job at the World Health Organisation.
For most people, screwing up big time at work would be a [...]
krispy kreme: trouble in soho?
Posted in daily journals, tagged HK, hong kong, krispy kreme, Soho on November 7, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Did Krispy Kreme make a tactical error when they opened a store in Soho? Perhaps the willpower of the yoga-pilates crowd is too strong as many seem able to resist the melt-in-the mouth famous donuts, judging by my observations at the Elgin Street store. There are few customers in the mornings and rarely does [...]
restaurant encounters: the “new” mandarin coffee shop
Posted in restaurant encounters on November 6, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The closure of the old Mandarin coffee shop was a sad day in my opinion. I loved it. I loved how it blended a sense of formality with an air of casualness. It was a place to drop in, not reserve (they didn’t take reservations anyway). The big chairs were elegant but comfortable. The wide [...]
New Vision Festival: filling a void
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the organisers of New Vision Arts Festival. Now in its third year, it has really come into its own by bringing a great range of innovative artists and performances to Hong Kong.
On Saturday night, we saw INSEN, a collaborative performance featuring Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto. This is the calibre of entertainment that [...]
