I was watching an old Seinfeld episode last week and it made me think of what is wrong with the new economy. It was the famous ‘airport episode’ which revolves around Jerry and Elaine trying to get on a flight but the only seats available are one in first class [...]
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economics, airplanes, and seinfeld
Posted in HK issues, Uncategorized, tagged airplanes, economics, economy, first class, seinfeld on October 6, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Olympics on HK TV – the good news and the bad
Posted in HK issues, tagged cable, HK, hong kong, olympics, TV on August 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
One of the happiest moments in my life in HK was the day I finally cut the cord, or cable I should say, with Wharf. After years of the crappiest service every known in a civilized city, I finally made the switch to NOW TV last year and called cable to come collect their box [...]
Take the pandas shopping….take them shopping
Posted in HK issues, Uncategorized, tagged HKTB, hong kong tourism board, james tien, karen mok, pandas on June 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Hong Kong Tourism Board has sent out an exciting press release recently entitled “Cross-Sector Support for 2007 HK Shopping Festival on 10th Anniversary of HKSAR“. I mean, wow! they sure know how to sell themselves, don’t they?
Well believe it or not… I managed to read through the many paragraphs describing exciting [...]
Jockey Club show their hand
Posted in HK issues, tagged equestrian, HK, HKJC, hong kong, jockey club, olympics, sport on April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We all knew it was in the cards. Two years ago, when the HKJC announced their plans to spend $800 million to host the Olympic equestrian events on the neighbouring site to the Sha Tin racecourse, we all predicted the day that the HKJC would find a way to keep the land. Last week, they [...]
hk marathon: solution for pollution concerns
Posted in HK issues on February 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Today’s South China Morning Post ran a prominent article on the health concerns of running in this Sunday’s annual Standard Chartered Marathon
A prominent health expert has warned athletes that they “run at their peril” and cited the case of the 53-year-old runner that died last year as a case in point.
However, I have a [...]
HK Sports: carrot vs measuring stick
Posted in HK issues, tagged athletics, elite sport, funding, HK, HKAA, HKTA, hong kong, tennis on February 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Hong Kong Tennis Assiociation and the Hong Kong Amateur Athletics Association both appeared before the sports bureaucrats yesterday to plead their cases to remain in the elite sports category and retain the funding that comes with it.
Both associations had failed to attain the the points criteria necessary to remain in the program and face [...]
HK athletes face government hurdles
Posted in HK issues, tagged asian games, baseball, funding, government, HK, hong kong, sport on December 15, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Many things can affect an athlete’s ability to excel, but with Hong Kong athletes, the main deterent slowing them down is the policies of the Hong Kong government.
I have not written about what is going on in the Asian Games in Doha, not because I don’t have anything to say, but because I have so [...]
morning news: the smoking debate
Posted in HK issues, morning news on September 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This morning on Backchat, the issue being discussed was whether smoking in public places like beaches and parks should be illegal. I’m a non-smoker, and I confess that I secretly support the ban of smoking in restaurants, but even I think this is ludicrous.
While the government appears to be doing nothing whatsoever about emission controls [...]
