On Love in Hong Kong (1)
My dating life in Hong Kong can best be described as a series of mishaps and ill choices, interspersed with a healthy scattering of bat-shit crazies. I arrived in Hong Kong at the ripe age of 32 – some would … Continued
Birthdays and Noodles
This lunch hour, I went to a slightly discrepit looking Shanghai-style noodle house in one of Causeway Bay’s ever gentrifying streets, I think it was called “Noodlicious”, which I thought was rather creative, despite there not being an English language … Continued
Hong Kong Protests Rocked by Violence
Student protests in Admiralty were rocked by violence today.
Birthday Reflections
A typhoon-8 blew over Hong Kong yesterday, the day I turned 34. There are many poetic references that could be made about this but they would all be exaggerations and lies. Thirty-four is an arbitrary number that really holds arbitrary … Continued
Hong Kong’s Inability to Determine Right of Abode
A teacup storm is a brewin’ in Hong Kong. There is much anger and some concern over the recent Hong Kong Government suggestion to confer the clarification of a 1999 interpretation of Article 24 of the Basic Law on the ‘Right … Continued
Hong Kong Electricity Price Hikes for 2013
Hong Kong’s duopoly electricity providers have announced their intention to increase electricity prices in the new year. CLP, the non-island provider have attributed the price hike to a projected 15% increase in their cost of supply, stating that new contracts … Continued