A lovely story in the SCMP recently concerned a Vietnamese man who illegally entered Hong Kong carrying ammunition - and who threatened to commit robberies if he failed to find a job. He was jailed for 31 months. Duh!

Hell of a way to get a 'permit to remain'.... but ...   more »

Updated at 12.59pm:
Jacques Chirac is ignorantly hostile to reform; Pervez Musharraf is "not a democrat"; and Dick Cheney's style is to stick up "two fingers" to the outside world. Oh, and Vladimir Putin is a liar.
Former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten has let rip at the world's great ...   more »

A few years ago when the then Financial Secretary, Donald Tsang was presenting his budget, I recall he announced two things that would save Hong Kong’s economy which, at the time, was in dire straits. One was the sale of land at the proposed Cyberport for development not, via the ...   more »

This morning as I write this post , with a slightly fuzzy head, I realise how fortunate we were yesterday. It had been raining all day and cleared late afernoon, holding off almost entirely until about 4.00 am when everyone had gone and it was just Natty, Bennet and me ...   more »

This year our traditional Christmas Drinks party is being replaced by a summer party... to coincide with us leaving HK and moving to the UK. Little to celebrate, you might think... Nevertheless, any excuse for a party...

Invites will be sent in due course, but for those of you in Hong Kong please save the date...

Mulled wine to be replaced with Sangria and - just in case you wondered - Jaspa's are booked to do the catering!